L A Pavlish
Biographic Data
| ID | 4053031 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L A Pavlish |
| GIVEN NAMES | L A |
| FAMILY NAME | Pavlish |
| SIGNATURE | PAVLISH L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Aspects of Late Paleoindian Lithic Technological Organization in the Northwestern Lake Superior Region of Canada
This chapter focuses on selected aspects of Late Paleoindian lithic technological systematics including: their sources of lithic raw materials, the effect of distance from local raw material sources on certain aspects of tool assemblages (standardization, curation and versatility), and evidence regarding biface preform production and transportation. The data used is from a three-year field research program at Cummins site near Thunder Bay, Canada…
Tracing the Distribution of Late 16th and Early 17th Century European Copper Artefacts in Southern Québec and Ontario, Canada
To understand the nature of trade/exchange of ‘Basque’ copper kettles and their fragments among Indigenous communities from Québec to Ontario, Canada, we examined 948 copper samples from 75 archaeological sites. We found that 936 samples were sortable into 11 coarse chemical groups: seven biased towards Ontario, three favouring Québec and only one balanced between the two provinces. This pattern may represent kettles and pieces ‘mostly traded’ or…
Archaeometry at Slowpoke‐toronto
This paper describes the archaeometric research conducted at the SLOWPOKE Reactor Facility of the University of Toronto (SLOWPOKE‐Toronto) during its existence from 1971 to 1998. The contributions to student teaching and research are described, and the total contribution of the facility to studies of an eclectic assortment of ancient and historic materials is addressed
Analysis of Copper-Based Metals from three Mi'kmaq Sites in Nova Scotia
Instrumental neutron activation of sixty-one copper-based metal samples from Mi'kmaq First Nations archaeological sites at Northport, Pictou, and Avonport in Nova Scotia shows that all samples are of European origin. There are two brass and one gun metal samples; all are of different trace element chemistries. The remaining fifty-eight pieces of European copper displayed from six to thirteen different trace element chemistries, implying that a mi…
Chemical Analysis of Copper Alloy Trade Metal From a Post‐contact Huron Site in Ontario, Canada
Fifty‐three copper‐based metal fragments, recovered from the Robitaille site in southcentral Ontario, were analysed by neutron activation to establish their chemical make‐up and to sort them by their trace elemental chemistries. Three different European copper samples, one brassy copper and 48 brass samples with five different chemistries were found. As few as eight trading actions may account for all of the recovered European metal fragments
Radiocarbon Dating of Copper-Preserved Organics
The small but vital role of 14 C dating in archaeometric research is clearly shown in the copper project reported herein. The 14 C ages place a time perspective on the “Old Copper Culture Complex,” substantiating early Libby dates that had been questioned. The respective roles of INAA, PGE and Pb isotope work are briefly summarized. A long tradition of heat treatment from Paleoindian stone to Archaic copper is suggested
Distinguishing European Trade Copper and North‐eastern North American Native Copper
Samoan Volcanic Glass
The Case of the Itinerant Bone: The Role of Sedimentological and Geochemical Evidence
Sedimentological and geochemical data provide a means of evaluating the chronological potential of a caribou bone recently found at a depth of 1 m below surface near the SE shore of Rice Lake, Ontario. The sediment within which the bone was located is interpreted as being a lodgment till. A lodgment till is an unlikely primary depositional environment for the bone because it could not have survived intact in such severe sub-ice conditions. Furthe…
Thermoluminescent Determination of Paleoindian Heat Treatment in Ontario, Canada
The possibility that prehistoric peoples employed heat treatment of chert and flint as an integral part of their lithic tool production technology is a matter that has long been debated. While previous thermoluminescence (TL) investigations of the heating phenomenon concentrate on finished artifacts, this study investigates the TL stored in biface retouch flakes which are an abundant by-product of the Paleoindian fluted point manufacture. One hun…
Cobble Quartz Temper: Preplanning or Fortunstance
(1980). Cobble Quartz Temper: Preplanning or Fortunstance. Lithic Technology: Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 68-68
Revolutionary Developments in Carbon-14 Dating
The conventional carbon-14 method relies on the accurate measurement of a beta-ray decay rate to determine the age of the sample. The new method instead uses an ultrasensitive mass spectrometer to count the individual carbon-14 atoms in a sample. The advantages of this approach are many. The problem of cosmic ray background does not arise. Shorter counting times on samples 1,000 times smaller will be possible. One result will be the production of…
Samoan Volcanic Glass
Distinguishing European Trade Copper and North‐eastern North American Native Copper
Radiocarbon Dating of Copper-Preserved Organics
The small but vital role of 14 C dating in archaeometric research is clearly shown in the copper project reported herein. The 14 C ages place a time perspective on the “Old Copper Culture Complex,” substantiating early Libby dates that had been questioned. The respective roles of INAA, PGE and Pb isotope work are briefly summarized. A long tradition of heat treatment from Paleoindian stone to Archaic copper is suggested
Thermoluminescent Determination of Paleoindian Heat Treatment in Ontario, Canada
The possibility that prehistoric peoples employed heat treatment of chert and flint as an integral part of their lithic tool production technology is a matter that has long been debated. While previous thermoluminescence (TL) investigations of the heating phenomenon concentrate on finished artifacts, this study investigates the TL stored in biface retouch flakes which are an abundant by-product of the Paleoindian fluted point manufacture. One hun…
Tracing the Distribution of Late 16th and Early 17th Century European Copper Artefacts in Southern Québec and Ontario, Canada
To understand the nature of trade/exchange of ‘Basque’ copper kettles and their fragments among Indigenous communities from Québec to Ontario, Canada, we examined 948 copper samples from 75 archaeological sites. We found that 936 samples were sortable into 11 coarse chemical groups: seven biased towards Ontario, three favouring Québec and only one balanced between the two provinces. This pattern may represent kettles and pieces ‘mostly traded’ or…
Chemical Analysis of Copper Alloy Trade Metal From a Post‐contact Huron Site in Ontario, Canada
Fifty‐three copper‐based metal fragments, recovered from the Robitaille site in southcentral Ontario, were analysed by neutron activation to establish their chemical make‐up and to sort them by their trace elemental chemistries. Three different European copper samples, one brassy copper and 48 brass samples with five different chemistries were found. As few as eight trading actions may account for all of the recovered European metal fragments
Analysis of Copper-Based Metals from three Mi'kmaq Sites in Nova Scotia
Instrumental neutron activation of sixty-one copper-based metal samples from Mi'kmaq First Nations archaeological sites at Northport, Pictou, and Avonport in Nova Scotia shows that all samples are of European origin. There are two brass and one gun metal samples; all are of different trace element chemistries. The remaining fifty-eight pieces of European copper displayed from six to thirteen different trace element chemistries, implying that a mi…
Archaeometry at Slowpoke‐toronto
This paper describes the archaeometric research conducted at the SLOWPOKE Reactor Facility of the University of Toronto (SLOWPOKE‐Toronto) during its existence from 1971 to 1998. The contributions to student teaching and research are described, and the total contribution of the facility to studies of an eclectic assortment of ancient and historic materials is addressed
The Case of the Itinerant Bone: The Role of Sedimentological and Geochemical Evidence
Sedimentological and geochemical data provide a means of evaluating the chronological potential of a caribou bone recently found at a depth of 1 m below surface near the SE shore of Rice Lake, Ontario. The sediment within which the bone was located is interpreted as being a lodgment till. A lodgment till is an unlikely primary depositional environment for the bone because it could not have survived intact in such severe sub-ice conditions. Furthe…
Revolutionary Developments in Carbon-14 Dating
The conventional carbon-14 method relies on the accurate measurement of a beta-ray decay rate to determine the age of the sample. The new method instead uses an ultrasensitive mass spectrometer to count the individual carbon-14 atoms in a sample. The advantages of this approach are many. The problem of cosmic ray background does not arise. Shorter counting times on samples 1,000 times smaller will be possible. One result will be the production of…
Cobble Quartz Temper: Preplanning or Fortunstance
(1980). Cobble Quartz Temper: Preplanning or Fortunstance. Lithic Technology: Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 68-68
Revolutionary Developments in Carbon-14 Dating
The conventional carbon-14 method relies on the accurate measurement of a beta-ray decay rate to determine the age of the sample. The new method instead uses an ultrasensitive mass spectrometer to count the individual carbon-14 atoms in a sample. The advantages of this approach are many. The problem of cosmic ray background does not arise. Shorter counting times on samples 1,000 times smaller will be possible. One result will be the production of…
Thermoluminescent Determination of Paleoindian Heat Treatment in Ontario, Canada
The possibility that prehistoric peoples employed heat treatment of chert and flint as an integral part of their lithic tool production technology is a matter that has long been debated. While previous thermoluminescence (TL) investigations of the heating phenomenon concentrate on finished artifacts, this study investigates the TL stored in biface retouch flakes which are an abundant by-product of the Paleoindian fluted point manufacture. One hun…
The Case of the Itinerant Bone: The Role of Sedimentological and Geochemical Evidence
Sedimentological and geochemical data provide a means of evaluating the chronological potential of a caribou bone recently found at a depth of 1 m below surface near the SE shore of Rice Lake, Ontario. The sediment within which the bone was located is interpreted as being a lodgment till. A lodgment till is an unlikely primary depositional environment for the bone because it could not have survived intact in such severe sub-ice conditions. Furthe…
Samoan Volcanic Glass
Distinguishing European Trade Copper and North‐eastern North American Native Copper
Radiocarbon Dating of Copper-Preserved Organics
The small but vital role of 14 C dating in archaeometric research is clearly shown in the copper project reported herein. The 14 C ages place a time perspective on the “Old Copper Culture Complex,” substantiating early Libby dates that had been questioned. The respective roles of INAA, PGE and Pb isotope work are briefly summarized. A long tradition of heat treatment from Paleoindian stone to Archaic copper is suggested
Chemical Analysis of Copper Alloy Trade Metal From a Post‐contact Huron Site in Ontario, Canada
Fifty‐three copper‐based metal fragments, recovered from the Robitaille site in southcentral Ontario, were analysed by neutron activation to establish their chemical make‐up and to sort them by their trace elemental chemistries. Three different European copper samples, one brassy copper and 48 brass samples with five different chemistries were found. As few as eight trading actions may account for all of the recovered European metal fragments
Analysis of Copper-Based Metals from three Mi'kmaq Sites in Nova Scotia
Instrumental neutron activation of sixty-one copper-based metal samples from Mi'kmaq First Nations archaeological sites at Northport, Pictou, and Avonport in Nova Scotia shows that all samples are of European origin. There are two brass and one gun metal samples; all are of different trace element chemistries. The remaining fifty-eight pieces of European copper displayed from six to thirteen different trace element chemistries, implying that a mi…
Archaeometry at Slowpoke‐toronto
This paper describes the archaeometric research conducted at the SLOWPOKE Reactor Facility of the University of Toronto (SLOWPOKE‐Toronto) during its existence from 1971 to 1998. The contributions to student teaching and research are described, and the total contribution of the facility to studies of an eclectic assortment of ancient and historic materials is addressed
Tracing the Distribution of Late 16th and Early 17th Century European Copper Artefacts in Southern Québec and Ontario, Canada
To understand the nature of trade/exchange of ‘Basque’ copper kettles and their fragments among Indigenous communities from Québec to Ontario, Canada, we examined 948 copper samples from 75 archaeological sites. We found that 936 samples were sortable into 11 coarse chemical groups: seven biased towards Ontario, three favouring Québec and only one balanced between the two provinces. This pattern may represent kettles and pieces ‘mostly traded’ or…
Aspects of Late Paleoindian Lithic Technological Organization in the Northwestern Lake Superior Region of Canada
This chapter focuses on selected aspects of Late Paleoindian lithic technological systematics including: their sources of lithic raw materials, the effect of distance from local raw material sources on certain aspects of tool assemblages (standardization, curation and versatility), and evidence regarding biface preform production and transportation. The data used is from a three-year field research program at Cummins site near Thunder Bay, Canada…
Archaeology (10 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · History (6 works) · Copper (5 works) · Materials Science (5 works) · Chemistry (4 works) · Geology (4 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (4 works) · Metallurgy (4 works)