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2010 Meetings:
Feb 17, 2010
March 17, 2010
April 21, 2010
May 19, 2010
Sep 15, 2010
Oct 20, 2010
Nov 17, 2010

Time:
7:30 PM

Place:
Room 246, Second Floor Board Room
Anthropology Building,
19 Russell St.,
University of Toronto campus
[MAP look for "PA" at the corner of Russell and Huron]


President:
Janice Teichroeb

Vice President:
Marti Latta

Treasurer:
Norma Knowlton

Secretary:
Annie Gould

Profile Editor:
Mima Kapches

Program Convener:
Mima Kapches

Website Editor:
Janice Teichroeb


Current Edition of Profile

January 2010

Past Editions of Profile

October 2009

August 2009

April 2009

January 2009

November 2008

September 2008

May 2008

February 2008


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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Ron Williamson, ASI - Excavations at the Don Jail

The film “The Hangman’s Graveyard“ covering excavations at the Don Jail will be presented and the Executive Producer Craig Thompson will be present to answer questions.

Check out the Hangman's Graveyard blog

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Steven Cox Thomas - Faunal Analysis

discussing some of his projects analyzing faunal remains on Ontario archaeological sites

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Rudy Fecteau - Archaeobotany

Archaeobotany in Canada: A Personal View. The focus of this presentation will be on plant remains identified from sites across Canada during the last 35 years. It will include Rudy's findings of floral remains excavated from prehistoric,historic, environmental and marine archaeology sites, from eight of our ten provinces.

Recent presentations given by Rudy about archaeobotany were covered by a local newspaper:

Dundas Star News

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Marti Latta - Ontario Archaeology

Marti will talk about the collections at U of T including her recent work on Cahiague

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

James Conolly - Mediterranean Archaeology

James will talk about his Mediterranean archaeology

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Andrew Stewart - The Archaeology of Fort York

Andrew Stewart will talk about the archaeology of Fort York and the fundraising campaign for the new interpretive and visitor’s centre.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Kristjan Ahronson - Viking Archaeology

Kristjan will talk about his work on the archaeology of Vikings.


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COMING UP!!! Winter Weekend February 12 – 14, 2010: Limberlost Wilderness Reserve - Solitaire Lake Lodge.

Refer to the Oct 2009 edition of Profile for more details.

Please contact: Dave Hunt or Marjorie Tuck

for any other questions and to reserve your spot on the winter weekend.


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King Tut exhibition at the AGO

Toronto Historical Association

Ontario Heritage Trust

The Lost Rivers of Toronto


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