The precontact Iroquoian occupation of southern Ontario

Iroquoians become recognizable in the archaeological record of southern Ont ario about AD 500, with the appearance of Princess Point sites and maize ag riculture in the lower Grand River valley. After AD 1000, Iroquoians lived in longhouse villages situated in the interior, north of Lake Erie, Lake On tario, and the St. Lawrence River. This synthesis of the Iroquoian occupati on of southern Ontario prior to European contact focuses on origins, settle ment patterns, demography, subsistence, and sociopolitical organization. It highlights the significant contributions to Iroquoian archaeology that hav e been made by government and private consulting archaeologists over the la st two decades.