Kisha Supernant

Kisha Supernant, Anthropology PhD Candidate

Degrees and where from: B.A. Univeristy of British Columbia 2002
M.A. University of Toronto 2004

Supervisor: Dr. Michael Blake

Email: kmaries-at-interchange.ubc.ca

Research interests: Northwest Coast archaeology, the archaeology of warfare, practice theory, agency, identity, indigenous knowledge, cultural landscapes, production of archaeological knowledge, defensive sites, spatial analysis, GIS

Current Projects: Kisha is currently researching patterns of warfare and identity formation in the late pre-contact period in the Lower Fraser Canyon of British Columbia. As part of her dissertation research, she is mapping and testing a series of constructed rock features in the region and performing a set of spatial analysis to explore possible meanings and uses of these features in the past.

PEER REVIEWED
Martindale, A. and K. Supernant 2009 Quantifying the Defensiveness of Defended Sites on the Northwest Coast of North America. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 28(2):191-204.

Supernant, K. 2008 Cultural Landscapes Conceptualized: A cross-disciplinary genealogical history. PlatForum 9:97-111.

Supernant, K. 2004 Technology, Labour and Rank on the Northwest Coast: A preliminary experiment in slate bead manufacture." Vis a vis: Explorations in Anthropology. 7:38-57.

REPORTS
Supernant, K.2005 Mapping and Testing Housepits in the Fraser Valley. The Midden 37(3):9-12.

BOOK REVIEWS
Supernant, K.2008 Be of Good Mind. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 32(2):281-284.

Supernant, K.2007 Coming to Shore. The Midden 39(2):21-22.