Student Research Projects
Upcoming M.A. Thesis Defences
Some of our current M.A. candidates:
Jeremy Brooks
"A Critical Evaluation of the Evidence of Storage in the PPNA and the PPNB Archaeological Record of Southwest Asia"
Darci Clayton
"Tools of the Trade: Lithic Biface Variation and Social Networks in South-Central Ontario"
Kathleen Forward
"Community Complexity and Collapse: A Settlement Analysis of the Ancient Maya Site Contreras Valley, Belize"
Ellie Tamura
"Merit-Making and Monuments: An Investigation into the Role of Religious Monuments and Settlement Patterning Surrounding the Classical Capital of Bagan, Myanmar"
Josh Garrett
“Quantifying morphological and design variability in complete and near-complete Woodland-period ceramic vessels from the Frontenac Axis”.
Robyn Pegg
“The Nassau Mills Complex: Creating A Heritage Plan”
Simon Sharpe
“Digital Elevation Models and Viewshed Analysis: A Case Study from 11th-13th Century Turkey”
Daniel Smith
“Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Village Formation in Southern Ontario"
Samantha Watson
“Archaeology and Reconciliation in the Williams Treaties Territory”
Jose Sanchez
"Ego-Village: Eco-therapy and Intuitive knowledge from a Post-Modernist Proto-Community"
Kendra Barnett
"Ceramic Attribute Analysis of JI2 Update"
Selena Mackay
"Experimenting with Experimental Archaeology"
Cassandra Hamilton
"Resource Intensification in the Upper Paleolithic: An Investigation of Bone Grease Rendering at the site of Vale Boi, Portugal"
Jolyane Saule
“Pottery Styles and Social Organization at the Droulers Site”
Olivia Campsall
“The Beatty-Gibbs Site: A Manifestation of the Middleport Pattern in the Port Hope Region, Ontario”
Joshua England
"An Update on Olives in the Mountains: A Case Study at the Late Roman City of Sagalassos"
Diana Lynne Hansen
"Evaluating changes in lithic technological systems between the Late Archaic and Late Woodland in the Kawartha Lakes Region, Ontario”
Corrie Hyland
“Isotopic Analysis of Ritual Killing Events: Virú Valley, Peru”
Svetlana Komarova
“Examining the Diet of Bronze Age Nomadic Pastoralists in Mongolia Using Stable Isotope Analysis”
Daniel Lapierre
“Decentralizing the Village: Evaluating the Influence of Ecological Niche Factors on Settlement Processes”
Gabriel Lopez
“After the Ash Fall"
Tamara Moore
“Research on the Hingston Group, Ka'kabish”
Karl Racine
“Ceramic Diagnostic Features: Updates on the Africana IIA Amphora”
Jennifer Routledge
“Ostrich Eggshell: Harder Than it Looks”
Michael Scott
“Chew the Fat: Examining the Applications of Lipids in Archaeological Bone”
Morgan Simmons-Feigel
" The Lion-Lid Sarcophagi and Other Funerary Containers of Isauria and Rough Cilicia"
Grant Smith
“Postclassic Maya Diet: Stable Isotope and Osteological Analysis of Human Remains from Ka'kabish, Belize"