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2,000 year old burial complex discovered on Jacob's island,Kawartha Lakes Canada

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« on: September 12, 2010, 12:03:20 am »

Evidence of this complex first appeared in the fall of 2009 when a team of engineers, constructing a children’s camp in the area, came across human remains. Police and forensic experts were called in and it was quickly realized that the remains were of archaeological significance.

In spring 2010 Trent University researchers were asked to investigate the area by Ontario’s Cemeteries Regulation Unit.

The archaeologists are not excavating the skeletons. They are simply documenting them – allowing the people to rest in peace.

The complex was simple, being composed of at least one, 3 to 4 meter high mound – Conolly said that there may have been up to three mounds, but he can’t be sure. Unfortunately the above ground soil is mostly gone, having been ploughed away by agricultural activity that occurred in the last 150 years.
Jacob’s Island

Today Jacob’s island is located just 100 meters off the lake’s shore, but in ancient times it was probably connected to the mainland.  “In fact in oral tradition – of the local aboriginal group – they say it’s not an island,” said Professor Conolly.

At the time the mound complex was built, archaeologists believe that people were living a hunting-gathering lifestyle. They were moving around the landscape to harvest resources such as fish, deer, nuts and plants.

Mound burials were common at this time, with several examples known in Eastern Ontario. They are “part of a larger trajectory in which people start to identify with historic places in the landscape for cultural reasons,” said Conolly.

Far to the south, in modern day Ohio, much more massive mounds were constructed that contained a variety of exotic goods. It is a source of debate among scholars as to how much these earthworks influenced people in Ontario.
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