Seminars
The Archaeology seminar series is one of the oldest traditions in the Archaeology department and indeed, one of the oldest in the whole archaeology community of BC!
Join us once a week during the Fall and Spring terms for in-person presentations and discussions with a diversity of experts covering the broad range of topics that fall under the archaeology umbrella.
Archaeology Spring 2025 Seminar
Brought to you by Dr. Michael Richards.
All seminars are held in person in the Archaeology Seminar Room, SWH 9152 from 3:30-5:00pm. If you’re able, join us in person for the seminar and afterwards in the Biercraft Pub or the Archaeology Lounge.
| Week | Speaker(s) | Affiliation | Topic |
| Jan 9 | Cancelled | ||
Jan 16 |
Cancelled |
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| Jan 23 | Eric Guiry | SFU | “Reconstructing aquatic pasts: isotopic approaches and complexities” |
| Jan 30 | Alyssa Currie | Tse’K’Wa Heritage Society | "Combining Scientific and Traditional Knowledge at Tse’k’wa" |
| Feb 6 | Matt Sponheimer | University of Colorado, Boulder | “Dinner with Lucy: what does Paranthropus boisei bring to the table” |
| Feb 13 | Niels Nørkjær Johannsen | Aarhus University | "Northern Europe, the Steppe and migration in the early 3rd millennium BCE: lay of the land 10 years after the advent of ancient DNA" |
| Feb 20 | Reading Week - no seminar | ||
| Feb 27 | Lesley Chesson | DPAA Laboratory/SFU | “Using Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis for Forensic Human Identification” |
| March 6 | Julio Mercador | University of Calgary | “Early Homo adapted to diverse, unstable, and extreme environments 2-1 Ma:The evidence from Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania” |
| March 13 | Paul Szpak | Trent University | “The Landscape of Llama Husbandry in the Andes before the Arrival of Europeans” |
| March 20 | Laura McAtackney | University College Cork (Ireland) | "Ways of Knowing Difficult and Contested Pasts: Researching the ‘Troubles’ and Peace Process in the North of Ireland” |
| March 27 | Farid Rahemtulla | UNBC | “Mid Holocene Indigenous Cultural Seascapes on the Central Coast of British Columbia” |
| April 3 | Cara Tremain | SFU | “What in the (virtual) world? Issues with the digitization of cultural heritage” |