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it i118 Ra Archaeologist Barry Gray discusses a rare find with co-worker Amanda Brittin. The stone adze Gray holds dates from the 17th century, Gray believes. Gray and his team are conducting a re-excavation within the Curious can see daily digs Every day at Sainte- Marie among the Hurons fascinated onlookers watch archaeologist Barry Gray and his team as they search for clues in the tantalizing puzzle of Huronia's past. A bright blue head, a fragile boot sole, a scrap of animal bone...each careful- ly excavated artifact is significant. The quiet drama goes on daily between the palisades at the south end of the historic site. Since June 29, Gray and his assistants Allisan Bain, Jeanie Tum- mon, Amanda Brittin, Paul Rocher and Mike Henry have invested a good deal of sweat and muscle in the project. They first removed the top 20 to 40'cm of top- soil to reveal undisturbed subsoil. Every shovel full of removed soil has been screened and every square centimetre of land has On the trail been marked on a grid. Artifacts, when they are detected, are removed with painstaking gentleness then stored in brown paper bags, labelled with site, square and _ feature number, date and the name of the finder. Equally valuable are discovered stains in the soil, which are also charted on the grid. The actual artifact yield has been plentiful, varied and enthralling to spec- tator and professional alike. Ceramic pieces, many of them bearing decorations are, Gray believes, definite- ly related to the 17th cen- tury or perhaps earlier. One pot shard has car- bonized material clinging to the interior. "If we could get that material analyzed," Gray said wistfully, 'we could actually find out what was NDP candidate Fayne Bullen was on the campaign trail in Penetanguishene on Thursday. Bullen stops pallisades of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons this sum- mer. Visitors are invited to look on, as the dig progresses. cooked in this pot over 300 years ago." Such analyses are exceedingly expensive. A delicate fashioned ar- rowhead is made of Hud- son Bay Lowland chert. A bystander is amazed. Gray explains "'it's not unusual to find material that has come from a long distance. There was lots of exchange between groups". One of his brown bags holds a piece of clay pigeon, a relic from the early 20th century when the area was a hunting preserve. Related to the same period are shotgun casings and some iron shot. "Everything we find tells something about the use of the property," says Gray. "The archaeologist delves into another bag and pro- duces a battered aluminum foil potato chip bag, faded blue red and silver. He -- identifies it. "This is 20th century gar- bage mixed in with 17th century material. It could tell us something about when this feature was disturbed." The prize discovery so far this summer is a stone adze, its polished edge still sharp to the touch. "This is almost certainly from the time of Sainte-Marie," says Gray. '"'After 1620 the native people came quite dependent on the iron of European newcomers so this is an interesting find." Copper fragments, chert flakes left from some 17th century project, a tin box with wax crayons showing through rusted holes in the lid - everything unearthed is labelled and charted and pieced together to penetrate the mysteries held by the land. to talk with Jeff Bates and his one year-old son Adam at their home on Fox St. WE BUILT A PROUD NEW FEELING normal family Prices effectiv thru Saturday, August 15th.1987 We reserve the myht to limit quantites tc ML requirements. Savings shown in this ad based on Metropolitan foronto current reqular retails Some illustrations for design only and do not necessarily represent items on sale SEE WHAT YOU BUY THIS WEEK AT A&P FOR LESS THAN A DOLLAR ss ' A Sea Hamburger Buns Large Size Eggs [ LIMIT. 2 DOZEN PER FAMILY | JANE PARKER Cracked Wheat Bread FROM CONCENTRATE REFRIGERATED Beatrice Lemonade 2 LITRE CONT NSTANT REGULAR (VIVA DECAFFEINATECIOR COLUMBIA 170 q REA ASSORTED VARIETIE Nescafe ~ Habitant Coffee Soups 7g JAR 8 FI OVER %s OFF ASSORTED FLAVOURS. LAYER Duncan Hines Cake Mixes 510 g PKG OVER, OFF SEGULAR OR EXTRA SPICY Mott's Clamato Juice PERB Bu Eight 0'Clock Bean Coffee Boneless Round Roast 615. 3 LB BAG 889 Red Seedless Grapes 218 Ib : Ib PD Super Coupon (@ CPD Super Coupon / | pte SAVE 50 | | Fiat SAVE .20 | | ORANGE PEKOE i | AS OnTE D VARIETIES y Tetley g Heinz glea Bags = =: y 7 8.B.Q. Sauce LIMIT 1 tem per coupon OFFER VALID thru August '5th 1987 LIMIT 1 ite ' y0863208r4 (Feature pice without coupon 249) VC art j I (Feature pr wi oupon 119) v 2 ee ee ee es ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ri 4 August 15th. 198. OFFER VALID tr Se We Redeem all food store coupons NEW STORE HOURS A & P Huronia Mall Mon. - Thurs. 8 a.m. - 10 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. MOUNTAINVIEW MALL Open 24 hrs. 8 a.m. Mon. - 9:30 p.m. Sat. Tuesday, August 11, 1987, Page 15