Abstract

Recovery and some analysis techniques applied in 1973 and in 1991 during the excavation of a single component Palaeo-Indian site in northwestern Ontario are compared. The earlier investigations on the site by a local university concentrated their efforts along a washed-out area. Nine two by two metre units were excavated in five centimetre levels and screened dirough 1/4 inch mesh. For the purpose of cultural resource management, the site was reinvestigated in 1991. These new investigations followed a north-south transect utilizing a five by six metre block of one by one metre units excavated in 3 centimetre levels. All soils were screened through 1/8 inch mesh. Methods discussed incorporate grid layout, provenance, analysis, etc. Are we placing too much emphasis on using complex and complicated techniques when more elementary ones will do?