Our Lands Speak: 1974: Getting Ready to Dig the Draper Site

In my blog post on January 2 of this year, I discussed the importance of my Ph.D. research in the field and laboratory in preparing me for my future career in archaeology. This was particularly the case when I agreed to undertake the complete excavation of the Draper site in 1975. Draper was a large […]

Our Lands Speak: Queensville Doan Site Part 2

I hope you enjoyed my posts over the holidays sharing some of my reflections on the last 50 years in Ontario archaeology. We pivot back now to the blog series on The Archaeology of Five Queensville Farmsteads: a 19th Century Crossroads Community in the Township of East Gwillimbury, Ontario, Volume 2 of Our Lands Speak […]

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 […]