by Bill Finlayson | Jan 20, 2020 | Archaeology, Draper Site, History, Ontario
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 | Archaeology, Bill Finlayson, History, Ontario
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... 
by Bill Finlayson | Dec 4, 2019 | Archaeology, History, Ontario
Welcome back to Our Lands Speak blog and the dialogue we began in my last post noting that the Yake site was one of two we found during our assessment of a farm located just south of Stouffville, on behalf of Fieldgate Developments. Our archival research revealed that...