Abstract

During the past ten years the archaeology laboratory at Saint Marys University has been recording the major private collections from Southwestern Nova Scotia. The collections are catalogued, photographed and interviews are conducted with the owners to determine locational information. These efforts have identified single site components with diagnostic specimens which allow comparisons with excavated materials from the Northeast. The preliminary evaluation of the material suggests the substantial presence of defined late Archaic and Early Woodland Traditions with the province. The paper will discuss the presence of the Susquehanna Tradition in the Yarmouth area and a possible Meadowood site at Port Medway.