“Featured” Employee: Jose Gutierrez

Field archaeology featured employee Jose Gutierrez uncovers an animal burial

Meet Jose, Field Technician for our Mitigation Division! When Jose Gutierrez isn’t uncovering Toronto’s past as part of our historical crew, he’s passionately engaging in Peruvian archaeology. I was always into history but the Indiana Jones trilogy made me want to pursue something similar to what Indy did. I took whatever history or geography courses that […]

Your Back Will Thank You: Improving the Ergonomics of Fieldwork

Andrew Clish and Chris Langlois construct new archaeology screens for better ergonomics while doing fieldwork

Field archaeology is a very physical job that is hard on the body.  In particular, digging and screening can contribute to repetitive strain injuries in the back, legs and most often the wrists. We may never be able to keep our field archaeologists completely free from injury, but we can certainly make our work places […]

Our second annual Field Photo contest!

We have some very talented amateur photographers on staff who, through the nature of our industry, get a glimpse into a world not many people get to see. These photos show the range of work we do at ASI, whether it be a beautiful landscape, an urban alleyway, an exciting artifact, or the fun times we […]

“Featured” Employee: Tom Lally

Tom Lally kangaroo fieldwork australia

Meet Tom, Field Technician for our Planning Division! When Tom Lally isn’t travelling throughout Southern Ontario as part of our survey crew, he is a one-person travel bureau for the great nation of Australia. Gday blokes and sheilas, my name is Tom Lally (or just ‘The Aussie’) and I am a Field Tech on Rockin’ Robbie […]

“Feature” Employee: Lisa Small

Lisa Small featured employee ontario archaeology field technician

Meet Lisa, Field Technician for our Mitigation Division! She brings a fresh approach to ASI with her strong commitment to archaeology as social activism. Lisa has devoted herself to the growing field of African Canadian archaeology after being inspired by the stories of the Underground Railroad.   I did not find archaeology, rather it discovered me! As I […]

Field Season Starts Today

Archaeological screens freshly painted beginning of field season in Ontario

It’s our favourite time of the year! The ground is finally unfrozen and mostly dry, so Ontario’s archaeology season has officially begun. Unusually, we have had small crews out doing survey work in April because we had a such a warm spring. But as of May 1st we have a full retinue of crews, and the […]