Paleovegetation Reconstruction from Soil Phytoliths of a Ceremonial Site Complex at Maok-Skoistch on the Red Deer River, Alberta, Canada

• Main Author: Larsen, Matthew E
• Other Authors: Stuart, Glenn, Lieverse, Angela, Kennedy, Margaret, Walker, Ernest, Kooyman, Brian
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2021
• Subjects: Alberta; Archaeology; Paleovegetation; Paleoenvironment; Phytolith; Prairie; Red Deer River; Canada; Horseshoe Bend; Red Rock; First Nations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10388/13593

Maok-skoistch (Nitsitapii for Sacred Red Rock Place) is in the dry mixed grasslands of southwestern Alberta. It sits on a horseshoe bend of the Red Deer River approximately 40 kilometers from its confluence with the South Saskatchewan River. This area contains numerous stone constructions associated...