Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Jane H. Kelley & Olga Klimko -- pt. 1. People: Toward a scientific archaeology : Daniel Wilson, David Boyle and the Canadian Institute 1852-96 / Gerald Killan ; Women in early Ontario archaeology : reclaiming voices / M. A. Latta, H. Martelle-Hayter and P. Reed ; J. Norman Emerson : contributions to Canadian archaeology / William G. Noble ; Mentors and role models : the shaping of Canadian archaeologists / Robert W. Park ; My life in Canadian archaeology / Richard S. MacNeish ; Reflections on encounters with archaeology / Bruce G. Trigger -- pt. 2. Institutions: The Royal Ontario museum and archaeology board / David M. Pendergast ; Archaeology, ethnology and Canada's public purse, 1910-1921 / Barnett Richling ; Toward a history of archaeology in the National Museum of Canada : the contributions of Harlan I. Smith and Douglas Leechman, 1911-1950 / Ian Dyck ; The role of the University of Manitoba in the development of Manitoba archaeology / Leo Pettipas, William J. Mayer-Oakes, Greg Monks and C.T. Shay -- pt. 3. Regions: History of archaeology in Nova Scotia / Steven A. Davis ; Bits and pieces, glimpses and glances : a retrospect on prehistoric research in Quebec / Charles A. Martijn ; Current research and the history of Thule archaeology in Arctic Canada / Robert W. Park ; Nationalism and the growth of fur trade archaeology in Western Canada / Olga Klimko ; Two decades of change : British Columbia archaeology in the '60s and '70s / Donald Mitchell -- pt. 4. Toward the present: "I don't think we are in Kansas anymore" : the rise of the archaeological consulting industry in Ontario / Neal Ferris ; The Saskatchewan Archaeological Society and the role of amateur societies / Eldon Johnson and Tim E.H. Jones ; Stubborn independence : an essay on the Innu and archaeology / Stephen Loring.

"Document[s] and analyse[s] the development of archaeology as a Canadian governmental, academic, private and indigenous enterprise"--Preface, p. [vii].

English ; preface and abstracts in English with parallel French text.