Ontario Archaeological Society
Toronto Chapter

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2010/2011 Meetings:
January 18, 2012
February 15, 2012
March 21, 2012
April 18, 2012
May 16, 2012

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:
Jane Simser

Secretary:
Annie Gould

Profile Editor:
Amanda Parks

Program Convener:
Mima Kapches

Website Editor:
Janice Teichroeb

Current Edition of Profile

November 2011

Past Editions of Profile

Ontario Archaeological Society website

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Member's Night

when our member's present their research from the past year

Marti Latta- Warminster Revisited

Charles Garrad- The Steamboat Arabia - Avocational Archaeology on a Massive Scale

Caroline Walker- The Heritage of Mankind

Rudy Fecteau- Seeds, A Show and Tell

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Dr. Holly Martelle, Timmins Martelle Consultants

The History and Archaeology of the Elgin County Jail

In 2010 Timmins Martelle Heritage carried out excavations at the Elgin County judicial complex in St. Thomas that once housed the former Elgin County Jail. The jail facility was constructed in 1853 and demolished over a 15 year period beginning after its closing in 1977. This presentation will review the history of the jail (1853 to 1900), the archaeological remains recovered and the discovery and documentation of the remains of John Hendershott and William Welter who were hung and buried in the jail yard in 1895 after being found guilty of murder in one of the most high profile criminal trials in Canada at the time.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Dr. Max Friesen, University of Toronto

Understanding Late Dorset Longhouses: Enigmatic Aggregation Sites in the Canadian Arctic

In Canadian Arctic Prehistory, few site types have led to as much debate as the "longhouses" associated with Late Dorset occupations of around 1,000 A.D. These huge boulder outlines, up to 45 metres long and associated with a range of other features, must have been summer meeting places for Late Dorset families from a wide area. However, we are only now beginning to understand basic aspects of their form, use, function, and meaning. In this paper, I will report on new research into the single largest longhouse site yet discovered, the Cadfael site on Victoria Island, Nunavut.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Dr. David Smith, University of Toronto, Mississauga

TBA

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Dr. Conrad Heidenreich, Professor Emeritus, York University

Champlain’s Visit to Huronia in 1615-16: Where did he go?

This study is a renewed attempt by the author to re-approximate the location of the Huron villages visited by Samuel de Champlain in 1615-16 and correct some oversights made in his previous publications. Unfortunately Champlain’s descriptions are meager in the extreme. In his journey through the Huron country he visited well over ten villages, but the location of only three can be identified with any certainty, Tequenonquiaye, Carhagouha and Cahiagué. In order to augment Champlain’s descriptions, the visit by the Recollect lay Brother Gabriel Sagard-Théodat (1623-24) and the Jesuit Father Jean de Brébeuf (1636) must also be taken to account. Sagard visited Tequenonquiaye and later, the site of Carhagouha shortly after it had been moved; while Brébeuf was present during the last phase of the move of the villagers of Tequenonquiaye to Ossossane. Both Sagard and the Jesuits commented on Cahiagué after it had been moved, although they did not mention the village by name. The speaker will explain why he thinks the Warminster site is still the best candidate for Cahiagué.

The original French documents that describe the villages and events surrounding them will be re-examined as will Champlain’s estimates of distance which should not be taken too literally. Translations of village names by John Steckley will be cited in support of the speaker’s arguments.