OLS Reflections: Pukasaw Pit Underwater Archaeological Survey, Lake Superior

Welcome back. Here’s another walk down memory lane. You may recall in my previous post, I described Professor Roger Deane’s underwater geological survey from Tobermory to Manitoulin Island during the summer of 1965 in which I was one of the divers.  Once we completed our work at Tobermory, Roger took us back to Lake Superior […]

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.