DETAILS
Object Name: FhLv-2 (GRS-21) The Narrows Site
Record Type: Site
Institution(s): University of Manitoba
Categories:- FhLv-2
- Boreal Plains
0 to 1700 A.D.
Location:Grand Rapids Vicinity, Manitoba
Introduction:Site identified by William J. Mayer-Oakes (University of Oklahoma) and crew in 1961. Test excavation of three five-foot squares to a depth of four inches completed the same year. Site interpreted as a multi-component habitation site, dating to the Woodland period. Site has since been destroyed by flooding.
Summary of Collection: Artifact categories in collection: fauna (animal remains and bone implements), lithic (stone implements and waste), precontact ceramics (clay pots), glass, metal, historic ceramics, kaolin (clay) pipe. Archival materials in collection: level summary sheets, field notes.
Borden Number: FhLv-2
References: Mayer-Oakes, William J. 1970. Archeological Investigations in the Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Reservoir 1961-1962. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press.
References: Mayer-Oakes, William J. 1962 An Archeological Survey at Grand Rapids, Manitoba (July 15 - September 15, 1961). Typescript on file, Department of Anthropology Laboratory, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
References: Northern Lights Heritage Services Inc. 2005 Grand Rapids Technical Report: Reanalysis of the Artifacts Recovered by the 1960 to 1962 Grand Rapids Archaeological Survey Projects (Meshea Pow-e-stick). Report on file, Department of Anthropology Laboratory, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.