On the Ottawa Valley, 5000Years Ago: The Morrison Island Site

Conference Paper

On the Ottawa Valley, 5000Years Ago: The Morrison Island Site

Norman Clermont

Abstract

The late Clyde Kennedy excavated this site 35 years ago but he never got time to analyze its collection beyond the stage of a preliminary report. Re-analysis shows it is one of the most important Laurentian Archaic sites in the whole Northeast. A discussion of chronology, site nature and function, seasonality and variability is presented.