Archaeology - Canada
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For the list of canadian universities teaching archaeology and anthropology, click here.
For 'archaeology' in the Canadian Encyclopedia, click here.

Archaeological Predictive Modelling in Ontario's forests
http://modelling.pictographics.com/

Archaeological Society of British Columbia
http://www.asbc.bc.ca/

Archaeological Survey of Canada
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/ehome.htm

Archaeology in Arctic North America
http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/ANTHRO/rwpark/ArcticArchStuff/ArcticIntro.html

Archaeology in Kingston and Eastern Ontario, Canada (from the Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation)
http://www.carf.info/

Archaeology in Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia Museum)
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/

Archaeology in Ontario (Ministry of Culture, Province of Ontario)
http://www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/culdiv/heritage/arch.htm

Archaeology of Ontario (archaeological synthesis proposed by the Ontario Archaeological Society)
http://www.ontarioarchaeology.on.ca/oas/summary/contents.htm

Archaeology of Saskatchewan Waterways
http://www.lights.com/waterways/arch.htm

Archeo 08 (Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada) (organisme sans but lucratif)
http://www.archeo08.qc.ca/

Association des archéologues du Québec
http://www.archeologie.qc.ca/

Association of Manitoba Archaeologists
http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/manarchnet/ama/index.html

Brian Thom's Coast Salish home page (archaeology, ethnography, lots of related links to resources)
http://home.istar.ca/~bthom/

British Columbia Archaeological Resource Management Handbook
http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/arch/pubs/resweb/legadm.htm

British Columbia Association of Professional Consulting Archaeologists
http://www.bcapca.bc.ca

British Columbia, Oil and Gas Commission : Archaeology
http://www.ogc.gov.bc.ca/archaeology.asp

Canadian Archaeological Association
http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/

Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database (the main CARD database: over 6000 dates of archaeological and vertebrate palaeontological sites in Canada) (in english and in french)
http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/radiocarbon/card/card.htm

Canadian Heritage Information Network, Artifacts Canada : Archaeological sites
http://daryl.chin.gc.ca/Artefacts/e_MasterLayout.cgi?db=3

Canadian Encyclopedia, The : Archaeology - Archaeological Sites, General
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCECategories&Params=A1SUB3CAT13

Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association/Société canadienne de sociologie et d'anthropologie (french and english)
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~csaa1/

Discovering the ancient house (Flash reader needed ! Xa'ytem archaeological site, Fraser river, British Columbia)
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/ancienthouse/

Five Ancient Cultures of the Northern Peninsula, The (Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland : Maritime Archaic Indian Group, the Groswater and Dorset Paleoeskimo Groups, the Recent Indians and also the European Period)
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/ancient/

Kichi Sibi : tracing our regions's ancient history (Ottawa Valley)
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/kichisibi/welcome.htm

Lavase River Archaeology Project, The
http://www.city.north-bay.on.ca/lavase/index.htm

Les Pétroglyphes de Saint-Victor - The Saint-Victor Petroglyphs
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/petroglyphes/

Les sites rupestres de la forêt boréale, Québec
http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/pamu/champs/archeo/partenai/nisula.htm

London Museum of Archaeology, University of Western Ontario - Canada
http://www.uwo.ca/museum/

Manitoba Archaeological Society
http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/manarchnet/mas/index.html

Manitoba Archaeology
http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/Manitoba/

Manitoba Heritage Network (project of the Manitoba Archaeological Society)
http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/manarchnet/

Mapping ancient history - (an interactive map based on the CARD dates [see "software and files" page], that visually represents the location and spread of dated sites in Canada - in english and in french)
http://sts.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/tsdweb/geoserv_mah.asp

MacIntyre Creek Archaeology Project (Whitehorse, Yukon)
http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/~druther

Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, Province of British Columbia, Archaeology Branch
http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/arch/

New Brunswick's Oxbow site and Augustine Mound : archaeology (click here for the whole site. French and english versions available)
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/oxbow/archaeology.html

Northeast Lithic Database - NELD (includes Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia)
http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/NELD/

Ontario Archaeological Society
http://www.ontarioarchaeology.on.ca/

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Archaeological Predictive Modelling Project
http://www.pictographics.com/apmp.homepage

Parks Canada - National Historic Sites of Canada : Archaeology at Parks Canada
http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/pfa-fap/arch1_e.asp

Passions and Pastimes: Thomas Walter Edwin Sowter, the Ottawa Valley's first archaeologist
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/sowter/sowterhomee.html

Province of Manitoba, Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/index.html

Provincial Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador, Archaeology and Ethnology Pages
http://www.nfmuseum.com/arch.htm

Qikiqtaruk - Inuvialuit Archaeology on Hershel Island (from the Government of Yukon, Department of Tourism and Culture web site)
http://www.yukonheritage.com/publications-herschel.htm

Recherches archéologiques sur le PaléoIndien Récent, La Martre, Gaspésie (1997-1998) - Canada
http://www.cam.org/~chale/lamartre1.html

Réseau Archéo-Québec (Archaeology in Quebec - Canada)
http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/reseau-archeo/

Saskatchewan Association of Professional Archaeologists
http://www.sasknow.com/~sapa/

Saskatchewan Heritage Online
http://www.heritage-online.net/

The five ancient cultures of the Northern Peninsula (Newfoundland)
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/ancient/

The Grassy Island experience, archaeology - a step back in time
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/archaeology/

Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia
http://www.uasbc.com/

Vikings Discovery and Landing at L'Anse aux Meadows
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/vikings/

Vinlandia. Vinland and the Vinland map
http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/vinland/

Wellcome to Old Kenneway, Ontario (kind of ethnoarchaeology !)
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/history/material_culture/cmartine/

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre (Government of Yukon, Dept. of Tourism and Culture, Museums Unit)
http://www.beringia.com/

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Somerset Island, Canadian Arctic prehistoric Thule whalers settlement. Copywright J.P. Smol
Somerset Island, Canadian Arctic
prehistoric Thule whalers settlement
© J.P. Smol


Large lanceolated bifaces from station 12
La Martre, Gaspésie, Canada
Éric Chalifoux © 1999