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Research Interests & Work in Progress

• Archaeological and zooarchaeological method and theory
• Northwest Coast and Pacific Rim archaeology
• Culture contact studies and European contact on the Northwest Coast
• Historical Ecology
• Maritime Hunter-Gatherers and the Rise of Complexity

Teaching Interests & Responsibilities

• Introduction to World Prehistory: The Old Stone Age
• Introduction to World Prehistory: The Rise of Civilization
• First Nations of North America: Hunters, Gatherers, Farmers
• First Nations of North America: Social Complexity and the State
• The Theory of Archaeology: Basic Concepts
• The Practice of Archaeology: Practical Applications in a Global Society

Affiliations

• American Anthropological Association
• Archaeological Society of British Columbia
• Canadian Archeological Association
• International Council for Archaeozoology
• Society for American Archaeology

Awards & Grants

• 2009 SSHRC Institutional Grant, University of Toronto Scarborough, "Mid-Holocene and Intertidal Archaeological Resources in Gwaii Haanas" ($1,875)
• 2007 SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, "Mid to Late Holocene Haida Subsistence and Settlement in Gwaii Haanas" ($81,000)

Publications

• Orchard, T. J. 2009. Otters and Urchins: Continuity and Change in Haida Economy during the Late Holocene and Maritime Fur Trade Periods. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 2027. Archaeopress, Oxford.
• Szpak, P., T. J. Orchard, and D. Gröcke. 2009. A Late Holocene vertebrate food web from southern Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia). Journal of Archaeological Science 36(12): 2734-2741.
• Lyons, N., and T. J. Orchard. 2007. Sourcing Archaeobotanical Remains: Taphonomic Insights from a Midden Analysis on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 31(1): 28-54.