AR/AN291 People of the Arctic featured in BU Today
Looks at “diverse and thriving communities” of the region, using archaeological, oral history, historic, and ethnographic data, exploring how the past can be used to highlight contemporary issues in the region
Beach, Lamb, and West attended the Collaborative Archaeology in the Alaskan Arctic (CAAA) Workshop
To discuss best practices for Indigenous collaboration in Alaska archaeology
Coloring Iqalluut—Fish coloring book is out
Professor Catherine West through a grant from the North Pacific Research Board published a coloring book on Alutiiq fishing traditions.Click here for Press Release.
Professor Perspectives: Archaeology and Cultural History of Indigenous Foodways
Moderated by Professor John Marston, Panelists: Prof. Catherine West and Prof. Wade Campbell
Catherine West and a colleague receive an NSF Grant
Grant titled,Historical Ecology of the Pacific Cod Fishery.
Professor West’s Ancestral Alutiiq Foods Project at the Alutiiq Museum press release
Ancestral Alutiiq Foods Project
Catherine West published in The Oceans Past Initiative (OPI).
Catherine West’s research featured in the Oceans Past Initiative newsletter, PDF of article. The Oceans Past Initiative (OPI) is a global research network for marine historical research. Congratulations Catherine!
John Marston and Catherine West are co-authors on a paper published in Science
The article is a reconsideration of the entire history of land use of the Earth. It was sourced by asking regional experts to contribute their areas of expertise and thus represents an expert consensus on land use histories. Marston and West are among those experts who contributed as authors. The primary finding of the article […]
Catherine West delivered baby!
May 23, Professor Catherine West welcomed Elin Foster West at 4:00 in the afternoon, weighing 6lbs 15oz. Congratulations to the West family!
CAS AR410 digs a historic site in the North End with City of Boston Archaeologist
CAS AR 410, Archaeological Research Design and Materials Analysis, taught by Professor Catherine West and teaching assistant, Kathleen Forste (GRS’21), worked on material from a historic site in Boston’s North End. The students wrote blog posts reflecting on their analysis of 17-19th century artifacts from a possible privy at the Pierce-Hichborn House. https://www.boston.gov/news/studying-artifacts-pierce-hichborn-house https://www.instagram.com/bostonarchaeo/ https://www.instagram.com/bu_archaeology/