The Susquehanna peoples of whar are today the Canadian Maritime Provinces use slate and argillite tools, similar to those used on the Piedmont plateau further south in the eastern United States and leave artifacts along the Bay of Fundy coast in New Brunswick.
Unlike other Maritime groups they cremate the dead and bury bones and ashes away from the cremation pit.
Archaeologists have debated whether the Susquehanna peoples ultimately became Mi'kmaq or Maliseet, or whether they faded out of the region.
