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 of conducting research on Hudson’s Bay Posts in […]

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.

Our Lands Speak: Featuring the Largest Pit Privy North of the Boarding House

Our investigation of the privies at Patterson Village continues. You may recall, in our last blog, we discussed an amazing box privy associated with the closing of the Boarding House after Patterson & Bro. farm equipment manufactory moved to Woodstock in 1886. Not only did this privy contain more than 11,900 artifacts, it also included […]