Ceramic discs

An intriguing find at the Lawson site are fragments of pottery that have been ground down around the edges to make oval- or rounded discs. Objects like these have been found on 11th-17th century Indigenous sites across Southern Ontario. Archaeologists have speculated these objects were used as gaming pieces. The Lawson site is a fortified 16th century Indigenous site located at the confluence of Medway River and Snake Creek. The site has been known to archaeologists since the mid-1800s and is now an Ontario designated heritage site and part of the Museum of Ontario Archaeology’s grounds.