Southwestern Blackduck: Political Boundaries Versus Archaeological Reality

Carr, Jackson S.

Southwestern Blackduck: Political Boundaries Versus Archaeological Reality

dc.contributor.advisor	Freeman, Andrea
dc.contributor.author	Carr, Jackson S.
dc.contributor.committeemember	Amundsen-Meyer, Lindsay
dc.contributor.committeemember	Hamilton, Scott
dc.date	2023-11
dc.date.accessioned	2023-09-22T15:10:35Z
dc.date.available	2023-09-22T15:10:35Z
dc.date.issued	2023-09-14
dc.description.abstract	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.
dc.identifier.citation	Carr, J. S. (2023). Southwestern Blackduck: political boundaries versus archaeological reality (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1880/117088
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/41930
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher.faculty	Arts
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary
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dc.subject	Northeastern Plains
dc.subject	Blackduck
dc.subject	Ceramic Analysis
dc.subject	North Dakota
dc.subject	Minnesota
dc.subject	Late Woodland Period
dc.subject.classification	Archaeology
dc.title	Southwestern Blackduck: Political Boundaries Versus Archaeological Reality
dc.type	master thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Archaeology
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary
thesis.degree.name	Master of Arts (MA)
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