Statistical Analysis of Physical Parameters of Indigenous Artifacts.

This project, supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage, was conducted by scholars from First Nations University of Canada, University of Regina and Royal Saskatchewan Museum, in collaboration with Sturgeon Lake and Pelican Narrows First Nations communities in Canada. Within the project, we analyzed the data obtained from the measurements of physical parameters of artifacts collected in these communities and selected from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum collections. The laboratory measurements were carried out at the Scanning Electron Microscope Laboratory of the University of Alberta, Saskatchewan Isotope Laboratory of the University of Saskatchewan and André E. Lalonde Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory of the University of Ottawa. The purpose of the statistical analysis was to determine the similarities of artifacts with respect to their chemical compositions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]