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- catalog abstract ""Compared to the spectacular bison-kill sites for which the Plains region is justifiably famous, relatively little is known about the more ordinary aspects of ancient everyday life. Where did people make their homes? Why were particular sites chosen? Who might occupy a given camp and how long might they stay? What activities were carried out? The Sjovold site, situated on the west bank of the South Saskatchewan River in the far northern Plains, offers a long and detailed archaeological record with which to address these questions. People camped here more than twenty times over a period of 3,200 years, from 1850 B.C. to A.D. 1350. This book describes and interprets the findings from excavations of each encampment through this long sequence." "Locally, the Sjovold site offered shelter from the prevailing winds and access to the rich resources of a wooded creek valley. More generally, it seems to have been near the boundary between two vegetation zones: the grasslands and the aspen parklands. It is also near the Missouri Coteau, a long line of broken hills used historically as a war road. Perhaps more important, however, is its proximity to one of the few good river crossings in the region. This study specifies the criteria for defining and recognizing a river crossing campsite. It also explores many features of life in ancient times, inferring, along with the cultural and historical framework, societal dimensions such as group size and gender, trade and travel, as well as a wide variety of daily activities."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "River crossing campsite in the Northern Plains".
- catalog contributor b8865296.
- catalog contributor b8865297.
- catalog contributor b8865298.
- catalog contributor b8865299.
- catalog contributor b8865300.
- catalog coverage "Saskatchewan Antiquities.".
- catalog coverage "Sjovold Site (Sask.)".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description ""Compared to the spectacular bison-kill sites for which the Plains region is justifiably famous, relatively little is known about the more ordinary aspects of ancient everyday life. Where did people make their homes? Why were particular sites chosen? Who might occupy a given camp and how long might they stay? What activities were carried out? The Sjovold site, situated on the west bank of the South Saskatchewan River in the far northern Plains, offers a long and detailed archaeological record with which to address these questions. People camped here more than twenty times over a period of 3,200 years, from 1850 B.C. to A.D. 1350. This book describes and interprets the findings from excavations of each encampment through this long sequence." "Locally, the Sjovold site offered shelter from the prevailing winds and access to the rich resources of a wooded creek valley. More generally, it seems to have been near the boundary between two vegetation zones: the grasslands and the aspen parklands. It is also near the Missouri Coteau, a long line of broken hills used historically as a war road. Perhaps more important, however, is its proximity to one of the few good river crossings in the region. This study specifies the criteria for defining and recognizing a river crossing campsite. It also explores many features of life in ancient times, inferring, along with the cultural and historical framework, societal dimensions such as group size and gender, trade and travel, as well as a wide variety of daily activities."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references: p. [588]-615.".
- catalog extent "xxvi, 615 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Sjovold site.".
- catalog identifier "0660140330".
- catalog isFormatOf "Sjovold site.".
- catalog isPartOf "Mercury series, 0316-1854".
- catalog isPartOf "Paper (Archaeological Survey of Canada) ; no. 151".
- catalog isPartOf "Paper / Archaeological Survey of Canada, 0317-2244 ; 151".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Hull, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization,".
- catalog relation "Sjovold site.".
- catalog spatial "Saskatchewan Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Saskatchewan".
- catalog spatial "Saskatchewan.".
- catalog spatial "Sjovold Site (Sask.)".
- catalog subject "971.24/2 20".
- catalog subject "E78.S2 D95 1995".
- catalog subject "Excavations (Archaeology) Saskatchewan.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Saskatchewan Antiquities.".
- catalog subject "Saskatchewan Antiquities.".
- catalog title "River crossing campsite in the Northern Plains".
- catalog title "The Sjovold site : a river crossing campsite in the Northern Plains / Ian Dyck and Richard E. Morlan with contributions by E. A. Christiansen ... [et al.].".
- catalog type "text".