James B. Bandow, R.R.#1 Rockton, Hamilton, Ontario, L0R 1X0
Phone:(866)243-7028; Email: jbandow@fossilhill.ca;
Profession: Senior Archaeologist
Archaeological Licence No. P255, Province of Ontario
Education:
1996/7 Post-Degree Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
1991 BA. (Honours), Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
1982/5 Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Department, Classical & Near Eastern Studies Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario
1975/9 OSSD,South Lincoln Secondary School, West Lincoln Township, Smithville, Niagara Region, Ontario
Experience:
Includes extensive archaeological field work including archaeological survey, reconnaissance, excavation, archaeobotanical coring, and lake bottom bathymetry. Lab experience includes procedures, faunal analysis, data processing (including darkroom procedures), analysis, specimen thin sectioning, and database management. Museum and Historical experience includes records and archival research (including Stage 1 Assessment), conservation, exhibit display, database management, and education (public archaeology). Report Preparation includes experience in data processing and analysis, including Geographical Information Systems (eg. GRASS), and report writing.
Present - The Fossil Hill Group, 1 Hunter Street East, Ground
Floor
Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3W5
Phone: (905) 777-7958;
Toll Free: 1-866-243-7028 Ext. 0;
Email: info@fossilhillgroup.ca;
Duties: Senior Archaeologist, Anthropologist, Case
Manager
2007 - 2008 Department of Fine Arts, University of Guelph Jones Building, RM 314, College Avenue, Guelph, Ontario. Duties: Lecturer; Reference: Dr. Jean Rosenfeld
2003 - 2008 Museum of Ontario Archaeology, University of Western Ontario, Lawson - Jury Building 1600 Attawandaron Road, London, Ontario. Duties: Archaeologist (Staff) Reference: Dr. Tom Arnold; Dr, Robert Pearce
2000 - 2003 Fisher Archaeological Consulting, 452 Jackson Street West, Hamilton, Ontario. Phone:(905)525-1240; Fax: (905)525-4683 Duties: Associate Archaeologist
2000 Sir Wilfred Laurier University, Department of Archaeology & Classics. 75 University Avenue, Waterloo, Ontario. Duties: Faculty Assistant, Supervisor: Dr. Ronald Ross
1997/9 Material Culture Management Inc, Hamilton; The CRM Group, Dillon Engineering & Consultants, North York, Ontario. Duties: Archaeological Field Technician, Historical Researcher (Stage 1 Assessments). Supervisor: Ms. J Fisher
1996 Dillon Engineering & Consultants, North York, Ontario 100 Sheppard Avenue East, North York, Ontario Duties: Archaeological Technician, Highway #407 Archaeological Assessment(Canadian Highways International Corporation). Supervisor: Mr. B. Stewart/Mr. Joseph Muller
1995 Westfield Heritage Centre, Hamilton Region Conservation Authority.Rockton, Ontario. Duties: Historical Researcher, Interpreter, Education Programming. Supervisor: Ms. Rondalyn Brown (Manager)
1993/4 D.R. Poulton & Associates,134 Commissioner's Road West,
London, Ontario. Supervisor: Mr. Dana Poulton
Duties: Archaeological Field Technician
1992/4 All-Tech Services, 200 Park Street North, Suite 7D, Hamilton, Ontario. Supervisor: D. Michael Gibbs Duties: Associate, Project Archaeologist, Cultural Resource Assessments
1988/92 McMaster University, Department of Anthropology, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario. Duties: Instructor, Research Assistant, Field Director, Data Analyst Full-Time (Summers), Part-Time (Fall/Winter);
1992 Ann Balmer & Associates, Toronto, Ontario
Duties: Archaeological Technician, Northern Gas Pipeline Survey(New
Liskerd - North Bay); Supervisor: Ms. Diana Gordon
1991 Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph , Ontario. Supervisor: Karen Szalamenok Duties: Teaching Assistant (External)
1991 Department of New World Prehistory, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park, Toronto, Ontario. Duties: Field Archaeologist (Lake Temagami Archaeology & Palaeocology Project) Full-Time Temporary Supervisor: Ms. Diana Gordon
1988/90 Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario Duties: Research & Lab Assistant (Bliss Islands Archaeology Project) Supervisor: Dr. David Black
1990 Mayer, Poulton, and Associates, 134 Commissioner's Road West, London, Ontario; Supervisor: Mr. Malcombe Horne Duties: Archaeological Field Technician
1984/5 Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute, 41 King Paul Street, 136 Nicosia, Cyprus Supervisor: Dr. Stuart Swiny Duties: Archaeological Internship (Full-Time Summers)
Skills: Knowledge of computer programs: Familiar with PC environment Office Suites (Microsoft,Corel, Star Office, Open office) NT, Unix (System V,SunOS, macOS, Linux, ArcheOS, netBSD). Applications: Dbase, PastPerfect (collection database); Mathmatica; Basp, Grass (GIS); SPSS; Surveyer; Photomodeler; TNTLite (gis,cad,cogo);StratiGraf;Experience in surveying using both Full and Partial Transit Stations, Portable GPS. Public Speaking.
Achievements:
Present- Director, Ontario Archaeological Society, Hamilton
Chapter.
Member: Education & Communication Subcommittee, LACAC, City
of Hamilton
2002 - Conference Co-ordinator, OAS Annual Meeting, Hamilton.
1995 - Vocational Diploma in Sustainable Development, Mohawk College of
Applied Arts and Science. Hamilton, Ontario.
1994/6- Treasurer (Charter Member), Ontario Archaeological Society,
Hamilton Chapter(OAS)
Interests: Heritage, social and economic policy, environment, and human ecology.
Hobbies: Reading, Backpacking, Canoeing, Flying (Student Pilot).
Memberships:
Ontario Archaeological Society (OAS); Canadian Archaeological Association (CAA); Association of Professional Archaeologists (APA)
Selected Reports, Published Papers & Presentations:
Bandow, James B.
2009 "Watch Your Step: Where was Tinawatawa?", Ontario Professional Surveyor 52(3): 14-15
2008 "White Dogs, Black Bears & Ghost Gamblers: Two late Woodland Medewiwin Aspects from Ontario. IN Regna Darnell & P. Hele (Editors) Gathering Places In Algonquian Social Discourse. Proceedings of the 40th Algonquian Conference. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press(in press)
(Forthcoming), n.d. "The Reimer Site: A Multi-Component Site On The North Shore Of Lake Erie, Ontario, Annual Archaeological Reports Ontario (AARO),Vol. 13:Submitted
2007 "The Reimer & Boyd Sites: Multicomponent Occupation on the North Shore of Lake Erie".In The Archaeology of Space & place In The Lower Great Lakes. Abstracts of the Ontario Archaeological Society Conference, 2001, Occasional Research Bulletin No. 2, Heights 12(2): 4 - 10
2001 Reflections on Water: Streamlining Predictive Modeling In Ontario. Papers of the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association, Banff, Alberta. Ottawa: Canadian Archaeological Association (with Jacqueline Fisher)
1999 "Dr. Who and the Apothecary: Authentic Pluralism and Historic Representation at the Westfield Heritage Centre,Rockton, Ontario. "The Entangled Past: History & Archaeology. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Chacmool Conference, Calgary. John Erwin (Editor) Calgary: University of Calgary Press.
1997a "Public Archaeology in a Post-Industrial Society", In Public or Perish: Archaeology into the Next Millennium. D.T. Hannah, P.C.Dawson, & D.A. Mayer (Editors). Proceedings of the 26th Chacmool Conference, Calgary, Alberta. Calgary: University of Calgary Press.
1997b Complex Problems: Preliminary Structural Analysis of Ceramic Design Symmetry from Middle Woodland Sites in Southwestern Ontario. Paper Presented to the Ontario Archaeological Society, Annual Conference "Taming the Taxonomy", Toronto, October 13-15.
1997c "The Chasm Between Late 17th Century History, Oral History, and Archaeology in Southern Ontario". Unpublished paper presented at the 28th Annual Chacmool Conference Calgary, Alberta. November 07-10 (with Dr. James Molnar)
1991 Preliminary Macroscopic Analysis of Thermally Treated Chert from Southern Ontario: Implications for Material Identification. Paper Presented at the 1991 Canadian Archaeological Association Meeting, St. John, Newfoundland. (with Heidi Bohaker & Frank Albanese)
1990a A Clam for All Seasons: Preliminary Seasonality Analysis of Soft-shelled Clams from the Bliss Islands, N.B. Unpublished Paper presented at the 1990. Canadian Archaeological Association, Whitehorse, Yukon. (with Dr. David Black)
1990b 'Ink Smudges and Smoke Screens': A Review of Binford's Debating Archaeology. Nexus 8: 165-166
Selected Government & Cultural Resource Management Reports
Fisher, Jacqueline & James B. Bandow
2000a The Bos Severence, Cambridge Ontario.Stage 1 & 2 Archaeological Assessment filed with the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture, & Recreation of Ontario (MCzCR), Material Culture Managment Inc.
2000b The Proposed Arva Sanitary Sewage System. Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment filed with the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture, & Recreation (MCzCR). Material Culture Managment Inc.
2000c The Miller Severance (A,B & C) Stage 1 & 2. Final Report: Archaeological Assessment filed with the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture & Recreation, Government of Ontario. Fisher Archaeological Consulting Inc.
2000d The Vaughn Severance, Stage 1 & 2. Final Report: Archaeological Assessment filed with the Ministry of Citizen, Culture & Recreation, Government of Ontario. Fisher Archaeological Consulting Inc.
2000e The Mills Property Severance, Stage 1 & Stage 2. Final Report: Archaeological Assessment filed with the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture & Recreation, Government of Ontario. Fisher Archaeological Consulting Inc.
1999 Stage 1 Assessment for Heritage Green Properties (Saltfleet) (Remaining Lots) Stoney Creek. Concession #8, Lots 31 & 32 and Concession #7 Lot 29. Unpublished Report Filed With the Ontario Ministry of Citizen, Culture & Recreation, Toronto, Ontario.Material Culture Management Inc.
Gibbs, David Michael & James B. Bandow
1993 A Stage 2 Assessment of the Battlefield Monument Site, Stoney Creek, Ontario. Unpublished Report Submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture & Recreation, Toronto, Ontario. (With D. Michael Gibbs for All-Tech Services)