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edition:Hardcover
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category: Social Science
published: Jun 2017
ISBN:9781926836904
publisher: Athabasca University Press

Alberta's Lower Athabasca Basin

Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments

edited by Brian M Ronaghan

tagged: archaeology, regional studies, environmental conservation & protection
Description

Over the past two decades, the oil sands region of northeastern Alberta has been the site of unprecedented levels of development. Alberta’s Lower Athabasca Basin tells a fascinating story of how a catastrophic ice age flood left behind a unique landscape, one that made deposits of bitumen available for surface mining. Less well known is the discovery that this flood also produced an environment that supported perhaps the most intensive use of boreal forest resources by prehistoric Native people yet recognized in Canada. Touching on various elements of this rich environmental and archaeological record, this collection offers new insights into human and natural history.

About the Author

Brian M Ronaghan

For more than twenty years Brian Ronaghan served in a research and regulatory compliance role with the Government of Alberta and oversaw archaeological studies in Alberta.
Contributor Notes

For more than twenty years, Brian M. Ronaghan has served in a research and regulatory compliance role with the Government of Alberta. He currently directs a team responsible for overseeing archaeological studies in Alberta.

Awards
  • , <P>Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year, Alberta Book Awards</P>

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