Post by Stefana Jones on Sept 2, 2008 22:57:04 GMT -5
There are presently archaeological digs taking place in our hometown ! 
A team of 6 archaeologists are working since last Spring in a precise location to acheive 2 objectives: document the area which is the area of the foundation of the city (350 years ago) and to create a park/museum on archaeology and the history of the city.
3 sectors attract the archaeologists' attention: the presumed location of the city's first church, a cemetary (containing 3000 to 4000 graves) and the possible location of a steam-operated mill (the very first built in Canada circa 1820).
Many objects have been recoverd from the digs: glass bottles (liquor and medication bottles) and ceramics from the era's city dump; human squeletons from the cemetary and relics from the city's pre-history before the arrival of Europeans (various native Indians objects including mosaïques and arrowheads)
The first phase of the research ended last Sunday and the city allowed a short guided visit of the site for a small group of citizens...my brother (member Yan) and I attended.
Of course all the interesting relics had been removed from the digs,
all that remained were various objects (from the ancient city dump) displayed on tables...they did display a photo album of the human remains found in the cemetary. 
A few pics...
A team of 6 archaeologists are working since last Spring in a precise location to acheive 2 objectives: document the area which is the area of the foundation of the city (350 years ago) and to create a park/museum on archaeology and the history of the city.
3 sectors attract the archaeologists' attention: the presumed location of the city's first church, a cemetary (containing 3000 to 4000 graves) and the possible location of a steam-operated mill (the very first built in Canada circa 1820).
Many objects have been recoverd from the digs: glass bottles (liquor and medication bottles) and ceramics from the era's city dump; human squeletons from the cemetary and relics from the city's pre-history before the arrival of Europeans (various native Indians objects including mosaïques and arrowheads)
The first phase of the research ended last Sunday and the city allowed a short guided visit of the site for a small group of citizens...my brother (member Yan) and I attended.
Of course all the interesting relics had been removed from the digs,
all that remained were various objects (from the ancient city dump) displayed on tables...they did display a photo album of the human remains found in the cemetary. A few pics...
