Thedford II: A Paleo-Indian Site in the Ausable River Watershed of Southwestern Ontario 9780915703258, 9781951538026, 0915703254

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Thedford II: A Paleo-Indian Site in the Ausable River Watershed of Southwestern Ontario
 9780915703258, 9781951538026, 0915703254

Table of contents :
Table of Contents
List of tables
List of figures
Foreword, by Henry T. Wright
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Site Location and Setting
Site Layout and Investigation
Excavations
Age and Environment
Chapter 2. Lithic Raw Materials and Primary Reduction
Lithic Raw Materials
Primary Reduction
Chapter 3. Bifacial Tools/Preforms
Fluted Bifaces
Other Bifaces
Chapter 4. Unifacial Tools
End Scrapers
Side Scrapers
Combination Notch/Borers/Denticulates
Bend-Break Tools
Other Unifacial Tools
Summary
Chapter 5. Flaking Debris
Debris Types and Residual Categories
Discussion
Implications
Summary
Chapter 6. Features
Probable Features
Other Possible Features
Chapter 7. Spatial Distributions
Peripheral Clusters
Central Cluster
Summary
Chapter 8. Thedford II in the Fluid Point Tradition
The Thedford II Site and the Parkhill Complex
The Parkhill Complex in the Eastern Great Lakes Area
Great Lakes Complexes in Relation to the Northeast
The Eastern Great Lakes and the Midwest/Southeast
The Eastern Great Lakes in Relation to Western Fluted Point Complexes
Conclusions
Chapter 9. Summary and Conclusions
Bibliography
Appendix A. Attributes and Variables
Appendix B. Fluted Point and Preform Data
Appendix C. Other Fluted Points Examined
Appendix D. Cross Reference of Field Catalog Numbers and Illustrations

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