Abstract

The excavation of the Dune site in eastern King's County, Prince Edward Island further documents a Late Archaic presence along the southern shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Debitage recovered from the site demonstrates a technological differentiation between quartz and quartzite, both of which were obtained locally. The former resulted from a bipolar, expedient core reduction process while the latter represents bifacial reduction. Discreet activity areas associated with various stages of reduction were identified at the site. The social implications of this lithic patterning and source are discussed for the Maritime Archaic period.