Les Iroquoiens de Droulers/Tsiionhiakwatha et le cristal de quartz
Among the large number of artefacts found on the Droulers/Tsiionhiakwatha Iroquoian village (BgFn-1), the assemblage of stone tools is very small. The Iroquoians at Droulers produced scrapers, arrowheads, drills, whetstones and manos, and also shaped tools with crystal quartz. Among the 3595 lithic objects, we find 18 tools and 1085 pieces of debitage in crystal quartz, which compose over 30% of the total lithic assemblage. Cristal quartz was worked during Québec prehistory, but never to this extent. This thesis is about the chaîne opératoire of crystal quartz and its uses throughout prehistory of Québec and among prehistoric Iroquoians.
Droulers/Tsiionhiakwatha Cristal de quartz Chaîne opératoire Northeast archaeology Saint Lawrence valley Saint Lawrence Iroquoians Crystal quartz Lithic analysis