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General archaeology | 
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General archaeology







HREF="http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/">Canadian Archaeological
Association


http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/


Canadian
Association of Palynologists


http://www.scirpus.ca/cap/cap.shtml


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_in_nl/index.html


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/


Archaeology
in Ontario


http://www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/heritage/archaeology/arch_define.htm


The
Archaeology of Ontario


http://www.ontarioarchaeology.on.ca/summary/contents.htm


Ottawa
Chapter of the Ontario Archaeological Society


http://www.ottawaoas.ca/


Archaeology in Kingston
and Eastern Ontario, Canada


http://www.carf.info/


HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/archeo/sowter/sowterhomee.shtml">Passions
and pastimes: Thomas Walter Edwin Sowter, the Ottawa Valley’s First
Archaeologist


http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/archeo/sowter/sowterhomee.shtml


HREF="http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/HistoryCulture/journey.html">Exploring
the Past: An archeological journey


http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/HistoryCulture/journey.html


Summary
of Legislation Protecting Heritage Resources in the Northwest
Territories


http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/programs/downloads/SummaryOfLegislation.pdf


HREF="http://www.ottawaoas.ca/Kingston/proceede.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.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=humbul9836


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://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/research/archrep/index.asp


Iqaluktuuq
Archaeology Project


http://www.kitikmeotheritage.ca/research/iqaluktk/intro.htm





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Prehistoric archaeology







A
History of the Native People of Canada


http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/archeo/hnpc/npint00e.shtml


HREF="http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/site.nsf/en/ao04588.html">Aboriginal Canada Portal: History


http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/site.nsf/en/ao04588.html


HREF="http://muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/BEGLEY01.ART">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/cmc/explore/resources-for-scholars/essays-1/
archaeology/david-keenlyside/glimpses-of-atlantic-canadas-past


Prehistoric
Soapstone Mining


http://www.heritage.nf.ca/environment/soapstone.html


HREF="http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/portauchoix/natcul/cultur_E.asp">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


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/exhibitions/cmc/archeo/kichisibi/welcome.shtml


Archaeological
Mysteries in the Ottawa Area: Edward Van Cortlandt’s ossuary


http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/cmc/archeo/ossuary/ossuary-1e.shtml


An
Overview of the Prehistory and Early History of the Southern Canadian
Shield Region


http://www.gedc.ca/upload/documents/an-overview-of-the-prehistory-
and-early-history-of-the-southern-canadian-shield-region-martin-s-cooper.pdf


The
McKean Site: A Late Paleo-Indian / Early Archaic Site In Simcoe County,
Ontario


http://adamsheritage.com/articles/lennox/mckean_site.htm


HREF="http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/manarchnet/toc.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


HREF="http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/human/archaeo/aspects/aspects.htm">Provincial
Museum of Alberta: Aspects of Alberta Archaeology


http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/human/archaeo/aspects/aspects.htm


HREF="http://www.abheritage.ca/alberta/en/archaeology/index.html">Alberta:
Archaeology and Pre-Contact


http://www.abheritage.ca/alberta/en/archaeology/index.html


HREF="http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/human/archaeo/faq/medwhls.htm">Archaeology
FAQ: What is a Medicine Wheel?


http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/human/archaeo/faq/medwhls.htm


HREF="http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/papers/contents/grimsh.html">Pre-Glacial
archeological evidence at Grimshaw, the Peace River area, Alberta


http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/papers/contents/grimsh.html


HREF="http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Content_Files/Files/AboriginalDefensiveSitesarticleOct2006.pdf">Aboriginal
Defensive Sites


http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Content_Files/Files/
AboriginalDefensiveSitesarticleOct2006.pdf


HREF="http://bcheritage.ca/artifacts/kosapsom/index.htm">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


HREF="http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/papers/contents/at1.html">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


HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/archeo/nogap/pilhome.shtml">Retracing
An Archaeological Expedition to Canada’s Northwest
Territories


http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/archeo/nogap/pilhome.shtml


HREF="http://www.pwnhc.ca/research/archrep/">Archaeological
Fieldwork Conducted in the Northwest Territories


http://www.pwnhc.ca/research/archrep/


The Significance of the Bluefish Caves in Beringian Prehistory


http://www.civilisations.ca/cmc/explore/resources-for-scholars/
essays/archaeology/jacques-cinq-mars/significance-of-the-bluefish-caves-in-beringian-prehistory


Arctic






HREF="http://anthropology.uwaterloo.ca/ArcticArchStuff/index.html">Archaeology
in Arctic North America


http://anthropology.uwaterloo.ca/ArcticArchStuff/index.html


One Hundred
and Twenty Years of Palaeoeskimo Research in Newfoundland:
An History of Research


http://www.nfmuseum.com/palaeo.htm


HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/archeo/paleoesq/peinteng.shtml">Lost
Visions, Forgotten Dreams – Life and Art of an Ancient Arctic
People


http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/archeo/paleoesq/peinteng.shtml


HREF="http://arky.ucalgary.ca/show/showintro.html">MSARP
Virtual Slide Show: Archaeology in Arctic Canada


http://arky.ucalgary.ca/show/showintro.html


Thule
Villages at Resolute Bay


http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/thule.htm


HREF="http://www.pwnhc.ca/exhibits/nv/naujan.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


HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/archeo/nadlok/nadloke.shtml">Nadlok
and the Origin of the Copper Inuit


http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/archeo/nadlok/nadloke.shtml


HREF="http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/archeo/inuksuit/inuk00e.shtml">Places
of Power, Objects of Veneration in the Canadian Arctic


http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/archeo/inuksuit/inuk00e.shtml


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





Rock art






HREF="http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/human/archaeo/faq/rockart.htm">Archaeology
FAQ: What is Rock Art and where can I see it?


http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/human/archaeo/faq/rockart.htm


HREF="http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006282">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/


HREF="http://www.canoesaskatchewan.rkc.ca/arch/rockart.htm">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


HREF="http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/papers/contents/rockar1.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







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Historical archaeology







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


HREF="http://ns1763.ca/guysbco/grassyisland.html">Photographs
of Grassy Island : Fort William Augustus 1725 – 1744


http://ns1763.ca/guysbco/grassyisland.html


HREF="http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/phips/wreck01.htm">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


A
Brief History of Archaeology in Kingston


http://www.carf.info/kingstonpast/archaeology.php


HREF="http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/human/archaeo/research/fort.htm">Archaeological
Investigations at Hudson’s Bay Company Fort Edmonton V


http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/human/archaeo/research/fort.htm


HREF="http://www.westernheritage.ca/Kirilovka_Showcase/kirilovk.html">Rescue
Excavation of the Kirilovka Doukhobor Village Site


http://www.westernheritage.ca/Kirilovka_Showcase/kirilovk.html


The Franklin
Trail


http://www.netscapades.com/franklintrail

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