FGLW-2 (GRS-20)


DETAILS

Object Name: FgLw-2 (GRS-20)

Record Type: Site

Institution(s): University of Manitoba

Categories:
  1. FgLw-2
  2. Boreal Plains
Date Details:

Undetermined

Location:

Easterville Vicinity, Manitoba

Notes:

Site inventory, artifact collection and report of excavation indicate that only lithics were recovered at this site; however a single ceramic sherd was catalogued as coming from this site.

Introduction:

Site identified by William J. Mayer-Oakes (University of Oklahoma) and crew in 1961. Test excavation of one ten-foot square to a depth of five inches was completed the same year. Site has been interpreted as a possible small stone-tool workshop. Site has since been destroyed by flooding.

Summary of Collection: Artifact categories in collection: lithic (stone implements and waste). Archival material in collection: level summary sheet.

Borden Number: FgLw-2

References: Mayer-Oakes, William J. 1970 Archeological Investigations of the Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Reservoir 1961-1962. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press.

References: Mayer-Oakes, William J. 1962 An Archeological Survey at Grand Rapids, Manitoba (July 15 - September 16, 1961). Typescript on file, Department of Anthropology Laboratory, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

References: Northern Lights Heritage Services, Inc. 2005 Grand Rapids Technical Report: Reanalysis of the Artifacts Recovered by the 1960 to 1962 Grand Rapids Archaeological Survey Projects (Meshea Pow-e-stick). Report on file, Department of Anthropology Laboratory, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.