The snow has started to fly and that means the field season is slowly but quickly coming to a close. Circle is seeking some hard working individuals to help us out mainly on our BC projects; work would start as soon as possible and would continue through to the end of the season (approximately early … Read More Assistants Needed for Final Push!
During the summer of 2017, wildfires ravaged the interior of British Columbia, causing millions of dollars of devastation to personal property, infrastructure, livestock, natural habitats and resources. While nature has grown increasingly adapt at recovery, these hard hit ecozones will exhibit the scars from this impact for many years. We had opportunity to witness the … Read More Fire and Archaeology
In an ideal world, archaeologists would be digging up fabulous things year-round, following the sunshine and warm weather. Ahhhh… sadly, that just isn’t the case, especially if you live and work in Canada. In general, our winters are spent cataloguing artifacts recovered over the field season, and writing reports about all the projects completed over … Read More What do archaeologists do in the winter, aka what about the snow and frozen ground?
Do you remember where you were TEN YEARS ago? Well, for Kristin, she was starting a new job in Edmonton, at a place called Altamira Consulting Ltd. She was an Alberta permit-holder with extensive GIS experience, and was offered the opportunity to utilize all these skills… in the forest! For those of you that don’t … Read More 10 years older, 10 years wiser? #happyworkiversary
Field notes, Hope to make you think
Microblades are a unique technology focused on producing thin, narrow blade-like flakes from distinctly prepared cores. The production sequence that produces these tiny blades will have some specific typological characteristics that are easy to identify. Look for: long, straight, thin flakes (1/3 width over length); parallel, lateral margins; a strong arris (sometimes two); and little … Read More What does a microblade look like?
Thank you for visiting our revamped website! On a scale of 1 to 10, how crazy is it that the last post here was from 2013?! So you must be wondering, “Where did Altamira go? What about their fabulous domain, archaeology.ca?” Well, if you typed in archaeology.ca, it should have brought you here. It is … Read More The Circle Story, aka where are Altamira & archaeology.ca?