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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Our Lands Speak: Insights on the Patterson & Brothers’ Factory for Manufacturing Agricultural Implements

Our Lands Speak: Insights on the Patterson & Brothers’ Factory for Manufacturing Agricultural Implements

Jan 12, 2018 |

Featured next in this month’s posts are certain aspects of the total excavation of Patterson Village by This Land Archaeology Inc. between the fall of 2012 and 2014—as documented in my book The Archaeology of Patterson Village: A 19th Century Company Town in the Township of Vaughan, Ontario, published by I C Publishing (2017) in a new publication series Our Lands Speak.

End of the Year Greetings

End of the Year Greetings

Dec 20, 2017 |

It’s the beginning of December, the snow has arrived and appears to be here to stay. The temperatures are projected to be below-freezing for the next week, thus ensuring the ground will be frozen even if the snow disappears. As so we end another field season. As...

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Bill Finlayson
Bill Finlayson, Ph.D., F.R.S.C., is the senior-most archaeologist in Ontario archaeology with well over 50 years of experience in the field. Since 2006, he has undertaken the salvage excavation of more than 60 19th century homesteads and farmsteads, culminating in the total excavation of Patterson Village, the largest excavation of a 19th century Euro-Canadian site in Ontario.