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Kisha Marie Supernant is an archaeologist, director of the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology [2] (IPIA) and professor of the department of Archaeology at the University of Alberta. Noted for her work studying the culture and identities and use of space in indigenous archaeology, particularly on the Métis , she is also a ...
Kiruna is located in the north of Sweden, 145 kilometres (90 mi) north of the Arctic Circle. The city centre is built on the Haukavaara hill at an altitude of 530 m, high above the Torne river to the north and the Kalix River to the south. Other parts of the town are Lombolo and Tuolluvaara. Near Kiruna are the mountains Kiirunavaara and ...
Archaeological excavations have taken place in 2005-2006 [3] and 2009 [4] with finds including 45 firepits, several hearths and traces of goahti, among others. [5] [3] There is also supposed to have existed a fort called Reenbäcks fortress (Swedish: Reenbäcks fästning), erected in 1717 by the nobles of Tornio, [6] [7] [1] it is unclear if it was ever used, though already in 1727 it was ...
During the 20th century, the mining settlement Kiruna was built in the parish of Jukkasjärvi, at that time a rural municipality in very remote territory. A so-called municipalsamhälle (which was a kind of borough established within a rural municipality to take care of some matters of urban character) was instituted in 1908.
The Archaeological Survey of Canada is a division of the Canadian Museum of History. [1] Its mandate is the preservation of archaeological sites and research and publication on the history of the native peoples of Canada. [1] The survey was established in 1971. [1]
The Canadian Archeological Association (CAA; French: Association canadienne d'archéologie) is the primary archaeological organization in Canada. The CAA was founded in 1968 by a group of archaeologists that included William E. Taylor, the head of the Archaeology Division at the National Museum of Canada.
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Kiruna porphyry (Swedish: Kirunaporfyr) is a group of igneous rocks found near Kiruna in northernmost Sweden. [1] The Kiruna Porphyry formed 1,880 to 1,900 million years ago [1] [2] during the Paleoproterozoic Era in connection to the Svecofennian orogeny. [2] The iron-apatite ore mined in Kiruna, Malmberget and Svappavaara are all hosted in ...