Jesse Morin
PhD Student
MA (Anthropology) University of British Columbia
BA (honors) (Archaeology) Simon Fraser University
Supervisor: David Pokotylo
Email: jdmorin(-at-)interchange.ubc.ca
Interests & Current Projects: My interests are in the realm of prehistoric archaeology and can generally be subsumed under political economy and technological studies.
My primary research areas are the Canadian Plateau and Northwest Coast, particularly the development of social complexity among hunter-gatherers.
Methodologically, I focus on lithic technology (experimental studies, sourcing, design theory, and use-wear/traceology) and mapping techniques (digital mapping and spatial analysis). My research in the past has focussed (and continues to) on:
1) the development of salmon storage economies on the Northwest Coast/Plateau,
2) ritual structures and secret societies at Keatley Creek (part of a research project directed by Brian Hayden (SFU)),
3) the association of hunter-gatherer technology and environment (part of a research project directed by Mark Collard (SFU)),
4) mapping and exploring the prehistoric population dynamics of large villages in the Mid-Fraser region.
My dissertation project is a geochemical and typological analysis (sourcing) study of nephrite (jade) artifacts in the Pacific Northwest.
Through this study, I hope to shed light on the dynamic nature of indigenous trade and exchange relationships within this region during the last 4000 years, especially with regards to the origins of elites.
Publications and Contributions: (note when no author is indicated below that I am the sole author, for multi-authored publications all contributors are listed)
Peer Reviewed:
Lepofsky, Dana, Terresa Trost, and Jesse Morin
2007. Coast Salish Interaction: A View From the Inlets. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 31:190-223
2004. Cutting edges and salmon skin: Variation in salmon processing technology on the Northwest Coast. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 28:281-318.
Non-Peer Reviewed:
2007. The Carrot, The Stick, and The Tsekama: The Political Ecology of Prehistoric Secret Societies at Keatley Creek. In Humans: Anthropological Perspectives on Holism 2007 UBC Anthropology Graduate Student Conference Proceedings.
Morin, Jesse, Jon Sheppard, Ryan Sagarbarria, and Jamie Hoskins. 2007. Crazy Dog Dancers and Chalcedony Core Knappers: The SFU 2006 Keatley Creek Field School. The Midden 39: 9-17.
2006. Non-domestic architecture in prehistoric complex hunter-gatherer communities: An example from Keatley Creek on the Canadian Plateau. Masters thesis, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver B.C.
2006. Recent Research Directions at Keatley Creek (EeRl 7) and Secret Societies in the Pacific Northwest. The Midden 38: 6-12.
2006. Report on the 1997-2005 Excavations at Structure 106 at Keatley Creek (EeRl 7). On file at the Archaeology Branch, Victoria.
2002. Cutting edges and salmon skin: An investigation of salmon processing technology on the Northwest Coast. Unpublished Honors thesis, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby B.C.
In Press:
Morin, Jesse, Ryan Dickie, Takashi Sakaguchi, and Jamie Hoskins. n.d. (expected publication late 2008). Big Sites on the Big River: Late Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Mid-Fraser Region. B.C. Studies.
Under Review:
Johansen, Shirley, and Jesse Morin. n.d. Secrecy, supremacy and sacred feasts. Ethnographic and archaeological examples of secret societies and sacred public feasting in small scale societies.(submitted to American Antiquity)
n.d. Ritual Architecture in Prehistoric Complex Hunter-Gatherer Communities: An Example from Keatley Creek on the Canadian Plateau of British Columbia. (submitted to American Antiquity)
Conference Papers and Posters:
Dickie, Ryan, Jesse Morin, Takashi Sakeguchi, and Jamie Hoskins. 2008. Big Sites on the Big River: Late Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Mid-Fraser Region. Northwest Anthropological Conference, 61st Annual Meeting (Victoria, B.C.).
Morin, Jesse, and Jonathon Sheppard. 2008. Potential Ritual Structures at Keatley Creek: Horizontal Dimensions of Complexity in a Hunter-Gatherer Community. 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, Vancouver, B.C.
2007. The Carrot, The Stick, and the Tsekama: the Political Ecology of Prehistoric Secret Societies at Keatley Creek. Humans: Anthropological Perspectives on Holism. UBC Anthropology Graduate Student Conference 2007.
2006. Potential Ritual Structures at Keatley Creek on the Canadian Plateau. Northwest Anthropological Conference, 59th Annual Meeting (Seattle, Wa.).