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succeeded in exposing substantial archseoloQal deporiu likd to Lord Baltimodr
1621 colony of Avalon (Tuck 1985. 1989. 1992.1993: Tuck and Robbinr 1986). An
archvealogicd survey by Peter Pope uncovemd rites of similar age in Conception Bay
(Pope 1989). The discovery of rich arehamlogical resources at Ferryland led la the
Colony of Avalon Pmjm involving extensive ercavarionr in and around% Pool.
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The Colony of Avalon Project also inclukd a survey of etghteenthsentury gun batteries
dong the eat coast of the Avalon Peninsula. During that survey. a small rcventeenth-
century deposit w a dlrcovered in the town of Rencwr. 15 kilometres soah of Feqland.
Shovel tesring m an area known I dly as The Mount pmduccd cenmics and robaeeo
ptpe stems dialing fmm [he seventeenth century in arrosiaion with wrought nails and
structural-type saner. A subsequent program dmnvolled excamion uncovered
hundreds of vddirtonal mifacts in an m a measuring sppmximtely 10 m by 12 m.
The presence of early domtic artifacts and lishingequipment with smcturnl mifacts
suggested that the remains ofwmdcn dwelling were buried nearby. Encouraged by h
pmspect of uncovering a rcvmtenth-century fisherman's hoe, a full-rcds excavation
was planned for the slummer of 1994. The rcmd -on wa incredibly f~uitful. as the
remarkably preserved foundation of a small domestic house was un~~~ned md more than
fourteen thousand mifacts eolleeled. The datable anifacts ruggut the rile wai. -pled
during the wand half of the rventeenth-century, with an inlenw hrbitation during the