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As Manager of ASI’s Environmental Assessment Division, Rob Pihl is responsible for the
completion of all archaeological assessments the firm carries out in advance of
utilities-based projects in the Province. His other archaeological responsibilities
include the analyses of precontact ceramics and lithics, and the preparation of all types
of project reports.
Rob joined ASI as a Senior Archaeologist in 1989 and specializes in managing and
implementing archaeological resource assessments and excavations pertaining to gas and
water pipeline facilities, hydro facilities, transportation corridors, housing and
industrial developments, waste management facilities, and recreational facilities. His
professional experience spans 30 years and includes hundreds of completed Stage 1-3
projects and dozens of Stage 4 mitigation excavations. Notable projects include the
survey of the Ontario Hydro’s Longwood TS to Nanticoke GS transmission line and the
excavation of the Middle Iroquoian Finch site in southwestern Ontario, survey of Ruthven
Park for the Lower Grand River Land Trust Foundation, survey and test-excavation of three
multi-component sites for the Indian and MacGregor Flood Control Project in Chatham,
survey of Ontario Hydro’s Lennox GS x Bowmanville TS transmission line in eastern
Ontario, excavation of the Transitional Woodland Holmedale site for the Brantford Public
Utilities Commission, a master plan of heritage resources for the Temagami Timber
Planning District for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and an inventory of
archaeological resources associated with the St. Lawrence Islands National Park for
Parks Canada. He was also the Project Archaeologist for salvage excavations of the
Wellington and Holly sites, two pre-contact Iroquoian village sites near Barrie.
Rob regularly presents his findings at conferences and symposia, such as those sponsored
by the Ontario Archaeological Society, Canadian Archaeological Association, and the
Midwestern Archaeological Conference. He has co-authored several publications including a
section on the Early and Middle Woodland Period in Southern Ontario in The Archaeology of
Southern Ontario to A.D. 1650 (1990) and his analysis of the Middle Iroquoian Finch site
published in Ontario Archaeology (1997).
Rob’s PhD dissertation (in preparation, Toronto) focuses on the Middle Woodland Point
Peninsula Culture centred on the St. Lawrence drainage. Rob obtained his Master of Arts
in Anthropology from the University of Toronto (1976), and his Bachelor of Arts in
Anthropology from Lawrence University in Wisconsin (1974). Before joining ASI, he was
Vice-President, Managing Director and Senior Archaeologist for Mayer, Pihl, Poulton and
Associates Incorporated. This was preceded by a position as Curator/Contract
Archaeologist at the Museum of Indian Archaeology (London), the University of Western
Ontario (now the London Museum of Archaeology). In the past, he has taught courses at
the University of Toronto, Erindale Campus, and the University of Western Ontario.
His main research area is the Great Lakes with a focus on the Middle Woodland period
(ca 2000 B.P.).
Rob is active in a number of major archaeological organizations, including the Canadian
Archaeological Association, Ontario Archaeological Society, and Society for American
Archaeology, and is a Former Secretary of The Canadian Association of Professional
Heritage Consultants. Rob is a member of Optimist International and Scouts Canada.
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