Geospatial Data on Parade
In 2011, as part of a film project for History Television commemorating the bicentennial anniversary of the War of 1812, ASI conducted an archaeological investigation at Fort York’s central parade ground to determine the location of the Government House. This work included a historic map review, LIDAR survey, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey, and archaeological […]
An Early 20th Century Man with Advanced Tertiary Syphilis
This poster presents a case study of a man with advanced tertiary syphilis who was judicially hanged in the early 20th century and was encountered during a 2008 archaeological assessment by ASI at the Old Don Jail in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Old Don Jail was in operation from 1862 until 1977. This individual was one of […]
Examining Statistical Differences Between Standard Osteological Measurements Taken in Situ versus a Laboratory Setting: Preliminary Results
Legislative parameters governing bioarchaeological projects undertaken by cultural resource management (CRM) companies often dictate the type of analysis conducted. In situations where analysis cannot be executed in a laboratory setting due to policy restrictions or reasons of expediency, researchers turn to conducting analysis in the field. This study aims to determine if there is a […]
Geophysical Survey Applications To The CRM Industry In Ontario
Geophysical survey applications to cultural resource management (CRM) archaeology have been underused and underappreciated in most planning jurisdictions in Ontario. As a result, there has been little desire to incorporate geophysical applications into professional standards, given a general lack of confidence or understanding of proper methodologies by the approval and regulatory authorities (Lockhart and Green […]
Visualizing Variation Within and Between Ceramic Types: A Clustering Approach
Ceramic analysts assign types to vessels based on observations of exhibited attributes. Types can materialize in a variety of finite ways (see figure 1), and various types have temporal associations as well as sociocultural meaning dependant on context. Types are assigned via outlines in the existing literature, within the framework of the analyst’s experience. This […]