Archeology students dig for 15th-century Iroquois artifacts

Students from the University of Montreal will be spending the month of August in St-Anicet, Que., digging for artifacts left behind by the St. LawrenceIroquois tribe back in the 1400s.

This archeological exercise is taking place at theDroulers-TsiionhiakwathaArcheological Site Interpretation Centre, currentlylocated in a spot where hundreds of Iroquois lived in the pre-colonial days.

The siteis open to the public and is operated in close collaboration with the Mohawks in Akwesasne, who also belong to the Iroquois FirstNation.

Droulers-Tsiionhiakwatha alsofeatures replica longhouses, the typical dwellings used by the St. LawrenceIroquois.

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