Archaeology of Fisherman Lake: western District of MacKenzie, N.W.T.

dc.contributor.advisorMacNeish, Richard Stockton
dc.contributor.authorMillar, James F. V.
dc.coverage.spatial2000001061en
dc.date.accessioned2005-07-15T20:03:48Z
dc.date.available2005-07-15T20:03:48Z
dc.date.issued1968
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 458-496.en
dc.description.abstractThe archaeological and geological data collected during 2 field seasons in the Fisherman Lake Valley of the western MacKenzie Basin produced a sequence of 12 cultural complexes representing a series of occupations extending from the late Pleistocene to the present. Interpretation of the glacial and sedimentary characteristics of the region and a series of radiocarbon dates provide a chronological framework for the sequence. The provenience of the earliest 2 complexes implies habitation of the valley prior to the final Lauren tide ice-stand in the western MacKenzie Basin. The geographic and physiographic location of the valley in the central section of the Eastern Cordilleran Migration Corridor allows correlation of previous work in the western interior with that in the eastern interior Arctic, as well as between the northern and central latitudes of the continent. Analysis of the indicated relationships results in a tentative reconstruction of population movement through the western MacKenzie Basin. The earliest 3 complexes, Hughes, McLeod and Cordilleran show evidence of separate movements from antecedents in the northwest. The following 2 complexes, Stem Point and Agate Basin Plana, appear derived from developments in the central plains and central western intermontane plateau region. In the subsequent Julian Complex there appear several lithic technologies related to the northern intermontane plateau and the Alaskan lowlands. These persist into the Pointed Mountain Complex, but are gradually replaced during the Fish Lake, JcRw8-l W and Mac-Kenzie Complexes by the ethnographic Athabascan pattern found in the Spence River and Fort Liard Complexes.en
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dc.format.extentxiv, 496 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier82481509en
dc.identifier.citationMillar, J. F. (1968). Archaeology of Fisherman Lake: western District of MacKenzie, N.W.T. (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/12030en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/12030
dc.identifier.lccF 5916 M54 1968 Microfilmen
dc.identifier.otherBarcode: 82481509en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/2111
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.subject.lccF 5916 M54 1968 Microfilmen
dc.subject.lcshNorthwest Territories - Antiquities
dc.subject.lcshFisherman Lake, Northwest Territories
dc.titleArchaeology of Fisherman Lake: western District of MacKenzie, N.W.T.
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineArchaeology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 32 82481509
ucalgary.thesis.notesPLen
ucalgary.thesis.uarcreleasenoen
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