Painting the Past with a Broad Brush: Papers in Honour of James Valliere Wright [Paperback]

 

 

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FROM THE BACK COVER: The archaeological career of James Valliere Wright spanned more than five decades. His contributions to archaeological knowledge are legion - as a field investigator, an archaeological synthesizer, and significantly, as a key player in the development of archaeology in Canada. He is best known for his regional overviews and analytical models, notably the Laurel Tradition, the Shield Archaic and the Ontario Iroquois Tradition. His last major project, A History of the Native People of Canada (Volume 3; Part 2, unfinished at the time of his death)was aimed at a general audience, but is also widely consulted and cited by archaeologists across the country.

Painting the Past with a Broad Brush embodies the breadth of J. V. Wright's interests in archaeological questions pertaining to the many millennia of Aboriginal Peoples' history in Canada. These original papers are a tribute to Jim's impact on Canadian archaeology as a discipline, but most importantly, to the vital role that he played in the professional development of the authors and many students of Canadian archaeology.

ABSTRACT: James Valliere Wright possessed a wide-ranging curiosity about Canada's ancient past, and stressed the importance of disseminating primary site data and making these discoveries available to a wide audience. He encouraged free-ranging, no-nonsense overviews, all the while recognizing that such syntheses were erected as targets for others to tear down with new empirical data. This volume brings together archaeological analyses covering the full chronological spectrum and geographic extent of Canada's ancient history from sea to sea to sea. In its 24 contributions, there are regional syntheses, as well as thoughtful site-specific/period insights, and an annotated bibliography of his major published works. In addition, readers are treated to Jim's own thoughts on his long archaeological career.

CHAPTERS:
Foreword, George F. MacDOnald
Foraging for Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the Gulf of Maine, David Sanger
Abenaki Dietary Change and Continuity during the Contact-Period in Maine, Frances L. Stewart
Historic Inuit Presence in Northern Newfoundland, circa 1550-1800 CE, Charles A. Martijn
A Critical Review of the Last Decade of Prehistoric Archaeology in Southern Quebec, Christian Gates St-Pierre
An Archaeological Sequence for the Megantic Lake Area, Southeastern Quebec, Claude Chapdelaine
Who Cares for Sunflower Seeds?, Norman Clermont
The Ottawa Valley Burial Patterns Spanning Six Millennia, Jean-Luc Pilon and Janet Young
The Journey Back to Mother Earth: The Morrison's Island - 6 Human remains, Janet Young
La ceramique blackduckienne des sites Real (DdGt-9) et Berube (DdGt-5). Un mythe devenu realite, Marc Cote et Leila Inksetter
Politics in a Huron Village, Peter Ramsden
The Crowfield and Caradoc Sites, Ontario: Glimpses of Palaeo-Indian Sacred Ritual and World View, Christopher Ellis
Ontario Cherts Revisited, William A. Fox
Iconographic ("Jesuit") Rings: A Case Study in Chronological Placement, Carol I. Mason
Integrating DGPS and GIS in Archaeology: A Case Study from the Pickering Airport Lands, William D. Finlayson, Don McQuay, Bernie Neary and Ian Williams
Medicinal Plant Remains from Archaeological Sites in Southern Manitoba and Adjacent Areas, C. T. Shay
Identifying the Prehistoric Blackfoot: Approaches to Nitsitapii (Blackfoot) Culture History, J. Rod VIckers and Trevor R. Peck
Palimpsest Deciphering: An Example from a Canadian Barrenland Early Talthelei Phase Hunting Camp, Bryan C. Gordon
A Reconsideration of British Mountain Assemblage from the Engigstciak Site, Northern Yukon, Donald W. Clark
Some Implications of High-Latitude Osseous Technologies for Forager Technological Organization, Raymond J. Le Blanc
People of the Rivers: An Introduction to the Pre-Contact Cultures of Subarctic British Columbia, Knut R. Fladmark
A Tale of Two Ethnographies: The Contributions of Edward Sapir and Philip Drucker to Nuu-chah-nulth Archaeology, Alan D. McMillan
James V. Wright: A Life in Archaeology, Ian Dyck
Steward of the Past: The Published Works of James V. Wright, Joyce M. Wright

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