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Hobler, Philip M.
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1936 - 2006
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Philip Hobler was a professor of Archaeology at Simon Fraser University (SFU), who was appointed from 1967 to 2001. For many years, he captained the SFU archaeological research vessel Sisiutil, which was launched in 1972 and used yearly for summer fieldwork until 1992. Hobler worked at various archaeological sites in Egypt, Fiji, the United States, the Northwest Territories, and on the west coast of British Columbia. His work primarily focused on archaeological sites within Nuxalk Nation territory; From 1987 to 1990, he directed the Bella Coola Villages Project, where excavations were conducted at the Nusqualst, Qwliuth, and Snxlhh village sites.
Other projects direct by Hobler took place along the Stikine River, around Moresby Island in Haida Gwaii, around northern Vancouver Island, on the Southern Gulf Islands, at Fort McLoughlin, at Barkerville’s Chinatown, and on the Snare River and Kakisa Lake in the North West Territories.
Dr. Hobler passed away on July 19, 2006.
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Carlson, Roy L. (2001). Philip Hobler and SFU. The Midden, 33(3), pp. 2-5.
The Williams Lake Tribune (2006). Obituaries, Phil Hobler. Retrieved from https://www.wltribune.com/obituaries/phil-hobler/