The Lawson Property - 1950 The Shaw Wood/Ray Lawson Site - 1890s-1950s 1978 2017 From Hobby to Archaeology By this time three significant periods of archaeological investigation had taken place at the Lawson Site: Late 19th and Early 20th Century Archaeology The Wintemberg Excavations The Jurys Surrounding Forest and Farmland Little in the way of development in the mid-20th century.