George Nicholas

Biography: George Nicholas is Professor of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada. From 1991 to 2005, he developed and directed SFU’s internationally known Indigenous Archaeology Program in Kamloops, BC. He has worked closely with the Secwepemc and other First Nations in Canada, the United States, and Australia. His research focuses on intellectual property rights and archaeology, Indigenous archaeology, the archaeology and human ecology of wetlands, hunter-gatherers past and present, and archaeological theory, all of which he has published widely on. He is past editor of the Canadian Journal of Archaeology (2000–2007) and currently co-editor of the World Archaeological Congress’ Research Handbooks in Archaeology series (Left Coast Press). Nicholas is also an adjunct faculty member at both Flinders University in South Australia and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.