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The archaeology and taphonomy of the Heron Eden site, southwestern Saskatchewan

dc.contributor.committeeMemberLinnamae, Urveen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWalker, Ernest D.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMorlan, Richarden_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSargent, Williamen_US
dc.creatorCorbeil, Marcel Ronalden_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-11T11:15:13Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-04T04:52:26Z
dc.date.available2012-08-05T08:00:00Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-01-04T04:52:26Z
dc.date.created1995en_US
dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.date.submitted1995en_US
dc.description.abstractHeron Eden (EeOi-11) is a Cody complex bison kill-butchery site located in southwestern Saskatchewan. The bison bone has been radiocarbon dated to approximately 9000 years ago. This site, along with neighboring sites of similar age such as the Dunn, Niska, Napao, and Fletcher sites, are located in similar environments with a semi-arid climate, grassland vegetation, and soil formed on sandy sediments of glacial origin. The site is located on a small knoll in a cultivated field on the northwestern periphery of the Great Sand Hills. It is situated near the periphery of a small glacial lake basin in an area identified as a glacio­lacusterine delta. Cultivation has reduced both the horizontal and vertical extent of the bone bed. Excavations were initiated in an attempt to salvage a portion of the remaining intact bone bed. Overall, the general preservation of the faunal material was poor. The analysis of the faunal assemblage was undertaken to determine the degree to which the bone bed composition and distribution could be attributed to intention cultural activity. The Heron Eden site represents the most northern Cody complex site yet found on the Great Plains. The limited reconstruction of the procurement strategy exhibited at the site generally corresponds to the patterns observed at other Paleoindian bison kill-butchery sites.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-08112009-111513en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.titleThe archaeology and taphonomy of the Heron Eden site, southwestern Saskatchewanen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentAnthropology and Archaeologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropology and Archaeologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewanen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US

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