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Eagle Creek Historical Society is a segment of the Saskatchewan Archaeology Society studying, promoting education and conservation of archaeological sites in west-central Saskatchewan around Biggar, Harris, Perdue and Rosetown.

The Biggar Museum and Gallery contains a few artchaeological artifacts. 44.8miles (72km) to the south west is the Ancient Echoes Interpretative Centre which began studying the Coal Mine Ravine Area petroglyphs.

An etched stone was found near Biggar which was cylindrical. There have been other stone rods discovered in Saskatchewan without decorations. The art upon the bullet-shaped rock contained rectilinear and curvilinear elements

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The Biggar Bison Pound - a Bison kill site - was uncovered near Biggar, Saskatchewan showing evidence of First Nations settlement historically here. The area has been deemed a protected area by the Government of Saskatchewan Heritage Property Act. Matthew Cocking, Hudson Bay Company chief factor and explorer,wrote that in 1772 the bison were too scarce in the Bear Hills in west central Saskatchewan to use the Buffalo Pound. The Bear Hills are south west of Biggar. Cocking was able to describe the pound in the Bear Hills as a "circle fenced round with trees laid one upon another, at the foot an Hill about 7 feet high and an hundred yards in Circumference." It has been noted that pounds can only be assembled in treed areas of Saskatchewan and not on the open plains.

Bibliography


"Biggar Museum and Gallery". Travel guide to museums and galleries in Canada. http://canada.virtual.museum/PM.cgi?mark=Museum&LM=MuseumFlash&AP=vmc_search&LANG=English&theme=1&scope=Museum&start=1&prov=Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2009-20-26.

Jones, Tim. "The Andronowich Incised Stone: Description and Comparisons". Saskatchewan Archaeological Society. http://www.saskarchsoc.ca/andronowich2.html. Retrieved 2009-10-26.

Kooyman, Brian Patrick; Jane Holden Kelley. Archaeology on the edge: new perspectives from the northern plains. University of Calgary Press. ISBN 1552381382, 9781552381380. http://books.google.ca/books?id=agWX3_mM7pEC&pg=RA1-PA12&lpg=RA1-PA12&dq=biggar+bison+pound+Saskatchewan+archaeology&source=bl&ots=1kFsK1VmZD&sig=AQTLP5Lg6mhqL3bj8lO9pGJsgD8&hl=en&ei=nQLmSs6vEIeoMZLCxZ8D&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false. Retrieved 2009-10-26.


"Our Legacy". Newsletter. Saskatchewan Archaeological Society. 1989-1991. http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/solr?query=DocumentType%3A%22Published%22. Retrieved 2009-10-26.

"Saskatchewan Archaeology Society". Saskatchewan Archaeology Society. http://www.saskarchsoc.ca/about.html. Retrieved 2009-10-26.

"Our performance" (pdf). Biggar Bison Pound. Sask power. http://www.saskpower.com/environment/report/2008/pdf/2009ourperf.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-26.





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