"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.

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

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

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

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.

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-...

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/...

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

My department at Tulane has a TT position for a bioanth ("specializing in the analysis of human skeletal remains"). Apps due by Oct 15. apply.interfolio.com/171196

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

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:

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).

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).

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.

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.

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

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...

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

Congratulations to Dr. Dana Lepofsky for her election to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continued achievements in original research. Read more about the National Academy of Sciences elections: buff.ly/240nB02

Come celebrate International Museums Day with us:

Congratulations Birute!

✨ Upcoming deadline! ✨ Are you, or do you know an Indigenous high school student, age 15 to 18? Apply for the 2025 Native Youth Program, a summer job opportunity that provides training and work experience in arts + culture. Deadline: Friday, May 2, 2025. https://f.mtr.cool/vthwslgrgv

SFU Archaeology's Dr. Laurie Nixon-Darcus is the recipient of a King Charles III Coronation Medal from the Canadian Cancer Society. She has spent many summers volunteering her time at Camp Goodtimes, helping kids with cancer just be kids.

SFU Archaeology faculty member, Dr. Sabrina Higgins, has a new edited volume out with Routledge. "Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences: Public Scholarship and the Mediterranean World" 1/2

Please join us on Thurs Apr. 3rd 3:30- 5:00 PM (PDT) for an IN PERSON talk in SWH 9152 at our Burnaby campus. Our final seminar of the semester: Dr. Cara Tremain (SFU) “What in the (virtual) world? Issues with the digitization of cultural heritage” Also on Zoom at the link: buff.ly/4JWqYJ5

Congratulations, Yuxin! Archaeology MA student Yuxin Cao presented her thesis “Ancient DNA Analysis of Caribou and Muskox Remains from Banks Island, NWT” at FENV’s 3 Minute Thesis competition. She won the first place and will be representing the FENV at the SFU final on April 10th!

Please join us TODAY at 3:30 (PDT) for an IN PERSON seminar in SWH 9152: Dr. Farid Rahemtulla (UNBC) “Mid Holocene Indigenous Cultural Seascapes on the Central Coast of British Columbia” The talk will also be on Zoom at the following link: buff.ly/1vEvNYf

Join us Thurs Mar 20th 3:30- 5:00 PM (PDT) an IN PERSON talk in SWH 9152: Dr. Laura McAtackney ( @lauramca.bsky.social ) “Ways of Knowing Difficult and Contested Pasts: Researching the ‘Troubles' and Peace Process in the North of Ireland” with the Dept of History, SFU. Also on Zoom: buff.ly/F2xUzHC

Please join us TODAY, from 3:30- 4:30 PM PST on ZOOM ONLY for our archaeology seminar by Dr. Julio Mercader Florin (University of Calgary). “Early Homo adapted to diverse, unstable, and extreme environments 2-1 Ma:The evidence from Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania” On zoom: buff.ly/zWySOUE

Hello Bluesky! The Canadian Archaeological Association / Association canadienne d'archéologie has made the move from the other place! We're looking forward to connecting with the archaeological community over here, so please tag folks we should be following! #canarch #heritage 🏺

Call for sessions now open for TAG 2025 (deadline 17th April). which will be held at the University of York between the 15th and 17th December. tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/submissions/

Hi everyone, Please join us TODAY, Thur Feb 27 3:30- 5:00 PM (PST) on ZOOM ONLY for our dept seminar: Lesley Chesson (U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency/SFU) speaking on “Using Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis for Forensic Human Identification” The talk will be on ZOOM ONLY: buff.ly/3EqamGs

Hello Archaeologists! Welcome to the official BlueSky page for the Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) 2025 conference! Watch this space for our website and Call for Sessions! Find us on: Facebook at TAG 2025 at York X at @TAG2025_York Instagram @tag2025_york #tag25 #tagyork #tag2025york

Apply for the Spring 2025 intake of the Indigenous Internship Program at MOA! The program provides training opportunities for Indigenous people working in museums, or who would like to. ⁣⁣Deadline to apply: March 16. https://s.mtrbio.com/nbqncydfmb

Join us for “A Cold Colonialism: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North” with Tina Adcock from SFU History. Discover the legacy of Canada's 'exploration' of the far north. Feb 27 | 1 PM | In-person & Online Info: a-cold-colonialism.eventbrite.ca @sfufass.bsky.social @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social

Our NiCHE Conversation with @tinaadcock.bsky.social and @lootina.bsky.social is now available on YouTube! They joined @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss their The Place Where You Live series and their personal connection to the concept of place. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_43k... #envhist

It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Dr. Catherine D'Andrea, as one of the recipients of the 2024 SFU Community Engagement Initiative Awards, in the category of Community-Engaged Research Achievement (https://buff.ly/3CzVt3K).

Enjoy FREE admission to MOA on February 20 from 6 pm for the Opening Celebrations of Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun. Join us for this special evening: https://s.mtrbio.com/yzzrwwfyxx

This week's seminar: Matt Sponheimer ( @msponheimer.bsky.social ) on "“Dinner with Lucy: what does Paranthropus boisei bring to the table” Thurs Feb 6th 3:30 pm PST, SWH9152 SFU Burnaby, or online on zoom:https://buff.ly/3EqamGs .

This week's department seminar, Thurs Jan 30th at 3:30- 5:00 PM (Pacific) on ZOOM ONLY, is Alyssa Currie (of the Tse'K'Wa Heritage Society) speaking on “Combining Scientific and Traditional Knowledge at Tse’k’wa” Zoom link: buff.ly/4gkClVg

High-resolution isotope dietary analysis of Mesolithic and Neolithic humans from Franchthi Cave, Greece dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

MOA’s new feature exhibition, Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun opens next month! Opening Celebrations on February 20 at 7 pm!

Hello! We finally made it. So good to see you here!