by Bill Finlayson | Aug 29, 2019 | Draper and Duffin Creek Archaeology
One of the advantages of our field work at the New Toronto International Airport from 1975 to 1979 was that we had the use of some of the buildings which had been expropriated by the Federal Government. Most important was the two-room Glasgow schoolhouse a few km...
by Bill Finlayson | Aug 16, 2019 | Draper and Duffin Creek Archaeology
One of the aspects of planning the excavations of the Draper Site in 1975 was negotiating a contract between The University of Western Ontario and the National Museum of Man, since the museum had obtained funds from Transport Canada to support the excavations. In...
by Bill Finlayson | Jul 16, 2019 | Draper and Duffin Creek Archaeology
We now delve into the challenges of recognizing the potential contamination of living floors under the longhouses. In my June 14 blog post, I stated that “one of the fascinating discoveries of our excavations at Draper was that the occupants had created middens at the...
