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 […]
Nordheimer Burial Vault
Redevelopment of a 1920s residential lot near Davenport Road and Spadina Road in Toronto on the former estate of Glen Edyth, led to the discovery of an elaborate burial vault that formerly held the remains of the Nordheimer family.
Orion Site
Located at the edge of the Rouge River drainage in Richmond Hill, the Orion site is an Iroquoian settlement that was occupied in the first half of the fifteenth century. Excavations at the site were conducted in advance of subdivision development.
Peace Bridge Site
The Peace Bridge site is an extensive pre-contact quarry and habitation site located in Fort Erie that ASI has investigated over the past 20 years as redevelopment of the site has required. This is the second major report completed on this work, covering the period between 1997 and 2000.
Colborne Street Site
Located in the City of Brantford, the Colborne Street Site was excavated by ASI in 1991 and represents a Middle Woodland period manufacturing site. Excavations yielded 1,975 culturally-altered lithic artifacts and two significant cache deposits.
Queen’s Wharf: Block 7 Excavations
The construction of a condominium at the corner of Bathurst and Fleet streets in the City of Toronto led to the discovery of a substantial section of the Queen’s Wharf, dating to the mid-nineteenth century.
Dykstra Site
Located on Bear Creek in Barrie, the Dykstra site is mid-fourteenth-early fifteenth century A.D. Iroquoian special purpose site excavated in advance of subdivision development.
Serena Site
Located in the upper reaches of the Red Hill Creek drainage in Ancaster, the Serena site is mid-fourteenth century A.D. Iroquoian village site excavated in advance of subdivision development.
Edgar Site
The Edgar site is a mid-nineteenth century Euro-Canadian domestic occupation that was excavated in Vaughan, Ontario. The artifacts recovered and the features excavated at the Edgar site point toward a domestic/farm type of occupation, with a likely date range of 1830s to 1870.
