Faculty
Social Science
Supervisor Name
Peter Timmins, Ph.D
Keywords
Celt, Axe, Adze, Ground, Stone, Tools, Dorchester, Anthropology, Archaeology
Description
A comprehensive analysis of ground stone celts on the Late Woodland Middle Ontario Iroquoian Dorchester Village Site (AfHg-24). Metric and non-metric traits of the celts were analyzed to gain a better understanding of ground stone tools and their uses. A greater understanding of site formation processes and the development of Late Woodland Iroquoian villages may be attained through the creation of typologies, and an analysis of tool metrics, manufacturing and use wear traits, non-chert detritus produced through manufacture, and intra-site spatial data.
Acknowledgements
I'd like to thank Dr. Peter Timmins, and Timmins Martelle Heritage Consultants for their excavations of the Dorchester Site in 2004, and for providing the artifacts for analysis.
I would also like to thank the USRI program for both the funding and the opportunity to pursue this research.
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Document Type
Poster
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An Analysis of Ground Stone Celts on the Late Woodland Middle Ontario Iroquoian Dorchester Village Site (AfHg-24)
A comprehensive analysis of ground stone celts on the Late Woodland Middle Ontario Iroquoian Dorchester Village Site (AfHg-24). Metric and non-metric traits of the celts were analyzed to gain a better understanding of ground stone tools and their uses. A greater understanding of site formation processes and the development of Late Woodland Iroquoian villages may be attained through the creation of typologies, and an analysis of tool metrics, manufacturing and use wear traits, non-chert detritus produced through manufacture, and intra-site spatial data.