Don Butler

Don Butler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Scarborough. His research focuses on geoarchaeological approaches to understanding human-environment interactions, socio-ecological resilience, and micro-sedimentary archives.

• Campus: Scarborough (UTSC)
• Fields of Study: Archaeology, Arctic North America

Research interests include:

• Geochemical, mineralogical, and biomolecular proxies for local environments
• Eastern Beringian habitat reconfiguration
• Community-centered histories of forager diversity
• Sustainable archaeology of Ontario First Nations fisheries
• Networks of agriculture and transnational exchange along the Negev's Incense Road

Teaching interests encompass:

• Archaeological theories and methods
• Geoarchaeological human-environment dialogues
• Arctic archaeology
• Archaeological science
• Heritage resources management

His recent publications analyze diverse topics including obsidian source classification in southeast Alaska, Byzantine-era resource management in the Negev, Taltheilei land-use strategies, and northern salmonid fisheries using mineral proxies. Collaborative projects span Inuit mariners, Athabaskan caribou hunters, Mesolithic fishers of Lapland, and Byzantine farmers in Negev borderlands.