James B. Bandow, R.R.#1 Rockton, Hamilton, Ontario, L8J 2L1
Phone:(866)243-7028; Email: jbandow@spamassasin.uwo.ca;
Profession: Archaeologist/Anthropologist; Status: Single; Age: 47
Archaeological Licence No. R192, 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 draft writing.
Present Visiting ScholarDepartment of Fine Arts,
University of Guelph
Jones Building, RM 314
College Avenue, Guelph, Ontario.
Phone: 866-243-7028; Email: bandow@nospam.uguelph.ca
2003 - Present Institute of Ontario Archaeology,
University of Western Ontario, Lawson - Jury Building
1600 Attawandaron Road, London, Ontario.
Phone: (519)473-1360; Fax: (519)473-1363; email:
jbandow@NOSPAM.uwo.ca
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
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 Assistant, Data Analyst Full-Time (Summers), Part-Time (Fall/Winter);
Projects Co-directed:
The Boressma Site, London Ontario Summer 1988
Mr. Jim Wilson, Director
The Bliss Islands Archaeological Research Project, Quoddy Region, NB
Summer 1989; David Black, Director
The Macleod Site, Sylvan, Bruce County, Ontario, Summer 1990
Mr. Joseph Muller, Director
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. Dianna 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: dBASE ; Grass; WordPerfect..4.1-8.0; Word; QuattroPro; Lotus 1-2-3; Spss 3.0-6.1.3; Minitab; Mathematica; Basp; Corel Draw, and Surfer. Familiar with PC environment (Windows 95 - XP) Office Suites, NT, Unix (System V, SunOS, Linux, netBSD), and Structured VAX/VMS. Knowledge of Networking (TCP/IP, SL/IP, PPP, & UUCP). Experience in surveying using both Full and Partial Transit Stations. Public Speaking.
Achievements:
Present- President, Ontario Archaeological Society, Hamilton
Chapter.
Member: Education & Communication Subcommittee, LACAC, City
of Hamilton
2002 - Conference Chair, 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)
1988/90- Treasurer, Conference Organizer, McMaster Anthropology Society
(MAS)
Interests: Heritage, social and economic policy, environment, and human ecology.
Hobbies: Reading, Backpacking, Canoeing, Flying (Student Pilot).
Memberships:
Ontario Archaeological Society (OAS);
Reports, Published Papers & Presentations:
Bandow, James B.
(Forthcoming)"White Dogs, Black Bears & Ghost Gamblers: Two late Woodland Mediwin Aspects from Ontario. IN Regna Darnell (Editor) Gathering Places In Algonquian Social Discourse. Proceedings of the 39th Algonquian Conference. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press. Submitted
(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
2001 Reflections on Water: Streamlining Predictive Modeling In Ontario, Paper presented to the Canadian Archaeological Association, Banff, Alberta
2000 The Bos Severence, Cambridge Ontario.Stage 1 & 2 Archaeological Assessment filed with the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture, & Recreation of Ontario (MCzCR) (with Jacqueline Fisher)
2000 The Proposed Arva Sanitary Sewage System. Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment filed with the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture, & Recreation (MCzCR). (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.
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. (with J Fisher for Material Culture Management Inc.)
1997a 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.
1997b "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)
1997c "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.
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)
1992 Application of Experimental Thermal Alteration (ETA) of Chert to Archaeological Research. Paper Presented the Annual Archaeometry Workshop, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, New York.
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)
1990 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)
1990 'Ink Smudges and Smoke Screens': A Review of Binford's Debating Archaeology. Nexus 8: 165-166