Analysis of Copper-Based Metals from three Mi'kmaq Sites in Nova Scotia

Autor:	R. G. B. Hancock, R. H. Whitehead, L. A. Pavlish, Ronald M. Farquhar
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	Nova scotia Archeology 060101 anthropology 060102 archaeology Trace element chemistry.chemical_element 06 humanities and the arts Archaeology Copper European origin chemistry Assemblage (archaeology) 0601 history and archaeology Geology
Zdroj:	North American Archaeologist. 19:279-292
ISSN:	1541-3543 0197-6931
DOI:	10.2190/xrva-lga8-vbmm-fyyq
Popis:	Instrumental neutron activation of sixty-one copper-based metal samples from Mi'kmaq First Nations archaeological sites at Northport, Pictou, and Avonport in Nova Scotia shows that all samples are of European origin. There are two brass and one gun metal samples; all are of different trace element chemistries. The remaining fifty-eight pieces of European copper displayed from six to thirteen different trace element chemistries, implying that a minimum of this number of cooking pots was associated with the assemblage. Six of the seven Northport copper samples match with different Pictou copper chemistries, linking the sites. Since two Northport samples were from essentially whole pots, and since they match trace element groupings 1 and 2i, at least two pots of each of these chemistries must have arrived at Northport and Pictou. On the other hand, the two copper samples from Avonport are chemically unique in this small collection, matching nothing from Northport or Pictou.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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