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Christina Giovas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Archaeology within Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, specializing in zooarchaeology and environmental archaeology with fieldwork spanning the Caribbean, Oceania, and Pacific Northwest.
Her research focuses on human-environment interactions through ancient fisheries, species introductions, and island settlement patterns. Key projects include the Curaçao Cultural Landscape Project (investigating 5,000+ years of cultural landscapes) and studies on pre-Columbian mammal translocations. She employs behavioral ecology frameworks and integrates zooarchaeology, paleoecology, and isotope analysis to document long-term social-ecological relationships.
Recent publications (2021-2024) reveal strong trends in Caribbean environmental archaeology, with emphasis on methodological innovations (e.g., collagen fingerprinting), anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity, and decolonizing research frameworks. Her work bridges zooarchaeological methodology with contemporary conservation challenges, particularly regarding sustainable fisheries and island biogeography.
As Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology and editorial board member for Archaeology in Oceania, she shapes scholarly discourse in island studies. Her research program includes international collaborations and community engagement through initiatives like the CCitRes citizen science project in Curaçao.
Giovas directs the Curaçao Cultural Landscape Project laboratory team, integrating zooarchaeology, geoarchaeology, and paleoecology specialists. Her work emphasizes building local research capacity through community training in archaeological techniques across Caribbean field sites.
