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 Land Speaks: Welcome and About this Project
Our Lands Speak has been established to disseminate knowledge about the 11,000-year history of Ontario gained through archaeological investigations. This will be achieved through a publication series and this blog, both titled Our Lands Speak. There has been a vast...
The Brains Behind the Books
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.