Molly Carney (Director & PI)
I an environmental archaeologist whose scholarship examines food systems and food security through time. Much of my work focuses on understanding the relationships between cultural keystone species and past people, specifically drawing on archaeological methods and data to inform contemporary livelihoods. I use paleoethnobotanical, geoarchaeological, and computational tools to answer these questions. I am further strongly committed to collaborative, inclusive, and multivocal archaeology and anthropology, and to bridging gaps between cultural resource management, academia, and the communities who have lived in North America since time immemorial.
My interests in human-environment dynamics extend to understanding past built environments. I also have research interests in the architectural signatures of past Columbia-Fraser Plateau places and employ feminist, Indigenous, and agency-focused lens’ to reframe past and present discussions on regional household archaeology and non-residential past structures.