Abstract

During the 1978 and 1979 field seasons, a large area of the deeply stratified Oxbow site from the Miramichi River district of New Brunswick was excavated in 10 cm arbitrary levels. A chronological framework for the Ceramic Period in northeastem New Brunswick was formulated by separating the data recorded into Early, Middle and Late Ceranùc Period indicators. Some early dates and some surprising artifact associations lead some to quesfion the excavation method. In 1984 additional excavations at the site were conducted by natural/cultural levels. The 1984 data from the earliest, middle and most recent cultural levels were found to compare most favourably with the previously published chronological framework. The reinforced framework will be presented with commentary.