NOTE: The author's e-mail address shown at the end of this PowerPoint presentation has been updated to paul.c.thistle AT gmail DOT com as of 24 November 2025.
I apologise in advance for the choppy nature of my narration. Recently, I have been diagnosed with a neurological condition and I notice it has begun to have a negative effect on my presentation abilities. FYI, the Hudson's Bay Company historic site mentioned that was burned during the 1885 Metis Resistance, rebuilt, and then abandoned in 1890 is Fort Pitt (built by the HBC in 1829) on the North Saskatchewan River.
A PDF of my OAS Symposium PowerPoint “Excavation Simulation Activity: Realistic Archaeological Practice” showing slides with live links can be viewd at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JmWHZt6KkP4PEZB69X3rEsPpRNh4vi5S/view?usp=sharing .
See the following SIL 182 Slide Show page for additional images of the 1975 salvage excavation.
The image below shows the author's first archaeological discovery on the horse farm operated by my father & sister resulting from construction of a pond below a hillside spring that I mention in the PPT narration.