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Archaeology - Canada
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Canadian Archaeological Association http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/
Canadian Association of Palynologists http://www.scirpus.ca/cap/cap.shtml
Archaeological Survey of Canada http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/ehome.htm
Archaeology at Parks Canada http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/arch/index_e.asp?sec=1&doc=0
The History of Archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador http://www.nfmuseum.com/archhist.htm
Archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador: Annual Report Series http://www.tcr.gov.nl.ca/tcr/pao/Arch%20in%20NL/index.htm
Archaeology in Nova Scotia http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/
Réseau Archéo-Québec http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/reseau-archeo/
Association des archéologues du Québec http://www.archeologie.qc.ca/index.html
Archaeology in Ontario http://www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/culdiv/heritage/arch.htm
The Archaeology of Ontario http://www.ontarioarchaeology.on.ca/summary/contents.htm
Ottawa Chapter of the Ontario Archaeological Society http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/associations/ontario/ottawaoas/otchh.htm
Archaeology in Kingston and Eastern Ontario, Canada http://www.carf.info/
Passions and pastimes: Thomas Walter Edwin Sowter, the Ottawa Valley's First Archaeologist http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/sowter/sowterhomee.html
Exploring the Past: An archeological journey http://www.lib.uconn.edu:80/ArcticCircle/HistoryCulture/journey.html
Summary of Legislation Protecting Heritage Resources in the Northwest Territories http://www.pwnhc.ca/policy/herpro.htm
Home is Where the Hearth Is: The contribution of small sites to our understanding of Ontario's past http://www.ottawaoas.ca/Kingston/proceede.htm
The Lavase River Archaeology Project http://www.city.north-bay.on.ca/lavase/index.htm
Saskatchewan Archaeology http://www.archaeolink.com/saskatchewan_archaeology.htm
Saskatchewan Heritage Online http://www.heritage-online.net/
Archaeology in British Columbia http://www.bcapca.bc.ca/archaeology.htm
Archaeology in British Columbia http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/bc/
Northwest Territories Archaeological Reports http://www.pwnhc.ca/research/archreports/index.htm
Iqaluktuuq Archaeology Project http://www.kitikmeotheritage.ca/research/iqaluktk/intro.htm
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A History of the Native People of Canada http://www.civilization.ca/archeo/hnpc/npint00e.html
Histoire des autochtones du Canada, volume I http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/publications/HAC-vol-1.lasso
The First Americans http://muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/BEGLEY01.ART
Paleovegetation Maps of North America; comprising the USA, Canada, Greenland and 'Beringia'. http://www.esd.ornl.gov/ern/qen/new_na.html
Glimpses of Atlantic Canada's Past http://www.civilization.ca/academ/articles/keen1_1e.html
Fleur de Lys Archaeological Project: The investigation of a prehistoric soapstone quarry http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~jerwin/fdl.htm
Prehistoric Soapstone Mining http://www.heritage.nf.ca/environment/soapstone.html
Port au Choix National Historic Site http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/portauchoix/natcul/cultur_E.asp
Echoes from the Past: Prehistoric Archaeology in Quebec http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Echo/e_index.html
Prehistory of Ontario http://www.adamsheritage.com/pre/preont1.htm
Prehistoric Ontario http://www.carf.info/kingstonpast/prehistory.php
Ontario's prehistoric past http://www.uwo.ca/museum/virtual.html
Southwestern Ontario: The First 11,000 Years http://www.uwo.ca/museum/virtual_tour/index.htm
Southern Ontario Projectile Points http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/assoc/oas/points/sopoints.html
Kichi Sibi: Tracing Our Region's Ancient History http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/kichisibi/welcome.htm
Archaeological Mysteries in the Ottawa Area: Edward Van Cortlandt's ossuary http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/ossuary/ossuarye.html
"A Great Collection of Indian Relics" from a destroyed Late Archaic and Early Woodland Mortuary Site in Eastern Ontario http://adamsheritage.com/articles/york.htm
An Overview of the Prehistory and Early History of the Southern Canadian Shield Region http://www.city.north-bay.on.ca/lavase/asi-ch03.htm
Native fishing in the Great Lakes : a multidisciplinary approach to zooarchaeological remains from precontact Iroquoian villages near Lake Simcoe, Ontario http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/faculties/arts/1999/s.j.needs-howarth/
The McKean Site: A Late Paleo-Indian / Early Archaic Site In Simcoe County, Ontario http://adamsheritage.com/articles/lennox/mckean_site.htm
INAA Testing of Archaeological and Geological Samples from the Woman River Iron Range and Adjacent Areas http://adamsheritage.com/articles/woman.htm
Journey Through Time: Manitoba Archaeology. An Electronic Exhibit http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/Manitoba/index.html also at: http://www.umanitoba.ca:80/anthropology/Manitoba/index.html
Manitoba Culture History Overview http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/manarchnet/toc.html
Saskatchewan Heritage Online http://www.heritage-online.ca
Human History in Far Northern Saskatchewan http://www.canoesaskatchewan.rkc.ca/arch/archhist.htm
Provincial Museum of Alberta: Aspects of Alberta Archaeology http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/human/archaeo/aspects/aspects.htm
Alberta: Archaeology and Pre-Contact http://www.abheritage.ca/alberta/archaeology/index.html
Archaeology FAQ: What is a Medicine Wheel? http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/human/archaeo/faq/medwhls.htm
Pre-Glacial archeological evidence at Grimshaw, the Peace River area, Alberta http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/papers/contents/grimsh.html
Aboriginal Defensive Sites http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Content_Files/Files/AboriginalDefensiveSitesarticleOct2006.pdf
Kosapsom village archaeological site http://bcheritage.ca/artifacts/kosapsom/index.htm
Stó:lo Culture - Ideas of Prehistory and Changing Cultural Relationships to the Land and Environment http://home.istar.ca/~bthom/LONGTERM-FIN.htm
Confronting Chaos: Deciphering Activity Areas on a Multi-component Interior Plateau Site http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/papers/contents/at1.html
Maintaining Complexity: Changes in Social Inequality During the Marpole-Late Transition in the Gulf of Georgia Region http://home.istar.ca/~bthom/saa.htm
The Dead and the Living: Burial Mounds and Cairns and the Development of Social Classes in the Gulf of Georgia Region http://home.istar.ca/~bthom/thesis.htm
Northwest Coast Box http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/nwcart/boxintro.htm
Recent Palaeoethnobotanical Research at Scowlitz http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/peb/scow1.html
Montague Harbour Underwater Archaeology Project http://dl1.yukoncollege.yk.ca/anthropology/stories/storyReader$19
Retracing An Archaeological Expedition to Canada's Northwest Territories http://www.civilization.ca/archeo/nogap/pilhome.htm also at: http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/canadianarchaeology/cmcintro.html
Archaeological Fieldwork Conducted in the Northwest Territories http://www.pwnhc.ca/research/archrep/
The Significance of the Bluefish Caves in Beringian Prehistory http://www.civilization.ca/academ/articles/cinq1_1e.html
Prehistory of Great Bear Lake http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/oracles/grbear/056e.htm Arctic
Arctic History http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/oracles/eskimos/12.htm
Archaeology in Arctic North America http://anthropology.uwaterloo.ca/ArcticArchStuff/index.html
The Arctic http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/cvh/arctic/earc.htm
One Hundred and Twenty Years of Palaeoeskimo Research in Newfoundland: An History of Research http://www.nfmuseum.com/palaeo.htm
Lost Visions, Forgotten Dreams - Life and Art of an Ancient Arctic People http://www.civilization.ca/archeo/paleoesq/peinteng.html
MSARP Virtual Slide Show: Archaeology in Arctic Canada http://arky.ucalgary.ca/show/showintro.html
Signs and Symbols of an Ancient People: The Dorset Palaeo-Eskimos of Brooman Point http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/oracles/brooman/52.htm
Thule Villages at Resolute Bay http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/thule.htm
Naujan http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/naujan.htm Site of the first scientific archaeological investigations in the Canadian Arctic
Crystal II Archaeological Site, Iqaluit http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/crystal2.htm
McDougall Sound Archaeological Research Project (1994) http://arky.ucalgary.ca/show/msarp.html
Nadlok and the Origin of the Copper Inuit http://www.civilization.ca/archeo/nadlok/nadloke.html
Places of Power, Objects of Veneration in the Canadian Arctic http://www.civilization.ca/archeo/inuksuit/inuk00e.html
Qikiqtaruk - Inuvialuit Archaeology on Hershel Island http://www.yukonheritage.com/publications-herschel.htm
An Archaeological Expedition to Kuukpak http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/exhibits/kuukpak/index.html
Archaeology FAQ: What is Rock Art and where can I see it? http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/human/archaeo/faq/rockart.htm
Pictographs and Petroglyphs http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006282
Carved in Stone: Mi'kmaw Petroglyphs Recorded by George Creed 1887-88 http://museum.gov.ns.ca/imagesns/petroglyphs/
Aboriginal Rock Art (in Saskatchewan) http://www.canoesaskatchewan.rkc.ca/arch/rockart.htm
Rock Art of British Columbia http://www2.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/rockart/index.html
Problems in Dating and Interpreting Rock Art in British Columbia http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/papers/contents/rockar1.html
Petroglyphs in British Columbia http://www.britishcolumbia.com/attractions/?id=37
Vancouver Island, BC, Petroglyphs and Pictographs http://www.vancouverisland.com/005attract/petroglyphs.html
Petroglyphs, Heaven and Earth http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Human_History/Archaeology.aspx?id=238
Nova Scotia Archaeology Site Pages http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/sites.htm
Archaeology at the Fortress of Louisbourg http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/archaeology/arch.htm
Archaeology: A Step Back In Time. The Grassy Island Experience http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/archaeology/default.htm
Photographs of Grassy Island : Fort William Augustus 1725 Â- 1744 http://ns1763.ca/guysbco/grassyisland.html
Archaeology Comes to the Rescue of a 17th-Century Shipwreck http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/phips/wreck01.htm
Lady Sherbrooke : Une fenêtre sur les débuts de la navigation à vapeur sur le Saint-Laurent http://www.diablesdesmers.qc.ca/revue_la_plongee/lady_sherbrooke.htm
The Quebec Settlement: A Page of Historical Archaeology http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/expos/champlain/bat2_eng.html
The Cap Tourmente Farm http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/expos/champlain/cult1_en.html
A Brief History of Archaeology in Kingston http://www.carf.info/kingstonpast/archaeology.php
Dragon Sideplates from York Factory: A New Twist on an Old Tail http://adamsheritage.com/articles/fox/dragon_sideplates.htm
Archaeological Investigations at Hudson's Bay Company Fort Edmonton V http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/human/archaeo/research/fort.htm
Rescue Excavation of the Kirilovka Doukhobor Village Site http://www.westernheritage.ca/Kirilovka_Showcase/kirilovk.html
The Franklin Trail http://www.netscapades.com/franklintrail
