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Arrowhead points from one of the many local private collections that are disappearing, fast.

The Significance of Mortlach in Archaeology 

The Mortlach Phase

by Dale Walde Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Dec 2009

The Mortlach phase, named for a site near the town of Mortlach, dominates the terminal Late Precontact Period in southern Saskatchewan and portions of southwestern Manitoba, northern North Dakota, northeastern Montana, and portions of southern Alberta.

First appearing at about A.D. 1200, the phase expanded to its greatest extent by AD 1500 and ended as the first Euro-Canadian explorers were approaching the area (just before A.D. 1800 or so). More of article

The Mortlach Site Article MJTimes 2002

The Mortlach Site, excerpt

Excellent Photo of the different culture/strata at Mortlach Site with Boyd Wettlaufer

Photo of  "The Mortlach Site" author Boyd Wettlaufer sorting bufflao bones with sons 1954