Our Lands Speak is a prolific series of books documenting the fascinating findings of This Land Archaeology Inc. excavations since 2006, led by founder, author, and Ontario’s senior-most archaeologist, Bill Finlayson.
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OLS Reflections: Time Off from an Underwater Geological Survey in Northern Ontario
When I was a young man of 15, I became a NAUI certified scuba diver, which led me into underwater archaeology initially. As I got older, I became fascinated by the work of George Bass, exploring Bronze Age shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea. With my diving...
Our Lands Speak Reflections Blog Series: Fifty-four Years and Going Strong
July 2018 marks the beginning of my 54th year doing archaeology in Ontario. I have had an amazing career; and it is now time to reflect on my accomplishments and a handful of challenges facing Ontario archaeology. Highlights include: Working in the field as a student...
Our Lands Speak: An Unusual Gravestone in Southern Ontario
Thanks for joining me again as we explore another fascinating graveyard find. In the late 1990s, a friend Bill Gregg from the Halton Region notified me of a very unusual gravestone in the cemetery at the Ebenezer Church, a few km north of Campbellville, Ontario. A...
Our Lands Speak: An Unusual Grave Marker from Ivanhoe Lake
Archaeology is a fascinating industry that I am thankful to be a part of. You never know what you might find next, this week’s discussion is no exception. In March 2001, I took early retirement from the London Museum of Archaeology and began to explore the possibility...
Our Lands Speak: Technique to Collect Preserved Plant Remains
Find out how we recover seeds and plant samples from an archaeologic site with a technique called flotation.
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