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between 1500 and 1550 the dig is being carried out by archaeological services inc of toronto under the direction of dr ron williamson to protect artifacts from theft the sites exact location is not being made public under the ontario heritage act it is illegal to enter an arche- ological site or to remove arti facts dr williamson said we equate it to a medieval village it existed before any for mal tribe was named he said we do know though they are ancestors of the hurons the huron also known as wyandot are a tribe that origi nally inhabited central ontario prior to the arrival of europeans the huron may have numbered as many as 40000 today there are about 4000 in the canada and the united states archaeological services is working closely with first nations traditionalist a group interested in heritage the first nations have visit ed the site and performed cere monies dr williamson said under provincial law the land cannot be developed until the excavation is complete which should be by christmas he said once the archeological work is done the ministry of culture will give the developer the go- ahead to build since the development hinges on the arrival of the big pipe early in 2005 the impact should be negligible said tom parry whitchurchstouffvilles manager of planning the discovery includes a wooden fortlike structure encir cling the settlement we do know the people developed difficulty with sight and experienced lung problems because of exposure to the smoke inside there is evidence of house structures measuring seven metres wide seven metres high and between 30 and 40 metres long they were wooden struc tures covered in elm and cedar bark dr williamson said fire pits have also been found the families slept in the houses and these fires would burn all winter it would get very smoky dr williamson said the smoke took its toll on the people we do know the people developed difficulty with sight and experienced lung problems because of exposure to the smoke they residents were crowded and life was hard dr williamson said artifacts uncovered include ceramic cooking pots animal bones charred plant remains of corn and squash as well as stone tools including axes the huron were an agricul tural people planting corn squash and beans to supple ment diets of fish game fruit and nuts corn made up half their diet dr williamson said during the summers the men would be out hunting and fishing the women would be very busy theyd be looking after the corn fields the villages moved every 10 to 20 years theyd exploit their environment using up all the fire wood and then theyd move 10 kilometres away since the excavation is in the very early stages it has yet to be determined where the artifacts will end up each is recorded and a permanent record of what is on the site will be made plans will be made to place the artifacts in a museum archaeological services a canadianowned company based in toronto was founded more than 20 years ago in response to increasing 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