Ontario Archaeology Guide

Late Woodland 800-1650 C.E. Groups moved to larger formal village. Multiple kinship groups lived together permanently for the first time. Agriculture was introduced and gradually became an integral contribution to the diet, with corn, beans and squash being the main crops. Hunting, fishing and wild plant collecting also remained important. Typical sites range from small artifact scatters which are likely a variety of special purpose sites, to large village settlements with multiple houses and palisades. Levanna, Port Maitland, Nanticoke Triangular, Middleport-Notched, Nanticoke-Notched, Late Iroquoian points- there is a general movement to smaller more triangular points Right-angled elbow pipe Trumpet pipe Deer phalanx toggle and worked bone awl Ceramic vessels showed great variation in decoration, and became rounder and squatter in shape