Rethinking Avonlea

Pottery Wares and Cultural Phases

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ID9217618
AuthorsDavid Meyer (0000-0003-0979-118X, University of Saskatchewan), David Meyer David Meyer, Dale Walde (University of Calgary), Dale Walde Dale Walde
Year2009
Volume54
Issue209
Pages49-73
Publication date2009-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePlains Anthropologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/pan.2009.54.209.005
OpenAlexW1998783022
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited15

It has become conventional in northern Plains archaeology to recognize an Avonlea phase, based on the presence of delicate, well-formed side-notched arrow points, mainly of the Timber Ridge Side Notched type. Over the past few decades, information regarding the associated pottery has slowly accumulated, allowing us to recognize three main wares: net/jabric-impressed, parallelgrooved, and cord-roughened. In this paper, we move away from the concept of a single Avonlea phase, returning to the original idea of Avonlea as a horizon. In so doing, we emphasize regional concentrations of certain pottery wares as the basis for the recognition of particular phases within the Avonlea horizon. It is apparent that some of these pottery wares are also present to the east in Minnesota and adjacent southern Manitoba and northeastern North Dakota. In particular, the netimpressed ware has an Early Woodland presence there. It is postulated, therefore, that most of the Avonlea wares had their origins in this more easterly region, although the impetus behind their westward spread and the manner in which this occurred remain in question

Archaeology · Geography · Horizon · Pottery · Ridge · Woodland · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Geology · History · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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