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Our Lands Speak: Early Excavations at the Draper Site – Part 2

Our Lands Speak: Early Excavations at the Draper Site – Part 2

by Bill Finlayson | Apr 30, 2019 | Draper and Duffin Creek Archaeology

Welcome back. In my last blog, I reviewed the excavation at the Draper site prior to the expropriation of the land for the proposed construction of the Pickering Airport. With the development of plans for airport construction, the Archaeological Survey of Canada,...
Our Lands Speak: Early Excavations at the Draper Site-Part 1

Our Lands Speak: Early Excavations at the Draper Site-Part 1

by Bill Finlayson | Apr 17, 2019 | Draper and Duffin Creek Archaeology

The Draper site was first excavated by members of the Ontario Archaeological Society (O.A.S.) in 1953. This work was summarized by William Donaldson, one of the members of the society in 1963.  Excavations at the site focused on that of middens. Approximately...

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