I. Introduction
Just north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Wanus kewin Heritage Park provides a window into the past of the plains. For the past 30 some years, there have been continual excavations done and several archaeological discoveries made on this land. Since 2010, Wolf Willow with a Borden designation of FbNp-26 has been the site of the excavations, where a ten metre by eleven-metre hole was dug and methodically excavated by archaeology students from the University of Saskatchewan. This report will highlight the seventh and final year of exaction at Wolf Willow FbNp-26, focusing in on the finds of unit 26S 16E.
The summer field school from the department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Saskatchewan runs for six weeks through May and June and is a primary source of excavators for archaeology at Wanuskewin. Lead by Dr. Ernie Walker, with the help of Dr. Glenn Stuart and Devon Lawson, students applied the knowledge of the land from previous years’ excavations to their own to better interpret the past events, both geological and …show more content…
This level was within the tan sandy silt matrix that started to appear towards the bottom of C2. Starting at approximately 31 centimetres and disappearing at 39 centimetres depth, C3 had 20 artifacts in this small layer of space. Faunal remains consisted primarily of bone fragments from long bones, with notable artifacts being a scapula fragment (#127) and the distal end of a tibia (#122). Many carpals and tarsals were found in this level. The number of lithic remains was much greater at this level compared to the very slight amount in previous cultural levels. Finds include an exhausted core fragment (#115) and a spall (#118) of Swan River chert, as well as flakes and fragments of shatter. The only other material found at this depth was quartzite, and only shatter was found, no core or anything larger than a
Just north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Wanus kewin Heritage Park provides a window into the past of the plains. For the past 30 some years, there have been continual excavations done and several archaeological discoveries made on this land. Since 2010, Wolf Willow with a Borden designation of FbNp-26 has been the site of the excavations, where a ten metre by eleven-metre hole was dug and methodically excavated by archaeology students from the University of Saskatchewan. This report will highlight the seventh and final year of exaction at Wolf Willow FbNp-26, focusing in on the finds of unit 26S 16E.
The summer field school from the department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Saskatchewan runs for six weeks through May and June and is a primary source of excavators for archaeology at Wanuskewin. Lead by Dr. Ernie Walker, with the help of Dr. Glenn Stuart and Devon Lawson, students applied the knowledge of the land from previous years’ excavations to their own to better interpret the past events, both geological and …show more content…
This level was within the tan sandy silt matrix that started to appear towards the bottom of C2. Starting at approximately 31 centimetres and disappearing at 39 centimetres depth, C3 had 20 artifacts in this small layer of space. Faunal remains consisted primarily of bone fragments from long bones, with notable artifacts being a scapula fragment (#127) and the distal end of a tibia (#122). Many carpals and tarsals were found in this level. The number of lithic remains was much greater at this level compared to the very slight amount in previous cultural levels. Finds include an exhausted core fragment (#115) and a spall (#118) of Swan River chert, as well as flakes and fragments of shatter. The only other material found at this depth was quartzite, and only shatter was found, no core or anything larger than a