Entre-Deux-Lacs Research Paper

The area of Entre-Deux-Lacs is divided naturally into the Northern coniferous forest and the Southern agricultural area. The division occurred as a consequence of glacial movement that displaced the fertile topsoil of the North and deposited it to the South. The first inhabitants were hunter-gatherers located in the northern coniferous forests; first known to be present in 1520 B.C.E. The second inhabitants of the area appear in the South roughly 1190 C.E. These migratory peoples brought with them new technologies and minimal agricultural practices. The interactions between the peoples of the North and South paint a picture of Entre-Deux-Lacs pre-history as a result of the environment. Peoples of Site 3 (located north of Lake Nakawa) existed in occupations ranging from 1520 B.C. E. to post-1700s. They began as simple hunter-gatherers who subsisted on nuts, fish and deer. During these early occupations (1520- 1410 B.C.E.) tools included flaked pre-Cambrian metamorphic rock axes; indicating their relative primitive lifestyle. Although tools became more complex during the second occupation, real
This village, Site 2 was, however, was defended by flimsy stockades. The appearance of the stockades could imply that the villagers were peaceful to these Europeans, but could have been hostile towards neighboring tribes. This particular area had both Southern pottery and Northern axes. This suggests that either this group was an extension of the other tribes or another culture trapped between. If the extension hypothesis proves correct, then people of either or both tribes migrated to the central location of the Entre-Deux-Lacs and established their own village. This would account for the Northern and Southern artifacts found in the area. Yet, if the village was formed by an outside tribe, then artifacts similar to the North and South could be attributed to trade or