Beaver River sandstone is a rock material locally found in northern Alberta, Canada, that was extensively used by First Nations
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Beaver River sandstone is a rock material locally found in northern Alberta, Canada, that was extensively used by First Nations
First Nations
First Nations is a term of ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor M?tis people.... people in prehistoric times to make tools with a sharp edge.
In archaeology, a projectile point is an object that was hafting and used either as knife or projectile tip or both, commonly called an arrowhead.... s and other tools made from the Beaver River sandstone have been found at archaeological site
Archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place in which evidence of past activity is preserved , and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record... s in the Oil Sands region of Alberta. The source of this material has been identified as a site on the east side of the Muskeg River where native peoples quarried
Quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mining from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone.... rock for use in making tools.