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The Far Northeast, a peninsula incorporating the six New England states, New York east of the Hudson, Quebec south of the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the Maritime Provinces, provided the setting for a distinct chapter in the peopling of North America. Late Pleistocene Archaeology and Ecology in the Far Northeast focuses on the Clovis pioneers and their eastward migration into this region, inhospitable before 13,500 years ago, especially in its northern latitudes.

Bringing together the last decade or so of research on the Paleoindian presence in the area, Claude Chapdelaine and the contributors to this volume discuss, among other topics, the style variations in the fluted points left behind by these migrating peoples, a broader disparity than previously thought. This book offers not only an opportunity to review new data and interpretations in most areas of the Far Northeast, including a first glimpse at the Cliche-Rancourt Site, the only known fluted point site in Quebec, but also permits these new findings to shape revised interpretations of old sites. The accumulation of research findings in the Far Northeast has been steady, and this timely book presents some of the most interesting results, offering fresh perspectives on the prehistory of this important region.

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  1. Front Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
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  1. Contents
  2. p. v
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  1. List of Figures and Tables
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Foreword, by Christopher Ellis
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. p. xv
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  1. Chapter I. Introduction: Toward the Consolidation of a Cultural and Environmental Framework
  2. pp. 1-6
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  1. Part I Regional Syntheses
  1. Chapter II. Paleoindian Occupations in the Hudson Valley, New York
  2. pp. 9-47
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  1. Chapter III. Maritime Mountaineers: Paleoindian Settlement Patterns on the West Coast of New England
  2. pp. 48-76
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  1. Chapter IV. The Paleoindian Period in New Hampshire
  2. pp. 77-94
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  1. Chapter V. Geographic Clusters of Fluted Point Sites in the Far Northeast
  2. pp. 95-110
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  1. Part II Specialized Studies
  1. Chapter VI. New Sites and Lingering Questions at the Debert and Belmont Sites, Nova Scotia
  2. pp. 113-134
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  1. Chapter VII. The Early Paleoindian Occupation at the Cliche- Rancourt Site, Southeastern Quebec
  2. pp. 135-163
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  1. Chapter VIII The Burial of Early Paleoindian Artifacts in the Podzols of the Cliche- Rancourt Site, Quebec
  2. pp. 164-181
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  1. Chapter IX. The Bull Brook Paleoindian Site and Jeffreys Ledge: A Gathering Place near Caribou Island?
  2. pp. 182-190
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  1. Chapter X. Between the Mountains and the Sea: An Exploration of the Champlain Sea and
  2. pp. 191-217
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  1. Chapter XI. Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Adaptation: The Case of the Strait of Quebec
  2. pp. 218-236
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 237-238
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 239-247
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  1. Back Cover
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