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Paleoethnobotany on the Northern Plains : the Tuscany Archaeological Site (EgPn-377), Calgary /

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An extensive sediment sampling project was part of the overall excavation strategy for the Tuscany Site Archaeological Project (EgPn-377), location of the University of Calgary field school from 1995-1997. A series of paleosols in the lower stratigraphy yielded charred botanical remains and other ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siegfried, Evelyn (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, England : Archaeopress, 2014.
Series:BAR international series ; 2691.
Subjects:
Paleoethnobotany > Alberta > Calgary.
Plant remains (Archaeology) > Alberta > Calgary.
Calgary (Alta.) > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Alberta > Calgary.
Indians of North America > Antiquities.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Methodology
  • Calgary setting, immediate site setting and site cultural features
  • The macrobotanicals
  • The spatial analysis
  • Local ecological and cultural landscapes identified
  • Pollen and macrofossil studies in Southern Alberta
  • Regional Paleosol studies and the Tuscany site.