@article {9835,
	title = {Recent Developments in the Archaeology of the Princess Point Complex in Southern Ontario},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie},
	volume = {21},
	year = {1997},
	pages = {009-032},
	abstract = {<p>The transition from the Middle to Late Woodland in Ontario and the origins of horticulture in the Northeast Woodlands are the subject of a multidisciplinary research program begun in 1993. To date, the primary focus of this research is the Princess Point Complex (A.D. 500-1000) of south- central Ontario. Excavations have been conducted at three sites (Grand Banks, Lone Pine and Young 1) in the Cayuga area of the Lower Grand River Valley and at two sites, Bull\&$\#$39;s Point (AhGx-9) and Bull\&$\#$39;s Cove(AhGx-365), in Cootes Paradise at the west end of Lake Ontario. The work firmly establishes the presence of maize (Zea mays) on Princess Point sites and counters the argument that Princess Point people were displaced by southern migrants at ca. A.D. 900. We have clarified the chronology of Princess Point and the introduction of maize to the Northeast by generating the earliest AMS radiocarbon dates (early sixth century A.D.) on maize from the Northeast. Site formation processes on the floodplain of the Grand River have been examined in detail at the Grand Banks site, and indicate that year-round occupation of this type of locale is not out of the question. This paper summarizes past research on Princess Point, details the work that we have conducted over the past three years, and presents a revised overview of Princess Point and its implications for our understanding of the origins and development of food production in the Northeast Woodlands.</p>},
	author = {David G. Smith and Gary Crawford}
}
