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Site Reports
Selected Reports on site excavations or other projects are available for download as pdf files.
Please note that these documents have not been subject to the editorial rigours of formal publications.
- Alexandra Site
Located in the geographic Township of Scarborough, now the City of Toronto, the 2.5 hectare Alexandra site spanned much of the mid- to late fourteenth century A.D. in two major overlapping phases of occupation. Excavations at the site were conducted in advance of subdivision development.
- Antrex Site Site
The Antrex site is a late thirteenth- to-fourteenth-century Iroquoian village located in the City of Mississauga excavated in advance of subdivision development.
- Baker Site
Located on a tributary of the West Don River in Vaughan, the Baker site is an early fifteenth century A.D. Iroquoian settlement excavated in advance of subdivision development.
- D'Aubigny Park Site
Located in the City of Brantford on the floodplain of the Grand River, the D'Aubigny Park site represents a succession of camps or activity areas spanning the period between the Middle Archaic and the Late Woodland period. Excavations at the site were conducted in advance of watermain construction.
- 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.
- Fort York National Historic Site
This Stage 2 archaeological resource assessment at Fort York National Historic Site was prompted by planning for the construction of a new Visitor Centre. A ground-penetrating radar survey proceeded to excavation through five areas of operation in an area that the City of Toronto has identified for the facility.
- Graham site
The Graham site was a small Early Woodland period (Meadowood Complex) ritual site in Caledon that was excavated in advance of construction of a stormwater management pond.
- Holly site
Located on Bear Creek in Barrie, the Holly site is an early fourteenth century A.D. ancestral Wendat village that was also inhabited by Algonquian people. Excavations at the site were conducted in advance of subdivision development.
- Huson Site
Located near Ten Mile Creek in Thorold, the Huson site was an undisturbed Early Archaic site excavated in advance of road construction.
- Mount Albion West
The Mount Albion West site is an Early Paleo-Indian site located in the City of Hamilton. Excavations at the site were conducted in advance of construction of the Red Hill Creek Expressway.
- New Site
The New Site is a late Middle Iroquoian site, dating to the last half of the fourteeth century, excavated in advance of subdivision development in the Town of Markham.
- 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.
- Queen's Wharf
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.
- 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.
- Wellington Site
Located on Bear Creek in Barrie, the Wellington site may represent one of the pioneering Iroquoian communities to settle in south Simcoe County in the thirteenth century.
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