Majorville Cairn and Medicine Wheel Site, Alberta
- Publisher
- Canadian Museum of History
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1977
- Category
- Archaeology
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- ISBN
- 9781772820607
- Publish Date
- Jan 1977
- List Price
- $15.99
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Description
The Majorville is a large cairn located in the centre of a medicine wheel, situated south of Bassano, Alberta, on the banks of the Bow River. Stratigraphic excavation indicates initial construction in Oxbow times, with additional accretions ending in the Historic Period. Cultural continuity in ritual practice in the Plains over a period of 5,000 years is thus established.