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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · 3d

Here is the information for this week's SFU Department of Archaeology's Graduate Student Seminar Series for October 9th at 3:30pm. Saywell 9152.

SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · 7d

"The Department of Archaeology at Simon Fraser University joins the global community in mourning the loss of Dr. Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist, conservationist, and humanitarian, who passed away October 1, 2025.

Department of Archaeology
Simon Fraser University
October 1, 2025"

SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · 9d

Link to some of the great work by SFSU Archaeology's Dr. Cthy D'Andrea.
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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · 9d

Hi and here is the information for this weeks SFU Archaeology Graduate Student Seminar Series.

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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · 13d

Read more about the find at SFU News: buff.ly/fbj846h

Rare ‘medieval’ artifacts found in B.C. thrift store donated to SFU for study

Rare artifacts dating back potentially thousands of years have been found in a British Columbia thrift store and donated to Simon Fraser University for study.

www.sfu.ca

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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · 13d

Co-taught by Cara Tremain & Sabrina Higgins, this course invites you to bring past objects into present scholarship.

Spaces are limited. Contact the Academic Advisor in the Archaeology Department office for registration details!

#MuseumLab #CampusCourse #ArtifactAnalysis #3DScanning

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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · 13d

🏺 What you’ll do in ARCH 332:
• Work hands-on with real artifacts, using non-destructive scientific analysis
• Learn the ethics of unprovenanced collections
• Generate 3D scans to document and visualize object form and detail

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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · 13d

"Centuries-old artifacts discovered for sale in a BC thrift store for just $30" — a shocking reminder that objects of historical significance often hide in plain sight.

This Fall 2026, ARCH 332: Special Topics in Archaeology gives you the chance to turn that kind of surprise into rigorous research.

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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · 14d

Rare ‘medieval’ artifacts found in B.C. thrift store donated to SFU for study.
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

Rare ‘medieval’ artifacts found in B.C. thrift store donated to SFU for study

Rare artifacts dating back potentially thousands of years have been found in a British Columbia thrift store and donated to Simon Fraser University for study.

www.sfu.ca

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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · 29d

The BC Archaeology Forum is returning this fall!

SFU Archaeology, in partnership with the British Columbia Association of Professional Archaeologists, is pleased to announce the 2025 BC Archaeology Forum on Saturday, October 18.

Details and registration info here: buff.ly/cBFlWPA

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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · Aug 25

Have you done any archaeology-themed art or crafts this summer?? Were you lucky enough to be out working in the field, in beautiful or absolutely miserable weather????

Calling all #SFUarchaeology students, staff, and faculty!

Submissions due September 17, 2025 buff.ly/9BWeAOm

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · Aug 16

Only 10% of First Nations in B.C. have been able to significantly repatriate items that settlers stole decades, even centuries ago, notes a new report.

‘From Stealing to Healing’ | The Tyee

The struggle to bring home Indigenous ancestral belongings is illuminated by a new report.

thetyee.ca

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UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · Aug 15

Brian Thom on CBC's On The Island discussing the significance of the new BC Supreme Court decision on Cowichan title at the old Tl'uqtinus village site on the Fraser River. @b-thom.bsky.social

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

www.cbc.ca

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UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · Aug 15

Brian Thom on CBC speaking on how Supreme Court needs to determine relationship between Aboriginal title and private owners. Supreme Court needs to determine relationship between Aboriginal title and private owners,
@b-thom.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Supreme Court needs to determine relationship between Aboriginal title and private owners: UVic prof

Brian Thom, the chair of anthropology at the University of Victoria, said the Cowichan Tribes ruling opens the door for higher courts to make a final determination on the relationship between Aborigin...

www.cbc.ca

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UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · Aug 15

Brian Thom speaks with Vancouver Sun on Cowichan/Hul’qumi’num seasonal village known as Tl’uqtinus on the Fraser River vancouversun.com/news/cowicha... @b-thom.bsky.social

Longhouses, feasts and salmon: What life was like in Cowichan village before the mansions, golf courses and warehouses moved in

Where now exists a golf course, industrial land and multi-million dollar mansions, the Cowichan Nation once fished for salmon in the Fraser

vancouversun.com

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Katie Lee @resourcefulsqrl.bsky.social · Aug 6

My department at Tulane has a TT position for a bioanth ("specializing in the analysis of human skeletal remains"). Apps due by Oct 15.

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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · Aug 10

Sameer Farooq is creating a new piece for the inaugural exhibit at the SFU Gibson Art Museum, partnering with the SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. The piece explores how we organize, and create meaning from the belongings we care for. Check out Sameer’s work: www.sameerfarooq.com

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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thrilled to see the new Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum, and its forthcoming and ongoing collaborations with our own Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, featured in the Art Newspaper:

New Canadian art museum seeks to connect disparate disciplines and a university campus

Simon Fraser University near Vancouver will open its new Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum in September

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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · Jul 16

Great story in Victoria Times-Colonist of Dana Lepofsky's project on Xwe'etay/Lasqueti Island. Mural unveiling after years of archaeological work and collaboration between local First Nations and current residents of Xwe'etay. VTC article: linktr.ee/SFUarchaeology (Images Michael John Lo, VTC).

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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · Jul 14

This past Spring Dana Lepofsky, in collaboration with local First Nations and the current inhabitants of Lasqueti Island, BC, unveiled a mural and display that is the culmination of the Xwe’etay/Lasqueti Archaeology Project (XLAP).

Welcome mural unveiled at False Bay on Lasqueti

Northern Coast Salish thrived and lived on the island for thousands of years

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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · Jul 12

SFU students Diego Barrios-Stewart, Citlalli Gonzalez, and Nick Parker as well as SFU alums Sarah Grenier and Madison Poole visiting the site of Stobi in North Macedonia with Dr. Sabrina Higgins. They were working this summer on excavations at Golemo Gradiste, a late antique site in North Macedonia.

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Kleanza Consulting Ltd. @kleanzaconsulting.bsky.social · Jul 11

A contractor and company owner were sentenced for disturbing 77 shíshálh graves—BC’s first Provincial Court held in the shíshálh longhouse. It’s a slow process, but change is happening. Link in our bio to learn more about this historic ruling.

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Museum of Anthropology at UBC @moaubc.bsky.social · Jul 11

Learn more about the Native Youth Program a MOA in this interview from the Ubyssey with NYP Director, Damara Jacobs-Peterson, NYP Manager Jacqueline Morrisseau-Addison and NYP Alumni and MOA Cultural Interpreter, Amai Campbell-Kamangirira. Read now: https://f.mtr.cool/wcryhrpeuv

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SFU Archaeology @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social · Jun 3

George Nicholas discusses his career evolution as an archaeologist concerned with Indigenous heritage protection and social justice. Nicholas will share his experiences working with and for the Nibutani Ainu community in Japan. (online/in person June 26).
www.eventbrite.ca/e/an-archaeo...

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Paul Montgomery @stonefishweirs.bsky.social · May 25

Examples of wood fishweirs from the Cowichan River and Comox Estuary on the shores of #Vancouver Island, in #BritishColumbia, #Canada. Made and fished by #IndigenousPeoples of BC like the Quwʼutsun people, also known as the Cowichan Tribes and the Comox. 1/2

These are precontact weir stakes that still stick out of the mud at Hwkw’akw’la’hwum. These shxetl’, or salmon weirs, were a salmon enhancement and management technology used by Quw’utsun people for thousands of years. One of the oldest found shxetl’ was dated at over 6,000 years old. Photo courtesy of Jared Qwustenuxun Williams

Wooden stakes (pictured) in the shallows off Vancouver Island have baffled historians for years, that is until new research revealed they are a sophisticated ancient fishing method
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10095591/Archaeology-Canadas-underwater-wooden-stakes-mystery-FINALLY-solved.html

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