Sea to Sky Archaeology
Rudy Reimer/Yumks is from the Squamish Nation, received his BA and MA in Archaeology from Simon Fraser University and is currently finishing his PhD in Anthropology at McMaster University. Currently he is faculty in First Nations Studies and Archaeology at Simon Fraser University. His expertise is in the archaeology of the Northwest Coast and Plateau, Indigenous Archaeology, Landscape, Place Names, History, Traditional Knowledge, Geoarchaeology and Archaeometry.
1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver
In preparation of the flood of events and people arriving for the 2010 Winter Olympics here in Vancouver and Whistler I will focus on the long term archaeological history of the Sea to Sky corridor. This talk will give the audience a virtual tour of the diversity of archaeological sites and locations, their associated Squamish Nation oral histories and place names ranging from sea level to high alpine areas dating from 10000 years ago to contemporary First Nations cultural practices.