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List of archaeological sites in Whitchurch–Stouffville
This is a list of archaeological sites in Whitchurch–Stouffville, Ontario, Canada:[1] Both the Trent University Site Designation number and the Borden System archaeological designations are given.[2]
Late Ontario Iroquois (1400 AD - 1650 AD)[3]
- Aurora (or Old Fort) Site (7Yk27; BaGu-27); 3.4 ha
- Location: Lots 14 and 15, Concession 6, West half. 44°00'N 79°20'W
- Date: 1550-1600 AD
- Aurora Isolated Site (7Yk24; BaGu-11)
- Chalk Site (7Yk20; BaGu-8)
- Clark Lake Site (7Yk23; BaGu-10)
- Foote Site (7Yk26; AlGt-158)
- Horton-Devins Site (7Yk22; BaGu-9)
- Hoshel-Huntly Site (7Yk21; AlGu-15)[4]
- Mantle Site (AlGt-334); 4.2 ha; 90% excavated
- Location: Immediately west of Byers Pond Way, and south-west of Lost Pond Crescent. 43°57'49.9"N 79°14'12"W
- Date: 1500-1550 AD
- Preston Site (7Yk18; AlGu-9)
- Ratcliff (or Radcliffe) Site (7Yk25; AlGt-157); 2.8 ha
- Location: Lot 9, Concession 8, West half. 43°59'N 79°W
- Date: 1550-1600 AD
- Van Nostrand-Wright (or Vandorf) Site (7Yk19; A1Gu-13); 4.3 ha; limited excavation
- Location: Lots 14 and 15, Concession 4, West half; overlooking Van Nostrand Lake to the north-east. 43°59'N 79°23'W
- Date: 1550-1600 AD
See also
References
- ^ See Gordon C. Dibb, "An Archaeological Survey of the East Holland River and its Environs." Manuscript on file, Ontario Ministry of Culture, Toronto, 1979; also Jean Barkey, et al., Whitchurch Township (Erin, ON: Boston Mills, 1993), ch. 7; Jennifer Birch, Coalescent Communities Iroquoian Ontario (PhD Dissertation, Dept. of Anthropology, McMaster University, 2010).
- ^ For lot and concession numbers, see the detailed 1878 map, Township of Whitchurch, Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont. (Toronto: Miles & Co., 1878); also Google Maps.
- ^ Barkey et al., Whitchurch Township, pp. 121ff.
- ^ Cf. Barkey et al., Whitchurch Township, p. 124.
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