Sheguiandah
  Shown within Ontario | |
| Location | Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 45°54′36″N 81°55′30″W / 45.91°N 81.925°W |
| History | |
| Periods | |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | 1951 |
| Archaeologists | Thomas E. Lee |
| Official name | Sheguiandah National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1954 |
Sheguiandah is an
Middle Woodland period. Throughout this time, the people of the area travelled to the site to quarry from its quartzite outcroppings for use in toolmaking.[1]
It was originally discovered in 1951 by
Archaic artifacts, primarily scrapers and blades, dating to about 12,000 BP. Public interest in the finds contributed to passage of legislation in 1953 to protect archeological sites in Ontario.[3] The site was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1954.[1] It was listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
The ancestors of Native American populations from the tip of Chile in the south to Canada in the north, migrated from Asia in at least three waves.
The site was studied later by other teams of specialists. In 1992 archeologist
archeologist Patrick Julig led a team doing additional excavations. Drawing on new material from botany and related disciplines, they concluded that a more conservative estimate of age was justified, and estimated the site was almost certainly occupied 9,500 years BP by Paleo-Indians, making it still highly significant in North American archaeology and the archaeology of Ontario. They said that more research needed to be done.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Sheguiandah. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Lee, Thomas E. (1954). "The First Sheguiandah Expedition, Manitoulin Island, Ontario", American Antiquity 20:2, p. 101, accessed 13 Apr 2010
- ^ Lee, Thomas E. (1955). "The Second Sheguiandah Expedition, Manitoulin Island, Ontario", American Antiquity 21:1, p. 63, accessed 13 Apr 2010
- ISBN 0-660-18755-8
Further reading
- Lee, Robert E. (2013). "Projectile Points and Refitted Artifacts at the Sheguiandah Site: Their Position and Meaning" (PDF). Ontario Archaeology. 93. Ontario Archaeological Society: 6–31.