Archaeology
Archaeology
Archaeologists study the surviving evidence, or material culture, of people's activities. From the excavation and distribution of artifacts and other cultural residues, archaeologists draw conclusions about the organization of social groups, their adaptations to environments, and their spatial and temporal relations.
At University of Toronto, archaeology is found in the departments of Anthropology, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Art, and in the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies and St. Michael's College. The university also has strong connections with archaeologists at the Royal Ontario Museum. The St. George campus has an interdisciplinary undergraduate program in archaeology, administered by Anthropology, while at the graduate level Anthropology offers its own program, involving all three campuses. There are also undergraduate courses in archaeology at Mississauga and Scarborough, and many public lectures and special events in archaeology take place on campus. The Archaeology Centre coordinates archaeological activities at the University of Toronto and sponsors lectures, workshops, and visiting fellows. University of Toronto faculty represent a wide variety of archaeological specialties.
Description of Archaeology Undergraduate Programs and Requirements
Archaeology Faculty in the Department of Anthropology
E.B. Banning Near East, Neolithic, early villages, pastoral nomads, ceramics
Michael Chazan Paleolithic, France, Near East, South Africa, lithic technology
Gary Coupland Northwest Coast, complex hunter-gatherers, household archaeology
Gary Crawford origins of agriculture, archaeobotany, East Asia, Eastern North America
Max Friesen Arctic, hunter-gatherers, zooarchaeology
Martha Latta historic archaeology, Eastern North America, archaeology of gender
Heather Miller complex societies, South Asia, ancient technology
Susan Pfeiffer bioarchaeology, origin of modern humans, hunter-gatherers
David Smith Eastern North America, Caribbean, ceramics
Edward Swenson complex societies, Andes, Latin America, religion & ideology
Archaeology on the Internet
ABZU Resources on the Ancient Near East
American Research Center in Egypt
American Schools of Oriental
Research
Canadian Archaeological Association
Archaeological Institute of America
Archaeologica News & Information
Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors
Canadian Conservation Institute
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Geological Society of America, Archaeological Division
Laboratory of Tree Ring Research
Near Eastern Archaeological Society
Ontario Archaeological Society
OxCal Software for Radiocarbon Dating
Partners of the Past OAS and U of T Digs - Archaeological & Photographic Exhibit
Quaternary Research Association
Society for American Archaeology
