ARCHAEOLOGY OF BLANDFOKD TOWNSHIP, ONT. 
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Lodge oe House Sites. 
' The sites of prehistoric houses or lodges in this township are 
indicated by circular spots on the fields, made up of blackened 
soil. These spots are from about 10 to 20 feet, or more, 
in diameter. The usual fire-burnt and broken stones and 
blackened soil due to decayed organic matter, mixed with burned 
material, are always present in the sites. No artifacts are found 
in the lodge sites, but they are found in the unblackened soil 
surrounding them. The fire-burnt and cracked stones no doubt 
mark the floor of a fire-place. In lodge site No. 11 and several 
others no stones were found in the surrounding sandy soil; hence 
those found in the site must have been brought from a distance. 
On some sites these black spots have become almost entirely 
obliterated by being covered with drifting sand since the ground 
has been cleared, but the plough occasionally turns up the fire- 
burnt stones. They are all pre-Neutral. 
These sites are scattered throughout the habitable territory, 
particularly in favoured positions on the shores of lakes and 
streams; and not only in localities where pine was the principal 
timber, but also where the trees were entirely deciduous, while 
the Neutral village sites, found in adjoining townships, are only 
in the pine lands. Usually there is only one spot at a place. A 
spot may be the remains of camp fires of a single lodge, or it may 
be a communal fire-place, the lodges having been grouped around 
it. Many of them appear to have been occupied for a long 
time, judging by the amount of discoloured soil. 
No. 1. There are two lodge sites on the farm of John Schlem- 
mer, lot 9, concession XIV. Here the late .H. Z. Smith, of 
New Hamburg, found a number of chipped arrowheads. 
No. 2. There is a lodge site on a low bank near a stream on 
the Klinkman farm, north half of lot 4, concession XIV. Here 
points chipped out of stone for arrows have been found. 
No, 3. There are two lodge sites on the farm of Thomas 
Scott, lot 1, concession XIV. Here chipped stone points 
for arrows were the only artifacts discovered. A banner-stone 
was found on the Bell farm, on the south half of the same lot. 
No. 4. There is a large lodge site on the bank of what was 
formerly a rivulet in one of Robert Woods’ fields, lot 1, 
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