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Recent excavations at the Boswell Site (BfDf-08) in southwestern Nova Scotia have yielded a unique assemblage of Transitional Archaic artifacts. Dating to 3,630 ± 30 BP, the Boswell Site provides important insights into population movements during this period in Maine and the Maritime Peninsula. Previous archaeological investigations have led to debate concerning the relative importance of cultural diffusion and migration in the southern origins of broadpoint technology. By comparing artifacts...
Transitional Archaic – "Mu Awsami Saqiwe’k" in the Maritime Provinces, Canada. (2015)
The Transitional Archaic (4,100 -2,700 BP) is an often overlooked and underrepresented period in the Northeast; especially in the Maritime Provinces. To explain the origins of these "broadpoint using" cultures, archaeologists over the past few decades have embraced either a cultural diffusion or migration model. In this paper, I reopen the debate by examining existing collections from Maine and the Maritime Provinces, including the newly discovered Transitional Archaic component at the Boswell...