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pmdueing plpes omund the ram formula date <strong>of</strong> 1638. Pipe bowls fmm the ram pspe<br />

maken (Lluellin Evans. Phillip Edwardr and Rter Stephens) were found in both floors <strong>of</strong><br />

the house (Events 4.36 & 37) suggesting that Ihe flmn were temprally claw in age<br />

(see dcscnprionr <strong>of</strong> Events 4.36 and 37 <strong>be</strong>low). Similarly. plvry sherds from rwenty-<br />

two vessels were recovered fmm bMh flwn.<br />

Clearly. the two f om <strong>of</strong> pipe dating do not match. Although thcs pmhlem was<br />

recognized in the 1960s and mclhads were proposed to const it (Hmson 1971. Heightan<br />

and Deagan 1971). cumnr rerearchan wvenrcsnthscnturyclay piper fmm various riles<br />

in Newfoundland indicate [hat this <strong>may</strong> <strong>be</strong> reinled to regional variation within England<br />

(Pope 1998). Pops rpculntes thatculrural deposits fmm Ferryland and the rite <strong>of</strong> an<br />

early cighretsh-centuly (Circa 1708) civil fon in St. John'r can <strong>be</strong> dated some flfwn to<br />

twenty yeam later than the pipe stem dam indicate. The dra fmn the Rere- clay pipe<br />

fragmene concurs with Pope's speulation.<br />

In summarizing Ihe dating evidence. dam exmplsted primarily fmm clay lobacco pipe<br />

fngments found on the site indicate tha he house war, -pied during the third quarter<br />

<strong>of</strong> the vvcnteenrh eentuly. Iikly hetween 1664 and 1680. It should he naed that <strong>only</strong><br />

pips fmgmenls fcom the waled midden and eanhen flmr deposits were wed far daring<br />

the revsntccnth-centuly acupation. later dfafu weredepsind on the rite aher the<br />

house was abandoned. The following pin5 summarize this dating evidence:

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