Our Consultants & Associates

James B. Bandow BA, APA

Senior Archaeologist & Principal

Background:

James Bandow is a Professional Archaeologist and Case Manager for the Fossil Hill Group. He has more than 25 years experience in Research, Education, and Cultural Resource Management. This includes postings in Government, Conservation Areas, Museums, Engineering Firms, and Universities.

Services:

Archaeological Survey & Reconnaissance; Areal Survey & Photo Imaging; Geophysical Sensing & Geomatics; Archaeological Excavation (Stages 1 - 4); Materials Analysis; Museum Collections Management and Education Programming.

Interests

Interests include Pre-contact Aboriginal Society, economy and social structure; proxemic behavior and archaeological modeling; oral and written history.

Selected Publications

Bandow James B, & Bob Henderson

2009 Watch your step: Where was Tinawatawa? Ontario Professional Surveyor 52(3): 14 - 16

Bandow James B.

2014 White dogs, black bears & ghost gamblers: Two Late Woodland Midewiwin Aspects from Ontario. J. Randolph Valentine & Peter Hele (Editors). Gathering Places in Algonquian Social Discourse.Proceedings of the 40th Algonquian Conference. SUNY Press, New York.

2001 Reflections on Water: Streamlining Predictive Modelling in Ontario. Papers & Abstracts of the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association (CAA), Banff, Alberta.

2000 Dr. Who & The Apothecary: Authentic Pluralism and Historical Representation at the Westfield Heritage Village, Rockton, Ontario. M. Boyd, M. Hendrikson & John Erwin (Editors). The Entangled Past: Integrating History & Archaeology. University of Calgary Press, Chacmool Conference.

Address & Contact Information

Clients are welcome to contact us at our Intelligent Office® located in Hamilton

Contact: The Fossil Hill Group
Address: One Hunter Street East, Ground Floor
Hamilton, Ontario L8W 3W1
Phone: (289) 627-1630; Fax:(905) 777-7833
Toll Free:(866)243-7028
Email: The Fossil Hill Group

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The Ontario Conservation Review Board (CRB) Is a regulatory tribunal that hears disputes on matters relating to the protection of properties considered to hold culture heritage value or interest to a municipality or interest to the Minister of Culture, as defined by the Ontario Heritage Act (R.S.O. 1990).

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The Ontario Archaeological Society (OAS) The Ontario Archaeological Society promotes ethical research, education and conservation of Ontario's prehistoric and historic archaeological resources. The OAS acts as facilitator, mediator and advocate in provincial heritage matters. The society is a charitable organization governed by a Board of Directors.

The Ontario Museums Association (OMA) The OMA role is to enhance the mission of museums as significant cultural resources in the service of Ontario society and its development. The Association provides information, training and advocacy for museums and museum staff through leadership, discussion and development of strategies for the evolution of museums.