by Bill Finlayson | Feb 10, 2020 | Draper and Duffin Creek Archaeology
In my last blog, I discussed the presence of three buildings which I believed to be special structures to house visitors to the Draper site, providing accommodation but restricting visitors access to the entire village and its layout. This continuing discussion is...
by Bill Finlayson | Jan 20, 2020 | Draper and Duffin Creek Archaeology
Happy new year. Welcome back to Our Lands Speak series. In a previous blog, I noted that one of the most intriguing aspects of the site was that it began as a typical small community of about 8 longhouses in a palisaded village, 1.2 hectares in size. Amazingly, it...
by Bill Finlayson | Dec 16, 2019 | 19th Century Whitchurch-Stouffville Farmsteads
In my last blog, I reviewed our work at the Yake site, situated at the east end of the farm property just south of Stouffville, which we were assessing on behalf of Fieldgate Developments. Towards the rear of that property we discovered a second location we called The...
