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Draper Site Village Defensive Structures Part 1

Draper Site Village Defensive Structures Part 1

by Bill Finlayson | May 27, 2020 | Draper and Duffin Creek Archaeology

In a previous blog, The Draper Site: An Expanding Village, I detailed the expansion of the Draper site as it grew from a small community comprised of about 8 longhouses to become a very large village comprised of 41 structures.  In this blog and the next, I will...
Iroquoian Arrowhead Collectors at the 16th Century Draper Site

Iroquoian Arrowhead Collectors at the 16th Century Draper Site

by Bill Finlayson | Apr 29, 2020 | Draper and Duffin Creek Archaeology

I ended last month’s post with this statement “One never knows what unusual artifacts are to be found in the collections at sites such as Draper and what new insights will result from their study.” Fittingly, I continue with another extraordinary set of findings we...
Neutral Indigenous Peoples Living at the Draper Site

Neutral Indigenous Peoples Living at the Draper Site

by Bill Finlayson | Mar 24, 2020 | Draper and Duffin Creek Archaeology

You may recall from previous blogs that I personally believe that the people who lived at the Draper site were Ontario Iroquoians who were not Huron-Wendat, but a group of Iroquoian-speaking peoples similar to the Huron-Wendat. The Huron Wendat were one of three...
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