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 | Sep 10, 2019 | Draper and Duffin Creek Archaeology
One of the challenges in undertaking the excavations at the Draper site in 1975 and 1978 was ensuring the safe operation of the dig, the security of the excavations, and providing accommodations and meals for our crews which at times numbered up to 60 people. As...
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...
