An Early Paleo-Indian Site Near Parkhill, Ontario

by Christopher Ellis and D. Brian Deller

The first people who came to southern Ontario, almost 11,000 years ago, encountered a landscape much different from that of today. The great ice sheets were melting, feeding lakes that flooded many areas now dry. Conifers dominated the open woodland, and animals including the mastodon, caribou, and Arctic fox inhabited the area. Known to archaeologists as Paleo-Indians, these early residents were among the most expert stone tool makers known anywhere...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0660178354
• ISBN13: 9780660178356
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Canadian Museum of History
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.4"