A method is presented for establishing the relative economic positions of archaeological assembla... more A method is presented for establishing the relative economic positions of archaeological assemblages. Scales of economic means are independently derived from the archival and archaeological records of the Red River Settlement between 1830 and 1870 and are then tested for consistency of ranking. The results indicate that relative economic position can be observed on the basis of ceramic artifact assemblages alone, the beef cut results are not sufficiently robust, but a broader approach to faunal assemblages provides meaningful results. Persons or groups that are normally overlooked in historical documents , and sites or assemblages for which no written records exist, can then be included in discussions of economic variability on the basis of their ceramic assemblages. Such discussion leads to the possibility of establishing links between economic and social variability.
... provided Lord Selkirk with 116,000 square miles of land that included portions of present day... more ... provided Lord Selkirk with 116,000 square miles of land that included portions of present day Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Minnesota, and North Dakota (Figure 1). The settlementwas established around the confluence of the Red and Assini boine rivers (the ... Andrew's in 1852. ...
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