From left to right: Pamela Willoughby, Piitter Abwalo (Antiquities Officer), and PhD students Pastory Bushozi and Katie Biittner washing artifacts at the Isimila Hotel, Iringa, Tanzania, August 2006. Photo by Dr. Leslea Hlusko, University of California at Berkeley.

 

Pamela R.Willoughby is Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2H4.

Office phone: (780) 492-0138

FAX: (780) 492-5273

E-Mail: Pam.Willoughby@ualberta.ca

Areas of Interest: Palaeolithic archaeology, Palaeoanthropology (Human Evolution), stone tool analysis, Old World, Africa; generally the study of fossil humans, their evolution and culture. Also archaeological method and theory, and history of archaeology. I have also taught an introductory course about race and ethnicity, which stresses the biological unity of all humans. In addition, due to my location in western Canada, I have become more interested in the peopling of the New World, and Alberta prehistory and early history.

Current research: The Stone Age prehistory of Iringa and Mbeya Regions, southern Tanzania; the archaeology of early modern humans. Click here to see more about my field and laboratory research. Click here to see an article announcing my new SSHRC Standard Research Grant (which will run from 2011 to 2014).

The April 28, 2000 issue of Folio includes an article about this project titled "When did history begin?". (Folio is the University of Alberta's staff newspaper).

 

Click here to go to the CBC national science show Quirks and Quarks of April 13, 2002 to hear Richard Klein, Ariane Burke and Pamela Willoughby discuss when did anatomically modern humans become culturally modern.

Information on my role as Curator of the Department of Anthropology's archaeology collections. As well as a website about the collections, prepared by Shirley Harpham.

 

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