The Lands Edge Also: Culture History and Seasonality at the Partridge Island Shell Midden

The inter-relationships among stratigraphy, seasonally and culture history at the Partridge Island site, a prehistoric shell midden located in the Quoddy region of southern New Brunswick, dating between 2400 and 1550 B.P. are described and discussed. It is concluded that Early and Middle Woodland cultural components are represented at the site, and that distinct faunal assemblages, restricted to particular layers and representing particular seasons of occupation, are present at the site. RESUME Les relations reciproques entre la stratigraphie, l'exploitation saisonniere, et l'histoire culturelle du site de Partridge Island, un amas de coquillages de la region de Quoddy, dans le sud du Nouveau-Brunswick, sont decrites at discutees dans cet article. Le site a ete occupe entre les ans 2400 et 1550 avant aujourd'hui. On conclut que des autochtones du Sylvicole inferieur et moyen sont venus sur ce site et qu'il y a plusieurs echantillons fauniques qui sont propres a certaines couches stratigraphiques et qui representent des saisons particulieres d'occupation. This content downloaded from 207.46.13.53 on Thu, 01 Sep 2016 04:33:38 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms