John (Jack) Ives

Dr. John (Jack) W. Ives

http://www.ualberta.ca/anthropology/

Professor| University of Alberta, Department of Anthropology

Primary Field	Archaeology
Position	Professor

http://www.ualberta.ca/anthropology/

Professor, University of Alberta, Department of Anthropology

E-mail	jives@ualberta.ca
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Interest/Specialty Areas

Archaeological theory, public archaeology, Athapaskan and Algonquian social and economic organization, Apachean origins, Paleoindian, Jin Dynasty

My interests lie in Plains, Subarctic, Great Basin and Northeast Asian prehistory (Neolithic, Palaeolithic, Jin Dynasty), archaeological theory (kinship and economic organization), Paleoindian studies, and Public Archaeology. In an interdisciplinary project, I am investigating the Promontory Caves (Utah) for traces of Dene ancestors (who had left Subarctic Canada, on their way to becoming the Navajo and Apaches of the American Southwest). I maintain the Western Canadian Fluted Point Database, work with graduate students on northern Plains Besant-Sonota archaeological sites and the Neolithic site of Houtaomuga in Jilin, China, and conduct research at the University of Alberta’s Mattheis Ranch on an Avonlea-Old Women’s bison kill, camp and processing area.

From 1979-2007, I served with the Archaeological Survey of Alberta, the Royal Alberta Museum, and the Historic Resources Management Branch, with senior management responsibilities as Alberta’s Provincial Archaeologist (21 years), and extensive experience in Aboriginal policy initiatives (including leading the drafting team for Canada’s only repatriation legislation, the First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation Act of Alberta). I have undertaken executive and curatorial roles in developing the World Heritage Site of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, the Royal Alberta Museum’s Gallery of Aboriginal Culture and international exhibitions (Rise of the Black Dragon). I have received the University of Michigan’s Distinguished Dissertation Award, three Alberta Premier’s Awards, and the University of Alberta’s Landrex Distinguished Professorship.

Phone	(780) 492-3879
Email	anthgrad@ualberta.ca