Image from South Eastern Alberta Archaeological Society

By Chris Brown

Research by Canadian Museum of History

Archaeological society hosting virtual talk on find at St. Mary Reservoir

Apr 20, 2021 | 9:54 AM

The South Eastern Alberta Archaeological Society will delve into an important find from more than a decade ago near Wally’s Beach on the St. Mary Reservoir between Lethbridge and Cardston.

Butchered bones of camels and horses from the Pleistocene Era – more than 13,000 years ago – were discovered by researchers from the University of Calgary.

The archaeological society says the finding was significant because it shifted attention from Clovis points, named for the town in New Mexico they were first found, to the possibility that a pre-Clovis people had been there earlier.

A new research program from the Canadian Museum of History aims to learn more about the site.

Gabriel Yanicki, curator of western Archaeology at the museum, and University of Alberta doctoral student William Wadsworth will undertake the work. Their method will combine a community-driven collaborative approach with Indigenous peoples and the application of geophysics and remote-sensing techniques.

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They will present to the local archaeological society on April 21. The presentation will start around 8 p.m. following a short business meeting.

Anyone welcome to attend the online presentation. Members will automatically get a link, while non-members can get a link by contacting R.B. Shepard at 403-527-5440 or shepardb@telus.net.