The Draper Site: An Expanding Village

Our 1975 and 1978 excavations at the Draper Site revealed many fascinating aspects about this Iroquoian village which has traditionally been dated to about 1450-1500 A.D.

Our Lands Speak: Early Excavations at the Draper Site-Part 1

The Draper site was first excavated by members of the Ontario Archaeological Society (O.A.S.) in 1953. This work was summarized by William Donaldson, one of the members of the society in 1963.  Excavations at the site focused on that of middens. Approximately 2,500 sq. feet of the site was dug. It has been noted that […]

OLS Reflections: Excavation of Armstrong Burial Mound, Rainy River, Ontario

Thanks for joining me again this week, as I share with you my discoveries around the excavation of burial mounds. Burial mounds are a unique burial practice of a few pre-contact Indigenous peoples in Ontario. These groups would bury their dead in, or under, mounds of dirt which resulted in earth structures. There were two […]