Our Lands Speak: Ezra Doan’s 1871 Diary
This is the sixth blog on our excavations of farmsteads in Volume 2 of Our Lands Speak series entitled The Archaeology of Five Queensville Farmsteads: a 19th Century Crossroads Community in the Township of East Gwillimbury, Ontario. In two previous blogs, I described our work at the Queensville Doan site occupied by Ira Doan and […]
Our Lands Speak: Reflections on a Half-Century of Changes in Ontario Archaeology – Part Two
Happy New Year and welcome to part 2 of my reflections. I am especially grateful for the opportunity of time and resources to impart the vast information I’ve acquired working in this field for 50 years. As you might know, I strongly believe it is meant to be shared with the public, to enrich our […]
Our Lands Speak: Queensville Doan Site, Part 1
This is the fourth blog summarizing our excavations at the five rural farmsteads in Queensville, a 19th Century Crossroads Community in the Township of East Gwillimbury, Ontario. We found the Queensville Doan site while digging test pits behind the recently vacated house on Lot 17, Concession 2. Our 73 test pits produced 345 artifacts indicating […]