Old World Arch Program Description
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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 email: nick.blegen@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 e-mail: philip.glauberman@uconn.edu |
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Graham, Philip (PhD Candidate). 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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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 e-mail: thomas.hart@uconn.edu |
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Hill, Chad (PhD Candidate). 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 e-mail: chad.hill@uconn.edu |
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Kennerty, Michael (Graduate Student). Interestests: I study animal remains (zooarchaeology) to learn if food preference was an expression of social identity during the early Neolithic time period. Also, I am interested in policy issues involving anthropology: how federal agencies fund anthropological studies, the role of anthropology in the judicial system, and anthropologists' influence on policy makers. Advisor: Natalie Munro Michael.Kennerty@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 e-mail: 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 e-mail: tiziana.matarazzo@uconn.edu
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Wales Nathan (PhD Candidate) Interests: My interests include processual archaeology, human evolution, the Paleolithic revolution, lithic technology, and the implementation of technology in archaeology. Advisor: Daniel Adler e-mail: nathan.wales@uconn.edu
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Beverly A. Schmidt (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 Email: beverly.schmidt@uconn.edu |
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Warren, Rebecca (PhD candidate). My research interests: lithic technology, functional analyses (microscopic residue analysis and use-wear), diet and subsistence, experimental archaeology, Paleolithic archaeology. Advisor: Daniel Adler e-mail: rebecca.warren@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 e-mail: cara.roure@uconn.edu |
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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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