2000 ans d’occupation préhistorique sur l’Ile Verte : les traditions céramiques, l’organisation de la technologie lithique et les réseaux d’interactions au Sylvicole moyen
During the Late Superior Woodland (AD 1300 to AD 1534), Ile Verte was occupied by St. Lawrence Iroquoians from the Quebec City area, who as part of a transhumance strategy, came there to hunt seals. As for previous periods, the Early Middle Woodland (400 B.C. to AD 500) and the Late Middle Woodland (AD 500 to AD 1000), we still know very little. Who were these groups that hunted seals on Ile Verte during the Middle Woodland periods? The Turcotte-Lévesque site offers an opportunity to study nearly 2000 years of marine mammal hunting on the island and to document the Middle Woodland occupations. In this thesis, we will address the interactions networks and settlement patterns that prevailed in this region via the ceramic vestiges and the organization of stone tool technology (OSTT) of those groups. Ultimately, we will try to answer one important question: who were the groups that occupied Ile Verte during the Middle Woodland? Was it the ancestors of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians or another culturally distinct group?
Anthropology Archaeology Préhistory North-east Lithic technology Early Middle Woodland Late Middle Woodland St. Lawrence Iroquoian Seals Marine mammals Organization of stone tool technology