Timothy Allan

Timothy Allan is a Project Archaeologist with Ember Archaeology. He has permit holding status in Alberta, and is able to manage projects in the Boreal, Parkland, and Lower Foothills sub-regions. During his time with Ember Archaeology, Tim has completed countless heritage resource impact assessments throughout the Boreal and Lower Foothills, and is one of few professional archaeologists to complete mitigations in the Lower Foothills for Forestry projects. Tim is also a licensed pXRF operator, who is responsible for all of our raw material and radiocarbon dating analyses. In addition, Tim offers pXRF testing as a service to help other archaeologists, museums and government agencies analyze obsidian, historic metals, and other artifacts.

In 2018, Tim earned a Master’s degree in Anthropological Archaeology from the University of British Columbia. His research focused on the analysis of a small pre-contact hunting camp in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, FaPx-1. This research also focused on raw material analysis of stone artifacts found at the site, using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence and Raman Spectroscopy. Tim continues to keep up to date on these methods, and has been involved in an active research group, The Alberta Lithic Reference Project, which studies exotic materials found at archaeological sites in Alberta. Tim has authored publications on the analysis of stone materials from sites across Alberta.

In his spare time, Tim enjoys travelling, camping, and hiking, and he feels right at home in the mountains. Tim also enjoys playing video games, cross country skiing, walking his dog, and planning the next trip to explore a new national park.