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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: August 6, 2014
Caption: A transitory camp site for Amerindian peoples Marker
Additional Description: Captions (English / French): Traces of Human Occupation During the Woodland Period. / Des temoins de L’époque du Sylvicole. 1. Point, probably from a spear; found at Coteau-du-Lac; 3 000 to 2 300 years old. / Pointe, probablement de javelot; pierre taillée; retrouvée à Coteau-du-Lac; 3 000 - 2 300 ans avant aujourd’hui. 2. Multi-purpose blade, also a trade item; chipped stone; found at Coteau-du-Lac; 3 000 to 2 300 years old. / Lame à usage multiples, aussi objet de troc; pierre taillée: retrouvée à Coteau-du-Lac; 3 000 - 2 300 ans avant aujourd’hui. 3. Point, probably and arrowhead; chipped stone; found at Coteau-du-Lac; 2 300 to 1 000 years old. / Pointe, probablement de flèche; pierre taillée; retrouvée à Coteau-du-Lac; 2 300 - 1 000 ans avant aujourd’hui. 4. Pike. / Brochet. 5. Pendant; polished stone; found at Coteau-du-Lac; 2 300 to 1 000 years old. / Pendentif; pierre polie; retrouvée à Coteau-du-Lac; 2 300 - 1 000 ans avant aujourd’hui. 6. Pot; earthenware; 15th or 16th century. / Pot; terre cuite; 15ᵉ ou 16ᵉ siècle.


Submitted: May 30, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p309678
File Size: 3.430 Megabytes

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