Ontario Archaeological Society


The Ontario Archaeological Society is a registered charitable organization promoting the ethical practice of archaeology within the Province of Ontario, Canada. It is a public and professional society formed in 1950.
The Society produces a peer-reviewed journal Ontario Archaeology. Headquarters are located in the Ashbridge Estate in the east end of Toronto with regional chapters throughout Ontario.

Origins and Aims

The Ontario Archaeological Society was founded in 1950 as the joint project of a group of enthusiastic amateurs whose interest in "buried history" had been sparked by the exciting lectures of John Norman Emerson, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto.
Major aims of the society include:
The OAS publishes the peer-reviewed journal Ontario Archaeology bi-annually.

Chapters