Definition:
The Shield Archaic Tradition is the name given to a prehistoric culture of the boreal forests of the northern Canadian Shield between Lake Superior and Hudson Bay. Between 6500-2000 BP, the people hunted moose and caribou, and fished in the many lakes and streams. Stone tools include scrapers, points and adzes; bone and antler tools include harpoons and fishhooks.
The Shield Archaic Tradition are considered ancestral to Algonkian speakers of today.
Source
This article is a part of the About.com Guide to Archaic Period, and part of the Dictionary of Archaeology.
Hlady, Walter M. and Gerry Kucera 1971 The Rush Bay Road Shield Archaic Site, Ontario. Plains Anthropologist 4204-208.
Also Known As: Northern Archaic Tradition
Examples:
Victoria Day, Manitoba; Near Norbert, Saskatchewan
