Echoes of the Iroquois Wars: Contested Heritage and Identity in the Ancestral Homeland of the Huron-Wendat
From the publisher: This book will suggest new agendas for identity and heritage studies by means of presenting contentious issues facing archaeology and heritage management in a globalized world. The book is not only present the variability of heritage objectives and experiences in the New and Old World, and opens a discussion, in a shrinking […]
In the Shadow of the Bridge II: The Archaeology of the Peace Bridge Site (afgr-9), 1997-2000 Investigations
The 1997-2000 archaeological investigations at the Peace Bridge site, carried out on behalf of both the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority and Public Work Departement of the Town of Fort Erie, resulted in the documentation of 334 post moulds and 295 features, of which 258 were excavated as they could not otherwise be […]
Mourning, Curing, Feasting or Industry? The Interpretation of the Quinte and Perch Lake Mounds
The Middle Woodland burnt stone mounds of Prince Edward County, Ontario, and Jefferson County, New York, form an unsual class of monuments that have defied satisfactory interpretation. They have been identified variously as “burial mounts,” “hut rings,” “sweat lodges” and the remains of “fire riturals.” Some of this confusion may be attributed to the fact […]
Ruthven and the Collection of Andrew Thompson: A Case Study of a Nineteenth Centurey Antiquarian
ASI was involved in the development of a management plan for Ruthven Park, the mid-nineteenth century historic estate of Colonel David Thompson, one of the chief proponents of the Grand River Navigation Company. The estate is approximately 640 hectares (1,600 acres) in extent and is situated on the east side of the Grand River north […]
Settlement and Subsistence Change at the Turn of the First Millenium: The View From the Holmedale Site, Brantford, Ontario
The agricultural “revolution” in southern Ontario, like many others in the archaeological record elsewhere, was by no means marked by a sudden transformation, as its full effects were not manifest until the end of the thirteenth century. Moreover, that transition should be viewed as multi-linear with each community undergoing the transformation in their own social […]
Stable Dietary Isotopes and MTDNA From Woodland Period Southern Ontario People: Results From a Tooth Sampling Protocol
Bioarchaeological research must balance scholarly commitment to the generation of new knowledge, descendants’ interests in their collective past, and the now common practice of rapid re-interment of excavated human remains. This paper documents the first results of a negotiated protocol built on the retention of one tooth per archaeologically derived skeleton, teeth that can then […]
Sweat Lodges and Solidarity: The Archaeology of the Hubbert Site
In 1990, ASI undertook salvage excavations at the Hubbert site, a mid- to late-fifteenth century Late Woodland period settlement located on the eastern margin of the Innisfil upland overlooking the broad valley of Lovers Creek. In the course of excavating 3,260 square metres of this one hectare settlement, two longhouses were completely exposed, while the […]
The Archaeology of the Dunsmore Site: 15th-Century Community Transformations in Southern Ontario
Located in southern Simcoe County, Ontario, the Dunsmore site is a two-hectare, mid- to late 15th-century Iroquoian settlement that had a complex history – one that may have included both seasonal tenancies and year-round occupations.The settlement appears to have served as both a seasonal fishing camp and a semi-permanent agricultural village, perhaps involving members of […]
The Archaeology of the Grandview Site: A Fifteenth Century Iroquoian Community on the North Shore of Lake Ontario
The excavation and analysis of the Grandview site has shed important new light on the Iroquoian settlement of the north shore of Lake Ontario. Based on the results of the ceramic analysis, Grandview is estimated to have been occupied primarily during the early Late Iroquoian period (ca. A.D. 1400-1450.)
The Moatfield Ossuary: Isotopic Dietary Analysis of an Iroquoian Community, Using Dental Tissue
The Moatfield ossuary (AkGv-65) was discovered in North York, Ontario, in 1997. Archaeological Services Inc. was contracted to exhume and then re-bury the human remains. Located on the periphery of a Late Woodland Iroquoian village, the ossuary included 87 people, 58 of them adults. First Nations authorities allowed the analysis of one tooth per person. […]
