Discovering Saskatchewan's Past:
Videos on Saskatchewan Archaeology

Discovering Saskatchewan's Past
1987 - 1988 Series

#1 What is Archaeology?
Archaeologists answer questions about their profession.

#2 The Many Faces of Archaeology
Four archaeologists describe their work in museums, university, government and private consulting. (45 min)

#3 Life Before Canadian Tire
Eldon Johnson demonstrates prehistoric stone tool manufacture.

#4 Tipi Rings
A discussion of tipi ring analysis and a visit to a site in central Saskatchewan.

#5 Archaeology at Nipawin
David Meyer describes research in east central Saskatchewan.

#6 Last Prehistoric Hunters
Dale Walde directs excavations at a 400 year old bison kill. (28 min)

#7 Rock Art
Tim Jones and Ian Brace talk about pictographs, petroglyphs and petroforms (boulder configurations).

#8 Historic Archaeology
Olga Klimko and Dale Russell introduce the fur trade era. (31 min)

#9 Last Mountain House
The history of excavations and reconstruction of a Hudson's Bay Company Post of the 1870s. (24 min)

#10 Interpretation of Historical Sites
Paula Hill, Marilyn Smith and Sharon Wood discuss on-site interpretation at
Cannington Manor Historic Park, and at Government House, Regina. (48 min)

#11 Wanuskewin Heritage Park
Ernie Walker directs excavations and interpretation at a complex of prehistoric sites. (29 min)

#12 The SAS - 25 Years of Archaeology
Eldon Johnson describes the history and the future of the Saskatchewan Archaeological Society.

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Discovering Saskatchewan's Past
1988 - 1989 Series

#1 How to Surface Collect
Dale Walde and the Regina Archaeological Society demonstrate the proper way to collect and catalogue artifacts. (36 min)

#2 Learning How to Excavate
A visit to the SAS field school at Camp Rayner on Lake Diefenbaker near Birsay.

#3 Excavations at Sheep Camp Site
The South West Saskatchewan Archaeological Society excavates and analyses a buffalo jump. (26 min)

#4 Pemmican, Paleo-Indians and Pots
Henri Liboiron talks about his interests and experiments in archaeology. (38 min)

#5 The Great Sand Hills (37 min)
Henry Epp and Eldon Johnson talk about the ecology and history of the area.

#6 Souris Basin Heritage Project
Oral history and archaeology are combined in this investigation in southeastern Saskatchewan. (39 min)

#7 Holy Trinity Church
The history and recent restoration of Saskatchewan's oldest standing structure at Stanley Mission on the Churchill River.

#8 Computers in Archaeology
Terry Gibson, Butch Amundson and David Kelly show how they incorporate
computers into their research. (36 min)

#9 Points, Pots and Prints
David Meyer and Terry Gibson talk about two Late Prehistoric sites in the Nipawin area of east central Saskatchewan. (44 min)

#10 The Grant and McLeod Site
Olga Klimko describes excavations at two fur trade posts from the 1700s. (36 min)

#11 The Search for the Lost Franklin Expedition
Owen Beattie talks about the factors that doomed Franklin's 1845-47 expedition. (30 min)

#12 Blood From Stone
Gerry Conaty discusses the travelling exhibit on stone tool manufacturing assembled by the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. (28 min)

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