Archaeology Programmes |
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| Institution: Trent University | Department: Anthropology |
Location: Peterborough (Symons Campus), Oshawa (UOIT/Trent in Oshawa Campus), Ontario
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1. Degrees in Archaeology or Bioarchaeology Offered:
BA (3 years), Hons. BA (4 years), MA
BA degrees can be complemented with emphases, which consist of groups of courses with a particular focus, including an Emphasis in Archaeology and Emphasis in Geographic Information Systems.
2. Faculty (Archaeology):
Dr. James Conolly
Canada Research Chair. Human palaeoecology; origins and spread of farming and farmers; settlement archaeology; lithic technology; geographical information systems and science; spatial and analytical statistics; computer modelling of population dynamics and cultural change.
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Dr. Laure Dubreuil
Prehistory of the Middle East, Epipaleolithic, Natufian, Mesolithic, Neolithization process, Epigravettian of Italy, Neolithization of Europe, ground-stone tools, grinding implements, use-wear studies, experimental archaeology, technology, Design Theory.
Dr. Helen Haines
Introductory anthropology, technology and humanity, law and order in ancient and contemporary cultures, key ideas in archaeology and bioarchaeology, the Maya.
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Dr. Paul Healy
Mesoamerica, Lower Central America, Caribbean, Ancient Maya, prehistoric societies.
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Dr. Gyles Iannone
Socio-environmental Dynamics (global change, sustainability, collapse, and regeneration), Early Civilizations, Inequality, Mesoamerica (esp. Maya), Archaeology and Popular Culture.
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Dr. Susan Jamieson
Northeastern and Boreal archaeology, sociopolitical evolution, lithic analysis, interaction and postcolonial theory, historical archaeology.
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Dr. Eugene Morin
Human behavioural change during the Pleistocene, Neandertals, diffusion of agriculture, Western Europe, Eastern North America.
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Dr. Marit Munson
Archaeology and art of the US Southwest, rock art, ceramics, gender, group identity, aboriginal art of North America.
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Dr. John Topic
Andean archaeology and ethnohistory; Complex societies, warfare, and urbanism; Spatial models, regional analysis, and field methods.
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(Bioarchaeology):
Dr. Anne Keenleyside
Bioarchaeology, palaeopathology, palaeonutrition, Greek, Roman, Black Sea, Mediterranean.
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Dr. Jocelyn Williams
Population movement and seasonal use of the environment; nutrition and health; food as reflection of social factors; stable isotope analysis; Peru and Mesoamerica.
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3. Facilities – In the Department:
a) TUARC - Trent University Archaeological Research Centre.
b) Isotope Lab (Williams)
c) Ontario Archaeology Lab ( Jamieson)
d) Bioarchaeology Lab (Keenleyside)
e) Material Culture Lab (Shared)
f) Lithic Use Wear Lab (Dubreuil)
g) Early States Lab (Ianonne)
h) Zooarchaeology Lab (Morin)
i) Art and Archaeology Lab (Munson)
j) Andean Archaeology Lab (Topic)
k) GIS Lab (Conolly)
l) Human Palaeoecology Lab (Conolly)
m) Mesoamerica Lab (Healy)
4. Field Schools:
a) Social Archaeology Research Program (SARP) Maya Archaeology at Minanha, Beliz
b) Ontario Field School