Daniel Shawn Adler

University of Connecticut , Department of Anthropology
354 Mansfield Road , Unit 2176. Storrs , CT 06269-2176
Office: (860) 486-1737; Lab: (860) 486-4513

http://www.anth.uconn.edu/faculty/adler/index.htm

daniel.adler@uconn.edu

University of Connecticut . Storrs , Connecticut . Assistant Professor, 2005–present.

Harvard University . Cambridge , Massachusetts . Lecturer and Undergraduate Tutor in Archaeology, 2003–2005.

Harvard University . Cambridge , Massachusetts . Freshman Proctor, 1999–2005.

 

Harvard University . Cambridge , Massachusetts . 1995–2002. Ph.D. November 2002, Department of Anthropology; AM June 1997, Department of Anthropology.

University of Connecticut . Storrs , Connecticut . 1989–1992. BA Cum Laude 1992, Department of Anthropology.

 

Late Middle Palaeolithic Patterns of Lithic Reduction, Mobility, and Land Use in the Southern Caucasus

 

Palaeoanthropology, Human Evolution, Palaeolithic Archaeology, Human Behavioral Ecology, Lithic Analysis, Zooarchaeology, Neanderthal-Modern Human Interactions, Chronometric Dating, Quantitative Methods, Palaeoclimate, Settlement Systems, Origins of Agriculture, Landscape Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory.

 

Pinavera Site: June 2004–present. Co-director with Prof. C. Reid Ferring, University of North Texas , Denton , TX . Interdisciplinary excavation and analysis of the first stratified, open-air Middle–Upper Palaeolithic locality in the southern Caucasus . At present the site contains six in situ archaeological horizons dating to the late Middle and early Upper Pleistocene, representing discrete occupation events.

The Mashavera Gorge Palaeolithic Project: June 2003–present. Co-director with Prof. C. Reid Ferring, University of North Texas , Denton , TX . This project investigates the open-air component of Middle and Upper Palaeolithic mobility and land use via survey, GIS, excavation, zooarchaeology, lithic analysis, and chronometric dating.

Ortvale Klde Rockshelter: 1997–present. Middle–Upper Palaeolithic rockshelter, Georgian Republic . Co-director with Dr. N. Tushabramishvili, Georgian State Museum , Tbilisi , Georgian Republic . The project focuses on the excavation and dating of eight Upper–Middle Palaeolithic layers as part of a long-term project geared toward the dating and documentation of the Middle–Upper Palaeolithic occupation of Georgia .

Bronze Cave Dating Program: 2000–present. Middle–Upper Palaeolithic cave and rockshelter complex, Georgian Republic . Director of project. This project focuses on the TL and AMS dating of Bronze Cave as part of a long-term project geared toward the dating and documentation of the Middle–Upper Palaeolithic occupation of Georgia .

Wallertheim Research Project: 1992–present. Middle Palaeolithic open-air site in the Rhine Valley, Germany. Directed by Prof. N. J. Conard, Universität Tübingen, Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte , Germany .

Position/Duties: Lithic Analyst, Researcher, Field Archaeologist.

Hayonim Cave : 1997–1999. Cave site containing Middle and Upper Palaeolithic , and Natufian remains, Israel . Directed by Prof. O. Bar-Yosef, Harvard University , Department of Anthropology. Position/Duties: Field Archaeologist.

Abric Romaní: 1998. Middle–Upper Palaeolithic Rockshelter, Capellades , Spain . Directed by Prof. E. Carbonell, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Departament de Història i Geografia. Spain . Position/Duties: Field Archaeologist.

Erq-el-Ahmar: 1997. Upper Pliocene paleontological locality, Jordan Valley, Israel. Co-director with Prof. E. Tchernov, Department of Zoology, Hebrew University , Israel . This project entailed the excavation of an elephant carcass located within late Pliocene lake sediments.

Akhalkalaki, Amiranis Gora Research Project: 1995–1996. Late Early Pleistocene faunal locality in the Georgian Republic . Co-director with Dr. M. Gabunia, Georgian Archaeological Centre, Tbilisi , Georgian Republic . The field project consisted of the excavation and zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of palaeontological material.

Metternich Research Project: 1993–1995. Middle Palaeolithic open-air site in the Mosel Valley, Germany. Directed by Prof. N. J Conard, Universität Tübingen, Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte , Germany . Position/Duties: Lithic Analyst, Research Assistant, Field Archaeologist.

Barnham East Farm: 1994. Lower Palaeolithic open-air site in Suffolk , England . Directed by N. Ashton Ph.D., Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, British Museum . Position/Duties: Field Archaeologist.

Miesenheim IV: 1992–1993. Late Pleistocene faunal locality in the Neuwied Basin, Germany. Directed by M. Street Ph.D., Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz, Forschungsinstitut für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Forschungsbereich Altsteinzeit , Germany . Position/Duties: Field Archaeologist.

Kettig: 1993. Upper Palaeolithic/Federmesser Period site in the Neuwied Basin, Germany. Directed by M. Baales Ph.D., Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz, Forschungsinstitut für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Forschungsbereich Altsteinzeit , Germany . Position/Duties: Field Archaeologist.

 

The International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP), 2004­–present. Member of the Permanent Council, elected September 2006.

European Association of Archaeologists, 2004–present.

Geological Society of America, 2004–present.

Palaeoanthropology Society, 1999–­present.

American Anthropological Association, 2004–present.

Society for American Archaeology, 1999–present.

 

Bar-Yosef, O., Belfer-Cohen, A., Adler , D. S. 2006. The Implications of the Middle-Upper Paleolithic Chronological Boundary in the Caucasus to Eurasian Prehistory. Anthropologie XLIV(1): 49–60.

Adler , D. S., Bar-Oz, G, Belfer-Cohen, A., and Bar-Yosef, O. 2006. Ahead of the Game: Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Hunting Practices in the Southern Caucasus . Current Anthropology 47(1): 89–118.

Bar-Oz, G., and Adler , D. S. 2005. The Taphonomic History of the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Faunal Assemblages from Ortvale Klde, Georgian Republic . Journal of Taphonomy 3(4): 185 – 211.

Eren, M., Dominguez-Rodrigo, M., Le, I. , Adler , D. S., Kuhn, S. L., and Bar-Yosef, O. 2005. Defining and Measuring Reduction in Unifacial Stone Tools. Journal of Archaeological Science 32: 1190–1201.

Adler , D. S., Bar-Oz, G., Vekua, A., and Tushabramishvili, N. 2004. Palaeolithic Hunting Practices. Caucasus Environment 2(7): 52–55.

Adler , D. S., Prindiville, T. P., Conard, N. J. 2003. Patterns of Spatial Organization and Land Use During the Eemian Interglacial in the Rhineland : New Data from Wallertheim , Germany . Eurasian Prehistory 1(2): 25–78.

Bar-Oz, G., Adler , D. S., Meshveliani, T., Tushabramishvili, N., Belfer-Cohen, A., Bar-Yosef, O. 2002. Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Foragers of the Southwest Caucasus : New Faunal Evidence from Western Georgia . Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia 4(12): 45–52.

Tushabramishvili, N., Adler , D. S., Bar-Yosef, O., Belfer-Cohen, A. 2002. Current Middle & Upper Palaeolithic Research in the Southern Caucasus . Antiquity 76: 927–928 .

Tappan, M., Adler , D. S., Ferring, R., Gabunia, M., Vekua, A., Swisher, C. 2002. Akhalkalaki: The Taphonomy of An Early Pleistocene Locality in the Republic of Georgia . Journal of Archaeological Science 29: 1367–1391.

Tushabramishvili, N., Lordkipanidze, D., Tvalcherlidze, M., Vekua, A., Muskhelishvili, A., Adler , D. S. 1999. The Palaeolithic Rockshelter of Ortvale Klde, Imereti Region, The Georgian Republic . Préhistoire Europeenne 15: 65–77.

Conard, N. J., Adler , D. S. 1997. Lithic Reduction and Hominid Behavior in the Middle Palaeolithic of the Rhineland . Journal of Anthropological Research 53: 147–175.

Conard, N., Adler , D.S., Forrest, D. T., Kaszas, P. J. 1995. Preliminary Archaeological Results from the 1991–1993 Excavations in Wallertheim. Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 25: 13–27.

Conard, N. J., Adler , D. S., Forrest, D. T., Kaszas, P. J. 1994. Current Middle Palaeolithic Excavations in Wallertheim, Rheinhessen. Ethnographisch-Archäologische Zeitschrift 35: 81–87.

 

Adler , D. S., Belfer-Cohen, A., Bar-Yosef, O. 2006. Between A Rock And A Hard Place: Neanderthal-Modern Human Interactions In The Southern Caucasus . In Neanderthals and Modern Humans Meet , edited by N. J. Conard, pp. 165–187. Tübingen Publications in Prehistory, Kerns Verlag Tübingen .

Adler , D. S., Conard, N. J. 2005. Tracking Hominins During the Last Interglacial Complex in the Rhineland . In The Individual Hominid in Context: Archaeological Investigations of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Landscapes, Locales, and Artefacts , edited by C. Gamble and M. Porr, pp. 133–153. Routledge Press, London .

Adler , D. S., Tushabramishvili, N. 2004. Middle Palaeolithic Patterns of Settlement and Subsistence in the Southern Caucasus . In Middle Palaeolithic Settlement Dynamics , edited by N. Conard, Tübingen, pp. 91–132. Publications in Prehistory, Kerns Verlag Tübingen .

Bar-Oz, G., Adler , D. S., Vekua, A., Meshveliani, T., Tushabramishvili, N., Belfer-Cohen, A., Bar-Yosef, O. 2004. Faunal exploitation patterns along the southern slopes of the Caucasus during the Late Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic. In Colonisation, Migration, and Marginal Areas. A Zooarchaeological Approach , edited by M. Mondini, S. Muñoz, and S. Wickler, pp. 46–54. Oxford : Oxbow Books.

Bar-Oz, G., Adler , D. S., Meshveliani, T., Tushabramishvili, N., Belfer-Cohen, A., Bar-Yosef, O. 2002. Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Foragers of the Southwest Caucasus : New Faunal Evidence from Western Georgia . In Problemy kamennogo veka Srednei i Tsentral'noi Azii (Problems of the Stone age in Middle and Central Asia ) , edited by A. I. Krivoshapkin, pp. 225–231. Institut Arkheologii i Etnografii SO RAN, Novosibirsk .

Conard, N. J., Prindiville, T. J., Adler , D. S. 1998. Refitting Bones and Stones as a Means of Reconstructing Middle Palaeolithic Subsistence in the Rhineland . In Proceedings from: XVIII e Recontres International d'Archéologie et d'Histoire d'Antibes, Économie Préhistorique: Les Comportemonts de Subsistence au Paléolithique. October 23–25, 1997 . Antibes , edited by J.-P. Brugal, L. Meignen, and M. Patou-Mathis, pp. 273–290. APDCA, Sophia Antipolis.

Adler , D. S., Conard, N. J. 1997. Middle Palaeolithic Technology and Pre-Modern Hominid Behavior: Evidence from Wallertheim D, Rheinhessen , Germany . Reports for the Second Wallertheim Workshop. March 23–25, 1997 . Universität Tübingen , pp. 1–14.

Conard, N. J., Adler , D. S. 1996. Wallertheim Horizon D, An Example of High Resolution Archaeology in the Middle Palaeolithic. Proceedings from: Reduction Processes ("Chaînes Opératoires") for the European Mousterian. May 26–28, 1995 . Rome . Quaternaria Nova 6: 109–125.

Conard, N. J., Bosinski, G., Adler , D. S. 1995. Middle Palaeolithic Finds from Koblenz-Metternich. International Union For Quaternary Research XIV, International Congress. Berlin , 1995. The Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of the Rhineland . Edited by G. Bosinski, M. Street and M. Baales, pp. 882–885. In Quaternary Field Trips In Central Europe Vol. 2 (15) , edited by W. Schirmer.

 

Adler , D. S., 2005. A Review of More Than Meets the Eye: Studies on Upper Palaeolithic Diversity in the Near East . Near Eastern Archaeology .

Bar-Yosef, O., Belfer-Cohen, A., Meshveliani, T., Adler , D. S., Tushabramishvili, N., Boaretto, E., Mercier, N., Weiner, S. 2002. The Middle-Upper Paleolithic Boundary in the Western Caucasus . Journal of Human Evolution 42(3): A4.

Adler , D. S., Tushabramishvili, N., Bar-Oz, G. 2002. The Latest Neanderthals of the Southern Caucasus : New Dates and New Data from Ortvale Klde, the Georgian Republic . Journal of Human Evolution 42(3): A2.

Adler , D. S., 2001. A Review of Rekem: A Federmesser Camp on the Meuse River Bank, 2 Volumes. Journal of Field Archaeology 28(1/2): 205–207.

Adler , D. S., Tushabramishvili, N., Lordkipanidze, D., Tvalcherlidze, M., Vekua, A., Muskhelishvili, A. 2000. The Palaeolithic Occupations at Ortvale Klde and Their Bearing on the Prehistory of Transcaucasia . Journal of Human Evolution 38(3): A2.

 

Steguweit, L., Adler , D. S. Gebrauchsspuren an Steinartefakten von Wallertheim: Vorbrmerkungen zur Untersuchungsmethode. In The 1991–1994 Middle Paleolithic Excavations at Wallertheim , edited by N. J. Conard. Tübingen Publications in Prehistory, Kerns Verlag Tübingen .

Conard, N. J., Adler , D. S. Archaeological Questions and Methods. In The 1991–1994 Middle Paleolithic Excavations at Wallertheim , edited by N. J. Conard. Tübingen Publications in Prehistory, Kerns Verlag Tübingen .

Adler , D. S., Conard, N. J. Wallertheim Horizon A: The Eemian Occupations I. In The 1991–1994 Middle Paleolithic Excavations at Wallertheim , edited by N. J. Conard. Tübingen Publications in Prehistory, Kerns Verlag Tübingen .

Adler , D. S., Conard, N. J. Wallertheim Horizon B: The Eemian Occupations II. In The 1991–1994 Middle Paleolithic Excavations at Wallertheim , edited by N. J. Conard. Tübingen Publications in Prehistory, Kerns Verlag Tübingen .

Conard, N. J., Adler , D. S. Wallertheim Horizon C: The OIS 5d Occupations. In The 1991–1994 Middle Paleolithic Excavations at Wallertheim , edited by N. J. Conard. Tübingen Publications in Prehistory, Kerns Verlag Tübingen .

Adler , D. S., Conard, N. J. Wallertheim Horizon D: The OIS 5c Occupations. In The 1991–1994 Middle Paleolithic Excavations at Wallertheim , edited by N. J. Conard. Tübingen Publications in Prehistory, Kerns Verlag Tübingen .

Conard, N. J., Adler , D. S. Wallertheim Horizon E: The OIS 5b Occupations I. In The 1991–1994 Middle Paleolithic Excavations at Wallertheim , edited by N. J. Conard. Tübingen Publications in Prehistory, Kerns Verlag Tübingen .

Conard, N. J., Adler , D. S. Wallertheim Horizon F: The OIS 5b Occupations II. In The 1991–1994 Middle Paleolithic Excavations at Wallertheim , edited by N. J. Conard. Tübingen Publications in Prehistory . Kerns Verlag, Tübingen.

Adler , D. S., Conard, N. J. Middle Paleolithic Mobility and Land Use in the Rhineland . In The 1991–1994 Middle Paleolithic Excavations at Wallertheim , edited by N. J. Conard. Tübingen Publications in Prehistory, Kerns Verlag Tübingen .

 

Adler , D. S. Dating the Demise: Neanderthal Extinction and the Establishment of Modern Humans in the Southern Caucasus . In Setting the Record Straight: Toward a Systematic Chronological Understanding of the Middle–Upper Palaeolithic Boundary in Eurasia , edited by O. Jöris, D. S. Adler, and W. Davies. XVth Congress of The International Union  for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (U.I.S.P.P.), Lisbon , Portugal . 2006.

Adler , D. S., and Bar-Oz, G. Seasonal Patterns of Prey Acquisition During the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic of the Southern Caucasus . In The Evolution of Hominid Diets: Integrating approaches to the study of Palaeolithic subsistence , edited by J.-J. Hublin and M. Richards. Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig Germany .

Meignen, L., Adler , D. S., Mercier, N., Valladas, H., Tushabramishvili, N., and Bar-Yosef, O. The Temporal and Technological Context of Djruchula Cave , an Early Middle Palaeolithic Site in the Republic of Georgia .

Belfer-Cohen, A., Bar-Yosef, O., and Adler , D. S. The Upper Palaeolithic of Ortvale Klde.

Adler , D. S., Ferring, C. R., Goldberg, P., Mallol, C., Agusti, J., Lordkipanidze, D. The Palaeoenvironmental and Taphonomic Context of Human Habitation in the Dmanisi Region During the Late Middle Pleistocene.

Adler , D. S. The 1997–2001 Excavations at the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic Rockshelter of Ortvale Klde, The Republic of Georgia . Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden .

Bar-Yosef, O., Adler , D. S., Meshveliani, T., Tushabramishvili, N., Belfer-Cohen, A., Mercier, N., Boaretto, E., Weiner, S., Rink, J. Dating the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Boundary in the Southern Caucasus .

Mallol, C., Goldberg, P., Adler , D. S. The Micromorphology of Ortvale Klde, Republic of Georgia .

 

European Prehistory (ANTH 295). University of Connecticut , fall 2006.

Modern Human Dispersals (ANTH 305). University of Connecticut , fall 2006.

The Neanderthals: Evolution, Ecology, and Archaeology (ANTH 305). University of Connecticut , spring 2006.

Analytical Methods in Archaeology (ANTH 358). University of Connecticut , fall 2005.

Sophomore Tutorial in Archaeology (ANTH 97x). Harvard University , spring 2004–2005.

Junior Tutorial in Archaeology I (ANTH 98xa). Harvard University , fall 2003–2004.

Junior Tutorial in Archaeology II (ANTH 98xb). Harvard University , spring 2004–2005.

Rediscovering Past Societies: A Survey of World Prehistory (ANTH 1000). Harvard University , fall 2003–2004.

Introduction to Archaeology (ANTH 1001). Harvard University , spring 2003–2005.

Current Topics in Palaeolithic Archaeology and Human Evolution (ANTH 191). Harvard University , spring 2003.

Introduction to Archaeology (ANTH E-1b ). Harvard University Extension School , spring 2004.

 

CMRAE 3.985J: Archaeological Science . Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spring 2004. Guest lecturer. “The Impact of Dating on the Interpretation of Cultural Revolutions: The Development of Modern Humans and the Origins of Agriculture.” Dr. H. Lechtman.

Anthropology 140: Origins of the Food We Eat . Harvard University , fall 2003. Guest lecturer. “Agricultural Transitions and Developments in Europe During the Mesolithic and Neolithic” Prof. O. Bar-Yosef & Dr. R. Meadow.

Anthropology 205a: The History and Theory of Social Anthropology: Proseminar. Harvard University , fall 2003. Guest lecturer. “Anthropological Archaeology.” Prof. L. Lorand Matory.

Science B-27: Human Evolution . Harvard University , spring 2003. Guest lecturer. “Biological and Behavioral Developments During the MP/MSA and UP/LSA.” Prof. D. Pilbeam, Prof. M. Ruvolo, & Prof. D. Lieberman.

CMRAE 3.985J: Archaeological Science . Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spring 2003. Guest lecturer. “The Impact of Dating on the Interpretation of Cultural Revolutions: The Development of Modern Humans and the Origins of Agriculture.” Dr. H. Lechtman.

Anthropology 140: The Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Agriculture . Harvard University , fall 2001. Guest lecturer. “The Introduction of Agriculture to Europe: Communities and Economies in Conflict.” Prof. O. Bar-Yosef & Dr. R. Meadow.

Anthropology 100: Rediscovering Past Societies: A Survey of World Prehistory . Harvard University, fall 2001. Guest lecturer. “The Demise of the Neanderthals and the Ascendancy of Modern Humans.” Dr. E. Kansa.

Anthropology 100: Rediscovering Past Societies: A Survey of World Prehistory . Harvard University, fall 2001. Guest lecturer. “The Morphologies and Cultures of Archaic Hominins.” Dr. E. Kansa.

Anthropology 206: Topics in Human Evolution . Harvard University, spring 2001. Guest lecturer. “The Late Middle Palaeolithic of Northwest Europe Prior to the Appearance of Modern Humans.” Prof. O. Bar-Yosef & Prof. D. Pilbeam.

Archaeology 708: Site Formation Processes . Boston University, spring 2001. Guest lecturer. “Site Formation Processes in Floodplain Environments.” Prof. P. Goldberg.

Anthropology 100: Rediscovering Past Societies: A Survey of World Prehistory . Harvard University, fall 2000. Guest lecturer. “The Introduction of Agriculture to Europe: Communities and Economies in Conflict.” Dr. M. Sugerman.

Anthropology 100: Rediscovering Past Societies: A Survey of World Prehistory . Harvard University, fall 2000. Head Teaching Fellow. Dr. M. Sugerman.

Anthropology 100: Rediscovering Past Societies: A Survey of World Prehistory . Harvard University, spring 2000. Teaching Fellow. Prof. O. Bar-Yosef & Prof. E. Chilton.

Anthropology 101: Introduction to Archaeology. Harvard University, spring 2000. Guest lecturer. “Lithic Reduction and Technology Lab.” Dr. J. Gerry.

Anthropology 140: The Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Agriculture . Harvard University, fall 1999. Guest lecturer. “The Introduction of Agriculture to Europe: Communities and Economies in Conflict.” Prof. O. Bar-Yosef & Dr. R. Meadow.

Anthropology 140: The Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Agriculture . Harvard University, fall 1999. Teaching Fellow. Prof. O. Bar-Yosef & Dr. R. Meadow.

Archaeology 708: Site Formation Processe s. Boston University, fall 1999. Guest lecturer. “Site Formation Processes in Alluvial Contexts.” Prof. P. Goldberg.

Anthropology 196: Archaeology of New England . Harvard University, fall 1999. Guest lecturer. “Lithic Reduction and Technology Lab.” Prof. E. Chilton.

Anthropology 100: Rediscovering Past Societies: An Introduction to Archaeology . Harvard University, spring 1999. Teaching Fellow. Prof. O. Bar-Yosef & Prof. E. Chilton.

Anthropology 117: Human Evolution: Paleontology and Paleolithic Archaeology . Harvard University, spring 1998. Teaching Fellow. Prof. D. Pilbeam & Prof. O. Bar-Yosef.

Anthropology 100: Rediscovering Past Societies: An Introduction to Archaeology . Harvard University, spring 1998. Teaching Fellow. Prof. Y.-K.Lee.

Anthropology 17: Human Evolution . Harvard University, spring 1997. Guest lecturer. “Methods of Early Human Stone Tool Production.” Dr. M. Tappen.

Anthropology 140: The Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Agriculture . Harvard University, fall 1995. Guest lecturer. “Lithic Reduction and Technology During the Neolithic.” Prof. O. Bar-Yosef & Dr. R. Meadow.

 

Nominee, Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize for excellence in undergraduate teaching, 2005, Harvard University.

Certificate of Distinction in Teaching: spring 2001. Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education. Anthropology 100: Rediscovering Past Societies: A Survey of World Prehistory . Harvard University, Fall 2000. Teaching Fellow.

Certificate of Distinction in Teaching: fall 2000. Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education. Anthropology 100: Rediscovering Past Societies: A Survey of World Prehistory . Harvard University, Spring 2000. Teaching Fellow.

Certificate of Distinction in Teaching: spring 2000. Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education. Anthropology 140: The Transition from Hunter-Gathering to Agriculture . Harvard University, Fall 1999. Teaching Fellow.

Certificate of Distinction in Teaching: fall 1999. Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education. Anthropology 100: Rediscovering Past Societies: An Introduction to Archaeology . Harvard University, Spring 1999. Teaching Fellow.

 

Dating the Demise: Neanderthal Extinction and the Establishment of Modern Humans in the Southern Caucasus. Paper presented at Setting the Record Straight: Toward a Systematic Chronological Understanding of the Middle–Upper Palaeolithic Boundary in Eurasia . XVth Congress of The International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (U.I.S.P.P.), Lisbon, Portugal. 2006.

Discontinuities at the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic Boundary in the Southern Caucasus. Poster presented at 150 Years of Neanderthal Discoveries : Early Europeans - Continuity & Discontinuity . July 21 st –26 th , 2006, Bonn, Germany.

Cultural, Biological, and Behavioral Discontinuities at the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic Boundary in the Southern Caucasus. Paper presented to the Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte , Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz.

Seasonal Patterns of Prey Acquisition During the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic of the Southern Caucasus . Paper presented at The Evolution of Hominid Diets: Integrating approaches to the study of Palaeolithic subsistence. Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig Germany , May 17– ­ 21 2006.

Neanderthal-Modern Human Interactions in the Southern Caucasus . Paper presented to the Department of Anthropology, Yale University , Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture Series, Feb. 24 , 2006.

The Open-Air Component of Middle Palaeolithic Mobility and Land Use in the Dmanisi Region, Georgian Republic . Paper presented at the 70 th annual meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, March 31– April 4, 2005 , Salt Lake City , Utah .

Cultural, Biological, and Behavioral Discontinuities at the Middle–Upper Palaeolithic Boundary in the Southern Caucasus . Paper presented at New Research on the Late Middle Palaeolithic/Early Upper Palaeolithic Period, East of the Carpathians: Continuity or Discontinuity? European Association of Archaeologists, Lyon Sept. 7–10, 2004 .

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Neanderthal-Modern Human Interactions in the Southern Caucasus . Paper presented at Neanderthals and Modern Humans Meet , Blaubeuren/Tübingen, July 7–­10, 2004.

Patterns of Lithic Reduction and Tool Use Along the Southern Slopes of the Caucasus : New Data from the Late Middle Palaeolithic Rockshelter of Ortvale Klde. Paper presented at the 69 th annual meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, Symposium 129, New Perspectives in Eurasian Prehistory: Papers in Honor of Professor Ofer Bar-Yosef, Part I , March 31– April 4, 2004 , Montreal , Canada .

The Seasonal Exploitation of Capra caucasica During the Middle and Upper Paleolithic of the Southern Caucasus . Paper presented at the 2004 meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society, March 30–31, Montreal , Canada .

Abrupt Climate Change and Human Evolution. Discussant with William H. Calvin on The Connection , hosted by Judy Swallow, WBUR, 90.9 FM, Boston, August, 2003.

The Latest Neanderthals of the Southern Caucasus : New Dates and New Data from Ortvale Klde. Paper presented at the 2002 meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society, March 19–20, Denver , CO .

The Neanderthals of the Southern Caucasus : An Introduction to New Palaeolithic Research in the Georgian Republic . Paper presented to the Department of Anthropology, SUNY Stony Brook, December 4, 2001 , Stony Brook , NY .

Modeling Land-use and Mobility Among the Last Neanderthals of the Southern Caucasus. Paper presented to the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University , November 28, 2001, Cambridge, MA .

Middle Palaeolithic Settlement and Subsistence Patterns in the Southern Caucasus . Paper presented at the XIV International Congress of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences, Commission 27, Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age Settlement Systems, September 2–8, 2001 , Liege , Belgium .

Patterns of Spatial Organization and Mobility during the Eemian Interglacial in the Rhineland : New Data from Wallertheim. Paper presented at the 66 th annual meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, Symposium 222, Multiple Occupations and Complex Deposition: Archaeology in Three Dimensions, April 18–22, 2001, New Orleans, LA.

Repopulating the Palaeolithic Landscape: Landscape Archaeology and Middle Palaeolithic Settlement in the Rhineland . Paper presented at the Boston University, Conference on Landscape Archaeology, November 11, 2001 , Boston, MA .

The Palaeolithic Prehistory of the Southern Caucasus : A View from Western Georgia . Paper presented at the Universität Tübingen, Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Spring lecture series, June 6, 2000 , Tübingen , Germany .

Patterns of Spatial Organization and Mobility During the Eemian Interglacial in the Rhineland : New Data from Wallertheim , Germany . Poster presented at the 65 th annual meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, April 5–9, 2000 , Philadelphia , PA.

The Palaeolithic Occupations at Ortvale Klde and Their Bearing on the Prehistory of Transcaucasia . Paper presented at the 2000 meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society, April 4–5, University Museum , Philadelphia , PA.

Reconstructing Land-use Patterns During the Middle Palaeolithic of the Rhineland . Lectures in Old World Prehistory, paper presented to the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University , March 4, 1999 , Cambridge , MA .

Lithic Procurement and Reduction Strategies and Their Influence on Mobility Patterns During The Middle Palaeolithic of the Rhineland . Massachusetts Archaeology Society ( Boston Chapter), February 17, 1999 , Cambridge , MA .

Current Research on the Middle Palaeolithic of the Rhineland : New Data from Wallertheim , Germany . Paper presented to the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University , February 25, 1998 , Cambridge , MA .

The Middle Palaeolithic Locality of Wallertheim: Current Faunal and Lithic Research. Paper presented with T. Prindiville, Universität Tübingen, Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Fall lecture series, November 10, 1997 , Germany .

Refitting Bones and Stones as a Means of Reconstructing Middle Palaeolithic Subsistence in the Rhineland . Paper presented with N. J. Conard and T. P. Prindiville at the XVIII e Recontres International d'Archéologie et d'Histoire d'Antibes, Économie Préhistorique: Les Comportemonts de Subsistence au Paléolithique, October 23–25, 1997 . Antibes , France .

Middle Palaeolithic Technology and Pre-Modern Hominid Behavior: Evidence from Wallertheim D, Germany . Paper presented at the Second Wallertheim Workshop. March 23–25, 1997 , Universität Tübingen, Tübingen , Germany .

Wallertheim Horizon D, An Example of High Resolution Archaeology in the Middle Palaeolithic. Paper presented with N. J. Conard at the symposium: Reduction Processes ("Châines Opératoires") for the European Mousterian. May 26–28, 1995 , Rome , Italy .

Analysis of the Lithic Assemblage from Wallertheim D. Paper presented at the First Wallertheim Workshop, January 23, 1995 , Museum Monrepos, Neuwied, Germany .

 

Setting the Record Straight: Toward a Systematic Chronological Understanding of the Middle–Upper Palaeolithic Boundary in Eurasia . XVth Congress of The International Union  for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (U.I.S.P.P.), Lisbon , Portugal . 2006. Organized with Dr. Olaf Jöris, Forschungsinstitut für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Forschungsbereich Altsteinzeit, Neuwied , Germany , and Dr. William Davies, University of Southampton , Southampton , UK .

 

Faculty Travel Grant, University of Connecticut : $1850, 2006. For travel to the XV th UISPP, Lisbon , Portugal .

Faculty Research Grant, University of Connecticut : $1000, 2006. For research in the Georgian Republic .

Faculty Travel Grant, University of Connecticut : $1100, 2005. For travel to the 71 st SAA, San Juan , Puerto Rico .

American School for Prehistoric Research: $6,000, 2004. For the dating of Bronze Cave and Ortvale Klde.

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research: $24,550, 2003–2005. Individual Research Grant (#7059) to conduct the Mashavera Gorge Palaeolithic Project, Georgian Republic .

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research: $20,000, 2002. Dissertation Completion Grant (#6881).

American School for Prehistoric Research: $9,000, 2002. For dissertation completion.

American School for Prehistoric Research: $8,000, 2001. For the excavation, analyses, dating, and publication of material from the Middle Palaeolithic site of Ortvale Klde, Georgian Republic .

Departmental Merit Scholarship: $9,000, 2001–2002, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University .

C. Du Bois Dissertation Completion Grant: $10,000, 2001–2002. Department of Anthropology, Harvard University .

The Davis Center for Russian Studies: $2500, 2000. Travel grant for dissertation research in the Georgian Republic .

The L. S. B. Leakey Foundation: $12,000, 2000. For dissertation research.

American School for Prehistoric Research: $2,000, 2000. For the excavation, analyses, dating and publication of material from the Middle Palaeolithic site of Ortvale Klde, Georgian Republic .

Frederick Sheldon Travelling Fellowship: $14,000, 2000. Committee on General Scholarships, Harvard University .

Mellon Foundation: $2,000, 2000. For the excavation, analyses, dating and publication of material from the Middle Palaeolithic site of Ortvale Klde, Georgian Republic .

Mellon Foundation: $1,500, 1999. For the excavation, analyses, dating and publication of material from the Middle Palaeolithic site of Ortvale Klde, Georgian Republic .

American School for Prehistoric Research: $2,000, 1999. For the excavation, analyses, dating and publication of material from the Middle Palaeolithic site of Ortvale Klde, Georgian Republic .

Mellon Foundation (Pre-dissertation Fieldwork): $6,000, 1997. For the analyses and publication of material from the Middle Palaeolithic site of Wallertheim. Universität Tübingen , Germany .

American School for Prehistoric Research: $700, 1997. Travel grant to attend the Second Wallertheim Workshop. Universität Tübingen , Germany .

American School for Prehistoric Research: $4,000, 1996. For fieldwork at the lower Middle Pleistocene site of Akhalkalaki, Republic of Georgia .

Harvard University , Teschemacher Fund: $2,600, 1996. For the analyses and publication of material from the Middle Palaeolithic site of Wallertheim. Universität Tübingen , Germany .

American School for Prehistoric Research: $6,000, 1995. For fieldwork at the lower Middle Pleistocene site of Akhalkalaki, Republic of Georgia .