CARD

Locality: north shore of Lake Erie, east side of Morgan's Point, 35 km west of the Niagara River, Niagara County, Ontario
Map sheet: 30 L/14

Significance: Late Woodland, Middleport; Sylvicole supérieur
Stratigraphic component: Layer 1
Context: occupation layer 1, organic-rich sand
Associated taxa: Mammalia 851, Sciurus carolinensis 60, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus 1, Tamias striatus 6, Castor canadensis 4, Ondatra zibethicus 6, Microtus pennsylvanicus 1, Canis familiaris 1, Procyon lotor 4, Odocoileus virginianus 147, Bos taurus 1; Aves: Branta canadensis 1, Meleagris gallopavo 1, Passerina sp 2, Gallus gallus 2; Reptilia: Chelydra serpentina 2, Chrysemys picta 5, Emydidae 2; Pisces cultigen Flora

Comments: AfGu-2, Bonisteel: A Middleport village is underlain by an earlier, unidentified component. Cooper and Savage (1994: 11) report that salvage work on this estimated 2 ha site was restricted to the area of an eroding bank on Lake Erie. The site may have been occupied year-round, but the faunal evidence only confirms warm-weather occupation. Three artifacts include a modified beaver incisor and two worked mammal bones of uncertain purpose. Fauna: Pisces 91, Acipenser fulvescens 2, Amia calva 1, Coregonus clupeaformis 2, Esox sp 3 Catostomus catostomus 1, Ictalurus sp 29, Ictalurus nebulosis 7, Ictalurus punctatus 5, Lota lota 1, Micropterus sp 2, Ambloplites rupestris 3, Stizostedion 17, Percidae 1, Perciformes 2, Aplodinotus grunniens 9; Mollusca, Unionidae 1, unidentified 13; cultigen: Zea mays 598, Helianthus annuus 3; Flora: Carya sp 219, Juglans nigra 9, Prunus virginiana 3, Vitis sp 1, Fraxinus nigra 0.76 g, Acer saccharum 0.43, Quercus sp 0.35

Canada / ON / AfGu-___2 (Bonisteel) / BGS-987