Abstract

Recent excavations have demonstrated that the Ball Site, an early 17th century Huron village, had two construction periods. It is hypothesized that there is a temporal as well as a cultural difference between these two periods. This paper looks at the artifacts from both parts of the village in an attempt to explain the temporal and/or cultural differences. Three major artifactual categories are used: ceramics, pipes and trade goods. The actual settlement pattern is utilized as a control. mechanism.