ASI at the Ontario Archaeological Society Symposium
As always, ASI is participating in the annual OAS Symposium, taking place this year in Toronto from November 1-3, 2019. The theme for this year’s symposium is The Past Under the Pavement: Archaeology in the City. The Symposium is taking place at the Chelsea Hotel, and you can still register for the conference in person, […]
Doors Open Oshawa
ASI is participating in a Doors Open Oshawa Archaeology Day event put on by Trent University and Oshawa Museum, with the theme “Discover the Past: Culture, History and Archaeology of Oshawa” We will be manning several tables featuring an artifact display, field equipment, and activities for kids! Come see us at 5 Thornton Road South, […]
Brooklin Harvest Festival
ASI is happy to be collaborating with the Heritage Whitby Advisory Committee on an artifact display and activities for the Brooklin Harvest Festival. Stop by our tent to learn more about archaeology in Whitby! You can find us at Grass Park (41 Baldwin Street) in Downtown Brooklin, Saturday September 14th, between 10am-4pm.
Doors Open Burlington
On September 28th, 2019 our Burlington office is opening it’s doors and welcoming the public into see what working in Ontario archaeology and cultural heritage is all about. Our office display includes kid’s activities, an intro to underwater archaeology, an active archaeology lab, lots of artifacts on display, an exhibit on the history the Canadian […]
Ron Williamson Delivers Lecture at Buffalo Museum of Science
ASI’s Founder Ron Williamson has been invited by the Houghton Chapter of the New York State Archaeological Association to present a talk on ASI’s (and colleagues) recent research using blood residue analysis on stone tools. The talk is focusing on the Mt Albion West site, an 11,000 year old Clovis era site located on the […]
ASI at the Canadian Archaeological Association Conference
ASI is participating in the annual CAA & AAQ Conference, taking place this year in Quebec City from May 15-18, 2019. The theme for this year’s symposium is Heritage at Risk, looking at current challenges to physical and intangible heritage, including climate change, obsolete technologies and expanding development. From the conference description: “This theme highlights possible […]
Come see us at Doors Open Whitby on Saturday, May 4th!
As part of this year’s Doors Open Whitby event, join our archaeologists as they conduct a small public excavation of the Spencer School yard. In 19th century Ontario, like elsewhere across the country, there was a push for government-supported education to build character, foster economic opportunity, and create social harmony. While larger schools were built […]
ASI at the Society for American Archaeology Conference
The Annual Conference of the Society for American Archaeology is taking place in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 10-14, 2019 and ASI staff are presenting on two important subjects. Dr Ron Williamson is co-presenting a paper with Peter Ramsden on Time, Space and Ceramic Attributes: The Ontario Iroquoian Case. This paper is part of a larger […]
ASI at the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference
The Annual Conference for the Society of Historical Archaeology is taking place in St Charles, Missouri on January 9-12, 2019 and ASI staff are presenting on two important subjects. Dr. Andrew Riddle and Dr. Katherine Hull are co-presenting a paper titled Sharing the CRM Wealth: Creating a Searchable Archaeological Database with GIS, where they continue their […]
The Myseum Launches The “Discounted Histories” Exhibit
We were proud to collaborate with the Myseum of Toronto on their feature exhibit Discounted Histories which explores Toronto retail past! The exhibit looks beyond the concept of storefronts to think about retail as the movement of goods, services and ideas across our landscape. Working with Richael Laking, an Indigenous artist and one of the […]
