New perspectives on Maritime prehistory

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Date Recorded
1984-11-23
Date Digitized
2024
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Physical Location
Original cassette held by UPEI Archives and Special Collections
Duration
01:16:51
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
00:00 Introduction from Pratt

01:30 Keenleyside begins speaking

03:30 Discussion of emerging research in Maritime archaeology

05:00 Discussion of Indigenous settlement of the Americas

05:30 Discussion of the last glacial period

06:30 Discussion of timeline of Indigenous settlement of the Maritimes; early tools

08:30 Discussion of glacial activity along the eastern coast of North America

10:00 Discussion of artefacts discovered in the Maritimes; comparison to other archaeological sites

12:00 Discussion of archaeological dig sites in the Maritimes, findings from

14:30 Discussion of lithic materials discovered in PEI

16:30 Discussion of artefacts in relation to people

17:30 Discussion of the Northumberland strait

20:00 Discussion of the timeline of settlement of PEI by Indigenous peoples

21:00 Discussion of Indigenous activity on PEI

21:30 Discussion of the Jones site

24:00 Discussion of the timeline of settlement around St. Peters Bay

25:00 Discussion of the geographic features around the Jones site

26:00 Further discussion of the excavation of the Jones site

30:30 Discussion of student involvement in the excavation of the Jones site

31:00 Discussion of potential future excavation of the Jones site

32:30 Further discussion of findings from the Jones site

34:30 Question regarding carbon dating

36:30 Discussion of radiocarbon dating methods; discussion of locations artefacts found at

39:30 Discussion of artefacts found in the western United States

41:00 Discussion of Indigenous peoples in South America

42:00 Discussion of Mi'kmaq peoples in PEI

42:30 Discussion of emerging archaeological sites in eastern Canada

44:30 Discussion of an artefact found 18-20 fathoms underwater

48:00 Discussion of an underwater artefact found near Digby, Nova Scotia

48:30 Discussion of the future for archaeology in the Maritimes

51:00 Beginning of question period; question regarding lithic formations on PEI

54:00 Inaudible question; answer regarding materials artefacts made from

56:00 Question regarding the impact of geological formations on archaeology

57:30 Question regarding pottery on PEI

59:30 Question regarding the durability of stone artefacts

01:01:30 Question regarding seasonal activities of prehistoric Indigenous peoples

01:03:30 Question regarding fishing among the Mi'kmaq; nomadic behaviour

01:08:30 Question regarding the end of ice cover in PEI

01:09:30 Question regarding Inuit activity in PEI

01:11:30 Question regarding human activity in PEI during the Ice Age

01:14:30 Question regarding lithic and ivory artefacts

01:16:00 End of seminar