Millers, Masons and Sculptors: The Archaeology of the 16th Century Artisan's Quarter at Sevilla La Nueva, Jamaica
1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver
Dr. Woodward is a fourth generation Vancouverite who after studying and working as an underwater archaeologist in Europe and the Caribbean for 15 years returned to Vancouver in 1989 and almost immediately joined the boards of the Vancouver Maritime Museum and the Underwater Archaeology Society of British Columbia. She is currently a Director of the National Maritime Centre, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and the Society for Historical Archaeology. Robyn has a BA (Hons) in the History of Art from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario; a B.Sc. (Hons) in Conservation of Archaeological Materials from University College, Cardiff, Wales; a MA in Anthropology (Nautical Archaeology) from Texas A & M and finally her Ph.D. in Archaeology from SFU in 2007. Dr. Woodward lectures part-time on archaeology and maritime history through the Department of Classical Studies and Continuing Education at UBC and the Archaeology Department of SFU and for the past seven years has directed the excavations of Sevilla la Nueva, the first Spanish capital of Jamaica.