Archaeology in British Columbia
10,000 Years of Aboriginal History
Excerpts: Dr. Rahemtulla will be the next speaker in the series Anthropology in Our Backyards. He will present an overview of the archaeology of the province at ArtSpace above Books and Company on April 7th at 7pm.
“The indigenous peoples of British Columbia thrived in these new environments using stone and bone technology to hunt, gather and fish in a diversity of landscapes,” says Dr. Rahemtulla.
This is one of the few areas of the world where chiefdoms developed without agriculture,” explains Dr. Rahemtulla. “This includes the development of large plank house villages, sophisticated art styles, complex social organization, and long-distance trade.”
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Farid Rahemtulla
Assistant Professor
Farid is an archaeologist with a wide range of research interests. He has been involved in several archaeological projects throughout the coast and interior of British Columbia, and in Eastern Africa. His current geographic foci are the North Pacific Rim, specifically, British Columbia and Siberia. Topical interests include: archaeological theory; lithic and bone technology; zooarchaeology; complex societies; household archaeology; archaeology of human origins; archaeological resource management; Indigenous Peoples and archaeology; and public archaeology. Farid received a B.A. from the University of Alberta, an M.A. from the University of Toronto, and an MA and PhD from Simon Fraser University.
http://www.unbc.ca/releases/2009/04_02aboriginal_archeology.html
http://www.unbc.ca/anthropology/faculty.html
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