The Publications of K.C.A. Dawson (Papers and Records, 1997)

The Publications of K.C.A. Dawson is a short appreciation and bibliography by Bill Ross in Papers and Records, Volume XXV (1997), pages 18–23. It introduces the following article by Kenneth C. A. Dawson and lists his archaeological publications from 1964 to 1988.

Summary

Ross, Regional Archaeologist for the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation, describes Dawson as a well-known advocate for history and archaeology since coming to Thunder Bay, a member of bodies from the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board to the board of the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, and a driving force behind the anthropology department at Lakehead University. Dawson's digs ranged from Palaeo-Indian sites about 9,000 years old to historic fur-trade posts, and from Wawa to the Rainy River and James Bay; he also surveyed in Fiji.

Thunder Bay entries in the bibliography

• "A Preliminary Report on Prehistoric Archaeological Work Undertaken in 1963 and 1964 in the Thunder Bay District" (see the 1967 centennial issue).
• "The Kaministikwia Intaglio Dog Effigy Mound" (1966), "Archaeological Investigation at the Site of the Long Lac Historic Fur Trading Post" (1969) and "Preliminary Archaeological Investigation of Fort William in Northwestern Ontario" (1970).
• "Underwater Search for Lost Fur Trade Goods in Northern Ontario", in Papers and Records, Volume III (1975).
• "Cummins Site: A Late Palaeo-Indian (Plano) Site at Thunder Bay, Ontario" (1983, Ontario Archaeology 39) and "Prehistory of Northern Ontario", published by the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society in 1983.
• "Plano-Archaic Biface Cache, Rose Lake, Thunder Bay" (1986).