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Research/Supervisory Interests |
I am an anthropological
archaeologist with major theoretical and topical research interests in
hunting and gathering societies, settlement and subsistence practices and
stone tool technologies. My most recent research has focused on mobility practices,
as these have been traditionally seen as central to understanding hunter-gatherer
lifestyles. I am particularly interested in how one can measure, document or sort out the varying effects of
differing kinds of mobilities in the archaeological record, and of course, how one
can explain the mobility strategies used by different groups (for a recent
example see 2008a on the publication list below).
The geographical
focus of my investigations has been on Ontario and more broadly, Great
Lakes, archaeology. Since the 1970s I
have explored my research interests primarily through a focus on the
earlier, preceramic, time period over 3000 years old. Much of my research
has centered on the the very earliest human occupations of the area dating
in excess of 10,000 years ago (Paleoindian societies). I continue to do work
in that area and my attention has focused most recently on documenting
and understanding the variability seen in Paleoindian stone tool caches
and what caches can tell us about mundane questions such as the
management of tool inventories, as well as the belief systems of these
early peoples (e.g. 2009c, 2009d below). However, I have
begun to focus my interests more on Late Archaic societies in Ontario dating to
about 3000-4500 years ago (e.g. 2008b, 2009a, 2009b and 2010c below).
This more recent research has resulted in many archaeological firsts including the
discovery of the oldest known true middens and housing ever found in Ontario,
finds that promise to greatly enhance our knowledge of Late Archaic
lifestyles and society --
for more information about this most recent project click
here.
While I have focused on preceramic
occupations I find just about any aspect of Ontario archaeology utterly
fascinating and have carried out fieldwork and supervised graduate theses on a
diversity of later dating archaeological sites/collections ranging from
the Early Woodland to Historic EuroCanadian newcomers (see list of titles by
clicking on the teaching tab link above) as well as theses on the
archaeology of areas farther afield that fit my broader theoretical
interests.
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Academic Background |
| Hons.
B.A (Anthropology,
University of Waterloo, 1976); M.A. (Anthropology,
McMaster University, 1979); PhD (Archaeology,
Simon Fraser University, 1984;
Click here to view a
pdf copy of my dissertation); Archaeological Researcher
(Parks Canada, 1984-1985); SSHRCC Post-Doctoral Fellow/Research Assistant
Professor (Anthropology, University of Waterloo, 1985-1987); Dean of Arts
Post-Doctoral Fellow/Research Assistant Professor (Anthropology, University
of Waterloo,1987-1988); Assistant Professor (Anthropology, University of
Waterloo, 1988-1990); Assistant Professor (Anthropology, University of
Western Ontario, 1990-1993); Department Chair (Anthropology, University of
Western Ontario, 1993-2001); Associate Professor (Anthropology, University
of Western Ontario, 1993-2004); Professor (Anthropology, University of
Western Ontario, 2004-present); Graduate Chair (Anthropology, University of
Western Ontario, 2007-2009). |
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Recent Publications |
| 2010c (with K. Snarey) Evidence for Bow and Arrow Use in the Smallpoint Late
Archaic of Southern Ontario. In Compleat Archaeologist:
Papers in Honor of Michael Spence, edited by
Chris J. Ellis, Neal
Ferris, Peter Timmins and Christine D. White. Joint publication
of Museum of Ontario Archaeology and London Chapter, Ontario Archaeological
Society, forthcoming. |
| 2010b (with N. Ferris, C. D. White and P.
Timmins) Going Beyond Professional and Research “Enclaves:” An Appreciation of
Michael W. Spence. In Compleat Archaeologist: Papers in Honor of Michael W. Spence, edited by
Chris J. Ellis, Neal
Ferris, Peter Timmins and Christine D. White. Joint publication
of Museum of Ontario Archaeology and London Chapter, Ontario Archaeological
Society, forthcoming. |
| 2010a The Debert Site Lithic/Stone Technology. Discussion paper and conference
discussion. In TA’N WETAPEKSI’K: Understanding Where We Come From.
Proceedings of the Workshop on the Debert Palaeo-Indian Site sponsored by the
Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq and Nova Scotia Provincial Museum, Debert, Nova
Scotia. Eastern Woodland Publishing, Truro, Nova Scotia, forthcoming. |
| 2009d The Crowfield and Caradoc Sites,
Ontario: Glimpses of Palaeo-Indian Sacred Ritual and World View. In Painting the Past with a Broad Brush. Papers in Honour of James Valliere Wright,
edited by David L. Keenlyside and Jean-Luc Pilon, pp. 319-352. Mercury Series
Archaeology Paper 170. Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec. |
| 2009c (with D. B. Deller and J. R. Keron) Understanding Cache Variability: A
Deliberately Burned Early Paleoindian Tool Assemblage from the Crowfield Site,
Southwestern Ontario, Canada. American Antiquity
74(2):371-397. |
| 2009b (with E. Eastaugh, J. Keron and L.
Foreman) A Preliminary Overview of the 2008 Excavations at the Davidson
(AhHk-54) ‘Broad Point’ Archaic Site. Kewa
09(1-2):1-19. |
| 2009a (with P. A Timmins and H. Martelle) At the Crossroads and Periphery: The
Archaic Archaeological Record of Southern Ontario. In
Archaic Societies: Diversity and
Complexity Across the Midcontinent,
edited by Thomas E. Emerson, Andrew C. Fortier and Dale McElrath, pp. 787-839.
State University of New York Press, Albany, New York.
Click here for
information about this volume. |
| 2008b (with S. Pearce) Area C of the Green Hill Site (AgHk-39): A Small Point
Archaic Component. Kewa
08(3-4):1-21. |
2008a The Fluted Point tradition and the Arctic Small Tool tradition: What’s the
Connection? Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 27:298-314.
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