- Associate Professor
University of Calgary
The Archaeology Department
Peter Dawson
Research Interests
Currently Teaching
| F2012 - ARKY 201 - Introduction To Archaeology | |||||||||||||||||
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| F2012 - ARKY 615 - Topics in Archaeological Theory & Method | |||||||||||||||||
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| W2013 - ARKY 303 - Archaeology Of North America | |||||||||||||||||
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| W2013 - ARKY 423 - Archaeology Of The Arctic | |||||||||||||||||
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Research Interests
My research interests lie in Arctic Archaeology and the visualization of archaeological data using 3D Computer Modeling, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality. My current research projects investigate shifting subsistence-settlement systems in the southern Keewatin District of Nunavut. Using archaeological data and oral histories, my students and I are examining how the different patterns of cultural resilience displayed by the founder societies of the Caribou Inuit and Chipewyan reflect responses to climate change, and the arrival of Europeans. I am also currently working with Parks Canada, using 3D laser scanning to preserve Fort Conger, a 19th/Early 20th century Polar Exploration and Research Base on Northern Ellesmere Island. This latter project involves my colleagues Dr. Richard Levy (EVDS) and Chris Tucker (Point Geomatics). Past research projects include using space syntax to study the impact of Euro-Canadian house designs and urban forms on Inuit families, since the end of the Second World War. The selected publications below provide some examples of these research projects.
Publications
Book
- Hurst-Thomas, D., Kelly, R. & Dawson, P. (2008) Archaeology. 5th edition
Book Chapter
- Dawson, P. (2006) Space, Place and the Rise of 'Urbanism' in the Canadian Arctic In Space and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology
Journal Article
- Dawson, P., Levy, Richard. & Lyons, Natasha. (2011) “Breaking the Fourth Wall”: 3D Virtual Worlds as Tools for Knowledge Repatriation in Archaeology. Journal of Social Archaeology, 11(387-402) (to appear)
- Hodgetts, Lisa., Dawson, P. & Eastaugh, Edward. (2011) Archaeological Magnetometry in an Arctic Setting: A Case Study from Maguse Lake, Nunavut. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38(7), 1754-1762
- Lyons, Natasha., Dawson, P., Walls, Matthew., Uluadluak, Donald., Angalik, Louis., Kalluak, Mark., Kigusuituak, Philip., Kiniski, Luke. & Suluk, Luke. (2010) Person, Place, Memory, Thing: How Inuit Elders are Informing Archaeological Practice in the Canadian North. Canadian Journal of Archaeology, 34(1), 1-31
- Levy, Richard. & Dawson, P. (2009) Using Finite Element Methods to Analyze Ancient Architecture: An Example from the North American Arctic. Journal of Archaeological Science, 36(10), 2298-2307
- Dawson, P., Levy, Richard M., Oetelaar, Gerald., Arnold, C., Lacroix, D. & Mackay, G. (2009) Documenting Mackenzie Inuit Architecture Using 3D Laser Scanning. Alaska Journal of Anthropology, 7(2), 29-34
- Dawson, P. (2008) Using Observations of Inuit Spatial Behavior to Design Culturally Sustaining Houses in the Canadian Arctic. Housing Studies, 23(1), 111-128
- Dawson, P., Levy, R.M., Gardner, D. & Walls, M. (2007) Simulating the Behavior of Light Inside Arctic Dwellings: Implications for Assessing the Role of Vision in Task Performance World Archaeology, 39(1), 17-35
- Dawson, P. (2007) Seeing Like an Inuit Family: the Relationship Between ‘House Form’ and ‘Culture’ in Northern Canada Études/Inuit Studies, 30(2)
- Levy, R.M. & Dawson, P. (2006) 3D Imaging as a Tool in the Computer Reconstruction of a Thule Whalebone House IEEE MultiMedia, 13(2), 78-83
- Dawson, P. & Levy, R.M. (2005) Constructing a 3D Computer Model of a Thule Whalebone House using Laser Scanning Technology Journal of Field Archaeology, 30, 443-455
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