Northeast Archaeological Research was established in 1998 by Jonathan Fowler, a Landscape Archaeologist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A Commonwealth Scholar with over fourteen years of fieldwork experience, Mr. Fowler has excavated Bronze Age habitation and Roman military sites in England, a Roman urban site in Hungary, and a Minoan settlement on the island of Crete. His activities in eastern Canada have focused primarily on the colonial period, particularly on the history and geography of pre-Deportation Acadia.

Since 1998, with support from The Nova Scotia Museum and Parks Canada, his work has identified over 100 areas of high archaeological potential for pre-Deportation Acadian settlements in Nova Scotia, and a program of archaeological testing is currently underway. He is Director of the Grand-Pré Archaeological Field School Project, a collaborative research initiative launched in 2001 by Parks Canada, Saint Mary’s University, and The Société Promotion Grand-Pré.

When he is not in the field, Mr. Fowler teaches history and economics at Armbrae Academy as well as archaeology and history at Saint Mary's University in Halifax.