MA/MS in Archaeology

The Master of Arts in Archaeology is a thesis-based graduate program in the Department of Anthropology that equips students with advanced theoretical and methodological tools through field and course work, with flexibility in the choice of courses and research topics. The program places particular importance on community-based research, including partnerships with Indigenous communities and local archaeological societies to ensure research aligns with community priorities. Core research areas include bioarchaeology, focused on human skeletal and dental remains; environmental archaeology, examining human-environment interaction through palaeoethnobotanical and archaeological methods; and zooarchaeology, analyzing faunal remains to understand past human-animal relationships. Faculty are active on projects across the Northern Plains, Boreal Forest, Northwest Coast, Mongolia, and Arctic and Eastern Siberia. Students are assigned a thesis supervisor and advisory committee, may take courses from cognate fields outside the department, and identify their intended thesis research topic area as part of the application. Classes and research supervision are delivered on the University of Saskatchewan campus.