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Rob Rondeau

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PhD Student and Marine Archaeologist, Simon Fraser University

A large part of my career has been focused on studying shipwrecks but more recently it has expanded to locating and documenting atypical wrecks such as WWII aircraft and, now, submerged landscapes. I'm particularly interested in finding evidence of a coastal migration route related to the peopling of the Americas on the Pacific coast of North America that may have existed prior to 12,000 BP.

Underwater remote sensing technology has increasingly become more of a focus for Marine Archaeology. Presently, I'm interested in the advancement and application of such technologies as Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and Autonomously Operated Vehicles (AUVs) in relation to acoustic surveying (multi-beam bathymetry and sub-bottom profiling) and visual surveying (virtual reality and 3D imaging).

I'm also the author of the bestselling book, Titanic Lives: On Board, Destination Canada, 2012. Published by Formac Publishing Company Limited.

Experience

  • –present
    Sessional Instructor, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
  • 2021–2022
    Interim Director, Museum of Archaaeology & Ethnology, Simon Fraser University
  • 2017–2021
    Research Associate, Museum of Archaaeology & Ethnology, Simon Fraser University
  • 2000–2017
    Marine Archaeologist, PROCOM Marine Survey & Archaeology

Education

  • 2021 
    Simon Fraser University, MA
  • 2019 
    Simon Fraser University, Certificate in University Teaching & Learning
  • 1988 
    University of Saskatchewan, BA

Publications

  • 2022
    Does the Locally-Adaptive Model of Archaeological Potential (LAMAP) work for hunter-gatherer sites? A test using data from the Tanana Valley, Alaska. 2022, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265597
  • 2012
    Titanic Lives: On Board, Destination Canada, https://formac.ca/product/titanic-lives/

Grants and Contracts

  • 2021
    SSHRC PhD
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2018
    SSHRC MA
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2017
    Special Graduate Entrance Scholarship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University

Professional Memberships

  • Society for American Archaeology
  • Canadian Archaeological Association

Honours

Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society