by Bill Finlayson | Apr 29, 2020 | Archaeology, Draper Site, History, Ontario
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... 
by Bill Finlayson | Mar 24, 2020 | Archaeology, Draper Site, History, Ontario
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... 
by Bill Finlayson | Mar 10, 2020 | Archaeology, Draper Site, History, Ontario
We discovered 7 houses about 40 metres south of the Draper Main Village. Two of these houses overlapped, with one being shorter. I believe the latter may have been lived in by the workers who built the rest of the houses. There was eventually a total of 6 houses...