Late Pleistocene aeolian deposition and human occupation on the eastern edge of the deglacial corridor, northeastern Alberta, Canada

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Woywitka, Robin, Froese, Duane, Lamothe, Michel, Wolfe, Stephen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2022
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Earth-Surface Processes; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Athabasca River; Canada; Glacial Lake; Ice; Ice Sheet; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qua.2022.14; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003358942200014X

Abstract The lower Athabasca River basin in northeastern Alberta contains one of the highest known concentrations of prehistoric archaeological sites in the boreal forests of western Canada. This is due to the combination of readily available sources of lithic raw material stone near a major travel...