New Exchange Networks
During the Archaic Period, local stone was used to make tools, but some
was also obtained from distant sources through trade. The tradition of
trade continued during the Woodland Period, and new exchange networks were
added.
Kitchisipi chert, one of the principal local stones used, is found at
the mouth of the Gatineau River (location 5). Onondaga chert, a chipping
stone, was quarried at the western end of Lake Ontario (location 4). Other
types of stone from regions farther north were acquired through trade.
Fine cherts from the Hudson Bay Lowlands (location 1) have been identified,
as well as pure white quartzite from a well-known source in central Quebec
at Mistassini Lake (location 3). Artifacts discovered near the mouth of
the Gatineau River also suggest that trade networks extended as far as
the northern tip of Labrador (location 2) . |