Education
- BSc (Hons), Trent University
- MA, Trent University
- PhD, University of Calgary
About
I have been teaching at Douglas College since 2003 and courses I teach include World Prehistory, Introduction to Archaeology, Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Archaeology of the Americas and Old World Prehistory. I am an anthropologically trained archaeologist and I have been working on archaeological projects in the Central Andes, in Peru and Ecuador, since 1987. I have also had the opportunity to carry out archaeological research in Chihuahua, Mexico and Cameroon, West Africa. I received a B.Sc. (Hons) in Anthropology and a MA in Art and Archaeology of the Americas from Trent University. I received my Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of Calgary where I studied the Late Formative Period Chorrera ceramic style from the SW coast of Ecuador. I held a Visiting Fellowship at the University of East Anglia in the Sainsbury Research Centre for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas. In a brief departure from archaeology, I was employed as a Photo Archivist at the National Archives of Canada. My current research focuses on archaeology of the central highlands of Ecuador.
Tel: 604 527 5741
Email: beckwithl@douglascollege.ca
Office: N3308C
Courses Taught
- ANTH 1101 World Prehistory: Ancient Peoples and Cultures
- ANTH 1111 Introduction to Biological Anthropology
- ANTH 1112 Introduction to Archaeology
- ANTH 2210 Archaeology of the Americas
- ANTH 2212 Old World Prehistory
Research Areas
Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, South America, Ecuador, Ceramic Analysis
Recent Publications
Beckwith, Laurie, 2019, “Collay: Un sitio del periodo formativo tardío de la Provincia de Chimborazo.” In De Arqueología Hablamos las Mujeres. Perspectivas sobre el pasado ecuatoriano, pp. 97-107, edited by Maria Auxiliadora Cordero. Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí, Jipijapa, Ecuador.
http://www.munayi.uleam.edu.ec/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Arqueologia-hablamos-vweb.pdf
Jamieson, Ross, Ron Hancock, Laurie Beckwith and Alice Pidruczny, “Neutron Activation Analysis of Inka and Colonial Ceramics from Central Highland Ecuador.” Archaeometry 55(2): (2013) 198–213.
Recent Conferences
“Collay: Un Sitio del Periodo Formativo Tardío de la Provincia de Chimborazo.” At “Primer Simposio de Arqueólogas en el Ecuador -De arqueología- hablamos las mujeres,” Jipijapa and Salango, Ecuador July 28 and 29, 2017.
“Collay: A Late Formative Period Site from Chimborazo Province.” Paper presented in “Formative Influences: a Gathering in Honour of J. Scott Raymond.” A symposium at the SAA Meetings, March 29 to April 2, 2017, Vancouver, BC.