ASI’s Cultural Heritage team wins Award of Merit from the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals
Congratulations to our Cultural Heritage Team for their Award of Merit from the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals! The Documentation and Planning Award was given for the Cultural Heritage Landscape Assessment of Exhibition Place. ASI collaborated with the City of Toronto on this project, you can read more about it here. Exhibition Place is a […]
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 […]
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 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, […]
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 […]
Ask An Archaeologist- Sharing the Dirt on Fieldwork
It’s that time of year again, where we’re all excited to get back out into the field, and thinking back to our first field seasons. We asked our archaeologists in the field, lab and office what their advice would be for an archaeologist just starting out- and these were their answers!
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 collaborates with U of T’s Dr Gary Crawford to identify domesticated 3,000-year-old quinoa seeds in Ontario
ASI staff Jessica Lytle, Robert Wojtowicz, and ASI Founder Dr. Ron Williamson co-authored a paper with Dr. Gary Crawford of University of Toronto analyzing over 140,000 charred seeds discovered at a site in Brantford, Ontario in 2010. Quote: “Indigenous peoples at the time exchanged certain kinds of minerals and finished stone objects over long distances, but this […]
