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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Jacob's Island Mound
Country: Canada
NOTE: This site is 143.73 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Peterbourough, ON  Nearest Village: Gannon Village, ON
Latitude: 44.477600N  Longitude: 78.472W
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1Completely destroyed
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3Ordinary
2Not Good
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Barrow Cemetery in the Kawartha Lakes region, Ontario.
Although the mound itself was destroyed over time by plowing, the human remains were discovered during the development of a camp. Excavations are leaving human remains in situ and examining grave goods and associated animal bones, tools, and evidence of communal activities near the mound, like feasting.

The cemetery mound and burials are estimated as being 2000 years old.

Note: Elaborate Cemeteries and Egalitarian Lifestyle – Ontario Mound site, 2000 years old. See comment.
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2000 year old burial complex discovered on Jacob's island, Kawartha Lakes Canada by bat400 on Monday, 13 September 2010
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So far the team has discovered 35 burials, although there could be nearly double that at the site. The deceased include a mix of adult men, women, teenagers and young children. “These are community burials, we’re getting a selection of the community being buried here,” said Professor James Conolly of Trent University, who is leading the team.

The mound indicates that people in Ontario were living an egalitarian lifestyle at this time – even though they were constructing more elaborate cemeteries.

“When you start to see complex burials like this in the archaeological record they are often associated with emerging hierarchies - but not in Ontario, they seem to be egalitarian groups,” said Professor Conolly. “I think the emphasis is more on community rather than on individuals.”

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.

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.

The team found the remains of a Black Bear that was buried along with the people, this includes a pelvis and what may be a tibia.

On the pelvis archaeologists found a projectile impact, indicating that it was hunted and killed by a person using a spear – a dangerous activity to say the least.

“The bear is interesting, because bear is associated with burial mounds in Ohio at about the same time,” said Professor Conolly. It is “not uncommon for bear teeth and bear long-bones to be included in burials as grave offerings.”

The team found evidence for feasting at the site, including a feasting/roasting pit. They appear to have been eating turtle, deer, fish and perhaps even a dog. Conolly said that the team needs to check the dog bones for signs of butchery.

It’s important to understand that this was probably just one of many activities that took place when people gathered at the mound.



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