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Title	A study of Southern variant, Maritime Archaic sites from the Northern Peninsula and Strait of Belle Isle, Newfoundland and Labrador
Author	Reid, Heather Stephanie, 1974-
Description	Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2008. Anthropology
Date	2007
Pagination	xiii, 183 leaves : ill., maps
Subject	Excavations (Archaeology)--Newfoundland and Labrador--Belle Isle, Strait of; Excavations (Archaeology)--Newfoundland and Labrador--Great Northern Peninsula; Indians of North America--Newfoundland and Labrador--Belle Isle, Strait of--Antiquities; Indians of North America--Newfoundland and Labrador--Great Northern Peninsula--Antiquities;
Degree	M.A.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Anthropology
Discipline	Anthropology
Language	Eng
Spatial Coverage	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Belle Isle, Strait of Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Great Northern Peninsula
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-103) -- Leaf 104 missing in paper copy - blank in online copy
Abstract	In this thesis, a typology is determined for the southern variant of the Maritime Archaic from the Strait of Belle Isle and Northern Peninsula, dating from 5500 BP to 3200 BP. This typology includes blade-like flakes, bifaces, retouched flakes, side-notched, expanding based bifaces, and artifacts made from a ground stone technology, such as gouges, celts, and ground slate bifaces. Common raw materials used in this area during this time include white weathered chert, slate, and fine-grained dark and mottled cherts. Upon comparison, the artifacts from this place and time show little regional or chronological variation, and the artifacts types found within the studied sites remain consistent throughout the 2300 year time period. However, a regional variation of raw material is somewhat suggested by this study, as white, weathered chert appears in sites situated closer to the Strait of Belle Isle and around a probably source for this white weathered chert (Beaton 2004). Upon comparison, the classes and types of artifacts from this place and time are similar to other southern variant sites in Newfoundland and Labrador. However, differences can be seen in their stylistic attributes. Finally, microscopic examination of raw material supports the hypothesis that the southern variant of the Maritime Archaic had been in Newfoundland and Labrador since approximately 6500 BP.
Type	Text
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	a2544208
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(14.02 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Reid_HeatherS.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	111643.cpd