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    Southwestern Blackduck: Political Boundaries Versus Archaeological Reality
    (2023-09-14) Carr, Jackson S.; Freeman, Andrea; Amundsen-Meyer, Lindsay; Hamilton, Scott
    Late Woodland Blackduck ceramics are a highly recognizable and well-documented phenomenon in the archaeological record of Minnesota, Ontario, and Manitoba. The presently acknowledged southwestern boundary for Blackduck ceramics, is the Red River of the North in Minnesota and the southern border of Manitoba. This rather strict, classically held boundary fails to recognize western Blackduck cultural adaptation within the current understanding of this archaeological culture, in addition to promoting erroneous classifications of Woodland-affiliated ceramics in North Dakota. The research herein details the presence of Blackduck in the western margins of Minnesota and the prairies of North Dakota by examining 19 sites believed to contain Blackduck ceramics. This thesis expands knowledge of the Late Woodland Period throughout the Northeastern Plains by delineating the southwestern boundary for Blackduck through basic ceramics analysis. A summarization and reconstruction of the Late Woodland Period in North Dakota is supported by the presentation of a new ceramic ware for the state. Previous models for the movement and interaction of Blackduck makers will also be examined and re-contextualized within theoretical paradigms that seek to unify people and their environment into one entity.