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Vickers Focus Subsistence: Continuity through the Seasons

Abstract The Vickers focus is an archaeological group found in south-central and southwestern Manitoba. After a brief occupation of the Tiger Hills region where these people were believed to have practiced horticulture, they moved west into the Lauder Sandhills of Manitoba and became intensive bison hunters. The faunal assemblages from two Vickers focus occupations in the Lauder Sandhills are examined to determine activity areas and the subsistence strategies of each site. The Jackson site contains a small bison kill and associated processing area while the nearby Vera site was mainly used for processing. Seasonality of each site is also inferred from faunal remains with Jackson being occupied during the colder months and Vera inhabited during a warmer season. One assumes that seasonality would be a significant factor in subsistence strategies as indicated by the ethnographic record. The predominance of bison exploitation with only a limited use of secondary food sources at the Vera and Jackson sites suggest that seasonality was not a deciding factor of their subsistence strategies.