Dr. RONALD F. WILLIAMSON
Chief Archaeologist & Managing Partner, Archaeological Services Inc.

Dr. Williamson is one of North America’s leading archaeologists and is founder and a partner with Archaeological Services Inc. where he has led more than a a thousand archaeological assessments, excavations and planning projects throughout Canada and the United States. He holds an Honours BA from the University of Western Ontario and an MA and PhD from McGill University, all in Anthropology. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and is an Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty.

He is an author with several books to his credit including as editor and co-writer of the recently released Toronto: An Illustrated History of its First 12,000 Years, which was released in November 2008, and was recently featured in the acclaimed docudrama, Death or Canada.

Dr. SUSAN K. PFEIFFER
Professor, St. George Campus, SGS Dean and Vice-Provost, Graduate Education, University of Toronto

Susan Pfeiffer is a biological anthropologist who conducts research on skeletal biology, aging, origin of modern humans, foraging adaptations, and forensic anthropology. She is interested in reconstructing the conditions of past human lives from characteristics of bones and teeth, including their biomechanical, chemical, and histological properties. Diet, disease, and behaviour have been of particular interest to her in her studies of past people of North America and South Africa. Furthering our understanding of the foraging adaptation has been a persistent theme, especially in her recent research, which focusses on cortical bone histology, reconstruction of behaviour from skeletal evidence, and foraging adaptations in prehistoric southern Africa. She is currently Dean of School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto.

EVA M. MACDONALD, MSc
Senior Archaeologist and Manager of Historical Archaeology, Archaeological Services Inc.

Eva MacDonald joined ASI in 1989 and has worked in various capacities as field archaeologist, historical researcher, report writer, and material culture analyst of precontact and historic period site projects. After completing an MSc in Archaeology from the Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto (2002), she returned to ASI from a two-year leave of absence and was appointed Manager of Historical Archaeology and Senior Archaeologist. In this role, she develops corporate policy with respect to the evaluation, excavation, interpretation and analysis of historical sites. Her current duties include writing the research designs for Stage 3-4 site excavations, writing and editing site reports, and consulting on special projects with a historical component. Eva is a member of the Ontario Archaeological Society (OAS), the Canadian Archaeological Association, the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology, the Society for Historical Archaeology, the Association of Industrial Archaeologists, the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology, and the Ontario Historical Society. She served on the board of directors of the Ontario Archaeological Society between 2000 and 2002, and volunteered in many capacities for the Toronto Chapter OAS between 1992 and 1997. Eva was also featured in Death or Canada alongside Dr. Williamson.

CRYSTAL FORREST, MSc
PhD Candidate, University of Toronto

Crystal Forrest is a PhD Candidate in Biological Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Crystal has worked for Archaeological Services Inc. since 2000 in administrative, laboratory and field positions, specializing in those projects that involve the analysis of human remains in archaeological contexts. She completed her B.A. at the University of Western Ontario and her M.A. at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include growth and development, dental histology, and the prehistory of Southern Ontario. Crystal has worked on a wide variety of precontact and historic sites in Ontario, and is a member of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology, the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, the Society for American Archaeology and the Ontario Archaeological Society.

ALEXIS HUTCHESON, MSc
Acting Manager of Laboratory Services and Biological Anthropologist, Archaeological Services Inc.

Alexis Hutcheson has been on staff at Archaeological Services Inc. since 2007 and is the Acting Manager of Laboratory Services. She received her BA (Hon) in Anthropology from McGill University and MSc in Skeletal and Dental Bioarchaeology from the Institute of Archaeology, University of London. During her time at the Institute of Archaeology she volunteered with the British Museum and the Museum of London’s Centre for Human Bioarchaeology. Her duties in ASI’s laboratory involve the processing and analysis of artifacts from all stages of archaeological assessment. As Biological Anthropologist she has excavated and analyzed burials in both pre-contact and historical period contexts, including her role as Assistant Site Supervisor for the exhumation of 15 hanged men buried at the Old Don Jail. She is currently a member of the Ontario Archaeological Society, the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropologists, and the Paleopathology Association.

KRISTINE CRAWFORD, BA
Research Archaeologist and the Manager of Laboratory Services, Archaeological Services Inc.

Kristine Crawford received her HBA degree from Wilfrid Laurier in 1997 (double honours in Archaeology and Anthropology), and attended University of Toronto in 1999 and 2000. She began her career at ASI in March of 2000 as a seasonal field crew member, and in August 2001 was hired full time to work in the laboratory. She has worked on hundreds of burials throughout her career as well as many precontact and historic projects. She is currently on Maternity leave.

JOHANNA KELLY, MSc
PhD Student, University of Toronto

Johanna Kelly is currently working towards her PhD in biological anthropology at the University of Toronto.   She completed her masters degree at the University of Toronto as well and her undergraduate degree was completed with honours at McMaster University.  She has worked with Archaeological Services Inc since 2007 in both field and lab envrionments on numerous precontact and historic sites.  Johanna is a member of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology and the Ontario Archaeological Society. Her current research interests include personal identification techniques and repatriation issues.

Dr. OLIVIER J. DUTOUR
Anthropology Department, University of Toronto

Dr Dutour conducts research in biological anthropology on skeletal and dental biology, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, origin of modern humans, paleopathology and paleoepidemiology.

His research concentrates on reconstructing the life conditions of past human populations by using a multidisciplinary approach that incorporates the study of morphology, histology, medical imaging, biochemistry, molecular biology, archaeology and history. This type of approach has been of particular interest to him in his studies of historical mass graves resulting from plague epidemics and Napoleonic campaigns.

The recent opportunity to work on Napoleonic mass graves in Russia allowed him to head the French team of a 4-year program with the Russian Academy of Sciences and CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique = French National Center for Scientific Research) entitled “Anthropology and Archaeology of the Retreat from Russia”. This project focuses on skeletal and dental variability, growth, health status, activity pattern, diseases, paleogenetics and paleomicrobiology. The project also examines aspects of military medicine and war surgery in the Great Armyof Napoleon, interpreted from analyses of skeletal remains.

Dr. JOHN T. MAYHALL
Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Dentistry and Department of
Anthropology, University of Toronto

John Mayhall is a dental anthropologist who has conducted research on the morphology of the dentitions of various populations in the Canadian and Alaskan arctic, Equador, Finland and Australia. Dr. Mayhall received a B.A. from DePauw University, a D.D.S. from Indiana University, A.M. and Ph.D.’s from the University of Chicago and a D.Odont honorary degree from the University of Oulu, Finland. He has been a consultant for the Ontario Provincial Police, the Chief Coroner of the Northwest Territories and commercial and media entities where his expertise on dental morphology has been required. His scientific publications have concentrated on tooth wear, genetic variation of the dentition, dietary effects on the teeth, three-dimensional measurement, dental development and growth and the morphological variation of teeth in diffeering living and prehistoric peoples.