Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 3, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 32 Winnipeg free press wednesday june 3, 1981 Ficu press province s past Vickers passion colleagues Honor contributions of the father of Manitoba archaeology Chris Vickers says he reconstructed Manitoba s cultural past. By Hope Kamlin the trouble with me is i have too Many Damn says Chris Vickers. Surveying his extensive Library. Vickers almost 80 years old and still going Strong has just spent the better part of two hours talking archaeology history photography and the newspaper business. And the Man who has been called the father of Manitoba archaeology knows of what he Speaks. The Manitoba archaeological society and the association of Manitoba archaeologists recently honoured Vickers with a publication of papers in a vol ume called directions in Manitoba prehistory. Set the stage in the Book s preface Michael Kelly past president of the association of Manitoba archaeologists says it has been compiled As a tribute to the Man who almost single hand edly set the stage for the science of archaeology in Manitoba during the closing decades of the 20th Vickers contributions to the Field Are outlined in detail in an essay by Leigh Syms now the curator of archaeology at the Mani Toba museum. Vickersjr who was particularly Active in archaeological excavations in Southern and Western Manitoba in the mfrs and Early 50s, said in a recent interview at that time what i really did was starting from nothing reconstruct the cultural background of Manitoba Back to almost the ice it was not the easiest thing to do. In the 1930s, there was nothing absolutely nothing of any value of he said. True there had been a few people in the Field but their work was quite useless some of it quite old and entirely confined to burial Mounds. To me looting and that s what it was an Indian burial ground was useless. It did t Tell you anything about the people who built historian at heart and that was what appealed most to Vickers a historian at heart i was More interested in where they lived because it was there you were going to find things. So i proceeded to locate occupied Sites where indians had lived for many1 years. I was basically a historian and even at 30, i had a Good historical Library. I realized that what happened before the coming of the White Man was part of our Vickers most extensive excavation was at the Avery site at Rock Lake near Pilot Mound Man., he said. What did he find there pattern emerged everything. I found their weapons their tools Bone refuse they left so out of this Jumble of stuff without any preconceived notions is what you have to avoid you Lay this stuff out and if it had a pattern it meant a pattern did indeed develop at the Avery site in the Early mos. There was the occasional Early projectile Point showing up there and on the Shore i discovered what had been an actual he dated the site to about 1500 b. C. I did this before the Days of radio Carbon dating and that was a Handi Vickers said. I did some shrewd guessing. Actually i was t too far out. A lot of my dates were More recent than they actually were. But then you can t always depend on radiocarbon dating most of the vast collection of materials Vickers gathered dung the years from some 20 Sites have been Given to the University of Manitoba the University of Winnipeg and the Manitoba museum of Man and nature but he still boasts a Small collection of fascinating artefacts Stone arrowheads a soapstone pipe a Silver brooch Man s and a Shell Bead for in stance. To the people who lived in the areas around the excavations those with untrained eyes these Small trea sures Wijt largely unnoticed. They thought i was a family helped Vickers was assisted throughout his career by his wife and children. After a number of years of excavation record ing of data and analysis he left Active Field work and became provincial Edi Tor of the free press. He was influential in developing the department of anthropology at the u of m in 1960 and also in the Manitoba archaeological society and in the association of Manitoba archaeologists. Vickers was honoured by the provincial government with a provincial pin to 1968 and a Centennial commemoration medal in 1970. He has also received awards from the Manitoba historical society and the red River historical society. Suburbanites in Ottawa bite hand that feeds them Park sculptures Saskatoon up they re consid ered junk in Ottawa but Art in Western Canada. Modern sculptures placed in Ottawa Parks last summer by the Canada Council Art Bank Drew a negative reaction from residents of suburban Rockcliffe and Manor Park so they will be loaned Saskatoon Regina and Edmonton galleries. Collette Charette of the Art Bank said relocation of the sculptures is partly because of the petitions and protests by a group of Ottawa citizens calling themselves the committee for the re Moval of artistic pollution. People objected not necessarily to the sculptures themselves but their placement in the Charette said in an interview from Ottawa. They Felt that in a Park you re supposed to be Able to run around and play Frisbee and that the sculptures might even be a safety Large contemporary sculptures have been placed in other Ottawa Parks without unfavourable response but the Art Bank has adopted a policy of spreading the works around. The choices include works by Dun Durn artist Doug Bentham and Toron to s Andrew Fauteux. . Women do double duty and still earn less than men Washington a the number of american women seeking jobs is soaring but most still face the superwoman squeeze responsibility for Home chores As Well As a paying Job a new study shows. More than half of women aged 16 and Over hold jobs says a report published by the population reference Bureau a non profit research group. Virtually no aspect of american society has been left untouched by the Rush of women into the labor Market since the mid Point of the 20th wrote Linda Waite of the Rand corp., in Santa Monica calif., author of the study. From child rearing to politics to Market ing products for the american consumer All Are different because so Many women now hold a paid Job outside the Home or Are looking for she added. Among full time workers she noted women with Bachelor s and advanced College degrees still average less income than male High school dropouts and most working wives and Moth ers still face the superwoman squeeze juggling Home and family chores for which they Are still primarily responsible in Addi Tion to their responsibilities on the she added. Among working people both men and women averaged a Little More than of hours on the Job daily. However women worked an additional two hours and 23 minutes a Day on housework compared to 25 minutes a Day for married men. As of 1980, Waite noted 45 million women either held a paid Job or were looking for one up from 18 million in 1950. 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