SFU Archaeology

Please join us Thu Dec 4, 3:30- 4:30 PM PST in person (SWH 9152 for this week’s seminar:

Dr. Bryn Letham and Dr. Duncan McLaren

“Recent investigations on late Pleistocene archaeology and paleoenvironments in Coastal British Columbia – ruminations on new finds, challenges, and where to go next”

Learning Archaeology | A Problem-Based Approach | A. Katherine Patton, Learning Archaeology is designed for undergraduate archaeology students, helping them develop interpretive skills in the classroom through problem-oriented,

Learning Archaeology: A Problem-Based Approach
Edited By A. Katherine Patton, Danielle A. Macdonald, Michael Chazan
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eBook ISBN9781003348252

SFU Archaeology researchers Dr. Catherine D'Andrea, Dr. Laurie Nixon-Darcus, and Dr. Elizabeth Peterson have a chapter in a newly published textbook about the emergence of complex societies and the development of early states in the Horn of Africa.

Dr. Cara Tremain is offering a new course next semester here at SFU Archaeology, click on the link to find out more!
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Here is the information for this week's SFU Archaeology Gradyate Seminar Series.

Here is the information for this weejs SFU Archaeology Graduate Seminar Series on Thursday November 6th.

Here is this week's information for the SFU Archaeology Graduate Student Seminar Series.
This semesters list of pressenters can be viewed here, www.sfu.ca/archaeology/...

This week's (Oct 23rd) information for the SFU Archaeology Graduate Seminar Series presentation.

Image of a person sorting through soil, with "BC Archaeology Forum" and a "sold out!" banner.

SOLD OUT!

The 2025 BC Archaeology Forum is officially sold out!

BC Archaeology Forum
Co-hosted by SFU Archaeology & BCAPA

Note that if you would like to take the course, and are not currently an SFU student, you must apply to SFU by January 31, 2026.

From the “Island in the Middle of Nowhere” to the “Island in the Middle of Everywhere”: Xwe’etay and the Journey of Reconciliation In 1989, when Dana Lepofsky (FRSC) first set foot on Xwe’etay/Lasqueti Island, there was a widespread misconception that First Nations had never lived there permanently. But Dana, an archaeologist and...

Dana Lepofsky (@sfu.ca, @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social) co-led the Xwe’etay/Lasqueti Archaeology Project (XLAP) for 30 years, which challenged the idea that First Nations never lived permanently on Xwe’etay Island. Learn more about "the island in the middle of everywhere." #NDTR

George Nicholas, Emeritus Distinguished Professor, recently returned from Hokkaido, northern Japan, where he was the invited commentator at the 4th International Indigenous Peoples Forum. This was held in the Ainu village of Nibutani, where he has been working the past 15 years.

Information for this week's upcoming SFU Archaeology Department's Graduate Seminar Series. Please note that this seminar is online only via Zoom.

Here is the information for this week's SFU Department of Archaeology's Graduate Student Seminar Series for October 9th at 3:30pm. Saywell 9152.

"The Department of Archaeology at Simon Fraser University joins the global community in mourning the loss of Dr. Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist, conservationist, and humanitarian, who passed away October 1, 2025.

Department of Archaeology
Simon Fraser University
October 1, 2025"

Link to some of the great work by SFSU Archaeology's Dr. Cthy D'Andrea.
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Hi and here is the information for this weeks SFU Archaeology Graduate Student Seminar Series.

Rare ‘medieval’ artifacts found in B.C. thrift store donated to SFU for study Rare artifacts dating back potentially thousands of years have been found in a British Columbia thrift store and donated to Simon Fraser University for study.

Read more about the find at SFU News: buff.ly/fbj846h

Co-taught by Cara Tremain & Sabrina Higgins, this course invites you to bring past objects into present scholarship.

Spaces are limited. Contact the Academic Advisor in the Archaeology Department office for registration details!

#MuseumLab #CampusCourse #ArtifactAnalysis #3DScanning

🏺 What you’ll do in ARCH 332:
• Work hands-on with real artifacts, using non-destructive scientific analysis
• Learn the ethics of unprovenanced collections
• Generate 3D scans to document and visualize object form and detail

"Centuries-old artifacts discovered for sale in a BC thrift store for just $30" — a shocking reminder that objects of historical significance often hide in plain sight.

This Fall 2026, ARCH 332: Special Topics in Archaeology gives you the chance to turn that kind of surprise into rigorous research.

Rare ‘medieval’ artifacts found in B.C. thrift store donated to SFU for study Rare artifacts dating back potentially thousands of years have been found in a British Columbia thrift store and donated to Simon Fraser University for study.

Rare ‘medieval’ artifacts found in B.C. thrift store donated to SFU for study.
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

The BC Archaeology Forum is returning this fall!

SFU Archaeology, in partnership with the British Columbia Association of Professional Archaeologists, is pleased to announce the 2025 BC Archaeology Forum on Saturday, October 18.

Details and registration info here: buff.ly/cBFlWPA

Have you done any archaeology-themed art or crafts this summer?? Were you lucky enough to be out working in the field, in beautiful or absolutely miserable weather????

Calling all #SFUarchaeology students, staff, and faculty!

Submissions due September 17, 2025 buff.ly/9BWeAOm

‘From Stealing to Healing’ | The Tyee The struggle to bring home Indigenous ancestral belongings is illuminated by a new report.

Only 10% of First Nations in B.C. have been able to significantly repatriate items that settlers stole decades, even centuries ago, notes a new report.

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Brian Thom on CBC's On The Island discussing the significance of the new BC Supreme Court decision on Cowichan title at the old Tl'uqtinus village site on the Fraser River. @b-thom.bsky.social

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Supreme Court needs to determine relationship between Aboriginal title and private owners: UVic prof Brian Thom, the chair of anthropology at the University of Victoria, said the Cowichan Tribes ruling opens the door for higher courts to make a final determination on the relationship between Aborigin...

Brian Thom on CBC speaking on how Supreme Court needs to determine relationship between Aboriginal title and private owners. Supreme Court needs to determine relationship between Aboriginal title and private owners,
@b-thom.bsky.social
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Longhouses, feasts and salmon: What life was like in Cowichan village before the mansions, golf courses and warehouses moved in Where now exists a golf course, industrial land and multi-million dollar mansions, the Cowichan Nation once fished for salmon in the Fraser

Brian Thom speaks with Vancouver Sun on Cowichan/Hul’qumi’num seasonal village known as Tl’uqtinus on the Fraser River vancouversun.com/news/cowicha... @b-thom.bsky.social

My department at Tulane has a TT position for a bioanth ("specializing in the analysis of human skeletal remains"). Apps due by Oct 15.

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Sameer Farooq is creating a new piece for the inaugural exhibit at the SFU Gibson Art Museum, partnering with the SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. The piece explores how we organize, and create meaning from the belongings we care for. Check out Sameer’s work: www.sameerfarooq.com