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some of the pieces of mirccllancous ferns strapping rscovered from he sevententh-
cenrury occupvlion rmum may represent ouch equipment.
A r d l number of metal tool fragmenrs was also movered fmm tk sevenlcenthsentury
occupa~on and houx collapse anta including several wmught imn handle-like objsts
with rectangular or ovalem rectiwo (anifacts Ws 6Q77.8W6.8W9.8013.8167.8227.
8229). Although these anifacts may represent knives or some aher rype of tml. positive
ldenlifications were not possible due to their incomplete and corroded condition.
4.6 Plevenance
Anifact provenance was used in this study to make inferences on the supply network
available to the seventeenthsentwy planter in Renews. By identifying an anifan'r place
of manufacture. even in the bmadest wnse. a is possible Lo unravel the supply line uwd to
bnng imparted goods into the planer's home. The material evidence ofthe Iriangular
lmde between Newfoundiand, savthern Europe and England is evident. as is the
connection between Renews and some of the other Englirhcolonisu along the erstern
seaboard of Nonh America.
Cenmics are especially useful in pmvenance studies as their place of manufactwe is
often identifiable and manufacturer's nwks on h p wr gobkt and $om of the tobacco
pip bowls were used to determine their origins. Numemur studies an eenmic