President's CommuniqueM.C.C. Licensing NewsO.H.F. NewsBorden Site FormLOST IN THE BACKWOODS: THE SEARCHFOR THE PEACOCK VILLAGE SITE

... Heather McKillop and Charles GarradRECORDING PICTOGRAPHS: A CRASH COURSEIN CANOEING ... Norma Knowlton 15

Letters to the Editor:

... Dr. Bruce Welsh... Luisa Beram

... Gloria Taylor... Bernice Field

Robert G. MayerLawrence J. JacksonJohn Steckley

Heritage Act: Members CorrespondenceTHE WENDAT: WERE THEY ISLANDERS?

GUELPH 900 BCRouge Valley Park Advisory Committee:Final Report

Minutes of the O.A.S. Annual BusinessMeeting, October 27, 1991

From the O.A.S. Office ....Obituary - HENRY FORDO.A.S. ChaptersO.A.S. Provincial Officers

.. John Steckley 2327

30...Charles Garrad 34

383940

newsletter published byTIhJ® (()Ullil:<aiU'O(O!AIr(I,;JU©J(~tQJ~l(I)~:jJOIi~~ll~~~'~Ii~))(d®lt'¥~17IJ~,

126 Willowdale Avenue, Willowdale. Ontario, M2N 4Y2

ARCH NOTESPublished six times per annum by

THE ONTARIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY126 Willowdale Avenue, Willowdale

Ontario M2N 4Y2

Publications Mail RegistrationNumber 7009

Return Postage Guaranteed

is published with theassistance of the Ontario Government

through the

Ministry of Culture and Communications

The views expressed in thispublication do not necessarily

represent the views of theEditor or of

The Ontario Archaeological Society

Cedarcroft, R.R. #4Markdale, OntarioNOC 1HO(519) 986-4026

1225 Avenue RoadToronto, Ontario

M5N 2G5(416) 484-9358

Hello and greetings once again from the Toronto office. Like the last letter, I regretthat I must also begin this one with two items of sad news.

The first concerns the sudden passing of Henry Ford, President of the Grand Riverand Waterloo Chapter of the OAS, on the 16th August. I did not know Henry welland only first met him in Guelph two weeks earlier. We had quite an animatedconversation which we hoped to continue at next month's symposium. But alas, thisis not to be. Fate has intervened. On behalf of the Board of Directors and the OASmembers, I should like to pass on our sincerest wishes to Peggy. Henry will beremembered fondly by many people.

The second concerns the resignation of another OAS Director. Much to my regret,Art Howey has been forced to resign for personal reasons. Art is one of the fewOAS members I know well and I know he will be sorely missed. He is a first rateavocational archaeologist (as good as any professional) whose interest and dedicationto archaeology has paid dividends for the Society. I would not know where to begina list of all the things he has done, but should the Archaeological Stewardship Projectfinally unfold its success will be a result of Art's dedication to developing it. Do notstray from archaeology and the OAS, Art, we need people like you! On behalf of theOAS membership, I wish Doreen a speedy recovery from her operation and hope tosee you both again soon. (For the time being, the Board has decided not to fill theDirectorship vacated by Art.)

In other news, the organizing and arranging of the symposium continues unabated.In addition to the symposium speakers, we hope to have several books launchedduring the proceedings and have several informative displays of associated heritageorganizations and other archaeological activities in the Province. So please make anote to be in Toronto from the 23rd to 25th October. I hope to see you there.

Just a reminder that the Ministry, rather thanthe Ontario Heritage Foundation, nowadministers archaeological licences. TheFoundation will continue to offerrecommendations on licences, as requiredunder the Ontario Heritage Act.

The Licensing Process

You should s::nd your licence applications tothe Archaeological Licence Office (addressbelow). They will be forwarded to theHistory and Archaeology Committee of theFoundation who assess the applications andmake recommendations on issuance of licencesand the conditions to be attached. Once theBoard of Directors of the Foundation approvethe recommendations, they are forwarded tothe Ministry. Licence documents are preparedand sent to the Minister for signature. Theentire licensing process takes 6 - 8 weeks.

Remember, licences are not valid until signedby the Minister, and expire on December 31of the year in which they were issued.Renewals should be made well before the fieldseason starts.

For further information about licences orrenewals contact:Luisa BeramArchaeological Licence OfficeHeritage Policy BranchMinistry of Culture and Communications77 Bloor Street West, 2nd floorToronto, Ontario M7 A 2R9(416)314-7158LicencesThe following is a list of licences to conductarchaeological exploration, surveyor fieldwork which have been granted by the Ministersince April 1, 1992:Conservation92-112 Helen Devereux, Toronto, for theProvince of Ontario92-119 Neal Ferris, MCC, for the Province ofOntario

92-117 Jean-Luc Pilon, Canadian Museum ofCivilization, Survey of Ottawa and SouthNation Rivers92-114 Dena Doroszenko, Ontario HeritageFoundation, for OHF properties92-115 James Ruddock, Guelph, for survey ofEramosa River92-099 James Croft, Pembroke, for RenfrewCountyConsulting92-104 Ann L. Balmer: Algonquin Associates,Toronto, for the Province of Ontario92-105 Malcolm Horne: Cultural ManagementAssociates, Hamilton, for the Province ofOntario92-111 W. Barry Gray, London, for theProvince of Ontario92-118 Maribeth Murray, Toronto, for theProvince of OntarioField School92-101 M. Latta, University of Toronto, forthe Auger Site92-109 John Triggs, Hamilton, for DundurnCastle92-125 Dr. David Smith, University ofToronto, for the Antrex SiteSurvey and Test Excavation and Excavation92-102 Dr. Alexander von Gernet, Toronto,for BiGh-l92-106 Tom Arnold, London, for AfHg-59,AfHg-66, AfHg-71, AfHg-8092-107 Hugh Daechsel, Kingston, for theDelta Mill Site92-116 Luke Della Bona: Centre forArchaeological Research Prediction, LakeheadUniv., Thunder Bay, for Thunder Bay District92-110 John Triggs, Hamilton, for excavationat Dundurn Castle, Hamilton92-120 Charlton Carscallen, Toronto, forsurvey and test excavation of TemagamiRegionUnderwater92-100 Douglas Goode, Embrun, Ontario, forSurvey and Site mapping of John Elliot andRichard Dafoe pottery sites

92-103 Jim Garrington, St. Catharines, forsurvey of Lake Erie92-108 Ken Mcleod, Osgoode, for survey ofMississagi Strait, Lake Huron92-113 Ed Burtt: H.M.S. Speedy Foundation,

Belleville, for Lake Ontario, off Presqui'ile92-121 Kenneth Cassavoy, Orillia, forAtherley Narrows Fishweir Site, Orillia92-122 Glen Parr, Parry Sound, for survey ofGeorgian Bay near Parry Sound .•

The spring and summer months have beenbusy at the OHF. The administrationseparation regarding licensing has taken placeand Luisa Beram (416)314-7158 is your newcontact ah the Ministry of Culture andCommunications, Heritage Policy Branch,Archaeology Licensing, 2nd floor, 77 BloorStreet West, Toronto, Ontario M7 A 2R3.Licences are placed on the committee agendaat our monthly meetings as the Act directs thatthe "OHF must advise the Minister on thelicences" .

The new name for the committee is theHistory and Archaeology Committee. Thefollowing OHF directors sit on this committee:EI Molto, Gary Crawford, MargaretMacMillan, Georges Belanger, and as co-chairs Joanna Bedard (History) and RobertBothwell (Archaeology). The new mandatecontinues the trustee function of the OHF,grants, education and publications. Staff ofthe new committee include Ian Kenyon(Acting Supervisor), Dena Doroszenko (SeniorArchaeologist), Paul Bator (HistoryConsultant), Bernard McCue (First NationsConsultant), Paul Litt (History Consultant -Plaques), Mary Ellen Perkins (Historyresearcher), and Gloria Taylor as thecommittee administrator and "generaldogsbody". If you have any general oradministrative questions I'm a good person tocall !

REMINDER OF UPCOMING GRANTCOMPETITION

The deadline for grant applications for theResearch, Aid to Publication and NorthernInitiatives grant categories is October 3 I,1992. The Student Grant deadline is January

31, 1993 as usual. Guidelines and applicationforms can be obtained by calling me at(416)314-4908, or writing me at 10 AdelaideStreet East, Toronto, Ontario M5C 113. Thefax number if (416)314-4909.

GRANT INFORMA nON

The Board of Directors of the OntarioHeritage Foundation is pleased to announcethe following:

Research

A grant award of up to $3,600 to Bud Parkerfor a project entitled ExcavaTion aT TheFitzgerald SiTe.

A grant award of up to $840 to Barry Mitchellfor a project entitled DuqueTte, South andNorTh Peninsula Sites.A grant award of $9,964 to Hugh Daechselfor a project entitled the DelTa Mill Wheel PitExcavation.

A grant award of $3,600 to Ken Mcleod fora project entitled the Mississagi STraiT SideScan Survey.

No,-them Initiatives

A grant award of $9,943 to CharltonCars callen for a project entitled TemagamiRegion Land Use Survey.

A grant award of $3,825 to Scott Hamilton fora project entitled l'1ferring NorThern HumanDieT.

Eme'-gency

A grant award of $2,750 to Karolyn Smardzto assist with the security costs at the Trinity-Bel/woods Field School.

Sep/Oct 1992

A grant award of $2,750 to Ken Cassavoy forthe Atherley Narrows Fishweir Project.

PUBLICATIONS

Ready to go to the printers is the firstONTARIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORT(OAR), Huron Paleoethnobotany by StephenG. Monckton. This is a comprehensive studyof botanical remains from four 17th centuryHuron sites (226 pages). Price to bedetermined. If you are interested call me atthe number below, 01 Ian Kenyon (314-4907)

The next OAR will be The Cummins SiTeComplex by Patrick Julig, which should beavailable by March 1993.

Available for $5.00 each is the second AnnualArchaeological Report (New Series) andAvocational Archaeologists: Roles, Needs andResponsibiliTies.The third issue of the AARO is presentlybeing edited and was recently tendered. Weexpect publication by the new year. If youshould have a completed or near-completedabstract for the 1991 archaeological seasonsend it in now - there is still time to get it inthe next issue. Also, you can contact theOHF for the second issue ($5.00); the firstissue is out of print. •

From: Bernice FieldArchaeological Data OfficerM.C.C. Heritage Policy Branch

In the process of standardizing and clarifyingdata entry on the Borden site form I have hadrequests, by a couple of consultant companies,to provide them with the format that I use foridentifying site type (No. 27 on the Bordenform) when entering the information onto thedatabase. The following list, then, gives theidentification codes used across the country byall those provinces who are part of CHIN's(Canadian Heritage Information Network)National Sites Database working group. Youwill see that some of the types only pertain tocertain provinces, however, for interest sakeand so as not to limit our expectations of whatwe find all types currently in use are included.

The main definition would be the type and thesecond description would be the modifier, ifany.

I=FindspolCampsite

Camp (more pennancnt)Habitation (pennanent, dwelling(s» (use

only if 11 specific tenn not known)

Village

HamletTownSettlement (good tenn, implies pennanentstr-ucture. occupied all year round, with llIult-

iple dwellings

Midden(where there is 110 longer evi-dence of habittltion. otherwise amidden lIIay also be u feature

i.e.: a llIodificr)

DumpQuan)'Millo..:

Killsite

MOlilld

Homeslt:ad (rather than fanllskad)

PostNWC

HOCNWMP

MissionPOllcf}'

WreckShelter

BurialCcmctclY

Ossuary

blind, weir. scatter, fish

trap, fishing, lithic (notchipping or flaking), butcheringpictogmph, pectograph, petroglyphcairn, effigy, alignment, circle, drivelane, inukshuk, cache, Puckswaw pit·

shell

plane, shiprockgrave house, grave yard, mound

* I prefer to put this modifier in withpetro forms rather than under a type calledsacred as I think that is too subjective.

This list is, of course, not exhaustive and 1welcome any suggestions to improve it ormake it more comprehensive .•

lOSlf ~INlrHIE I83ACII(WOO!DS:lfHIE SIEAIRlCH fOIRl lfHIE fJlEACOCII( V~llLAGIE S~lflE

Introduction

Research was carried out at the PeacockBcHa-5 Site, Nottawasaga Township, SimcoeCounty, Ontario, Canada in 1989 to determinethe boundaries of the site so that it could beavoided during development of a golf course(Figure 1). Apart from the pragmatic purposeof site mitigation, the project provided theopportunity to investigate interestingtheoretical and methodological issues. Froma theoretical perspective, the cultureassignment was undetermined and previousresearch suggested there was some possibilitythat the site was the location of the historicJesuit St. Thomas mission. From amethodological perspective, we needed to usean appropriate field strategy to locate anddetermine the boundaries of the site, whichwas located, at least in part, within a maturepine forest.

Previous Research

Although the Peacock Site (BcHa-5) is well-known and has been the subject of occasionalarchaeological fieldwork in the past fi ftyyears, basic questions of the exact location,size, nature, and date of the occupation of thesite were undetermined. Generally consideredto belong to the Petun cultural group of theseventeenth century, the site was also acandidate for the unlocated historic St.Thomas Jesuit Mission of circa 1639, whichmust be in the area.

The earliest archaeological surveys ofNottawasaga Township were those of DavidBoyle in 1886, 1887, and 1889, and theHuron Institute team of John Lawrence,Maurice Gaviller and James Morris in 1908.Neither located the Peacock Site. The sitenearest to Peacock recorded by Boy Ie was anossuary one lot to the west. The HuronInstitute recorded unspecified remains two lotssouth and one lot north.

The Peacock Site was first recorded, describedand investigated by William J. Wintembergduring his 1923 survey. Wintemberg's fieldnotes record the following for July 3, 1923:

Farms of J. S. Brillinger and George Peacock,east haff 0/ lot 16, con JIJ, NOllawasaga IWp.,Simcoe Counry, Onto The land on which thesite is situated slopes gently toward a springcreek which flows east and west along thesouth side. To the north 0/ the site is a highsandy bll.!ff. The cultural deposits areindistinct. 1 picked up some pOlleryfragments, chert chips, pieces of animal bonesand clam shells, and pieces of sheet brass. Aconical bead made 0/ sheet brass was alsofound, and earthenware pipes, according 10Mr. Peacock.

Most of the previous research at the PeacockSite was carried out by Jay Blair and CharlesGan'ad during their intensive study of thePetun area between 1961 and 1974. They firstvisited the site in November 1965 after a localinformant, Ruth Hisey, advised them thatIndian artifacts were eroding from the site,then farmed by Mr. Peacock. At the time, thesite was owned by the Village of Stayner andwas newly reforested in red pine. Mr.Peacock reported a large black patch on theslope in the reforested area which Blair andGarrad briefly tested in 1966. They recordedthe site for the Archaeological Survey ofCanada in 1974 as a large historic campsite.Although the sample of artifacts from allfieldwork at the site to that time was too smallto be considered representative of the entiresite, all evidence pointed to a probableprotohistoric/early historic use of thesettlement.

Further excavations carried out by Garrad in1977 led him to plan more investigations in1985 to conclusively determine if the sitecould be the historic St. Thomas Mission site.

Stayner•

Creemore•

z~C®

®II

@,

@..

Ie0

\~('l)

....

..\uJ

0

@)

\~N

•..

•..

@..

•\()

0@

.•....

•..

••

@\

0..

@)@

....

@..

\•

@)

••

•@

•..

\•

\@

@..

••

@..

•..

\.

@@

®®

\•

@@

•..•

I..

I

•..

..•

@)®(

@>

..\.-

••

•.:e

•@

)•

•)

::;)I

®•

·teE)®

••

I-to

0l

~k

••

••

..•

..\

~@

@)

~•

....

•/

/CO

..•

..®

•..

/w

UJ/

()

t:@

)•

@)

./

Z..

--W

(J')/-

LL.•

..®

/I•

..•

/I

enI

.•..(/)

EI

c:E

<1>I

Q)

Q)

==,

(/)==

0I

Q,)•..

i()~

L______________

,(

0..1\1

1\1I

@®

L_____J

•

Figure2:

Map

ofthe

Peacock

Site

Show

ingthe

Locationof

Shovel

Testsand

theD

ensityof

Artifacts

duringS

hovelTests.

Unfortunately, the planned excavations werecancelled due to logging on the property.

In summary, despite archaeological fieldworkat the Peacock site over the last fifty years,the site remained poorly understood andgeographically undefined.

The 1989 Northeastern Archaeological -OAS "Passport" Boundary Project

In the fall of 1989 excavations were carriedout to locate and determine the boundaries ofthe Peacock Site, so that it could be avoided inthe development of the Mad River Golf Clubon the property. Although the developerswere not required at that time to have anarchaeological assessment of the property,they knew of the existence of the site fromGarrad, and hired Northeastern ArchaeologicalAssociates to carry out the research. Thefieldwork was directed by Heather McKillop.Volunteers from the GAS "Passport-to-the-Past" program, and Petun Studies Group,assisted.

The site area is located largely within a matureplanted pine forest on land that gently slopestowards a creek. The land had been cultivatedprior to its reforestation in the 1950s. Thetopsoil is sandy and varies in depth from about10 cm at the top of the hill to about 80 cmnear the creek. The ground surface wascovered with a thin bed of pine needles.Artifacts were not visible on the groundsurface.

Although Garrad expressed some doubt aboutthe quality of the artifacts and information thatcould be recovered from shovel testing, hedeferred to the senior author and the area wasgridded and shovel tested at 10 meter intervalsto determine the presence and density ofarchaeological remains. With the point welltaken about the shovel testing methodology,two three-by-three meter units were excavatedto recover cultural material. The transit wasset up at a convenient, central location withinthe one hectare area to be assessed. Thedatum were made permanent by sinking a one-meter metal rod into poured concrete in theground, with our arbitrary grid north marked.Shovel test locations were marked using thetransit, loo-meter tapes, and survey stakes.

Each shovel test was excavated into thesubsoil and the contents sieved throughstandard 1/4" mesh rocker screens. The depthof the soil and maximum excavated depthwere noted and all archaeological materialssaved in labelled bags. Soil anomalies werenoted and wall profiles recorded when weencountered distinct cultural layers, notablyfire pits and middens. Generally, the sandysoil was easy to excavate and screen. Theboundaries of the site were estimated by adiminution and then absence of artifacts insequential shovel tests. The estimated siteboundary was delineated in the field by surveystakes joined by orange flagging tape. Thismarked perimeter was indicated to arepresentative of the Mad River Golf Clubproject, so that the land clearing machinerycould avoid the site.

Discussion

Fieldwork in 1989 indicated a significantoccupation in the seventeenth century at thePeacock Site, of approximately twice the sizeexpected. The boundaries of the site wereestimated by plotting the distribution ofartifacts from shovel tests, and resulted in atotal site size of about five acres or twohectares (Figure 2). The excavated materialindicates there were areas of moreconcentrated activity within the site. Thesteep slope to the west of the site was notused. The site extends from the present wirefence south to the creek bank. It is not knownif the site continues on the other side of thecreek, which was beyond the survey area.There are areas of high concentration ofartifacts, plant and animal remains in middendeposits (Figure 3). The organic remainsinclude corn, deer, bear, beaver, fish andclams, among others.

Culturally, the excavations yielded somediagnostic artifacts, but the bulk of thematerial consisted of small, unidentifiablesherds (Figure 4). Pottery types identified byGarrad include Blue Mountain Punctate,Huron Incised and Sidey-Notched, withCoronet clay pipes, all characteristic of thePetun area. Ceramics previously recovered byMr. Peacock, and Garrad and Blair prior to1974, include, the above types, and Graham

z~•

I{IE0

\~M

\\l\0

'tGC\I

0\

..-•

\0

••

\\\•

"-\•

e;

•('-.

:E•

)~

I•

.teElI

-f~0

\

~•

\)~

/

0/

CO/

wU

J/

~t:

./

•--

(J)/-

LL./

//

/c:Q

)

/"C"C

/~

/(•

\

I(II~~\~\~\\\\\\\ej(\

-'IIi\\)./

///

,/

•--:F:

•:)tiE)Q

---

,/-

/I

"0

"0Q)

'-/

Q)

.c.Q

)f/)

(,)Q

..(3

'0Q

)Q

.

/..6

C-

oZ

0:u

/c

>-Q

)/

eQ

)>-

"0

/::;)

"0

Cd(lj

{:r:

Ci5G

t=\

•e-

~

z-+¢--

IIe

.,I

0\~

M

\U1

0\'¥t

(\I

\00..•..

•\

0

•\

•\\

•\

•\.

)

••

(

•\-

:!•

):::>

I•

t(G•

•I

Q\

•\)

;/

//

IJJ/

~./

--",.--

~•

II-

I••...C1)

.r::.U~co.=•

Figure5:

Map

ofthe

Peacock

Site

Show

ingthe

Locationof

Selected

foreignTrade

Chert

Recovered

fromS

hoveltests.

Rogers Plain, MacMurchy Plain Scallop andRipley Plain. Including these the total sampleof diagnostic rimsherds is only 65 (Table 1).Of these the main types are Sidey Notched(48%) and Huron Incised (43%). The sampleindicates a high Coefficient of Similarity withmajor southern Petun area sites (Sidey-MackayBbHa-6, Melville BbHa-7, Hamilton-Lougheed BbHa-lO) located within 3 to 4.5miles, but the highest of all (164/200) is withthe geographically remote (12 miles)MacMurchy BcHb-26 Site.

Fragments of European trade copper were alsorecovered in shovel tests. Figure 4). Chertwas brought to the settlement from theBayport and Kettle Point outcrops (Figure 5).

Summary

Mapping and shovel testing at the PeacockSite in 1989 were successful in delimiting theboundaries of the site so that it could beavoided in construction of a golf course. Thecultural assignment remains unclear

considering the small number of diagnosticceramics and that all the chert was imported.The presence of European trade copper butabsence of other historic artifacts suggests anearly historic period and removes thepossibility of the site being a historic Jesuitmission. The relationships suggested by theceramics confirm this.

From a methodological perspective, shovel-testing at ten-meter intervals and screening allsoil was a successful technique in locating andestimating the boundaries of the site, whichwas entirely invisible from the ground surfacein a mature pine forest. The small artifactsample recovered is seen as more the result ofthe sparse habitation of the site than themethod, since areal excavations also producedlittle material. Large scale areal excavationsat the Peacock Site are necessary to allowdelimitation of structures and provide a largerceramic and faunal/botanical inventory uponwhich to base cultural interpretations.

Shovel Unit 1Tests

7 (61' 24 (41 21 (11

Huron IncisedSidey NotchedBlue Mountain PunctateGraham Rogers PlainMacMurchy Plain ScallopRipley PlainCoronet PipeEffigy Pipe

1 includes material recovered prior to 19742 numbers in brackets are probable assignments

Acknowledgements

The fieldwork and analysis were carried outwith the assistance of many individuals. Theproject was financially supported by the MadRiver Golf Club and we appreciate theirconcern for preserving the Peacock Site andfor their encouragement, participation in thefieldwork, and cooperation through theproject. The Northeastern ArchaeologicalAssociates field staff included DonnaMorrison, Lorelyn Giese and MartinBetcherman. We enjoyed the opportunity toconduct fieldwork with some of Ontario's

veteran avocational archaeologists and youngerenthusiasts. OAS "Passport" and local PetunStudies Group volunteers included MarianClark, David Hunt, Christine and MichaelKirby, Norma Knowlton, Ella Kruse, AnnaNewman, Jim Shropshire and Marjorie Tuck.Bill Fox' help in the field was alsoappreciated. The illustrations were drawn byMary Lee Eggart, Louisiana State University,from maps by Heather McKillop .•

1 J)ert. of Geography aod Anthropology, Louisiana Slate University

2 Pdun Studies Group. North York

IR!ECOIRIDJ~ING[pl~CrOGIRA[plIHJ:S: A CIRASIHJ COUIR§!E ~INCAINO!E~ ING

Six bulletins have been sent out this summerto Passport-to-the Past (PTTP) volunteers.One opportunity was provided by a newlyregistered agency, the Ontario Rock ArtConservation Association (ORACA), based inKenora. The "White Otter Lake PictographRecording Project" seemed a good opportunityto spend a vacation camping in the wilderness,doing some canoeing, experiencing "one shortportage", and learning the latest techniques inrecording rock art. With these expectations,Carol Lang and the author, Toronto ChapterOAS members registered in the PTTPProgram, set off to drive the 1600 km. toIgnace, the "staging point", halfway betweenThunder Bay and Kenora. Both of us werefamiliar with field camps on archaeologicalsites, one of us had spent a day canoeingdown the Nottawasaga River several yearsago, but neither of us had ever portaged orhad anything to do with rock art except asviewers.

The reality of the situation was not quite asclear-cut as we had expected. We met the fourmember crew in Ignace. Very soon the projectdirector, Jacqueline Rusak, gave us a run-down on the revised plans. Obviously, certainstatements in the initial PTTP plan had beensuperseded by time and project developments.First, we would not be working on WhiteOtter Lake, but in a much wider area,involving several lakes. Also we would besurveying for, as well as recordingpictographs. This meant a great deal morecanoeing, many more portages, and frequentchanges of campsite - truly a nomadicexistence. Finally the permanent crew of fourwas divided, and the two young men (Chrisand Jason) were blessed with "thegreenhorns" .

The expedition started badly, rain setting in asDennis Smyk, our "taxi service" and the

president of ORACA, dropped us off at thestarting point on Paddy Lake. Paddling againstthe wind and rain, on a lake where thecrossing of each bay reveals another whichlooks identical, did not lend encouragement toour quickly tiring muscles. Finally, with greatrelief, and just ahead of a very black cloud,we landed and unloaded the canoes. The firstportage, which entailed several trips totransport all the "gear", did not prove to beany more uplifting than the canoeing. It endedin a swampy area where we all managed tosink into the mud at one time or another.Once more settled into our respective seats,we set off into the mist on Smirch Lake tofind the campsite for that night. Fortunately itwas not far away, and had obviously beenused before, requiring no preparation for tentsites. After setting up our tents (anotherfeature the authors needed instruction with),and devouring bowls of hot chili heated on apropane burner, we thankfully crawled intoour sleeping bags, hoping the tent would notleak.

Over the next three days we gradually becameaccustomed to the various tasks involved in"rock art research", while the weathercooperated by improving steadily. The fatigueand aches left the arm muscles and moved tothe back, as Chris and Jason instructed us inthe proper techniques for canoeing. Nothaving to wear rain gear certainly made lifesimpler. Stopping to photograph an alreadyrecorded set of pictographs halfway throughthe second day finally gave us a taste of whatwe had come to do. That afternoon was spentskirting the shores of the islands and bays ofDibble Lake. Our route, recorded on a maprecently received from ORACA, has beenindicated with red dots. The west half ofDibble Lake appears to have a very bad case

of measles. Finally, late that afternoon, Chrisand Carol discovered a new site.

Surveying entails strenuously paddling acrossopen stretches of water between islands andthe mainland. Low weed-bordered shores donot require examination. All rocky areas,particularly those with any degree of a verticalface are examined closely. Slowly coastingalong beside a rock face allows relief fromstrenuous paddling, but the eyes must dodouble duty trying to spot bits of red ochrepaint on the cliff face, while avoiding therocks lurking just under the surface. It isamazing how many expanses of rock,apparently superbly suited for painting, aredevoid of any sign of man.

On our third day we were initiated into "dotrecording" the pictographs. A sheet of sarancovers the painted area, and is fastened withmasking tape well beyond the location of thepainted motifs. The saran is dotted with a finered marking pen over areas where red ochreoccurs. Rock features such as cracks hollowsbumps, crevices and edges are indi~ated by ~thicker black pen, while areas of lichen aremarked in green, showing their proximity tothe paint, or where the vegetation may actuallycover parts of figures. Blue outlines areas ofexfoliation. At times, the paint can be clearlyseen, but often shadows from the overhang, orsunlight reflecting along the plastic requireadjustment of position. New facets of thepaintings are revealed by the changing lightitself. Since the stone often includes pinkgrains, some practise is required todifferentiate this mineral from a thin coat ofred ochre. To complete the work in areasonable time, two people work in closeproximity. This necessitates a certain amountof contortion, above and beyond that requiredby the position of the paint on the rock, or thepaint relative to a position where the recordercan stand, sit or lie.

Every day brought new experiences, not leastof which was the variety of anatomicalarrangements for pictograph recorders. Thefirst one entailed standing on a stone close tothe rock face which, as often happens, had anoverhang. We learned one of the mostcommon positions at this time: bending the

arms, holding one elbow above the head, theother near the waist, with the head at a rightangle to the body and the torso archedhorizontally. This posture may become knownas the "ORACA syndrome". The position ofthe legs varies with the "platform" on whichthe recorder is mounted. In addition tostanding on stones on the ground, one mayperch on slippery rocks in the water with thelegs immersed to varying degrees. More oftenthan not, the painted motifs occur on rockfaces above water too deep to stand in,making work from the canoe mandatory. Inthis case, standing or kneeling is more stablethan sitting, because as soon as one bendsover the knees, the canoe slides away from therock face unless very securely fastened, inwhich case the water comes in over the side.Lying across a cross-bar of the canoe may bethe best way to reach figures close to thewater line, but eventually leaves a dent in therib cage. In other words, there is no reallycomfortable way to record pictographs. Onehas to admire the dedication of those who arecommitted to doing it.

Six pictograph sites were dot recorded in ourten-day period. Carol and I both worked onthe first and the last, while we eachparticipated in two others. Each site wasunique, though all were within inches or feetof the water, on nearly vertical rock faceswith some protection from the elementsusually from an overhang. We considered w~had truly "passed the test" when we wereallowed to record, with little supervision, thefinal magnificent panel, interpreted by Chrisas a "shaman figure".

Although we learned a great deal aboutpictographs, this was not the only area inwhich insights occurred. Granted, we ate agood deal of canned and prepared foods, andused propane burners, but if we had forgottento bring something, or ran out, we could notgo to the corner store. Also, we had to relytotally on our own arms and legs for mobilityon water and on land. At times, the image ofthe voyageurs rose to mind as the rhythm ofthe paddle stroke became almost automatic oras we plodded over a portage or pulled acanoe over a beaver dam. The morning we

paddled back and forth over Revell Lake forabout two hours, until we found a campsitethat Chris declared "isn't perfect, but it willdo", I realized that choosing a place to set uphousekeeping is not a simple decision. Manyfactors have to be considered: a good landingplace, enough wind to keep away the "bugs",a flat well-drained area in which to pitch thetents, and one not requiring a great deal ofdeadfall clearing. These factors, as well asothers I have not considered, must haveremained unchanged for thousands of years inthis area where the landscape has not beendrastically altered. In this context, the samesites will be reused many times, an importantconsideration to anyone interested inarchaeology.

In this first extensive encounter with "theNorth", some things impressed me, such asclose contact with wildlife often consideredremote. The protests of the otters objecting toour intrusion into their bay was copied by theparty of loons uttering piercing calls nearbywhile we occupied our last campsite. Most ofthe time, however, the silence surprised methe most. It was all the more startling, then,when broken by the wail of a train whistle orthe sound of a bush plane.

The increase in our level of resourcefulnesswas also gratifying, notably when presentedwith a new portage. Everyone was different.There was the "rocky road" which requiredhopping from boulder to boulder or onto a logwith a full load of gear. Jason recommendedthe best way to negotiate this was whileperforming the Mexican Hat Dance. The shoreof Patricia Lake was so marshy (or was th isthe famous muskeg?) that we slogged through30 meters of sawgrass, low bushes and waterbefore reaching the trail. One short portage onDibble Lake entailed edging the canoebetween large boulders until we could climbon one close enough to shore to form a"chain" and throw the bags from one memberof the expedition to another until the highbank was reached. Granted this was asomewhat impromptu choice, a spot not wellused. We did manage to avoid the "killerportage", rumoured to be about 800 meterslong. This was accomplished by taking the

wrong portage and then having to make campvery hurriedly as night fell. The only availabledry spot was covered with fallen trees whichhad to be moved to provide three smallcircular spots for tents. The springy mosscarpet in which several varieties ofmushrooms grew, as well as my first view ofIndian pipe stems, was breathtaking. A secondminor portage the next day put us on trackagain.

After ten days the two "greenhorns" werecompletely convinced. We had learned torecord pictographs on plastic, our major goal.We could concoct a creditable meal on thecamp stove (no one had suggested we make afire though), and set up and break camp inreasonable time. We could paddle a canoewithout anything hurting, but steering was stillpretty much of a mystery, although we didmanage to take the canoe out and get back onour own. We survived canoeing all over ninelakes and two rivers, and negotiating at leastnine portages (they sort of run together in mymind now). We had grown to like and respectour guides and teachers, Chris Keast andJason Orchyk, and our "taxi-driver" DennisSmyk. When it came time to leave, there wassome reluctance. Certainly we agreed that wewould like to do it again .•

Ontario Historical SocietyWORKSHOP

Our Marine Heritage is DisappearingSaturday, November 7 at St. CatharinesAn examination of the adverse effects ofhuman occupation, pollutants andbiological forces on marine heritage.Co-sponsored by Ontario MarineHeritage Committee.Location: Lock 3 Visitors Centre on theWeiland Canal.Further information:The Ontario Historical Society5151 Yonge StreetNorth York, OntarioM2N 5P5(416) 226-901 I

Dear Editor:

Re: Proposed Archaeological Assessment andMitigative Excavation Guidelines - ArchNotes, May/Jun~ 1992.

There are several primary overriding concernsabout the proposed archaeological assessmentand mitigative excavation guidelines whichneed to be addressed from legal, ethical, andpractical perspectives. As outlined below, theconcerns are with the Task Force on SelfRegulation as well as with the guidelinesthemselves.

A - Task Force

The Task Force on Self Regulation states that"assessments and reports that do not meetthese guidelines will be consideredunacceptable" by both our community and theOntario Ministry of Culture andCommunications (O.M.C.C.). However, thisclaim can not be substantiated. No members ofthe Task Force are O.M.C.C. representatives.The O.M.C.C. has not made any statement onthis matter and, therefore, no credence can begiven to the claim that the O.M.C.C. is eveninterested in them. If the government did notcommission the guidelines, does not sanctionthem, and has not given the Task Force amandate to adjudicate provincial authority, theguidelines are not official and can only beconsidered voluntary. When proclaimed, therevised Ontario Heritage Act and itsregulations will be the only legally enforceablemeasures.

It is most curious and somewhat offensive thatthere is nothing in the guidelines whichindicates that the O.M.C.C. has authorized theTask Force to speak on the Crown's behalf. Infact, the Task Force claims the right torepresent the archaeological community but

does not have full community representation.Just because a self-appointed group claims aright does not mean that it actually has theright. It is unseemly and absolutelyunacceptable that the Task Force shouldarrogate (take unto themselves) the powers ofthe Crown.

The Task Force states that the guidelines willbe considered to be ratified by an arbitraryAugust I st deadline. The group simply doesnot have any legal status which would permitthem to promulgate such guidelines for the:lrchaeological community. Given that thedeadlines are irrelevant and that the guidelinesare presumably to be in effect, it is quite inorder that members of the Task Force arebound by these standards but no one else is.

B - Proposed Guidelines

The guidelines attempt, in part, to outlineemployer/permit holder responsibilities whenthe employer/permit holder is in fact regulatedby many federal and provincial acts andstatutes including, but not limited to: theTrespass Act; the Copyright Act; the HighwaySafety Act; the Occupational Health andSafety Act; the Construction Act; and theDead Animals Removal Act, as well as theextant heritage legislation and guidelines.

It would seem unnecessary to detail in theproposed guidelines the degrees ofresponsibilities by the employer/permit holderin as much as these responsibilities alreadyexist in such statutes as workerscompensation, labour laws, safety standardsand the long standing responsibilities under themaster· servant relationship. These latterstatutes supersede the proposed guidelines.

It is not possible to assume participation bythird-parties outside the community, such as

Aboriginal First Nations, and therefore itshould be carefully considered as to making ita requirement as opposed to arecommendation.

It is not the wisest course to use registeredtrademark names such as "Gradall" when ageneric equipment description is called for. Torefer consistently to Gradall with a capital "G"might be taken to mean that no other brandname equipment is acceptable.

To attempt to impose upon developers a senioracademic requirement - specifically theproduction of thesis and dissertation stylemonographs and multiple-year studies - wouldimpose unacceptable delays and costs. TheTask Force may wish to instruct its membersto cooperate with universities and researchersand to encourage developers in makingavailable copyright data for furtherinvestigation from independently fundedresearch.

Before curation requirements can beestablished, it must be determined how it is tobe publically funded. The long discussedconcept of designated regional repositoriesfunded in part by the province seems to be apractical and viable solution.

In so rigidly detailing a report format, the useof new technology is limited. This technologywould increase accuracy, reduce cost, andmake the raw data more widely available forresearchers. For example, the use of acomputer to record field notes and data shou Ideliminate the need for hand-written notes in abound journal.

Some of the issues identified in the proposedguidelines are poorly worded. The use of theword "must" should be strictly limited to anabsolute minimum if not completelyeliminated. Guidelines by themselves have noweight of law and should be merely intendedas generic instructions on how to conduct anassessment or fieldwork.

Some of the points suggested in the proposedguidelines have not been well-thought out withrespect to the industry served. Reportsrequired for development dearances are ofnecessity different from academic studies. It istoo early and inappropriate to include the

stated requirements in a guideline format. Thestated requirements may provide better use assub-documents which are subject to revisionfrom time to time.

Stage 4 guidelines must be developed inconsultation with the development industry ifthey are to have any credibility whatsoever.This consultation would increase the guidelinesapplicability and geographical use in areascurrently not participating in the developmentplans review process.

The proposed guidelines would be improved ifthey dealt more with the professional aspectsof operation of the discipline and less with thestyle of report preparation. Great benefit couldbe derived from examining the ethical codesand constitutions of other professionalorganizations such as the Ontario College ofPhysicians and Surgeons, the Ontario BarAssociation. the Ontario Real EstateAssociation, the Ontario Board of Examinersin Psychology, or consulting engineers.

Entry standards (with a grandfather clause),ethical behaviour of members, professionalcompetence, disciplinary authority, educationalcourses, workshops and opportunities, plusreviewing complaints should form the mainfocus of any group which seeks to regulate thearchaeological community.

The above comments notwithstanding, theTask Force is to be commended for all of theirhard work and pioneering efforts in preparingthe proposed guidelines. They are a fine starttowards developing a practical workingdocument. However, a lot of work remains tobe done especially in getting approval fromthe Minister of Culture and Communications,and also with regards to Cabinet revisions tothe new Heritage Act. In addition, thedevelopment industry, which is currentlypaying for the vast majority of thearchaeological work in this province, shouldbe consulted in order to finalize the proposedguidelines and to periodically review theirefficiency and effectiveness.

Sincerely yours,Robert G. MayerSenior ConsultantMayer Heritage Consultants Inc.

Sep/Oct 1992

M~Gt\J3.ET MAR.LAND\\E\lBER OF P\{(J\ \'C1:\\ i',.\\{L\.\\\l"\

\\\SSIS~ \l(j ....SU\T\\

Shirley & Tony Stapel\s39 McKenzie AvenueToronto. OntariOM4W lK\

Thank yo" roc '0'" po",.,,,nl ,.'"" nolO.wInd' exp""" yGU',,,ppoet fo' a n'W OnWn"li,nn"'c .Ie: ,ISthe PC Spokesp",on \0'c"ltu" and comm"n",,,on,. I n·,,,·:·h· ,h,re yo,,' con,"""

The On,ana """oy' .'<, has "•.' ""n ,men<led"n" ,t wOS'OI'o<luce<l'n 1975 Thc .\n .,\low>,nom"p,Ii"" <0des,~n"eb,,\ldin~' as h''''.'~c bu,,,,,n05 ,n r,L'" 'o poslpone demolition fo' 270dJY" This p""n'CS "n" we h,"""'" ,'''''I'' .uwl p",p,n, ow"'" lOco

mc'0 .,1' ,,",",n,,"\ on ,," bU"""'" """" ,\> Ihe end of 270 ,,,,,.,.

ll" budd'''" uwn" " In'C10""n",'"h \IH'Innldn'~ "O",,"'L II"pen,'ues fu' ,cr"",," <0w.,11"n' ",.U\'';0.'" ,t p,.",n' '" "oI,ln,on.Ont:::uio b the only pro\,l\Cl' III (',Io.d\ ',:',:11 ~hKS lWI ,\I\u

w

mu",n"oli"e' <0penn:u,,"II:: ,,,,"co Ih' ",.",·u'''u'' 0\ h,n"';'bu,"I,,'~' c\cady. ,,,,,,,d,,,,n" '. ".,. :,~"Ia"on a" needed

On Jun' II. ,gg\. I aske<l"",n \Iln<sI" of Cultu" andcomm"nlcaUOns.Ihe I\onou<ohle1'0'''''' "",eh"e. why h<Sgo"",men

lwas d"anng "" ,,,:cod,,n,,n of ,,,w b,nt,~e legl';a",n.

,\0 exce."l f,om Honsonl wb"'Vn'"'''' my ",h,ng' w"b ""~hnL3\Cr \s cndosi'd for "our In:·,;r:n.l~~cn:.inti rdcrenc

c

Tbe f,,""" UbI',"" ~n",·,nn,,·n'I."n",,,<1 a ,,,,n,~' polo', n'''''w,,, I9:17wh<Cb'."" follow,,1hy :'.'"''' ", pubh' ",,,,,,,gs ",a" <1"p,ovlnce On ".n· 9. 1990the" '.1"'''''' Chcl",ne H"" ,d,.IS<·,1",,,,;"ccp"" ,ntn<led .•\ ",,"'R" 10' C"""·,,,n~ on\l,,,o's I\",<a<c·. ",<1p,on""d 10",:codu" Ic<",,,,on \0 ""n,'ben ",,<1,ev'" "" 0"""'°Henlag

e.'<l bV"" fall How"'" ""b Ihc ,h,ngc of ~o,·",,,nent tMl

September. the \c~IS\:Jl\On '.\':\5 11('\Cr lotroduCl

::(\

In May. 1991deaf<l,g<sl,uon was "leased fo' d"cUssion

by Ihenew NOP~o"m",en' and " onn<stt) ad',;Ory comm""e on new

hentage legislaUon was {orllledWIth the appo,ntm,nl of KaCCnH.ISI,'" '" ",n"'" ofC"ltu" and

Com",um"Uons

on "u~u" 9. lUg\. the b",,,,g' ,ssu<' willh3\'e beenhandled by foul'm""'"'' In Ibe I'" 1<1e ,e"" Asvou know.",ose"",ob'cd <0I",,,ooe ,on"n.,""" ace be"u""n~ ,,,,,,,,,,,,gly f,,,,:ca,,d

w\,h the pro\'\ilCl:U (IdayAc"ocdlngly.I haVCwnllen lOth, ",nISI" ",k,ng thai ,he "po«

'0 m' as \0 "ben ,he ",11b' ,n:codurlnOa bl\\ 10amend \he .'<" Aeopyof my letl" to ",. 1\35I,,,nis et"'o"" foc"ou' ,nfonn""cn :u,dccfeec

nce. pica" be ""u"d ,hOl I w,1l,onu"n, '0 p"SS the \"nlslC\'

to intrOduce thls much nee(\cd \t:~l •.•tIIlOn

Th,nk von fo' """ng Ihe U"" \0 WTI"10me cc<",<1",gth<sn\3Il" I will "T,te to you ,gotn upo" "cnpl of the ,.I"n'''''-' "plyIn tb' I"ten

m. ,f vou sh""I<1h"" .,ny f""hee "ucslio

n, 0' ,o""nen".

please do not \lCSlt:-ltc to contact l1ll' :lg.all1

Y(lUTS :;\l1rerdv.

~~.~11Sslssauga South andpC. Culture and comlllU01C.:lUOnS

spokC:Spcrsnn

MM/laj

ene\.

'.~' IvW' I, i: .~. ,',' • 10'e~,. ' ..•.. .:~~.,".~;

~~ &'2Mrs. Joe C'uIO

Orillla,' OntarioL3V CH2 .

My 'hJn~s fo' fJK~~:'::: In thIS "'Jlfe, l~n~'l:h:lt~~r~o~O o~r:~~~~Uf

S,ncerely yours

... heritage actcorrespondence ...

A~r~c~h~N:ot~e=s~----------~~---------------., 20

(.,,,.,,, .••.,,,.,,,.,.<:•.••,,~""'"a',~".. ""1,,,.·,,',·'M".',,-

Mr. Anthony Hanley249 Lytton BoulevardToronto, Ontar.oH5N lR7

I concur with your assessment that as a result of the NDP'sInabil.ty to pass thlS ne •• leglslatlon, Ontario runs the risK ofdestroylnq many heritage bUIldlnqs and historiC Sites. We mustensure the promotlon o! the dImenSions of Ontario'S heritage, thereflect.,on of a clear, comprehensive lramelolorK for heritageconservat.IC"l, and recognltlon of the Importance of heritage as anlI11portant •..ndertaKlng.

A copy of your ccmments has been passed along to the Offlclal 1"1)"0Opposition critic (or the Ministry of Culture and Communicatlons, .t~()ll'r.'1I)I'lrl()Dr. Jim Henderson, for hlS conSIderation. 01 1IIIr'J 1}1"1I1 f..t"rl(

bl /'l/cr, :'1',1 11/111}'/(r'/'" , I,

,,?'/<~,II 1/:/~'rOI/~~:/("(/~"!1:~:/lR'III, I, 1'111,'a,:" r (1,"/'/ 11{'llh,l(II", r ~Il I, /, /1"

r:'~(JII, 'r bl", ,:;7" ,r;;IIII,(~~/(j" ~;:II"I:' ,;/'llll::/I<i, ,( JI>, 1';';:"/""/1

"rl/;J" ",,tllt 0 lit II, ,~rl'I,., IfI It/ / 1"'11,:"I/lf",IIJ" (' "I I '('r ;.~~;l'·l'r/>

~~:~u;:.C'h:~:;~'V~,~~<'>:~I~;"~'"~"'I ()"!Irll:~; I,t:',/) ~:~I) 1~:'III/I~ZI/~ ~;rfI/Ofl111'l'l)loron1r rC\,. ~', ~(}I '1\'r 'I 'I '"I), 'r

"I I, '" •• 'I 'h 111("1'°'1, '

to' 1"r"IlI/'lb,;'fltl,"'br.I"II., I h"I,'lllh I"" I, (11'(1'111111/1./'tl.,q{/'Vhl'ljI.' fIliI I I~, " lIlt, I I (/c'," III, ~'" I,r ~'11th I, I)", I II lit, 'VrI I '''';olltl,11

Fa. Pr'or I ~I "'r "11'1or hi I 1111/q '<.1t

1'1.1,>,t- 'IIrr 11.('1 '11111,;'~'l II f,'1,,/'V,

I, , rtll,' g(:~'I,II,;:II~', ,;,01/1'~:lll)dZ: II, :,IJ>I'll : < ~ , I 111J(/;~ • '"

'r'I'!I, ''',,, :1\'r1 :I'I)"I~ "I '/, I 'II "I' '11,11

)1I,(

, '''::::~~:::'~' ,:::,':;;< ,::;' :":,~,'0:';:':::;h~;,~:,';,l/II'~>, ,•.•, ,<><~><;,;'

YOU may be a .•.•are that 1n May 1990 the prevlous Li.beral governmentreleased a dlScuss10n paper on hCritage policy entltlcd, ~for ConserVing ODki!lrIO'S Hepkag!l. ThiS documcnt .•.•as to serve asthe baSIS of a De.•.•Ontario Hentage Act. Slnce the release ofthls paper there has been no SIgn1ftcant actlon taKen by the HOPgovernment.

Sl9'Cere1y,

~/~

Dear Editor:

Re: Task Force on Self-Regulation: TechnicalGuidelines for Survey and MitigativeExcavation

The Association of Professional Archaeologistsdoes not recognize the legality of the ad-hocTask Force's recent statement ill Arch Notes(92-3:5-19) as it pertains to consultingarchaeologists. Nor does it necessarily agreewith or recognize specific proposed guidelines.We, the Executive uf the Association, areconcerned that these guidelines do notrepresent a con,ensus from our professionalmembership and that the mechanism of theirpotential adoption by government agencies islegally binding. We will be publishing specificcomments separately.

Sincerely,

Lawrence J. JacksonPresident

Dear Editor:

Recently I received a letter directed to me viathe O.A.S. office. The O.A.S. memberwriting the letter was inquiring as to themeaning and tribal origin of the word'Spadina'. As this is a question of localhistorical interest, I am sending my answer toher in this letter.

The word 'Spadina' comes from the Ojibwalanguage, and is constructed with a verbalelement -IDQ- meaning 'to be high, tall, deep'.This can be seen in the following excerptsfrom Richard Rhodes' excellent work "EasternOjibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary". 1985.Mouton Publishing, New York.

"shpaagnagaag vii be deep snow, ... presshpaagnagaa ... ""shpaatood vti raise S.t. high, raise S.t.higher ... ""shpash kaag vii ... be tall grass ... presshpashkaa ... ""shpendizod vai be an egotist, beegotistical. .. ""shpiming av above, in heaven, on high"(Rhodes 1985:343)

Added to this is an element -(ald(j)na- relatingto ridges or inclines. It is found in words suchas:

" ... be a valley booskdinaag, bsadnaag ... "(op.cit.,p610)"be a ridge running along bmadnaag vii,Ot. .. " (p553)The combination gives us:"shpadnaag vii be a high ridge ... presshpadnaa ... " (p343, c. f.553)

In Baraga's older, but still reliable "ADictionary of the Otchipwe Language" (1878,Montreal, Beauchemin & Valois) we have:"Ishpadina. It is high. (a hill or mountain;) ... "(pI60.c.f.133)

Yours respectfully,

Joh n SteckleyDept. of Native StudiesUniversity of SudburySudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6

Rita Michael wishes to advise the closingof Michael Archaeological ServicesReg'd. Rita will continue to practicearchaeology under her maiden name ofRita Griffin-Short, 907-981 Main St.W., Hamilton, Ontario L8S IA8. (416)524-1384

New. unused, national topographicalmaps @ $5.00 each.

50.000: 1 Brantford, Cambridge,Hamilton-Burlington, Hamilton-Grimsby, Westport (31 C/9)

25,000: I Aberfoyle, Blackheath,Sheffield, Winona

Call 416 524-1384 or write Maps, 907-981 Main St. W., Hamilton, OntarioL8S IA8

Does the Huron and Wyandot' term forthemselves, 'Wendat' (typically '8endat' inJesuit transcriptions), make reference to theirbeing 'islanders'? Early 20th century scholarsHewitt (Hodge 1971:206) and Jones (Jones1908:419-20) proposed that it might. Hewittgave the meaning as "the islanders" or"dwellers on a peninsula" (ibid). Jonespresented "The One Island" or "The One LandApart" as potential translations for the term(for another see below). They both based theiranalyses on a noun root -h8en'd-, meaning'island, separated piece of land' (FHa,FH1697, HF59:78, HF62, HF65:93, FH67and Potier 1920:448).

Later investigators added non-linguistic orethnographic justifications for such atranslation. Conrad Heidenreich suggested thatthe island reference could be relating to thefact that:

" ... Huronia is almost an island, surroundedalong 60 percent of its perimeter by water andmost of the remainder by vast swamps"(Heidenreich 1971: 300).

Bruce Trigger added that it might be makingreference to the traditional belief that theworld was an island constructed on the backof a turtle (Trigger 1976:27).

Both included two Jesuit Relation referencesas further justification. One 1638 passagespeaks of the rumours travelling throughoutHuronia of how the missionaries werespreading the diseases then devastating theHuron. When the Fathers questioned theHuron concerning these stories:

"Their usual answer was that 'this was beingconstantly said everywhere; and that, besides,all the inhabitants of the Island where thesepeople live had their brains upset, - that thedeath of so many of their relatives hadunsettled their minds' ... " (JR 15: 21)

In the 1648 Relation, in a condolenceceremony following the murder of the young

Frenchman, Jacques Douart, a Huron speakersummed up the perilous position of his peopleat that time with the following image:

"This country is an Island; it has now becomea floating one, to be overwhelmed by the firstoutburst of the storm. Make the floating Islandfirm and stationary." (JR33:237-9)

This evocative image of Huronia as a 'floatingisland' is one that is repeated in a name forthe Huron that appears in a number of 17thcentury Jesuit dictionaries:

"Atih8en'darak les hurons quod insulathabitxxt / who live on an island / " (FHa; the'xx' means I'm not sure of the letters).

"hoti8en'da,rak les hurons, les insulaires / theislanders / " (HF62)

"atih8endarak les hurons qa insula habitabant/ who on an island live / " (FHI697:97)

It is even found in a Jesuit Mohawk dictionaryof the time:

"Hati8endogerha, les Hurons (quia in insulahabitabant) "

"Hah8endagerha, les Hurons" (Bruyas1970:22 and 5W

The verb into which -h8en'd- is incorporatedhere is -i!.....@-, meaning 'to float' (FHa,HF59:3, HF62, HF65 and Potier 1920:170#66). As the following dictionary entry shows,-i!.....@- was used with a variety of noun roots, -hon- 'canoe', -;li- 'body', -IhQ.!;- 'cedar', -h8ent- 'fish' and even with -chien- ametaphorical reference to a name floating(i.e., in a pot in a ceremony in which a nameis claimed):

"A,ra ... flotter

ohona,ran'de Ie canot va sur leauhoata,/r/an'de il va flottanthoti8en'da,rak les hurons, lesinsulaires a,an,ota,la/ren Ie morceaude cedre flotte tendi atih8enta,ren deux

vel tendi akiatih8enta,rak8at deuxpo is sons flotterent

N. onsahochienda,ren il a fairreparoistre Ie nom" (HF62)

Does the reference to the Huron as 'they ofthe floating island' lend credence to thehypothesis that Wendat meant 'islanders'? Ithink that if you break the connection downinto its component logical steps you would seethat the connection is weak. Let's look at theanswer to two key questions.

Were the Huro!1 traditionally referred to as'they of the floating island'? The words of the1648 Relation are instructive in this regard. Init the island that is the country "has nowbecome a floating one", that is, it was not onebefore, but is one now. This expression mayhave begun in the late 1640s with the defeatand destruction of village after village. It mayeven have first been heard in the late 1630swith the devastation of disease, the imagegarbled in the quote given above. However, Ido not feel that it was a traditional image as Icannot see the Huron thinking of themselvesas floating free, like a piece of wood, a canoeor dead fish, in Huronia when they were stillstrong.

The image appears to have caught on as itbecame less a metaphor and more a term ofreference, rather like other metaphors ofdisasters such as the Holocaust, theDepression, and, more recently, theRecession. The term probably lost its currencyby the late 17th century, once the Huronbecame settled at their current home inLorette, near Quebec. It is interesting in thisregard that the Potier dictionary, copied andwritten by Jesuit Father Pierre Potier duringthe 1740s, did not have in its -f!....!J!- entryreference to the Huron as 'they of the floatingisland'.

Was the 'floating island', then, the extensionof an older island image? Judging from thevery limited use of -h8en'd- found in the JesuitHuron dictionaries, I would have to say 'no'.There are only two verbs into which this nounroot is presented as being incorporated: -f!....!J!-,and -Q-, meaning 'to be in water'. This wasused with the external locative noun suffix -

l.,k-, as Clah8endoCle, meaning 'at the islandin water', to refer to Christian Island (seemaps 11-15 in Heidenreich 1971). With thepopulative suffix -ronnon- ('people of) it wasused to refer to the English (HF62 andFHI697:248). I believe that if the Huronthought of themselves as 'islanders', therewould have been a much longer list of verbsin which the noun root was incorporated. ForHuron speech in meetings was, in Brebeufswords, filled with:

" ... an infinity of Metaphors, of variouscircumlocutions, and other rhetorical methods:for example, speaking of the Nation of theBear they will say, 'the Bear has said, hasdone so and so; the Bear is cunning, is bad;the hands of the Bear are dangerous'''.(JRIO:255)

Also against the hypothesis is the test of pure'linguistic correctness'. If one were to applystrict standards in this regard, it is not possibleto construct the word Wendat using -h8encd-.While there is no real problem with thedropping of the -h- (see, for example, theHF62 entry), distinct difficulties arise with thelack of pronominal prefixes. To begrammatical, nouns and verbs in Huronrequire the presence of pronominal prefixes.

What verbs could combine with -h8encd- tomake '8endat'? Jones suggested the verb -1-,meaning 'to be one' (Potier 1920:357). A snagwith using this verb is that it requires thepresence of the repetitive prepronominal prefix_~_3 Two other verbs are possible. There is +meaning 'to stand' (Potier 1920:356). Thereare two problems with accepting this verb.First, it was not used to incorporate nounroots. Second, it required the prepronominalprefix -~-, the dualic. The only possible verbthat does not bring with it mandatoryprepronominal 'baggage' is -{;ill-, meaning 'tobe inside' (Potier 1920: 179 and 357). But thenthere is still the 'mystery' of the missingpronominal prefixes.

Another Hypothesis: the One Language

Other hypotheses have been put forthconcerning the meaning of the word Wendat.Jones (Jones 1908:419-20) and respectedIroquoian linguist Floyd Lounsbury (Tooker

1978:405) both relate the word to the nounroot -8end-, meaning 'word, voice' (Potier1920:452) and the verb root -1-, 'to be one'.From this we get a combination that couldmean 'one language' or 'the same language'.This is a tempting hypothesis in that theHuron term for the Neutral 'ati8endaronk'probably meant something like 'their word~(or language) are some distance away' (seeSteckley 1990:21), which would seem to referto the differences between thedialect(s)/language(s) of the Neutral and thoseof the Huron. There were also Huron termsfor different Algonkian language familyspeakers that, in the Jesuit Huron dictionariesmake reference to their speaking language~that were unintelligible to the Huron:

"ak8a,annen ... parler une langue mal, avoirlaccent etranger/e/ok8a,atat 8ta80is" (Potier1920: 168)

This may contain the noun root -~-, meaning'voice' (see Potier 1920:452). We also have:

"asa,annen ... parler une langue etrangere queceux a qui I'on parle n'entendentpas ... *hondasa,annen les loups (nation)"Potier 1920: 174)

This may contain the noun root -chi-, meaning'mouth' (see Potier 1920:446), with the sameverb root as the preceding.

There are two problems with the 'onelanguage' hypothesis. Fitstly, as Heidenreichnoted (Heidenreich 1971:300), and as I havedemonstrated over the last two years, therewere at least three different dialects orlanguages spoken by the Huron: NorthernBear, Southern Bear and Rock. Still, however,there are characteristics shared by the dialectsof Huron that separate them from the otherlroquoian languages. The second problem is agreater one. What happened to the prefixes? Itis not enough to simply say, as did Lounsbury(Tooker 1978:405) that Wend at was

"probably an elliptical shortening of somelonger form corresponding to MohawkskaweomH 'one language' ... "

That begs the question of how or why.

Another Hypothesis: Villagers

Two writers have proposed anotherhypothesis. Marius Barbeau presented theword as "wandat", and claimed that it meant"villagers" (Barbeau, card 436). He wasasserting, then, that Wendat was based on thenoun root -ndat-, meaning 'village' (Potier1920:448). Heidenreich supported this claim,based on Sagard's use of "houandate" torepresent Wendat (Sagard1866:59,93,95,100,103,107,111 and 143).

There are several difficulties with thishypothesis. If the word was built on the nounroot -ndat-, then the -~- would most likely bethe IndA (indefinite agent) pronominal prefix,meaning 'they, one'. The -a- (as -an-) mightthen be a dialectal or orthographic variant of -en-. It does occur in the literature. This wouldcreate a problem with the hou/8/w. It shouldonly be used after a vowel in a precedingprefix (see Potier 1920:6 "De 8 euphonico seuadjectitio"). As the -~- in Sagard was just hisway of representing a final -1-4

, there is aproblem with the lack of suffix following thenoun root. Such would be ungrammatical. Atthe very least there should be the noun suffix -ll- (see Potier 1920:445-54).

Conclusion

What does that leave us with? As a teacher Ihate to say "I don't know." I could come upwith a 'linguistically correct' concoction builton -~- as FZP (feminine-zoic patient), -end- asthe noun root meaning 'bow' (FHI697:15"Arc-a fleches ,aenda ") and the verb root -1-'to be inside' (see above), to get '8endat'meaning 'inside the bow'. The problem withthis is that it makes no ethnographic sense thatI can fathom. For a translation to be acceptedas valid, it must fit both linguistically andethnographically. For me, although 'islanders'is close, no such double fit exists. The searchis still on.

FOOTNOTES

l. Sagard 1866:59,93,95, 100, 103, 107,t 11 and 143; FHt697:248 and Potier1920:154.2. The -Q- in the first term and the -ha-, ratherthan ·hati- would appear to be mistakes. Isuspect that these words were borrowed into

Mohawk (or at least into Jesuit Mohawk) fromHuron, as the Mohawk cognate does not havea -d- (see Michelson 1973:118).3. Sometimes it takes the coincidental prefix -chia-, but that is likewise absent from theword 'Wendat'.4. This happens in Sagard 1866:34 "chanter".

REFERENCES CITEDBarbeau, Marius

n.d. Wyandot language card file msBruyas, Jacques

1970 Radical Words of the MohawkLanguage (orig. pub. 1863),New York, AMS Press

French- Hu ro n -0 no nd ag adictionary ms cl655

n.d. French-Huron dictionary msFHl697

French-Huron dictionary mscl697

Heidenreich, Conrad1971 Huronia: A History and

Geography of the HuronIndians 1600-1650 Toronto,McClelland & Stewart

HF59Huron-French dictionary msn.d.

HF62Huron-French dictionary mscl660s

HF65Huron-French dictionary msn.d.

Hodge, F.W.1971 Handbook of Indians of

Canada (orig. 1912) Toronto,Coles Pub. Ltd.

Jones, Rev. A.E.1908 8endake Ehen or Old Huronia

Ontario Bureau of Arch ives,Fifth Report, Toronto

Michelson, Gunther1973 A Thousand Words of

Mohawk Ottawa, Nat.Museum of Man

Potier, Pierre1920 The Fifteenth Report of the

Bureau of Archives for theProvince of Ontario Toronto,C.W. James

Sagard, Gabriel1866 Histoire du Canada ... avec un

dictionnaire de la languehuronne (page references relateto the dictionary), Paris,Edwin Tross

Steckley, John L.1990 "The Early Map 'Novvelle

France': A LinguisticAnalysis" in OntarioArchaeology No. 51, pp17-30

Thwaites, Reuben G. ed. (JR)1959 The Jesuit Relations and Allied

Documents New York,Pageant Book Company

Tooker, Elisabeth1978 "Wyandot" in Handbook of

North American Indians vol.15, Bruce Trigger, ed.Washington, Smithsonian Inst.,pp398-406

Trigger, Bruce1976 The Children of Aataentsic 2

vols. Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press.

From the 12th to the 14th century, sayarchaeologists picking through ancientgarbage heaps, Benedictine monks at St.Albans in England lived like gluttons."Frankly, we were astonished," animaI-bones specialist Dale Sergeantson said."Nowhere else in England has such ahigh proportion of high-status foodremains." (St. Benedict advocated alargely vegetarian diet.)from "Social Studies", The Globe &Mail

The name "GUELPH 900 BC" was given toan event that took place on August 1st on thegrounds of the Turf Grass Institute, Universityof Guelph. The event was featured as a publiccelebration and Open House to climax anarchaeological dig on the property. Both thedig and the event were devised andorchestrated by Ken Oldridge, Vice-President,Grand River Waterloo Chapter. Being simplein concept, the complexities at theadministrative level were found to be wellwithin the capabilities of the OAS and theChapter, and the results were entirelysuccessful.

During an early spring survey, surfacematerial recovered suggested an occupationdate of ca. 900 BC. No sooner was this datechosen to be the name of the event whenprogressively older material began to befound. The dig lasted all July and employedJohn D. A. MacDonald as Director and anumber of students paid from the federalSEED program. Volunteer input was addedfrom the Passport-to-the-Past program, GRWChapter members and other volunteers. TheOAS provided insurance and someadministration.

The public presentation segment of the OpenHouse required some masterful and complexcoordination, all ably attained by KenOldridge at Guelph and OAS staff in Toronto.The overlapping jurisdictions of the TurfGrass Research Institute, the Ontario Ministryof Agriculture and Food and the University ofGuelph were all respected and made part ofthe program for the day, with Dr. LeonardConolly speaking on behalf of the Universityand Dr. Bruce Stone on behalf of the TurfGrass Institute. Federal funding of the dig,together with the concurrent Canada 125celebrations, was recognized by inviting localMP and Minister for Science Dr. WilliamWinegard, who was represented by ElsieMcNaughton. At the provincial level theOntario Ministers of Culture andCommunications Karen Haslam and

Agriculture and Food Elmer Buchanan bothdeputised local MPP Derek Fletcher, who alsorepresented the Government of Ontario atlarge plus his local riding, and OntarioHeritage Years. Dorothy Duncan, Chair ofthe Ontario Heritage Foundation, spoke forheritage in the province. The City of Guelphwas ably represented by His Worship MayorJohn Counsell. Speakers representing theSociety, Chapter and the archaeology of thesite were Society President Dr. Bruce Welsh,Chapter President Henry Ford, Chapter Vice-President Ken Old ridge and site director JohnD. A. MacDonald, who then conducted toursof the site. The Master of Ceremonies,Society Executive Director Charles Garrad,also spoke for the First Nations, for whom ithad proved impossible to obtain arepresentative.

The Turf Grass Institute equipment garage wastransformed into a display and informationcentre, with exhibits erected by the OntarioHeritage Foundation, The Ontario HistoricalSociety, the Ontario Genealogical Society, theOntario Museum Association, the WellingtonCounty Museum and Archives, the OntarioArchaeological Society, the Grand RiverWaterloo Chapter, and the Turf Grass InstituteSite excavation project, supplemented by ageneral display of archaic artifacts by ArtHowey. Even Charlie Nixon's replica atlatlswere there. The Ontario Historical Societydonated prize books and operated hourly luckydraws for them. The Guelph Civic Museumdonated free admission tickets. The Chapterlad ies excelled at the refreshment table. Thelocal media were entirely supportive andenthusiastic both before and after the event,the rented chairs, tables and PA system allworked well on the day itself, a respectablenumber of the public came, and the weathercould not have been more perfect. Everyoneseems to have gone home well pleased.

The results can only have been beneficial.The Chapter received a boost, enhancedrecognition within the community, and

information concerning local sites andcollections. Canada 125 and Ontario HeritageYears were recognised, plus the considerableantiquity of the First Nations in the Guelpharea. A multi-component Archaic Site waspartly excavated and the people of Guelphmade to feel good about it. The ability of theChapter to sponsor and operate a substantialarchaeological dig, and jointly with the Societyto create, sponsor and conduct a significantcelebration and Open House involving levelsof government and sister heritageorganizations, never in doubt, was affirmed.The event will also be remembered as amemorial to Chapter President Henry Ford,who passed away suddenly only two weeksafter the event. •

Dear Friends,

Mary and 1 attended the ceremony at theGuelph Turf Grass Institute .. It was amarvellous ceremony/celebration and I wantedto publicly thank the OAS for sponsoring theevent and to pass along my hope that it will berepeated in other parts of the province in thefuture.

Ken Oldridge has done an immense amount ofpublic relations with the municipality, thesenior levels of government and the Universityof Guelph, to bring about a happy situationwhere all the responsible parties are pleased tohave an ancient site identified in theircommunity, and are willing to help with theresearch, funding and easements necessary tomake the site a valuable part of communitypromotions and a learning experience for theparticipants. They also seemed delighted atthe prospects of the site and others nearbybeing used on an ongoing basis as a permanentfield school.

I was happy to see the participation of othergroups in the celebration: Dorothy Duncanand the OHS and OHF, the OntarioGenealogical Society, the Naturalists and localmuseums. All the speakers seemed genuinelypleased to be associated with the project andthat is a delightful state of affairs. Thanks toCharles Garrad, Ella Kruse, Mike Kirby, ArtHowey and Norma Knowlton and, of course,

Mr. President Bruce Welsh, for a marvellousday. Stewart Leslie.

Ireland Houseat

Oakridge Farm

Constructed between 1835 and 1837,Ireland House was the home of JosephIreland, a recent immigrant to UpperCanada from Bows, Yorkshire, England.Oakridge Farm (named after the statelyoaks on the property) remained in theIreland family from 1820 to 1985.Joseph's son, John, inherited theproperty and cultivated its developmentfrom wheat farming to include mixedagriculture, fruit culture and animalhusbandry through the Victorian period.John's son, George (one of twelvechildren), continued to modernize thefarm into a successful dairy operation.George's only child, Marie, concentratedon preserving the home as Burlingtoncontinued to grow around the property.After Marie's death, the Museums Boardundertook the preservation of this localtreasure. The home has now beenrestored and opened to illustrate thedevelopment of the Ireland family. It hasalso opened a window through which toview the development of Burlingtonthrough the nineteenth century.

The museum provides a living historyformat, portraying the everyday lives ofthis Nelson Township family and theirplace in the growth of Halton Region.

Regular hours are: Tuesday to Saturday,10.00 to 4.00pm, Sunday 1.00 to4.00pm.

For more information please contact:Ireland House at Oakridge Farm, 2168Guelph Line, Burlington, Ontario UP4M3. (416) 332-9888

IROUGIE VAlllEY IPAIRIKA[j)V~SOIRY COMM~TTIEIE

1F~INAl IRIEIPOIRT

by GEOFFREY SUTHERLANDWhat our Chairman, Jim French, hasdescribed as "... a sometimes arduousprocess ... " has culminated in the submissionto the Minister of Natural Resources, onAugust 11, of the recommended plan of ourAdvisory Committee for the Rouge Park. Wehave tried, throughout, to take notice ofcomments from the general public and fromgovernment agencies and local councils. Onoccasion we have disagreed with thesecomments, but they have all been carefullyconsidered. Our report is based upon ourvision of the park as "... a special place ofoutstanding natural features and diversecultural heritage in an urban-rural setting,protected and flourishing as an ecosystem inperpetuity. Human activities will exist inharmony with the natural values of thepark ... "

I must stress that we are only an ADVISORYCommittee, and that the provincialgovernment must now examine the report.They will publish the report later, with theircomments, and it would be premature,therefore, for me to discuss its detailedcontents. However, the draft plan wascirculated widely in early July and I cancomment on archaeological aspects of thatdraft, which contained a number ofrecommendations:

1. The establishment of a Cultural HeritageAdvisory Committee to advise on thedevelopment of cultural heritage management.Members of this committee should include,inter alia, representatives from culturalagencies.

2. A modest curatorial facility to be includedwith the new interpretive centre. This facilityto be the depository of all artefacts comingfrom the park area, except those of a sacrednature claimed by First Nations groups.

3. Encouragement of non-invasive, non-destructive research.

4. Preparation of an archaeological assessmentfor the entire park.

S. Maintenance and protection of all structuresdeemed to be of heritage significance.

6. No ground disturbance without a priorarchaeological assessment as approved by thePark Management Agency.

7. The public generally to be channelled awayfrom known Native sites.

8. Large-scale excavation only allowed inexceptional cases. (Originally we hadconsidered an absolute ban, but realized thatsalvage might be necessary in rare cases).

The full report ran to some 130 pages, so theabove is only an extract of a few salientpoints. For those wishing to study the fullreport, I suggest you wait until the Provincedevelops its corporate position and publishesthe report with provincial comments .•

APA ANNOUNCES SPECIAL AWARDSSYMPOSIUM

You are cordially invited to attend the AnnualSpecial Achievement Award Symposium ofthe Association of Professional Archaeologists(APAI on November 21, 1992, at WilfridLaurier University, Waterloo, at 1.00 p.m.,room 2C8. There is no charge for attending.The 1992 co-winners are Chris Ellis and NealFerris.The function of the Symposium is to honoursignificant achievement(s) of our APAmembership, and to present a series ofinformative papers on archaeological researchand heritage resource management in thecountry. Current proposed provincial andfederal heritage legislation has madearchaeology a key factor in land use planning.The symposium will include APA membersfrom provincial ministries/agencies, academicsand research institutions, and the privatesector.If you plan on attending, please RSVP to thesymposium coordinator by October 31, 1992.Symposium Coordinator: Bill FitzgeraldArchaeology lab. Wilfrid Laurier University, 75University Avenue, Waterloo, Ontario N2L3C5 bus. phone:(519)884-1970 ext. 6845FAX:(5191884-8853.

M~~UlrIES Q)f THIE OAS A~~UAl [8lUS~~IESS MIEIET~NGQ)ClrQ)[8l1E1R27/ u 'U gj)gj) ~

The annual business meeting of the OntarioArchaeological Society was held at 8:30 a.m.on Sunday, October 27,1991 in the penthouse(Top of the Hill) of the Skyline Hotel, Ottawa.Sixty-five members were in attendance. Ms.Christine Caroppo, President of the Society,chaired the met'tmg.

1.0 Ms. Caroppo welcomed and thankedthe members in attendance and calledthe meeting to order.

.1 The Minutes of the 1990 AnnualBusiness meeting were accepted ascorrected. P. Reid/E. Kruse; carried.

.2 Business arising. None.

2.0 Society Reports

2.1 1990 Annual Report. C. Caroppoexplained the background andimportance of the Society producingan annual report. Among otherthings, it will assist in morerecognition in wider circles and can besubmitted to potential funders.Christine Kirby was thanked forcompiling and editing this report.

2.2 Interim Report for 1991. TheAdministrator, C. Garrad distributedand summarized a copy of this report.Highlights included: paid membershipon Oct. 18, 1991 was 779 ascompared with 810 in 1990. One OA(#52)was published in 1991. OA 53 is 3.0in progress. Five ARCH NOTESWERE published with one moreforthcoming. A French version of theSociety's poster was produced. OHFhas advised the Society that the jointMONOGRAPH publication series isdead. The Society participated in anumber of government and relatedstudies, meetings and contacts:Timber Management, Parks Planning,Cemeteries Act (Bill 31), Rouge

Valley Park Advisory Committee,Ontario Heritage Policy Review,Minister's Advisory Committee onHeritage Legislation, Planning Act,Environmental Assessment Act, HydroCorridors etc. Passport-to-the-Pastcontinues to operated with difficultydue to the lack of weekend volunteeropportunities. The annual bus tripwas sold out and the 1991 trip toEgypt and Jordan is fully booked .Chapter/Society ManagementGuidelines drafted by the TorontoChapter have been finalised andadopted. Two OAS members receivedMCC Volunteer Service Award pins.One member received the J. NormanEmerson Silver Medal at the Banquet;three members received 25-yearmembership pins. The Society's newHERITAGE CONSERVATIONAWARD was introduced andpresented last evening. The proposalfor the Archaeological StewardshipProgram (ASP) was delivered to theMinister last Thursday after MCC staffreview since July. The Executivewas increased from five to sevenmembers. A program to indexChapter newsletters was commenced.All of the Society's more than 15regular programs were maintained.

Executive Reports

The current executive was introducedby the President, C. Caroppo:Treasurer - Michael Kirby, Directors -Bruce Welsh, Art Howey, LiseFerguson; Secretary - Ellen Blaubergs.The President also introduced theSociety's Administrator CharlesGarrad and expressed Director LawrieJackson's regrets for being unable toattend.

Treasurer

The Treasurer Michael Kirbypresented the Society's financialstatement to date. He noted that thefinancial condition of the Societyappears to have risen somewhat. Thisis due to a significant grant from thefederal government towards theSociety's PATH Kits educationprogram. The Society's antiquatedcomputer system was replaced. Aprofit of some $6000. was earned ontours; publications were kept underbudget. Part-time clerical assistanceand upgrading the Administrator's jobis being considered; the membershipyear and fiscal year will be divorced.Membership dropped this year. In aneffort to remedy this, 600 lapsedmembers were contacted. Somesuccess was achieved with renewals.Fees have not been increased for twoyears; they represent only 12.5% ofthe Society's total income; specialmembership categories wereconsidered (one higher, one lower) butthese would conflict with G.S.T.status. Mike Kirby moved that the1992 membership fees be raised to:

$28.00 Individual

$34.00 Family

$55.00 Institutional

The Life membership rate wouldremain unchanged at $400.00.(seconded E. Kruse; carried with oneabstention) .

Discussion ensued on the change in themembership year. Robert Philsuggested that renewal notices shouldbe sent out with Arch Notes.

Mike Kirby moved that GeoffSutherland be appointed as theSociety's auditor for 1991 (secondedBrian Clarence; carried).

The Secretary Ellen Blaubergs had noreport at this time. The Presidenttendered thanks for her efforts overthe past year.

Bruce Welsh and Lise Ferguson optedto present their reports under"Committee Reports". Art Howeyoutlined some of his ideas on thePassport -to-the- Past program andhoped to have some interestingopportunities available for 1992.

The Administrator Charles Garrad hadno separate report.

Committee Reports

Arch Notes. The editor, MichaelKirby thanked contributors andrequested future articles. C. Caroppothanked Michael for his 18 years asEditor, for which he received applausefrom the floor.

Ontario Archaeology. The editor, Dr.Peter Reid reported that OA 53 is inpreparation. Manuscripts for futureOAs are needed. He also asked thatreviewers return manuscripts within areasonable time frame. C. Caropporeported that the Society may besuccessful in receiving an endowmentgrant for OA - matching fundingsituation, from MCC. OA is the onlyprofessional journal published in theprovince that has never receivedendowment funding. Members will beasked to contribute to keep OA going.

Monographs in Ontario Archaeology.C. Caroppo explained the Society'spublishing agent relationship with theOHF for the past 10 years. A letterfrom Robert Bothwell, unilaterallycancelling MOA was also reported on,as was the OHF's new publishingprogram announced yesterday by Dr.EI Molto. R. Phil noted that hewould support continuing thispublication. It was noted that theOHF had no right to cancel thepublication; they only had the right tocancel funding; these two issues arequite separate. Ownership of thename MOA was questioned. TheSociety owns the name.

Special Publications. This series wasexplained by C. Garrad. Revised1991 editions of Special Publications 7(Index to Publications) and 8(Archaeological Directory of Ontario)were produced.

Symposium 1992. The chapter whichoriginally agreed to host the 1992symposium had to withdraw. TheOAS Executivf' will host it in thegreater Toronlo area.

Nominating Committee. C. Garradreported the slate of candidates onbehalf of Robert Burgar, NominatingCommittee Chair. A total of ninecandidates have been nominated forthe 1992 OAS Executive: AndreBekerman, Ellen Blaubergs, JeffBursey, Lise Ferguson, Art Howey,Lawrie Jackson, Michael Kirby, TonyStapells and Bruce Welsh. Theirplatforms will be printed in ARCHNOTES. As no other nominationsfrom the floor were received, C.Garrad declared the nominationsclosed; an election will be held bymail; a January 2, 1992 deadline forthe return of ballots was announced.

Chapter representatives, who hadpresented written reports at thePresidents' Meting Friday evening,gave brief highlights of the past year.Full Chapter reports are included inthe 1991 Presidents' Meeting Minutesand will be appended to the 1991Annual Business Meeting Minutes.Chapter President Rosemarie Denunziorepeated, from the Friday eveningmeeting, insurance problems thechapter faced re: lab space and events.Peter Reid sympathized with thePresident's difficulties in acquiringgratis space. Jean Luc Pilon notedthat according the Society's financialstatement, some of the excessive fundsrecorded there should be awarded tothe Windsor chapter. C. Caropporecommended that the OAS investigatethis issue; it would like to obtainfurther information from an actual

insurance adjuster. At this point, thefollowing motion was made:

I move to approve direction of fundsto the Windsor chapter re: theirinsurance difficulties. P. Armstrong/JL. Pilon Carried with two abstentions.

Beverly Sawchuck asked if thisdirection of funds would provide apermanent solution or just solve a one-year problem. C. Caroppo stressedthat this solution would only beapplicable for one term.

Reports from the Ottawa, Toronto,Thunder Bay and London chaptersfollowed. C. Garrad moved that theOttawa Chapter be thanked forarranging and hosting a most splendidsymposium (seconded C. Caroppo).

6.0 Constitution.

Robert Phil moved the approval toamend Articles XV.I, XV.7 and XX.2of the Constitution as published inARCH NOTES 91-4 (seconded byRobert Mayer; CARRIED).

7.0 Programs

7.1 Archaeological Stewardship Program(ASP)

Bruce Welsh outlined the history ofthis proposed program. He introducedthe ASP committee as himself,Michael Kirby, and Art Howey. Noresponse to the proposal submitted toMCC has been received. TheMinister now holds a copy. Bruceasked the membership to lobby theMinister and ask her what the status ofthis program is. C. Caroppo providedfurther background information.

7.2 Participation in Archaeology: Today'sand Tomorrow's Her ita g e(PATH).

The President explained the Society'ssuccess in securing funding from thefederal government to create"travelling kits" which will beprovided to schools, service groups,chapters and members. The OAS

Education Committee has begunworking on various aspects of the kits.Suggestions from the membership willbe most welcome.

Heritage Conservation Award.

The background of this award wasoutlined. The Poole family of theRice Lake area received the first HCAlast evening.

New Business

The Administrator asked that nomineesfor 1992 MCC Volunteer ServiceAward pins be forwarded to theSociety office. The Emerson Medalwas awarded to Gordon Watson at lastevening's banquet. Nominations forthe Heritage Conservation Awardedwill be accepted by the Society.

The Society's Annual Open House willbe held on February 23, 1992 duringHeritage Week. Members wereencouraged to participate in chapterHeritage Week activities.

Cemeteries Act

A series of regulations were drafted bypan-provincial heritage groups andforwarded to MCCR (Ministry ofConsumer and CommercialRegulations). These may have beenignored. The Act has gone through itsthird reading. The whole process hasbeen extremely confusing and at themoment is in abeyance.

Minister's Advisory Committee(MAC) on New Heritage Legislation

C. Caroppo explained that the new Actmay be available for its third readingby November 1992. This deadlinemay be somewhat ambitious.Archaeological concerns/issues will bedealt with in January 1992. LiseFerguson explained that the Act isactually being rewritten, something shealso feels is very ambitious. MACmeetings consist of full days (10:00a.m. - 6:00 p.m.) and will run untilApril 1992. Members with NDP

MPPs should write to them supportingthe idea of new heritage legislation.

London Regional Art and HeritageMuseum

The unfortunate background of thisinstitution's blatant disregard for itsarchaeological heritage (as outlined ina London Free Press article [May 11,1991J in ARCH NOTES 91-4, pp.28-29) was explained. The court decisionexcusing the LRAHM is currentlybeing appealed.

8.6 Before a motion of adjournment wasmade, Robert Phil asked that those inattendance recognize PresidentChristine Caroppo's years of service tothe membership. Applause followed.

The meeting adjourned at 10:00 a.m.Respectfully submitted, Ellen Blaubergs,Secretary. •

A one-day Symposium on Saturday, November7, 1992 presented by the University ofToronto School of Continuing Studies and theSociety for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities.

Speakers include:Donald B. Redford - Akhenaten TempleProject, University of TorontoAdam Zielinski - Dakhleh Oasis Project, RoyalOntario MuseumCarol Redmount - University of California atBerkeleyNicholas B. Millet Egyptian Dept., RoyalOntario MuseumEugene Cruz-Uribe University of NorthernArizonaSharon Herbert Kelsey Museum ofArchaeology, University of MichiganJohn S. Holladay, Jr. - Wadi Tumilat Project.University of Toronto.

The symposium takes place at the U of T St.George mid-town campus, Saturday,November 7, 9.00am to 5.30pm. Fee $65.Registration and further information: TheSchool of Continuing Studies at (4161 978-240~ or by hx (416) 978-6666.

1992 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM "IMPACTAND INFLUENCE; EARLY NATIVEAND EUROPEAN CONTACT IN THE

AMERICAS"

Planning for the 1992 Symposium goes well.Tucked into your last issue of ARCH NOTESwas a Symposium Pre-registration Form anda reminder that Pre-registration is at a lowerrate than paying at the door. Not only thatbut kits prepared for preregistrants willinclude a Lucky Draw Ticket!!! Missed yourform?, never mind, tucked into this issue ofARCH NOTES is another! So if you have notpreregistered by now please do so at once!

A full program has been arranged. A meet-greet-&-celebrate Hospitality Suite opens earlyFriday evening at the Westbury Hotel.Registration commences 8.00 a.m. SaturdayOctober 24 along the street at the MetroCentral Y, where the Symposium events willbe held. Saturday will be devoted to papersaddressing the theme, followed by the AnnualBusiness Meeting. Then back to the Hotel forthe Saturday evening banquet andpresentations. The papers on Sunday (back atthe "Y") are open to any suitable topic. Ashappens more often than not, the Symposiumweekend is the same weekend that the clocksare set back one hour, enabling Saturday nightto be an hour longer.

The Symposium theme is European\Nativecontact. Ronald Wright, author of the newbook "Stolen Continents", which deals verymuch with the same topic, responded to ourinvitation to attend the Symposium .. " Itsounds as though it will be most interestingand great fun. Unfortunately, I have alreadyaccepted an invitation to participate in theVancouver Literary Festival from October 21-25 .. please consider me again."

CONGRATULATIONS TO THEAWARDEES

The Symposium Banquet will include somepleasant business. Paul Lennox and JeromeCybulski will be invited to step forward tocollect their 25-year Membership Certificatesand Pins. Geoffrey Sutherland will receive anHonourary Membership for Life. TheSociety's HERITAGE CONSERVA nONAWARD will be presented to the Mad RiverGolf Club. Congratulations to all these goodpeople.

Admission to the Banquet is by preregistrationonly by October 14. Use the PreregistrationForm with the previous or this issue of ARCHNOTES.

In response to the notice of the awarding ofhis 25-year Membership Pin, Dr. JeromeCybulski wrote to say he could not come tocollect it personally, but that " .. I want you,the Society, and its membership to know thatI very much appreciate being recognized at thebanquet as a 25-year member. I will wear myTwenty-Five Year lapel pin with pride. It'snice to have the privilege of being part of sucha progressive organization in archaeology andin heritage matters at large. Thank you."

TVO's "ARCHAEOLOGY SHOW"

Tune in to TVO on October 6 at 8.00 p.m. fora TVO Science Edition program devoted toarchaeology. The program will include adocumentary on the archaeological work of theOntario Ministry of Transportation, CentralRegion, with our own Dr. Gary Warrick andothers; an interview with Tom Hill of theWoodland Indian Cultural Centre, Brantford;and two sites in BC, from one of whichsurprising deductions have been made aboutthe structure of native society at the time.

GOODBYE TO WILLOWDALE

No, the OAS office is not about to move.With the closing of the main Willowdale "A"Post Office and the partial closing ofWillowdale "B", Canada Post has evidentlydecided to drop the name Willowdalecompletely. The latest postal code directoryshows that the mailing address for theSociety's postal code M2N 4Y2 is now "NorthYork". Deliveries to "Willowdale" willcontinue so the Society will reprint itsstationery only when it needs more.Meanwhile, ARCH NOTES will change withthe next issue.

ONTARIO ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETYENDOWMENT DONATIONS

More names to Honour! New contributionshave been received from Andre Beckerman,Ellen Blaubergs, Wanda Chiarotto, DorothyDuncan, Rudi Fecteau, Tony Stapells,Geoffrey Sutherland, Paul Sweetman, Henryvan Lieshout and Bruce Welsh. Some of thesewere directed specifically to the ONTARIOARCHAEOLOGY ENDOWMENT FUNDappeal, others to the general EndowmentFund. Paul Sweetman's donation was inmemory of Frank Ridley.

Donations are solicited to the ONTARIOARCHAEOLOGY ENDOWMENT FUND.In return for three cheques postdated a monthor two apart for $10 each, you will receive adonation receipt for income tax purposes, helpto ensure the permanency of ONTARIOARCHAEOLOGY, and the government willquadruple your donation. Cheques made toThe Ontario Archaeological Society andmarked OA ENDOWMENT FUND should besent to the office.

RECESSION SALE CLEARS THESHELVES

Eleven back issues of ONTARIOARCHAEOLOGY were offered on specialRecession Sale in the previous issue of ARCHNOTES. OAll quickly sold out, followed byOA19. For a while we sent substitutes. Afterthese were gone we had to send refunds.Canada Post was kept busy, our shelf holdingsare much reduced, and well over $500 was

netted for the OA Endowment Fund. TheRecession Sale Offer expired September 30,but watch for Symposium Specials.

PASSPORT-TO-THE-PAST PROGRAM

No two Volunteer Opportunities offered by theS.ociety's Passport-to-the-Past Program arealike, but some are more unusual than others.Taking advantage of one of these, Carol Langand Executive Assistant Norma Knowltonfound themselves in August paddling andportaging a canoe for ten days in north-westOntario recording pictographs the hard way.A second canoe on the same project (but NOTpart of the Passport program !) overturned anddumped the crew and the rest of the canoe'scontents. The crew survived but lost theirfood and equipment. Norma's own version ofevents will appear elsewhere in this ARCHNOTES.

The Canadian Parks Service, Cornwall,currently has volunteer opportunities to workwith archaeological collections and documents.For more information contact the OAS office,or Sheryl Smith, Chief of ArchaeologicalResearch, Canadian Parks Service, III WaterStreet East, Cornwall, Ontario K6H 6S3,tel:(613)938-5904.

DANCING WITH A GHOST

For archaeologists who believe we mustattempt to understand the thinking processesand belief systems of the people whoseartifacts we work with, there is a new bookthat will give much insight onto the difficultieswe face. It is titled "Dancing with a Ghost,Exploring Indian Reality" by Rupert Ross,with a Foreword by Basil H. Johnston,Octopus Publishing Group 1992.

Rupert Ross is Assistant Crown Attorneybased in Kenora and flies regularly to remotenorthern Ontario Reserves to bring Euro-Canadian ideas of justice to a people whoRoss has realised have very different culturalperceptions of how human beings should betreated, spoken to, guided and punished thanthe courts impose. He concludes that theethics which guide the northern Ojibway andCree lead to unfair judgements in the imposedcoun system which neither understands themnor takes them into account. As the ethic of

the northern peoples arises from a world viewthat has sustained them far longer than ourown has us, Ross believes that to make thecourt system more responsive it must bechanged to incorporate an appreciation ofnative views and philosophy. He then offersspecific examples of differing, even opposed,perceptions of the same reality by the northernpeople and Euro-Canadians, anthropologicalinformation of relevance to the study of thearchaeology of the native ancestors.

However, misinterpretation of the same realitybased on diffe6ng beliefs is not exclusive tothe native/white culture interface. Rossprovides the following story from Dr. ClareBrant, a Mohawk from Tyendinaga:

"In the I970s .. his Mohawk band hosted asporting tournament to which they invited agroup of James Bay Cree. The Mohawk, whowere an agricultural people long beforecontact with Europeans, had developed acustom of always setting out considerablymore food than their guests could consume.In this way they demonstrated both theirwealth and their generosity. The Cree,however, had a different custom. A hunter-gatherer people for whom scarcity was a dailyfact, their custom involved always eatingeverything that was set before them. [n thisway they demonstrated their respect for asuccessful hunter and for his generosity.

Needless to say, a problem arose when thesetwo sets of rules came into collision. TheCree, anxious to show respect, ate and ateuntil they were more than a littleuncomfortable. They considered the Mohawksomething akin to gastro-intestinal sadistsintent on poisoning them. The Mohawk, fortheir part, thought the Cree ill-manneredpeople intent on insulting Mohawk generosity... The significant point is that each groupbelieved the other was inrenrionally beinginsulting and disrespectful when, in fact, eachgroup had been going to great pains to showexactly the opposite. The problem lay in thefact that each group could only see the otherthrough its own rules, could only interpret thebehaviour of others from within their ownperspective. "

The relevance to the problem of archaeologicalinterpretation is obvious. Our own entrenchedrules and perspective, and the assumption thatthese are the only valid rules and perspective,may blind us to the very understanding thatwe seek.

Congratulations Laurie & Alison

Alison Ariss and Lawrence Jackson weremarried July 16, 1992 off Key Largo, Florida.Until his resignation in July Lawrie was aDirector of The Ontario ArchaeologicalSociety. Best wishes to you both from theOAS staff.

Returned Mail

Help! We need to find the present location ofJudy Cullen. Her last address was Nepean.Does anyone know this member's newaddress? Please advise the office .•

BROHM SITE REPORTRELEASED

The Thunder Bay office, MCC FieldServices Branch, has released a newpublication as North Central RegionReport 27, CAR (Ontario ConservationArchaeology Report Series). The title is"Brohm Site Archaeological Project1987" by A. Hinshelwood 1990. It isgood to see the Ministry still publishingarchaeology. Congratulations to authorAndrew Hinshelwood and enabler BillRoss. A copy has been placed in theOAS library and is available under theconfidentiality conditions imposed by theMinistry.

The Toronto Societyof the

Archaeological Institute of America

Oct. 7, 1992, 5.15pmNancy T. de Grummond, Florida StateUniversity "The Taste of the EmpressLivia"Nov. 11,1992, 5.15pmLeslie P. Day, Wabash College"Excavations at the Early Iron Age Siteof Kavousi, Crete"Dec. 2, 1992, 5.15pmMichele Daviau, Wilfred LaurierUniversity "Life Under Jordan's Sun:The Iron Age, Byzantine, and EarlyIslamic Remains at Tell Jawa"Jan. 20, 1993, 5.15pmKaren Ross, University of Toronto "TheRoman Theatre at Carthage"Feb. 10, 1993, 5.15pmDavid Rupp, Brock University "Not allSettlements are Equal: The Emergenceof Social Complexity in ChalcolithicCyprus"Mar. 10, 1993, 5.15pmCarol C. Mattusch, George MasonUniversity "Torsoes: Case Studies forAncient Bronze Statuary"April 7,1993, 5.15pmCatherine Webb, Toronto HistoricalBoard, Fort York "Mitigation,Restoration and Interpretation: BritishMilitary Archaeology at Fort York(1783-1934) "

All lectures to be held in the lectureroom of the McLaughlin Planetarium(R.O.M.), 100 Queen's Park Cr.Admission is free and non-members aremost welcome.For further information call (416) 978-5002,247-0886 or 489-0209.

THE HERITAGECONSERV AnON AWARD

t IN RECOGNTTIONOF THE SIGNTFICANTCONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY MANYC OMM E RCI A L / RES IDENTIALDEVELOPERSAND ALSO LANDOWNERSTO THE CONSERVATION OF OURARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE, THEO.A.S. INVITESNOMINATIONSFORTHE1992 AWARD. THE HERITAGECONSERVATION AWARD WILL BEGIVEN TO DESERVING RECIPIENTS INTHE BUSINESS AND PRIVATE SECTORSNORMALLY ONCE EACH YEAR. THEAWARD RECOGNTZES SIGNIFICANTVOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TOHERITAGE PRESERVATION AND/ORIMPLEMENTATION OF ANARCHAEOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANTPROJECT WHICH CONTRIBUTES TOHEIGHTENED AWARENESSOF ETHICALRESPONSIBILITYIN THE COMMUNITY.NOMINATIONS MAYBE MADE TO THEAWARDS COMMITTEE BY ANY O.A.S.MEMBERIN GOOD STANDING. CLOSINGDATE FOR WRITTEN NOMINATIONSFORTHE 1992 AWARD IS JULY I, 1993.

Deadlines for 1992:January/February issue - Jan. ISMarch/ April issue - March 18May/June issue - May 13July/August issue - July ISSeptember/October issue - Sep. 16November/December issue - Nov. 11

This issue of ARCH NOTES wasproduced on an XT type computerusing Wordperfect 5.1 and an HPLaserJet III printer.

With regret the Society announces the unexpected and sudden passing of Henry EdwardFord, President of the Grand River Waterloo Chapter, on Sunday August 16, 1992.Condolences have been sent to Mrs. Margaret Ford and to the Chapter. The remainderof Henry's 1992 Presidency will be served by Marcia Redmond, formerly a Vice-President.

The Grand River Waterloo Chapter has announced:

"As you may know, Henry Ford died suddenly on August 16, 1992.

For the pa~l two years as President, he has arranged and led our meetings and socialevents. We will all remember Henry for his jovial disposition and wry humour. Whocould forget his sophisticated portrayal of the Sergeant Major and cruise member in themystery parties put on by the Chapter.

More recently, he worked with the excavation of Turf Grass Institute Site in Guelph. Hedid everything from making the sifting screens to partaking in the formal opening onAugust 1, 1992. Henry worked quite diligently with all of us on the site.

Henry is, and will be, greatly missed. Our hearts go out to Peggy and her family for theloss of such a remarkable person. "

The formal obituary notice adds: "As expressions of sympathy, donations to the ArthritisSociety would be appreciated".

Henry Ford, as known to the Society's Executive Director

It was only in connection with the planning for the GUELPH 900 BC event, held August1, that I got to know Henry Ford by telephone and mail, and finally met him on the actualday. Henry grew rapidly in my awareness, not only as President of the Grand RiverWaterloo Chapter and host of the GUELPH 900 BC event, but because of his experiencesin the Police and earlier wartime service as aircrew in RAF Bomber Command. Ourformal correspondence was often privately footnoted with notes about "Bomber" Harris,then controversial because of a statue to which Henry subscribed, and to the BomberCommand stations on which both Henry and my father served and which I visited as aboy during the war, from one of which came my first dog.

It was from the same wartime sense of duty to his fellows that Henry agreed to serve aterm as President of the GRW Chapter even though he did not regard himself as anarchaeologist, nor particularly knowledgeable about his Chapter, its origins, and theSociety. He was uncertain about the GUELPH 900 BC event and his role in it, but hecarried it off beautifully. As the result of tips he received that day Henry gained a newenthusiasm which looked for a brief while likely to develop into a formal archaeologicalsurvey of the Guelph area under his leadership. Alas, it was not to be, for only twoweeks later he was gone. If the archaeological survey can still go ahead it would makea fine and appropriate memorial to the late Henry Ford.

GRAND RIVER/WATERLOO President: Marcia Redmond (519) 894-5807Vice-President: Ken Oldridge Treasurer: Jack RedmondSecretary: Eva McFadden, 402 Lakeview Dr., Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 4Z6Newsletter: THE BIRDSTONE - Editor: John D. A. MacDonaldFees: Individual $7 Meetings: Usually at 8.00pm on the 3rd Wednesdayof the month, except June - August, at the Adult Recreation Centre, 185King Street W., Waterloo.

LONDON President: Pat Weatherhead (519) 438-4817Vice-President: Chris Ellis Treasurer: Harri MatillaSecretary: Tom Arnold, Grosvenor Lodge, 1017 Western Rd., London, OntarioNewsletter: KEWA - Editor: Tom Arnold Fax (519) 645-0981Fees: Individual $15 Meetings: Usually at 8.00pm on the 2nd Thursdayof the month, except June - August, at the London Museum of Archaeology.

NIAGARA President: Jim Pengelly (416) 834-7802Vice Presidents: Mary Joan Hale, Bill Parkins Treasurer/Secretary: Dave Briggs, PO Box 571, Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 6V2Newsletter: THE THUNDERER - Editor: Jim PengellyFees: Individual $10 Meetings: Usually at 7.30pm on the 3rd Friday ofthe month at Room H313, Science Complex, Brock University, St. Catharines.

OTTAWA President: Ishtar Luesby (613) 233-2398Vice-President: Jim Montgomery Treasurer: Jack EarnshawSecretary: Lois King, Box 4939 Station E, Ottawa, ON KIS 511Newsletter: THE OTTAWA ARCHAEOLOGIST - Editor: Peggy A. SmythFees: Individual $15 Meetings: Usually at 8.00pm on the 2nd Wednesdayof the month, except June - August, at the Victoria Memorial Building,Metcalfe & McLeod Streets, Ottawa.

THUNDER SAY President: Frances Duke (807) 683-5375f------- Vice-President: George Holborne Treasurer:

Secretary: 331 Hallam St., Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7A IL9Newsletter: WANIKAN - Editor: A. HinshelwoodFees: Individual $5 Meetings: Usually at 8.00pm on the lastWednesday of the month, except June - August, in the Board Room, M.C.C.,1825 East Arthur Street, Thunder Bay.

TORONTO President: Duncan Scherberger (416) 463-1677Vice-President: Greg Purmal Treasurer: Eva MacDonaldSecretary: Annie Gould, Box 241, Station "P", Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S8Newsletter: PROFILE - Editor: Valerie S,mstenesFees: Individual $10 Meetings: Usually at 8.00pm on the 3rd Wednesdayof the month, except June - August, at Room 561 A, Sidney Smith Hall,St. George Street, Toronto.

WINDSOR President: Rosemarie Denunzio (519) 253-1977Vice-President: Suzanne Gero Treasurer: I1inka TemerinskiSecretary: Sandra Lesperance, 3461 Peter St. #507, Windsor, On. N9C 3Z6Newsletter: SQUIRREL COUNTY GAZETTE - Editor: Peter ReidFees: Individual $7 Meetings: Usually at 7.30pm on the 2nd Tuesday ofthe month, except June - August, at the Public Library, 850 Ouellette, Windsor.

126 Willowdale Ave .. Willowdale. Ontario M2N 4Y2Phone. Fax or Modem - (416) 730-0797

Mr. Michael W. Kirby1225 Avenue RoadToronto, Ontario

M5N 2G5(416) 484-9358

Ms. Lise A. Ferguson536 Glengrove Ave. W.

Toronto, OntarioM6B 2H4

DR. BRUCE WELSH

33 HARBOUR Sa. #3227TORONTO. ONTARIO

M5J 2G2(416) 531-6396FAX 531-6552

Ms Ellen Blaubergs77 Quebec Ave. #1233

Toronto, OntarioM6P 2T4

(416) 767-2393

Mr. Tony Stapells39 McKenzie Ave.Toronto, Ontario

M4W IKI

Mr. Andre Bekerman265 Waverley Road

Toronto, OntarioM4L 3T5

Mr. Charles Garrad103 Anndale Drive

Willowdale, OntarioM2N 2X3

(416) 223-2752

Scientific Journal: ONTARIO ARCHAEOLOGYNewsletter: ARCH NOTES

Monographs: MONOGRAPHS IN ONTARIOARCHAEOLOGY

Special Publications: (As advertised)

Individual: $28Family: $34

Institutional: $55Life: $400

Chapter Fees Extra