PhillIs Beach: An Artifact Analysis and Comparative Study

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  • Jennifer Bishop

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15173/nexus.v3i1.98

Abstract

This paper reports the revival of a hundred year old site collection and the re-analysis of its contents. The main objectives of the study are to provide an illustration and description of the artifacts. Comparisons to other Maritime province shell midden assemblages are made in order to update the archaeological interpretation of the site. Phil's Beach is found to reflect cultural continuity as expressed in Northeastern, Atlantic coast, midden complexes. Two occupations, one dating about 2000 BP and the other about 900 BP are suggested for Phil's Beach. The conclusions reaffirm that valuable information such as temporal association, can be gleaned from the re-analysis of existing collections

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1983-01-01

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