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Ducula shutleri
An extinct Tongan pigeon has been named in Dr. Richard Shutler's honour. learn more →
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Season 2 of Wild Archaeology
Season Two of Wild Archaeology, with our very own Rudy Reimer, is premiering on APTN in Canada October 7, 2019 learn more →
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Galdikas Walking with Apes
"She Walks with Apes, a new CBC Nature of Things documentary, takes a closer look at the "Trimates," including SFU Archaeology professor Birute Galdikas. learn more →
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Tse'K'wa Awarded a National Historic Site Designation
Tse'K'wa, excavated in the late 1980's and early 1990's by Dr. Jon Driver (pictured here) and Dr. Knut Fladmark, has been awarded a Nation Historic Designation. learn more →
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2019 Chris Dagg Award for International Impact
Cathy D'Andrea receives the 2019 Chris Dagg Award for International Impact learn more →
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Polynesian Settlement
Dave Burley's work in the South Pacific is featured in the article 'The Great Migrations'. learn more →
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Dana Leposky: Happy as a clam (garden)!
Dana Lepofsky takes part in a Science for the People discussion about the long history of clam garden management on the west coast. learn more →
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Christina Giovas and the "Imposter Pigs"
Christina Giovas expands knowledge of Barbados's colonial history with her discovery of 'imposter pigs'. learn more →
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Candice Koopowitz Discusses Early Fire in Wonderwerk Cave
MA student Candice Kooperwitz (seen above performing faunal buring experiments) discusses her work studying early fire in Wonderwerk Cave on BBC's CrowdScience (Wonderwerk Cave section begins ~8:55, Candice at ~11:54). 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.
