Mantle Site
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The "Jean-Baptiste Lainé" or Mantle Site in the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville, north-east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is the largest and most complex ancestral Wendat-Huron village to be excavated to date in the Lower Great Lakes region.[1] The site's southeastern access point is at the intersection of Mantle Avenue and Byers Pond Way.
Location | Whitchurch–Stouffville, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada |
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Region | Regional Municipality of York, Ontario |
Coordinates | 43°57′49″N 79°14′13″W |
History | |
Periods | Late Precontact Period, ca. 1500–1530 |
Cultures | Huron (Wendat) |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 2003-2005 |
Formerly thought to have been active 1500-1530, the prime period of the site has been shifted to 1587-1623, based on radiocarbon dating and Bayesian analysis. This has influenced new interpretations of migrations and population movement in the region among the Iroquoian peoples prior to the coalescence of the Wyandot.