Abstract

During the past two years, the authors have been using the computer program PARADOX to develop a database for standardizing and organizing information concerning archaeological sites in Charlotte County, New Brunswick. Basic information was drawn from the Canadian Heritage information Network and has been supplemented by information from the records of Archaeological Services of New Brunswick, from published and unpublished reports, and from the authors' field reconnaissance. In its present form, the database consists of 37 fields containing descriptive, locational, geomorphological, chronological and excavation information on 195 formally recorded historic and prehistoric archaeological sites. The database has been designed as a research tool; examples of the types of questions that can be generated and addressed through the database are illustrated.