Introduction
The site that will be discussed within this report is the Lockport Site with the Borden Designation of EaLf-1. Located in Central Manitoba on the eastern bank of the Red River and near the St. Andrews rapids, it is approximately 17 kilometers north of the perimeter Winnipeg. This indicates that this site is within the natural region of the Red River Basin. While this excavation was performed in early summer, the frost free period for the Lockport site is only 100 to 110 days out of the year. As well, the yearly precipitation is approximately 514 millimeters. The flora and fauna for this area is fairly extensive with the ecosystem being able to support many different species. The more prevalent flora included species from the Gramineae (Grass) and Salicaceae (Willow) families, as well as …show more content…
He was able to identify ten different strata and found artifacts that he believed dated from 1500 BC to 1750 AD. Within the strata he determined that there were five different cultural periods including the Selkirk, Manitoba, Nutimik, Anderson, and Larter. In comparison to the other sites that MacNeish excavated, Lockport had the greatest level of preservation and the most apparent stratigraphy. The MacNeish excavation found many artifacts including, but not limited to, ceramics, scrapers, projectile points, an awl, bone tools, scapula hoes, grinding stones, a biface, a flake knife, as well as multiple hearths.
Buchner worked on the Lockport site from 1984 to 1988 and his work is now one of the most highly regarded for this site. The reports that came out of those excavations proved many of the ideas that MacNeish had proposed, as well as came with more information on the agricultural aspect of the people who had lived on the land. He also managed to determine that there were four main cultural periods and used carbon dating to determine more specific
The site that will be discussed within this report is the Lockport Site with the Borden Designation of EaLf-1. Located in Central Manitoba on the eastern bank of the Red River and near the St. Andrews rapids, it is approximately 17 kilometers north of the perimeter Winnipeg. This indicates that this site is within the natural region of the Red River Basin. While this excavation was performed in early summer, the frost free period for the Lockport site is only 100 to 110 days out of the year. As well, the yearly precipitation is approximately 514 millimeters. The flora and fauna for this area is fairly extensive with the ecosystem being able to support many different species. The more prevalent flora included species from the Gramineae (Grass) and Salicaceae (Willow) families, as well as …show more content…
He was able to identify ten different strata and found artifacts that he believed dated from 1500 BC to 1750 AD. Within the strata he determined that there were five different cultural periods including the Selkirk, Manitoba, Nutimik, Anderson, and Larter. In comparison to the other sites that MacNeish excavated, Lockport had the greatest level of preservation and the most apparent stratigraphy. The MacNeish excavation found many artifacts including, but not limited to, ceramics, scrapers, projectile points, an awl, bone tools, scapula hoes, grinding stones, a biface, a flake knife, as well as multiple hearths.
Buchner worked on the Lockport site from 1984 to 1988 and his work is now one of the most highly regarded for this site. The reports that came out of those excavations proved many of the ideas that MacNeish had proposed, as well as came with more information on the agricultural aspect of the people who had lived on the land. He also managed to determine that there were four main cultural periods and used carbon dating to determine more specific