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Author : Garneau, M.
Date : 1997
Title : Paleoecolologie d'un secteur riverain de la Rivere Saint-Charles: analyse macrofossile du site archeologique de la Grande Place, a Quebec (Palaeoecology of a bank section of the Rivere Saint-Charles: macrofossil analysis of the archaeological site named Grande Place in Quebec City).
Publication : Geographie physique et Quaternaire
Issue : 51(2):
Page(s) : 211-230
Abstract
Archaeological research downtown Quebec City has been realized for the identification of 1) different occupation phases since the arrival of the Europeans, 2) location of Stadacone village, a native agglomeration mentioned by Jacques Cartier in his travel diary. Detailed paleoecological analysis of an organic section allowed the geomorphic reconstruction of the Riviere Saint-Charles paleoriver bank. The origin of the analyzed sequence is from a depression in which organic deposits accumulated as a consequence of drainage deterioration caused by a 2 m rise of relative sea level 2000 years ago (Mitis transgression). Sand barriers have been deposited on top of the Mitis terrace and associated with high tide levels. Cedar swamps developed in depressions formed between these sand barriers and the cliff of the Quebec promontory.
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology