April 17th @ 7:30 pm University of Calgary, Tom Oliver Room ES 162 History is Beaded into the Land: Archaeological Patterns Métis Lifeways in the 19th century ” The Canadian west during the 1800s provides an interesting historical and archaeological case study that has potential to shed light on the dynamics of settlement, material culture, …
MARCH 20th, 2019 Presenter: Patrick Rennie Location: Room ICT 121 , University of Calgary @ 7:30pm Title: The MacHaffie Site and its Place in NW Plains Archaeology The MacHaffie Site (24JF4), located in SW Montana, has perhaps the best name recognition, while being the most poorly documented multi-component archaeology resource in the NW Plains. It is also a site with …
FEBRUARY 20th, 2019 Presenter: Jenna Hurtubise Location: Tom Oliver Room ES 162 , University of Calgary @ 7:30pm Title: Entanglements of Conquest: The Chimú conquest of the Casma at Pan de Azúcar de Nepeña, Nepeña Valley, Peru From the Romans to the Inca, empires have conquered regional ethnic groups via a multitude of direct and indirect tactics to …
Presenter: Dr. Elizabeth H. Paris, University of Calgary Location: Room ICT 121 , University of Calgary @ 7:30pm Title: Ancient Maya Lithic Technology in the Jovel Valley of Chiapas, Mexico The ancient Maya are widely recognized for their extensive development of chipped stone tool technology. The objects they created range from elaborate ceremonial objects to the tools that supported …
NOV 21st, 2018 Presenter: Terence Clark Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan and Director of the shíshálh Archaeological Research Project Location: Tom Oliver Room ES 162 , University of Calgary @ 7:30pm Title: T’i s-tsitsiy-im-ut: the shíshálh Archaeological Research Project (sARP) This talk will discuss the results of the shíshálh Archaeological Research Project, a long-term collaborative project based in …
Where & When: U of C, Tom Oliver Room ES162 @ 730pm, Oct 17th Presenter: Ben Potter Title: Ancient Beringians and the Colonization of the Americas Recent genetic analyses of two buried infants from Alaska reveal a previously unknown group of people, called Ancient Beringians, that play an important role in illuminating the early prehistory …
We are back with our Lecture Series starting September 19th, 2018. Location: Tom Oliver Room ES 162 , University of Calgary Presenter: Jack Brink Curator Emiritus, Royal Alberta Museum Title: Archaeological Survey, and a UNESCO World Heritage Nomination, for Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park. Writing-on-Stone Park (WOS) is home to one of the largest collections of rock …
Presenter: Dr. Max Friesen, University of Toronto Title: Inuvialuit Architecture: The Archaeology of Cruciform Houses in the Mackenzie Delta Where:University of Calgary ICT 121 When: March 21st, 7:30 pm Within the great range of house types occupied by Northern peoples in the 19th century, a few stand out due to their size, complexity, or unusual …
Mallows Bay, The Ghost Fleet and Beyond Dr. Sue Langley, State Underwater Archaeologist, Maryland Historical Trust, Maryland Department of Planning **** ICT 121 *** ROOM CHANGE FOR THE MONTH November 15th, 2017 @ 7:30 pm On an ebb tide, nearly 100 skeletons of WWI-era wooden steamboats seem to rise from the waters of a small …
Thunderbird and Whale: The Archaeology of Nuu-chah-nulth Whaling Wednesday, October 18, 2017 University of Calgary Tom Oliver Room, ES 162, 7:30pm Dr. Alan McMillan, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University Abstract: Whaling was a central theme in the lives of the Nuu-chahnulth people of western Vancouver Island. It featured heavily in not only their traditional …