Archaeology Programmes |
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| Institution: Laurentian University | Department: Anthropology |
Location: Sudbury, Ontario
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1. Degrees in Archaeology or Bioarchaeology Offered:
BA, BSc (3 years); Honours BA, BSc (4 years)
2. Faculty (Archaeology):
Dr. Patrick Julig
Archaeology of Northeast North America and Syria, Geoarchaeology, Palaeoindian, Boreal forest, Archaeometry, Heritage and Cultural Resource Management.
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Dr. Alicia Hawkins
North African Middle Stone Age and the Origin of Modern Human Behaviour; Iroquoian Archaeology; Lithic Analysis; Observer Bias in Archaeological Field Methods.
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3. Facilities – In the Department:
Department archaeologists have archaeological laboratories where upper year students may work. The department has a modest but growing faunal reference collection oriented to Ontario species. We also hold reference specimens of a number of types of Ontario cherts. The department holds fossil casts of most important hominid species, and comparative human skeletal material.
Archaeological collections housed at the department include those from Cummins (Palaeoindian), LaVase (Woodland), Speigel (Middle Woodland) and Ellery (Wendat).
4. Facilities - Outside the Department:
Laurentian is a small institution and collaborations between departments are encouraged. To date, the main collaborations have been with the Earth Sciences department, where we have been able to make use of petrographic microscopes and we have carried out Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy analysis and ICP-MS analysis.
Additional Information:
a) Field school in Midland, Ontario offered every two years. Contact Dr. Alicia Hawkins for more information.