Characterization and origin of steatite beads made by Northern Iroquoians in the St. Lawrence Valley during the 15th and 16th centuries

• Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
• Main Authors: Baron, anne, Burke, Adrian, Gratuze, Bernard, Chapdelaine, Claude
• Other Authors: Université de Montréal (UdeM), IRAMAT - Centre Ernest Babelon (IRAMAT-CEB), Institut de Recherches sur les Archéomatériaux (IRAMAT), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Beads; Talc; Steatite; Northeastern North America; Saint Lawrence Valley; Iroquoians; [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences; [SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History; First Nations; Terre-Neuve
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01390279; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.06.011

Colloque annuel de l’ Association Canadienne d'Archéologie, St. John's, Terre-neuve, avril-mai 2015 International audience Since Precontact times, First Nations' groups from northeastern North America used steatite to make many artifacts, such as ornaments and vessels. Only a few stud...