Abstract

The focus of this paper is two small, short term Iroquoian cabin sites in southwestern Ontario: the Day site (ca. A.D. 1450), and the Haley's Pond site (ca. A.D. 1620-1630). Both sites were subject to complete mitigative excavations by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, in advance of highway construction. This paper considers; the issues of seasonality, site function and delineation of activity areas, through. an analysis of the nature and distribution of cultural remains at these two sites. The placement of the site type represented by Day and Haley's Pond within a broader settlement system for the Neutral Iroquoians is briefly considered.