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- Title
Praying Mantis: A Unique Glen Meyer Village in London.
- Authors
Pearce, Robert J.
- Abstract
The article discusses items recovered at the Praying Mantis archaeological site in Byron, southwest London, Ontario. The author examines the unique aspects of the site, which was an Iroquoian village, and addresses the site's location, village organization, and the people's ceremonial behaviors, including burial practices. Ceramic assemblages, motifs used on ceramic vessels, and the site's settlement pattern are explored. Other topics include the excavation of human remains from burial sites, the cultural modification of human mandibles, and the burial of animals such as dogs at the site. The article also explores the recovery of items for rites and ceremonies, including copper beads, stone pendants, and stone human effigy amulets.
- Subjects
LONDON (Ont.); ONTARIO; IROQUOIS (North American people); IROQUOIANS (North American peoples); FIRST Nations antiquities; FIRST Nations of Canada; LAND settlement patterns; CEREMONIAL objects; ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations; CERAMICS; ARCHAEOLOGICAL finds; ANTIQUITIES
- Publication
Ontario Archaeology, 2008, Issue 85-88, p97
- ISSN
0078-4672
- Publication type
Article