Glacial lake levels and Eastern Great Lakes Palaeo-Indians

  1. Lawrence J. Jackson1,
  2. Christopher Ellis2,3,
  3. Alan V. Morgan3,4,
  4. John H. McAndrews5,6

Article first published online: 26 APR 2000

DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(200006)15:5<415::AID-GEA2>3.0.CO;2-2

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Geoarchaeology

Geoarchaeology

Volume 15, Issue 5, pages 415–440, June 2000

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Jackson, L. J., Ellis, C., Morgan, A. V. and McAndrews, J. H. (2000), Glacial lake levels and Eastern Great Lakes Palaeo-Indians. Geoarchaeology, 15: 415–440. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(200006)15:5<415::AID-GEA2>3.0.CO;2-2

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  1. 1

    P.O. Box 493, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada L1A 3Z4

  2. 2

    Department of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2

  3. 3

    Quaternary Sciences Institute University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada

  4. 4

    Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 Canada

  5. 5

    Department of Botany, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6, Canada

  6. 6

    Departments of Botany and Geology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1, Canada

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 26 APR 2000
  2. Article first published online: 26 APR 2000
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 3 FEB 2000
  4. Manuscript Received: 8 NOV 1999

Funded by

  • former Canada Council to the late Dr. William B. Roosa of the University of Waterloo
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC)
  • Dean of Social Science, University of Western Ontario

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Abstract

This article investigates changing lake levels in the late Pleistocene eastern Great Lakes in order to gain insights into the Early Palaeo-Indian occupations. Significant new information bearing on lake level history is provided, notably the first well-documented deposits of a high water level above modern in the ca. 11,000–10,300 B.P. period in the southern Lake Huron basin. The lake level information, along with paleoenvironmental and site data, reinforces site age estimates to the 11th millennium B.P.; suggests significant numbers of sites have been inundated by rising water levels; provides specific information on the setting of archaeological sites such as placing the Parkhill site adjacent to a large lake estuary; indicates reasons for the attractiveness of shorelines to Palaeo-Indians including persistence of more open areas conducive to higher game productivity; and points to ideal areas for future archaeological site survey, particularly in the Lake Erie drainage. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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