Old World Arch Program Description
Archaeological and Forensic Science Lab Methods
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Blegen, Nick (PhD Candidate). My interests: human evolution, archaeology of the African Stone Age and Eurasian Paleolithic, lithic technology, geoarchaeology, and experimental archaeology. Advisor: Sally McBrearty nicholas.blegen@uconn.edu |
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Clifton, Breanne (PhD Candidate). My research interests include the emergence of modern human behavior in the Middle Pleistocene, human evolution, lithic technology of the African Middle Stone Age and Late Stone Age, phytoliths, paleoenvironmental reconstruction and spatial analysis, and the reconstruction of hominin subsistence patterns. Advisor: Sally McBrearty breanne.clifton@uconn.edu |
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Glauberman, Philip (PhD Candidate). I Investigate upland Palaeolithic (lithic) surface scatters in the loess region of southern Limburg, The Netherlands and northeast Belgium as a case study for reconstructing regional Palaeolithic land-use patterns in northwest Europe. Advisor: Dan Adler philip.glauberman@uconn.edu |
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Hart, Thomas (PhD Candidate). Research interests: Palaeoethnobotany, phytoliths, starch grains, the interaction between humans and their environment, the spread of agriculture into Europe, the domestication process, early state level societies, the role of plants in hominin diet and evolution. Advisor: Alexia Smith thomas.hart@uconn.edu |
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Leslie, David (PhD Candidate). My research interests include lithic technology of the Middle Stone Age and Middle Paleolithic, projectile technology, lithic reduction sequences, human evolution, GIS applications in archaeology, and evolution education and outreach. Advisor: Sally McBrearty David.Leslie@uconn.edu |
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Meier, Jacqueline(PhD Candidate). My research interests: Zooarchaeology of the Near East, migration, the process of domestication, human-animal relationships, bone tool technology, GIS spatial analysis. Advisor: Natalie Murnro jacqueline.meier@uconn.edu |
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Matarazzo, Tiziana (PhD Candidate). Dissertation project entitled: Micromorphological Analysis of Activity Areas at the Early Bronze Age village of Afragola in Southern Italy. The Afragola village is remarkable for its preservation, which is matched by few archaeological sites in Europe. The site was covered by almost 1 m of ash during the Vesuvius eruption in 3,780 BP. The site boasts a large number of well-preserved structures, built features and organic materials and it provides a unique laboratory to investigate variability in artifact distribution and activity areas across the village. The identification of activity areas will proceed through the analysis of micromorphological thin sections of collected samples of undisturbed surface sediments. By identifying the location and function of domestic and manufacturing areas, this study will address issues related to the organization and use of space of households during the Bronze Age in Italy. Advisor: Natalie Munro tiziana.matarazzo@uconn.edu
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Melville, Alison (PhD Candidate). Human evolution, early modern humans and emerging behavioral variability, human-environmental interactions, Paleolithic archaeology, lithics, experimental archaeology, public communication of archaeology. Advisor: Sally McBrearty alison.melville@uconn.edu |
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Proctor, Lucas (PhD Candidate) Research Interests: Archaeobotany, GIS, archaeology of the Southwest Asia and Middle East, chalcolithic, bronze age, iron age, environment and ecology, plant domestication, state formation, agropastoralism. Advisor: Alexia Smith lucas.proctor@uconn.edu |
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Samei, Siavash (PhD Candidate) Research Interests: Zooarchaeology, Neolithic transition, domestication, human migratory patterns, paleoeconomic reconstruction, sociopolitical evolution. Cultural Areas: Iran; The Zagros; the Near East. Advisor: Natalie Munro siavash.samei@uconn.edu |
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Schmidt, Beverly A. (PhD Candidate) Research interests: Paleolithic archaeology, Neandertals, lithic technology, human origins and behavioral evolution, quantitative methods, Pleistocene geology, GIS and spatial analysis, and computer applications in archaeological fieldwork. Advisor: Daniel Adler beverly.schmidt@uconn.edu |
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Von Baeyer, Madelynn (PhD Candidate) Research Interests: Primarily Archaeobotany and integrating stable isotopic research into archaeobotanical studies. I am interested in how humans adapted their use of plants in times of cultural and environmental shifts. I am also interested in studying social complexity through the archaeobotanical record. Advisor: Alexia Smith madelynn.von_baeyer@uconn.edu |
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Wales, Nathan (PhD 2012) Dissertation title: “Ancient DNA from Archaeobotanical Remains: The Next Generation” Advisor: Daniel Adler
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Hill, Chad (PhD 2011). I study the Chalcolithic period in the Southern Levant with a focus on animal production and consumption. I am interested the timing and effects of the "Secondary Products Revolution". I am also interested in GIS applications in archaeology. Advisor: Natalie Munro
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Graham, Philip (PhD 2011). Archaeobotany and household archaeology. Ancient agriculture and the prehistory of the Near East from the Neolithic to the Ubaid period. Advisor: Natalie Munro e-mail: philip.graham@uconn.edu |
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Johnson, Cara Roure (PhD 2007). My research interests include geoarchaeology, human evolution, landscape archaeology and the origins of modern human behavior. My current research project involves the geological/enviornmental reconstruction of a small basin in the Keyan Rift Valley and the correlation of behavioral traces within that basin to enviornmental types. Advisor: Sally McBrearty
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WAWERU, Veronica (PhD 2007) Interests: Human evolution, African prehistory, projectile technology, origins of modern human behaviour, paleo-ecology, raw material resource utilization patterns and the Pastoral Neolithic. Advisor: Sally McBrearty e-mail: veronica.waweru@uconn.edu
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