Laurel complex

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Laurel complex

The Laurel complex and other cultures in the Hopewellian sphere
Geographical range	Upper Midwest, central Canada
Period	Woodland
Followed by	Blackduck tradition
Defined by	Lloyd Wilford

The Laurel complex or Laurel tradition is an archaeological culture which was present in what is now southern Quebec, southern and northwestern Ontario and east-central Manitoba in Canada, and northern Michigan, northwestern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota in the United States. They were the first pottery using people of Ontario north of the Trent–Severn Waterway. The complex is named after the former unincorporated community of Laurel, Minnesota. It was first defined by Lloyd Wilford in 1941.^[1]