The Mantle Site: An Archaeological History of a Huron-Wendat Community
This is the first detailed analysis of a completely excavated northern Iroquoian community, a sixteenth-century ancestral Wendat village on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The site resulted from the coalescence of multiple small villages into one well-planned and well-integrated community. Birch and Williamson frame the development of this community in the context of a […]
The Myers Road Site: Archaeology of the Early to Middle Iroquoian Transition
Available through the London Chapter of the Ontario Archaeological Society. This volume represents an analysis of the settlement, subsistence and artifactual data recovered by Archaeological Services Inc. at a late thirteenth through early fourteenth century Iroquoian site in Cambridge, Ont.
The Parsons Site
Northwest of Finch Avenue and Keele Street in North York, on a promontory overlooking Black Creek, there is more evidence of Ontario’s fascinating archaeological heritage. Parsons (AkGv-8) is a Late Iroquoian (mid- to late fifteenth century) village site. Though the entire site has not been excavated, an indication of the site’s richness is seen from […]
Toronto: An Illustrated History of Its First 12,000 Years
From the final retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet to its emergence as a Canada’s leading city, this book explores the evolution of Toronto over the past 12,000 years. Five knowledgeable historians have combined efforts to bring together beautiful illustrations and fascinating, fresh perspectives in this new, natural, archaeological and social history. The book starts […]
Bones of the Ancestors
In 1997, an Iroquoian ossuary dating to the thirteenth century containing the remains of at least 87 people was accidentally discovered in Toronto. The pit was excavated and recorded. Detailed mapping of the skeletal remains led to a reconstruction of the method and sequence of placing the bodies within the ossuary. Analyses of the bones […]
Death At Snake Hill – Secrets From a War of 1812 Cemetery
Published by Dundurn Press (1993), this is a popular account of a contemporary archaeological project, the story of the skeletons it uncovered and a revealing parable of the conflicts that arise when pressures for land development collide with heritage conservation. This book is available from ASI.
Government on Fire
Government on Fire presents a lively account of the discovery and delineation of an important historical and archaeological site for Toronto and beyond. It also suggests some lessons for urban planners and heritage conservationists, who may imagine that there is little left of the more distant past within the complex and intertwined history of institutional […]
In the Shadow of the Bridge: The Archaeology of the Peace Bridge Site (AFGR-9), 1994-1996 Investigations
ASI has been involved in a massive archaeological project surrounding the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie, Ontario. Hidden below the surface of the roads, sidewalks, lawns and parking lots were over a million artifacts representing the lives of Indigenous peoples. Around 1800 B.C. the Niagara Frontier hosted one of the largest stone-tool workshops and trading […]