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Archaeological Periods of Nova Scotia | |||||||||||||
 Period
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Date Range (BP = Years Before Present) | ||||||||||||
| Post Confederation |
1867 to present
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Colonial Period
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1604-1867
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Post-Contact Mi'kmaq
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c.1600 to present
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Contact Period
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c.1500-1600
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Maritime Woodland Period
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c.2,500-500 Years BP
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Archaic Period
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c.9000-2,500 Years BP
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Palaeo-Indian Period
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c.11,000-9,000 Years BP
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