Multi-proxy lake sediment record of prehistoric (Paleoindian–Archaic) archaeological paleoenvironments at Rice Lake, Ontario, Canada

The arrival of Paleoindian peoples in the lower Great Lakes (ca 11.5 ka cal. BP) coincided with a phase of lowstand lakes and rapid environmental change in southern Ontario. At Rice Lake, an archaeologically-rich area north of Lake Ontario, rising Early Holocene water levels inundated wetland areas exploited by Paleoindian and Archaic peoples. In order to better understand the distribution of submerged archaeological sites and the water level …