Abstract
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.
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First, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to all Elders for their guidance provided to us during this project. We also thank all community members of Pelican Narrows and Sturgeon Lake First Nations for their great support.
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The work of the second listed author was partially supported by the development program of Volga Region Mathematical Center (agreement no. 075-02-2021-1393).
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Sardarli, A., Volodin, A., Osmanli, K. et al. Statistical Analysis of Physical Parameters of Indigenous Artifacts. Lobachevskii J Math 42, 3224–3229 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995080222010188
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