A late Woodland period culture that flourished in Manitoba is known as Blackduck. Some of the Peoples that left behind the Blackduck culture also came to the forests of central and eastern Saskatchewan. Blackduck materials were probably left behind by people who moved west from the Upper Great Lakes Region.
| Dates: | Uncertain, but judging from the dates in Manitoba, probably 950 to 650 yr BP |
| Lithics: | Blackduck is associated with small triangular projectile points and Prairie Side-notched points, endscrapers, and other stone tools. |
| Technology: | Blackduck is defined by its associated pottery style. Blackduck pots are globular with narrow necks and out-flaring rims.The exterior of the pots are cord-impressed and the rims are decorated with complex bands of diagonal and horozontal cord-wrapped tool impressions. |
| Distribution: | Although Blackduck sites are widespread in central and southern Manitoba, the sites are restricted to the forests in central and eastern Saskatchewan. |
| Sites: | No undisturbed Blackduck sites have been found and excavated in Saskatchewan, but pieces of Blackduck pottery have been found in surface artifact scatters. |
| Environment: | The Neo-Atlantic Period (1000 to 760 yr. BP) was generally warm but moisture levels increased from the preceding period. The Pacific Period (760 to 410 yr. BP) followed and was characterized by drier conditions. |
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