Variation in the size of prehistoric co-residential groups in the

Variation in the size of prehistoric co-residential groups in the eastern sub-arctic: evidence from the central-interior of Quebec-Labrador

Conference Paper

Variation in the size of prehistoric co-residential groups in the eastern sub-arctic: evidence from the central-interior of Quebec-Labrador

D. Denton

Abstract

Recently collected archaeological data relating to prehistoric habitation size in the central-interior of Quebec-Labrador are employed in an attempt to describe variation in size of aboriginal co-residential groups. Ethnographic conceptions of aboriginal social organization and settlement patterns are examined in light of this analysis. The potential of archaeological data to address these questions of prehistoric social organisation in the subarctic as well as the difficulties involved are discussed.