Publications

Selected Publications.

1. Books and Monographs

2008 Hurst-Thomas, D., Kelly, R., & P. Dawson ‘Archaeology’ - 5th edition (Canadian edition). Nelson Press.

2004 Dawson, P. Inuit Space Use in Euro-Canadian Houses. Research Monograph Series. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ottawa. 92 pages.

2. Book Chapters

Submitted Dawson, P., Hughes, C., Butler, D., and Kenneth Buck. Sentiment Analysis of Inuit Place Names from the Kivalliq District of Nunavut. In Language, Memory and Landscape. Edited by Ken Pratt. University of Calgary Press.

Accepted Dawson, P and Levy, R. 30 Days of Night: The Role of Light and Shadow in Inuit Architecture North of the Arctic Circle. Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology. Edited by Constantinos Papadopoulos and Graeme Earl. Oxford University Press.

Accepted Dawson, P. The Thule-Inuit Succession in the Central Arctic. In Oxford Handbook of Arctic Archaeology, edited by T. Max Friesen and Owen Mason. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

2015 Dawson, P., Bertulli, M., Dick, L., and L. Cousins. Heritage Overlooked and Under Threat: Fort Conger and the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration. In Identity and Heritage: Contemporary Challenges in a Globalizing World edited by Peter F. Biehl and Christopher Prescott. Springer, New York.

2014 Morton, SG., Peuramaki-Brown, M.M., Dawson, P. C., and J. Seibert. Peopling the Past: Interpreting Models for Pedestrian Movement in Ancient Civic Ceremonial Centres. In Mapping Spatial Relations, Their Perceptions and Dynamics, edited by Susanne Rau and Ekkehard Schonherr. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland.

2014 Levy, R.M and P. Dawson. Interactive Worlds as Educational Tools for Understanding Arctic Life. In Pastplay: Playing with Technology and History, edited by Kevin Kee. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press.

2013 Oetelaar, G,A., D, G. Anderson, and P. Dawson
The Hearth, the Home, and the Landscape: An Integrated Strategy for Memory Storage in Circumpolar Households. In Circumpolar Hearths: The Heart of Homes and Households, edited by Virginie Vaté and Robert P. Wishart. Oxford, UK, Berghahn Books.

2006 Dawson, P. Space, Place, and the Rise of Urbanism in the Canadian Arctic. In 2001: An Odyssey of Space, edited by E. Robertson, J. Siebert, and D. Fernandez. Calgary, University of Calgary Press.

3. Journal Articles

2016 Butler, D., Lopez-Forment, A., and P. Dawson,
Multi–Element and Biomolecular Analyses of Soils as a Means of Sustainable Site Structure Research on Hunter–Gatherer Sites: Results from the Ikirahak Site in the Canadian Arctic. Journal of Archaeological Science. Available on-line 8 December 2015

2015 Jahraus, A., Lichti, D., and P. Dawson. Self-Calibration of a structured light based scanner for use in archaeological applications. Videometrics, Range Imaging, and Applications XIII.

2013 Bertulli, M., Dick, L., Cousins, L., and P. Dawson. Fort Conger: A Site of Arctic History in the 21st Century ARCTIC Vol. 66, No.3: 312-328.

2013 Dawson, P., Bertulli, M., Levy, R., Tucker, C., Dick, L., and L. Cousins. Application of 3D Laser Scanning to the Preservation of Fort Conger, a Historic Polar Research Base on Northern Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. ARCTIC. Vol, 66, NO.2: 147-158.

2012* Butler, D., and P. Dawson. Accessing Hunter–Gatherer Site Structures using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy: Applications at a Taltheilei Settlement in the Canadian Sub–Arctic. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40, 1731-1742

2012* Morton, S., Peuramaki-Brown, M., Dawson, P., and J. Seibert. Civic and Household Community Relationships at Teotihuacan, Mexico: A Space Syntax Approach. Cambridge Archaeological Journal Vol. 22(03): 387-400.

2011 Hodgetts, L., Dawson, P., E. Eastaugh. Archaeological Magnetometry in an Arctic Setting: A Case Study from Maguse Lake, Nunavut. Journal of Archaeological Science. Vol.38 (7): 1754-1762.

2011* Dawson, P., Levy, R.M., Lyons, N. “Breaking the Fourth Wall”: 3D Virtual Worlds as Tools for Knowledge Repatriation in Archaeology. Journal of Social Archaeology. 2011(11): 387-402.

2010* Lyons, N., Dawson, P., Walls, M., Uluadluak, D., Angalik, A., Kalluak, M., Kigusuituak, P., Kiniski, L., Karetak, J., Suluk, J. Person, Place, Memory, Thing: How Inuit Elders are Informing Archaeological Practice in the Canadian North. Canadian Journal of Archaeology, 34:1-31.

2009* Dawson, P., Levy, R.M., Oetelaar, G., Arnold, C., Lacroix, D., Mackay, G. Documenting Mackenzie Inuit Architecture Using 3D Laser Scanning. Alaska Journal of Anthropology Vol. 7 (2): 29-44.

2009 Levy, R.M., Dawson, P. Using Finite Element Methods to Analyze Ancient Architecture: An Example from the North American Arctic. Journal of Archaeological Science, 36(10): 2298-2307.

2008 Levy, R & P. Dawson. Structural Analysis: A Tool for Testing 3D Computer Reconstructions of Thule Whalebone Houses, In: Layers of Perception. Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Berlin, Germany, April 2–6, 2007. Kolloquien zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Vol. 10.Edited by A. Posluschny, K. Lambers & I. Herzog (eds), 2008. Published by Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, Bonn.

2008 Dawson, P. Using Observations of Inuit Spatial Behavior to Design Culturally Sustaining Houses in the Canadian Arctic. Housing Studies Vol. 23, Issue 1, pp. 111-128.

2007* Dawson, P., Levy, R.M, Gardner, D. and M. Walls. Simulating the Behaviour of Light inside Arctic Dwellings: Implications for Assessing the Role of Vision in Task Performance. World Archaeology, Vol. 39(1): 17-35.

2006 Dawson, P. Seeing like an Inuit family: the Relationship between “House Form” and “Culture” in Northern Canada. Etudes/Inuit Studies Vol. 30(2) pp. 113-138.

2006 Levy, R and P. Dawson 3D Imagining as a Tool in the Computer Reconstruction of a Thule Whalebone House. IEEE Multimedia April-June 2006. p 78-83

2006 Dawson, P. and R.M Levy. Constructing a 3D Computer Model of a Thule Whalebone House using Laser Scanning Technology. Journal of Field Archaeology 30 (2005): 443-455.

2005 Dawson, P., and R.M Levy. Using 3D Computer Models of Inuit Architecture as Visualization Tools in Archaeological Interpretation; Two Case Studies from the Canadian Arctic. In Dynamics of Northern Societies - Proceedings of the SILA/NABO-conference on Arctic and North Atlantic Archaeology, Copenhagen, May 10th - 14th, 2004'. Publications of the National Museum, Copenhagen.

2005 Dawson, P., and R.M Levy. Using Computer Modelling and Virtual Reality to Explore the Ideological Dimensions of Thule Whalebone Architecture in Arctic Canada. Internet Archaeology, Issue 18. Winter. (http://intarch.ac.uk/).

2004 Levy, R. M., Dawson, P., and C. Arnold. Reconstructing Traditional Inuit House Forms Using Three-Dimensional Interactive Computer Modelling. Visual Studies 19(1): 26-35.

2004 Dawson, P. An Examination of the Use of Domestic Space by Inuit Families Living in Arviat, Nunavut. CMHC Research Highlights. Socioeconomic Series 04-031. May 2004. Ottawa.

2004* Dawson, P., and A. Kate Peach. Redefining the Northern Limits of the Devils Lake-Sourisford Burial Complex: New Evidence from The Pas, Manitoba. Manitoba Archaeological Journal 12(2): 55-71.

2004* Dawson, P., Ward, J., and A. Kate Peach 2004 The Fort Pascoyac Archaeological Survey. Manitoba Archaeological Journal 12(2): 15-55.

2003 Dawson, P. Examining the Impact of Euro-Canadian Architecture on Inuit Families Living in Arctic Canada. In Space Syntax: 4th International Symposium, edited by J. Hanson, pp. 21.1-21.16. Volume 1 of 2. The Space Syntax Laboratory, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College London, London.

2003 Dawson, P. Analysing the Effects of Spatial Configuration on Human Movement and Social Interaction in Canadian Arctic Communities. In Space Syntax: 4th International Symposium, edited by J. Hanson. Pp. 37.1-37.11. Volume 1 of 2. Space Syntax Laboratory, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College London, London.

2002 Dawson, P. Space Syntax Analysis of Central Inuit Snow Houses. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 21(2002): 464-470.

2001 Dawson, P. Interpreting Variability in Thule Inuit Architecture: A Case Study from the Canadian High Arctic. American Antiquity 66(3): 453-470.

1995 Dawson, P. Unsympathetic Users: An Ethnoarchaeological Examination of Inuit Responses to the Changing Nature of the Built Environment. ARCTIC. Vol. 48, No. 1 (March 1995) Pp. 71-80.

Recent Conference Papers (Past 6 Years)

2015 Jahruaus, A, Dawson, P. Lichti, D, Friesen, M, Assessing the Potential of Terrestrial Laser Scanning in Arctic Archaeology, Canadian Archaeological Association, St. Johns, NF, 2015 April 28 May 1.

2015 Levy, R and P. Dawson. Science and History at Fort Conger, An Interactive Website. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology,, Levy, Richard Dawson, Peter, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Paris, France, 2014 April, Refereed

2015 Levy, R and P. Dawson. Fort Conger, an Interactive Virtual World for Exploring the Science of the 19th Century, Levy, Richard Dawson, Peter, Virtual Archaeology, 2015, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2015 June, Refereed

2015 Jahraous, A, Lichti, D, Dawson, P Self­Calibration of a structured light based scanner for use in archaeological applications, Videometrics, Range Imaging, and Applications XIII, SPIE. Optical Metrology, Munich, Germany, 2015 June, Full paper was reviewed by a scientific committee and three independent reviewers, all of whom are geomatics engineers.

2015 Dawson, P and R. Levy. From Science to Survival: Using Virtual Heritage Environments to Communicate the History and Heritage of Fort Conger. Canadian Archaeological Association, St. Johns, NF. (April 28-May 1).

2014 Dawson, P, Hughes, C, Buck, K. Arctic IQ: A Tool for Collecting and Managing Traditional Inuit Knowledge., Dawson, Peter Hughes, Colleen Buck, Kenneth, Breaking Barriers: Chacmool, University of Calgary, 2014 November.

2014 Levy, R.M and P. Dawson. Science and History at Fort Conger, An Interactive Website. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, (April 22-25, 2014), Paris.

2013 Dawson, P., Bertulli, M, Dick, L and L Cousins. Heritage overlooked and under threat: Fort Conger and the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration. Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Honolulu, Hawaii (April 3-7, 2013)

2011 Dawson, P and E. Dickson. “Nested” Landscapes, Scales of Meaning: The Relationship of Arvia’juaq National Historic Park to the Broader Cultural Landscape of the Kivalliq District of Nunavut. Indigenous Landscapes of National and International Significance. Canadian Historical Association, Fredericton, NB.

2011 Levy, RM., P Dawson, and C. Tucker. Using 3D Laser Scanning to Digitally Capture Fort Conger. Computers and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, April 12-16, 2011. Beijing China.

2011 Dawson, P., Dixon, E., Lyons N., and L. Hodgetts. Using GIS and social media to explore the relationships between archaeology and Inuit oral history in the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. 75th Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento, California.

2011 Hodgetts, L., Butler, D., Dawson, P., and E. Eastaugh. Seeing the unseen: geophysical and geochemical investigations of activity areas in the Southern Keewatin District of Nunavut. 75th Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento, California.

2011 Levy, R., Dawson, P., Tucker, C., and L. Dick Inveniam viam aut faciam: Using 3D Laser Scanning to Digitally Capture Fort Conger, a Historic Arctic Exploration Base on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. 75th Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento, California.

2011 Pickering, S., and P.C Dawson
Continuity and change in the southern Kivalliq District of Nunavut. 75th Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento, California

2010 Dawson, P., Pickering, S., Butler, D., Hodgetts, L., and L. Suluk. Ethnicity or Resilience? Understanding Inuit and First Nations Subsistence-Settlement Systems on Southwestern Hudson Bay. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association, Calgary, Alberta.

2010 Levy, R.M., Dawson, P., and E. Dickson. The Third Dimension of Place: Representations of Activities in Inuvialuit Homes. Fusion of Cultures, Computers and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Granada, Spain, April 6-9, 2010.

2010 Dawson, P. and R. Levy. Using Interactive 3D Worlds as Educational Tools for Understanding Arctic Dwellings – Fusion of Cultures, Computers and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Granada, Spain, April 6-9, 2010.

2009 Levy, R. and P. Dawson. Exploring Thule Culture - Constructing Virtual Worlds for 3D Theaters, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Williamsburg, VA, March, 2009.