ANTH 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Taconite, Manitoulin Island, Point Peninsula Complex
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On the topic of the origins of ontario"s first nations, archaeologists have their points of view, but so do the first nations people themselves. Both points of view have their merits and should not necessarily be regarded as the true version. It is probably best to view these two points of view as alternative versions of the truth, and as such, as complementary to each other as each tells a different version of the overall whole. Creation stories of algonquian-speaking peoples, such as the anishenaabe and the cree, begin when the world was covered with water. Stories gen- erally include a hero, such as nanabozho, who seeks the assistance of his animal relatives in recreating the earth. The principle of stratigraphy, which is a study of layers of soil within a site, is used to determine the living floor when a particular location was inhabited.
