The archeological site that bears their name is located just inside the entrance to St. Peters Bay. The Jones‘ found over 200 artifacts at their site in Greenwich. Among the artifacts discovered were knife, spear, arrow, and lance points that are surprisingly still very sharp. Rollie pointed out that many of the artifacts discovered at Greenwich are made of black shellashious shale stone. This stone is not native to PEI and the nearest location is Ingonish Island off the coast of Cape Breton. There were also a few artifacts discovered that are made from “Rahma,” a

stone native to Labrador, Newfoundland. (7)

Rollie and Jeanette Jones, amateur archeologists from Charlottetown pictured with some of their Aboriginal artifacts discovered in Greenwich.

In 1983 and 1985 portions of the Jones site were further excavated in field sessions by Dr. David Keenlyside (Atlantic Provinces Archeologist with the Museum of Civilization) and his team of archeologists, which included Rollie and Jeanette Jones. A development project had been proposed for the sand dunes at Greenwich and, before building commenced, an archeological evaluation was performed on the area to fulfill government requirements. The Archeological and Environmental Assessment for St. Peters Bay was compiled and written by The Cataraqui Research Foundation based out of Kingston, Ontario. This suggested that no development take place on the Jones site due to the significance of the artifacts that had been discovered. (8) The artifacts proved that the Greenwich Peninsula had been occupied by all three of the different cultural areas of Aboriginals; The Paleo-Indian (8600-3500 B.C.), The Archaic or “Shellfish” people (3500-1000 BC), and the Algonquin tradition, of which the Mi’Kmaq are descendants. According