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Húy̓at: Our Voices, Our Land
Dana Lepofsky was part of a collaboration between the Heiltsuk First Nation, SFU, UVic and Greencoast Media to create the interactive website 'Húy̓at: Our Voices, Our Land', which integrates the oral history, memory, archaeology and language of this ancient site. learn more →
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Drowning in Garbage
A new course being proposed to give students a different perspective and experience on the archaeological research process. learn more →
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Hugo Cardoso (left) appointed to the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada
Hugo Cardoso has been appointed to the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada. learn more →
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Convocation Fall 2018
The Department would like to congratulate the following students: learn more →
Welcome to the Department of Archaeology
Founded in 1971, the Department of Archaeology has concentrated expertise in three areas – Archaeological and Environmental science, First Nations Heritage and Resource Management, and Biological Anthropology, including Forensic sciences. We offer undergraduate BA honours, major, minor and joint major programs, an undergraduate Certificate in Cultural Resource Management, MA and PhD degrees, as well as a Professional MA in Heritage Resource Management. Housed within the Department are the SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, SFU Archaeology Press, the Human Evolutionary Studies Program, the Centre for Forensic Research (with Criminology), the joint SFU/Jilin University Centre for Bioarchaeology, and the SSHRC Major Collaborative Research Initiative on Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (IPinCH). The Department has specialized laboratories dedicated to zooarchaeology, paleobotany, stable isotopes, geoarchaeology, geochemistry, human osteology and ancient and forensic DNA.
