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Light from Ancient Campfires: Archaeological Evidence for Native Lifeways on the Northern Plains
Trevor R. Peck
Light from Ancient Campfires is the first book in twenty years to gather together a comprehensive prehistoric archaeological record of the Northern Plains First Nations. In this important examination of the region's earliest inhabitants, author Trevor Peck reviews the many changes of interpretation that have occurred in relevant literature published during the last two decades. Beginning with the earliest archaeological evidence for people in Alberta, Light from Ancient Campfires covers each period in chronological sequence.
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Cover
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CONTENTS
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LIST OF TABLES
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LIST OF FIGURES
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LIST OF PLATES
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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Scope of the Book
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Archaeological Systematics
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Theoretical Perspective
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1 EARLIEST INHABITANTS: Prior to ca. 11,050 BP
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PRE-CLOVIS SITES ( > CA. 11,050 BP)
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The Sites
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Pre-Clovis: Still Searching for the Evidence
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2 EARLY PREHISTORIC PERIOD: ca. 11,050 to 8,600 BP
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CLOVIS PHASE (CA. 11,050 to 10,800 BP)
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The Sites
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Clovis: An Unprecedented “Homecoming”?
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FOLSOM PHASE (CA. 10,900 to 10,200 BP)
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The Sites
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Folsom: High Mobility with a Focus on Bison
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SIBBALD PHASE (CA. 10,500 BP)
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The Sites
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Sibbald: The Beginning of Regionalization
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AGATE BASIN / HELL GAP COMPLEX (CA. 10,200 TO 9,600 BP)
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The Sites
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Agate Basin/Hell Gap: Continuity from Folsom to Scottsbluff?
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ALBERTA PHASE (CA. 9,600 TO 9,000 BP)
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The Sites
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Alberta: Earliest Point Style of the Cody Tradition
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SCOTTSBLUFF-EDEN PHASE (CA. 9,000 TO 8,600 BP)
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The Sites
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Scottsbluff-Eden: The First Major Occupation?
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3 EARLY TO MIDDLE PREHISTORIC PERIOD TRANSITION: ca. 8,600 to 7,500 BP
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PLAINS/MOUNTAIN COMPLEX (CA. 8,600 TO 7,700 BP)
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The Sites
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Plains/Mountain: Transition from Spears to Darts in the Foothills/Mountains
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LUSK COMPLEX (CA. 8,300 TO 7,500 BP)
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The Sites
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Lusk: Transition from Spears to Darts on the Plains
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4 MIDDLE PREHISTORIC PERIOD: ca. 7,500 to 1,500 BP
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COUNTRY HILLS COMPLEX (CA. 7,500 TO 7,300 BP)
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The Sites
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Country Hills: Barbed Darts in the Front Range and Foothills
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MUMMY CAVE COMPLEX (CA. 7,300 TO 6,700 BP)
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The Sites
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Mummy Cave: The Earliest Side-notched Point Assemblages
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MAPLE LEAF COMPLEX (CA. 6,300 TO 5,200 BP)
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The Sites
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Maple Leaf: Subsisting in the Foothills and Front Range
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CALDERWOOD COMPLEX (CA. 5,200 TO 4,700 BP)
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The Sites
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Calderwood: Social and Material Culture Diversity Five Thousand Years Ago
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GOWEN COMPLEX (CA. 5,900 TO 5,200 BP)
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The Sites
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Gowen: A Distinct Cultural Entity?
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ESTEVAN PHASE (CA. 4,900 TO 4,500 BP)
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The Sites
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Estevan: Oxbow Beginnings on the Alberta Plains
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OXBOW PHASE (CA. 4,500 TO 4,100 BP)
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The Sites
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Oxbow: Cemeteries, Boiling Pits, and More
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MCKEAN COMPLEX (CA. 4,200 TO 3,500 BP)
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The Sites
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McKean: Migrants from the Big Horn Basin/Black Hills Area
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PELICAN LAKE COMPLEX (CA. 3,600 TO 2,800 BP)
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The Sites
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Pelican Lake: The Twilight Days of Bison Stalking
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OUTLOOK COMPLEX (CA. 2,500 BP)
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The Sites
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Outlook: The First Wave of Middle Missouri Invaders
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SANDY CREEK COMPLEX (CA. 2,500 BP)
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The Sites
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Sandy Creek: Besant Beginnings?
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BRACKEN PHASE (CA. 2,800 TO 2,100 BP)
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The Sites
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Bracken: Industrializing Bison Pounding and Mobilizing a Workforce
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BESANT PHASE (CA. 2,100 TO 1,500 BP)
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The Sites
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Besant: A Renewed Perspective
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5 MIDDLE TO LATE PREHISTORIC PERIOD TRANSITION: ca. 1,500 to 1,350 BP
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SONOTA PHASE (CA. 1,500 TO 1,350 BP)
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The Sites
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Sonota: Reviving the Newman-Syms Perspective
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6 LATE PREHISTORIC PERIOD: ca. 1,350 to 250 BP
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AVONLEA PHASE (CA. 1,350 TO 1,100 BP)
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The Sites
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Avonlea: Migrant Archers from the East
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AVONLEA–OLD WOMEN’S TRANSITION (CA. 1,100 BP)
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The Sites
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Avonlea–Old Women’s Transition: End of Avonlea Within the Beginnings of Old Women’s
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OLD WOMEN’S PHASE (CA. 1,100 TO 250 BP)
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The Sites
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Old Women’s: Archaeological Evidence for the Prehistoric Blackfoot (Nitsitapii)
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HIGHWOOD PHASE (CA. 500 TO 300 BP)
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The Sites
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Highwood: Shoshonean (Snake) Invaders in Southern Alberta
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7 LATE PREHISTORIC TO HISTORIC PERIOD TRANSITION: Protohistoric Period, ca. 250 to 200 BP
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PROTOHISTORIC OLD WOMEN’S PHASE (CA. 250 TO 200 BP)
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The Sites
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Protohistoric Old Women’s: Continuity and Change
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ONE GUN PHASE (CA. 200 BP)
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The Sites
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One Gun: More Migrants from the Middle Missouri Area
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Published: 2011
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
- 978-1-926836-30-0 (ebook)
- 978-1-897425-97-8 (ebook)
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