[Algonquiana] Query ?

[Goddard, Ives]

See Michael Foster in Handbook vol. 17 p.70.  The glaciers would long since have turned to water by the time Proto-Algonquian speakers appeared on the scene, on any plausible hypothesis of Algonquian linguistic time-depth.

From: Algonquiana [mailto:algonquiana-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org] On Behalf Of Danielle E. Cyr
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 10:17 AM
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Subject: [Algonquiana] Query ?

I recently got in touch through Research Gate with Dr Bryan Gordon of the Canadian History Museum (formerly Museum of Civilization) in Ottawa. He is working at reconstructing the human migrations triggered by caribou migrations in North  America. During our discussions he introduced me to the following literature on Algonquian migrations:

ROGERS, Richard A., MARTIN, Larry D. and Nicklas, T. Dale. 2002. Algonquian Distribution and Adaptive Radiations: Holocene and Wisconsonsinan Factors. In In Wakefield Dort, Jr. (ed.). TER-QUA Symposium Series, Volume 3,
ROGERS, Richard A., MARTIN, Larry D. and Nicklas, T. Dale. 1990. Ice-Age geography and the distribution of native North American languages. Journal of Biogeography 17, 131-143.
ROGERS, Richard A. 1985. Glacial Geography and Native North American Languages. Quarternary Research 23, 130-137.
I had never heard of Rogers et al. before then and as I'm quite new to Algonquian Archaeology, I would like to know who among us is aware of Rogers' research and what to think of it. He argues that Eastern Algonquian would have reached the Northeast Atlantic before the Central group could have moved into the Canadian Prairies due to the earlier deglaciation in the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River and East Coast than in the centre of the continent. This is quite contrary to what is usually accepted as classical knowledge, isn't it ?

Thanks in advance for your feedback,

Danielle

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