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Try your hand (read: keyboard) at identifying an artefact found in the Grand-Pré region. Post your guesses below, and the correct answer and the name of the first correct guesser will be posted each week. (Note: competition not open to those on the crew!)
Ready to try?
WHAT IS THE MYSTERY ARTEFACT SEEN IN THE PICTURE BELOW?
NOTE: This mystery is still active! Previous identifications of the artefact have been called into question, and more research is being done to determine what the object is. Stay tuned!
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- The scale is demonstrated with the aid of a standard-sized Sharpie marker.
Make your guesses in the comments below. Please include your name and geographic location in your post, so that we can post your name and city, if you guess correctly.
Good luck, armchair archaeologists!
Jonathan Fowler
Miriam L. C. Fry
Stéphane Noël
Sarah-Marie McDonald
iron latch of some sort maybe!
By: Sarah Matte on July 23, 2009
at 8:42 pm
A bit? As in the kind that are put in the mouths of horses and such?
By: Jennifer on July 25, 2009
at 3:08 am
seen similar items before…possible piece to hold the iron pot over a fireplace
By: Steven on September 29, 2009
at 12:48 pm
In what context was it found?
By: Dar Horn on April 7, 2010
at 8:06 pm