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Kemian Liu

Toronto,Canada

Summary

Seeking graduate programs in archaeology and evolutionary anthropology; seeking more opportunities to exercise my academic ability, like field work and tutoring.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Archeology major, Anthropology major (Evolutionary)

University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
05.2025

Skills

  • - Field Archaeology (NMC261Y0): 2024 Summer Semester I have involved in long-term training in fieldwork (excavation of the neolithic site), survey processing artifacts, and experimental archaeology in Georgia for over one month I have mastered a series of skills, including conducting fieldwork, writing field notes and drawing, stratigraphy, seriation, etc
  • - Archaeological Laboratory (ARH312Y1): 2023 - 2024 Whole Study Year In the aspect of experimental archaeology, I learned the methodologies and tools that archaeologists use to analyze artifacts and data, include the design of experiments, methods to collect data, relative dating, and laboratory experience
  • - Advanced Archaeological Theory (ANT 411): 2023 - 2024 Fall Semester I have Learned different archaeology theories and historical changes in archaeology theory over time I understand some main problems in archaeology theories, the dualism past of archaeology, and the debate between Universalism and particularism In the future, I will use the different theories in practice critically and dialectically
  • - Archaeological Inference (ANT 205): 2022 - 2023 Study Year I also master skills and knowledge of inference in archaeology, including the fundamental theories of archaeology, and how to conduct induction and deduction, like relative dating, to know some information about artifacts through their contexts
  • - 3D Photogrammetry (ARH440H1): 2024 - 2025 Study Year The practice in 3D Photogrammetry in recording cultural heritage, building the 3D model for artifacts and bones
  • - The knowledge in Classic and History: South America (Aztec and Inca) (Ant407), Ancient Greece (Cla230), China, Viking (Ant390), Native America (Ggr240) and so on
  • Evolutionary Anthropology and Human Osteology:
  • - Human Skeletal Biology (ANT 334) and Human locomotion Biology (Ant 337): 2023 - 2024 Study Year The forensic archaeology knowledge; the foundation in human osteology, including skeletal anatomy and biology, growth, variation, and development The basic ability to judge the individual's health condition, age, and sex through skeleton
  • - Med Ant Evol Perspec (ANT 208): 2022 Summer Semester Learning how medicine relates the different social and biological factors; the criticize to the medical system today
  • I can use my knowledge and skills in works involving anthropology, evolution biology, and related subjects like history and human geography
  • - Introduction of Anthropology (ANT 200), Ant Evol Perspec and Nature of Humans (BIO 120 and ANT 203), Human Evolution (ANT335, Ant 336): 2022 to 2024 Learning the general knowledge of anthropology and evolutionary anthropology (especially learning in modern evolutionary theory) Learning theory of evolution and what is mechanism of evolution; The basic knowledge about the progress of human evolution
  • - The Geography Relating Courses and Special Skills:
  • - Geographic Information and Mapping I - II (GGR 272 and 273): 2022 - 2023 Study Year The ability to use geography software, including ArcGIS, ArcGIS Pro, and QGIS I can use the software to make maps, analyze the distribution of sites, and predict the areas with high frequent sites
  • - GGR274H1 :Introductory Computation and Data Science for the Social Science: 2023 - 2024 Winter Semester The skills of programming by using the python; analysis and dealing the large data of social science
  • The Social Science:
  • - Introduction to Education Studies (EDS 100): 2021 - 2022 Study Year the function and purpose of education system
  • - Introduction of Human/Physical Geography (GGR 111 and 112): the basic knowledge to geography
  • - Introduction to Sociology and Introduction to Criminology, Law & Society (SOC 100 and 109): Brief introduction to social system and sociology theory; how society runs and the origin of inequality I master the basic knowledge to do the works relating to social science

Language

Fluency English and native Chinese
English
Professional Working

Timeline

Bachelor of Science - Archeology major, Anthropology major (Evolutionary)

University of Toronto
Kemian Liu