Lauren Norman

Lauren Norman
  • Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Contact Info

785-864-1854
Fraser Hall, Room 610

Personal Links

Education —

Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Toronto, 2015, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M.S. in Anthropology, University of Toronto, 2009, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
B.A. in Anthropology, University of Victoria, 2006, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Research —

My research examines the resilience of small-scale societies during periods of environmental and social change. I employ molecular methods to supplement traditional studies of faunal material in investigating the relationship between people and their environment. I am especially interested in community-based research with northern communities and multi-vocal interpretations of the past. 

Research interests:

  • Zooarchaeology analysis
  • Environmental archaeology
  • Ancient faunal DNA
  • Small-scale societies
  • Community collaboration
  • North America
  • Arctic

Selected Publications —

2018  Comparing the fill and floor: Using a taphonomic framework to identify occupational histories at a collapsed semi-subterranean feature in northwest Alaska. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 28 782-792.

2018  Using ethnohistoric documents as analogical tools: A case study from northwest Alaska. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 51: 1-15.

2017  Norman, Lauren E. Y., T. Max Friesen, Claire Alix, Michael J. E. O’Rourke, and Owen K. Mason. An early Inupiaq occupation: Observations on a Thule house from Cape Espenberg, Alaska. Open Archaeology 3: 17-48.

2016  Friesen, T. Max, and Lauren E. Y. Norman. The Pembroke Site: Thule Inuit Migration on Southern Victoria Island. Arctic 69(1):1-18.