Our Lands Speak: 1974: Getting Ready to Dig the Draper Site, Part 2
In my last blog, I detailed the work involved in completing my Ph.D. dissertation in 1974. During the summer of 1974 much of my time was spent preparing the draft and final copies of the first four chapter of this dissertation. At the same time, I received a small contract from the Archaeological Survey of […]
Our Lands Speak: The Queensville Milne Site
The Queensville Milne site was the fifth and final site discussed 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. We discovered this site while testing a wooded area which had previously been the location of a […]
Sharon Temple National Historic Site and The Archaeology of Five Queensville Farmsteads
This year, 2018, marks the 100th anniversary of the preservation of the Sharon Temple and its operation of a museum open to the public—and you’re invited to the celebrations on Sat, Sept 8 at 2pm. It is a happy coincidence that this year also sees the publication of the second volume in Our Lands Speaks, […]