The lithics from four Middleport Iroquoian sites in the Markham area, east of Toronto were analyzed. Thomson, Elliot, Robb and New were occupied between AD 1250 and AD 1400. The study of the lithic samples provided data on the developments of lithic technology within this culturally associated group of sites.
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