Archaeology collection

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Collecting undertaken by the Archaeological Survey of Canada relates to human habitation, faunal and floral remains, and specimens of physical anthropology. The focus is on pre-historic sites. Of the thousands of sites investigated, a large proportion are in northern Canada. Some comparative world archaeological material is also held. The collection comprises an estimated 3.5 million items.

European palaeolithic implements
collected by Henri-Marc Ami in the 1920s

See more examples in the Collections Storage space.