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CURRICULUM VITAE

John W. Arthur

University of South Florida St. Petersburg

140 7th Avenue S., DAV 258

St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Office – DAV 270 (727) 873-4960

Archaeological Lab – STG 216 (727) 873-4344

[email protected]

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EDUCATION

2000 Doctor of Philosophy, Anthropology, University of Florida, Dissertation Title:

Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology among the Gamo of southwestern Ethiopia.

1994 Master of Arts, Anthropology, The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Theses Title: Ceramic Function During The Early Pithouse Period in the Mimbres

River Valley.

1987 Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin.

EMPLOYMENT

University of South Florida St. Petersburg, Associate Professor (2009-Current).

University of South Florida St. Petersburg, Assistant Professor (2003-2009).

University of Florida, Adjunct Professor (2000-2003).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Ethnoarchaeology, Archaeology of Beer, Ceramic Technology, Experimental Archaeology

Social Stratification, Craft Specialization, Complex Societies

Foragers, Farmers, Development of Food Production

African Archaeology, North American Archaeology

EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING

2010-2013 National Science Foundation, Archaeology Program ($258,639), (Co-P.I.).

2006-2008 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant ($148,960), (Co-P.I.).

2006-2007 National Science Foundation, Archaeology Program ($59,600), (P.I.).

2005-2009 National Science Foundation, Archaeology Program ($95,100), (P.I.).

1997 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant ($11,973.50).

1996 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Grants-in-Aid of Research ($515.00).

EXTERNAL SERVICE FUNDING

2019 Friends of Weedon Island (FOWI) to AWIARE, Inc. ($3,000), For educational

development.

2018 Levett Foundation Grant Awarded to AWIARE, Inc. ($50,000), For student grants to

conduct archaeology related research in the Tampa Bay region 2019-2023.

INTERNAL FUNDING

2017 University of South Florida International Travel Grant, European Meeting of Ancient

Ceramics, Bordeaux, France ($1,591).

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2005 University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, New Investigator Research Grant

($4,500.00), Awarded (P.I.).

2004 University of South Florida, Tampa, New Investigator Research Grant ($9,907.00).

Awarded (P.I.).

2003 University of South Florida International Travel Grant, Society of Africanist

Archaeologists Conference, Bergen, Norway ($1,995.00).

1999 Charles H. Fairbanks Award, University of Florida ($800.00).

1999 McGinty Dissertation Fellowship, University of Florida ($3,150.00).

1995 Center for African Studies Travel Grant, University of Florida, Field Research in

Ethiopia ($2,000.00).

1994 Small Graduate Student Grant, The University of Texas at San Antonio ($500.00).

1993 Gifford Memorial Scholarship, The University of Texas at San Antonio ($300.00).

AWARDS

2016 Chancellor’s Award for Research and Creative Scholarship, University of South

Florida St. Petersburg.

2015 Proclamation made by the St. Petersburg Mayor and City Council in honor of the

discovery of the first complete ancient African genome, Bayira.

2005 Teaching Excellence, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida St.

Petersburg.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Single Author Book

Beer: For the Living and the Dead.

Peer Reviewed Articles

Beer, Ritual, and Identity: Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Study of Two

Ethiopian Societies, International Symposium on Alcohol, Rituals, and Spiritual World

in Ancient China and Beyond: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, Edited by Li Liu and

Jiajing Wang, Symposium Organizers, Stanford University.

PUBLISHED SINGLE AUTHOR BOOK

2006 Arthur, John W. Living with Pottery: Ethnoarchaeology among the Gamo of

Southwest Ethiopia. Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry, University of Utah Press:

Salt Lake City.

PUBLISHED PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

2019 Arthur, John W. Built To Last: James Skibo’s Contribution to Archaeological

Theory and Pottery Use-Alteration in Relation to the Gamo of Southwestern

Ethiopia. The Wisconsin Archaeologist in a special issue on the contributions of

James Skibo. Editors Fernanda Neubauer and Michael J. Schaefer, Submission

deadline January 7th, 2019, scheduled for June 2019 publication.

2019 Arthur, John W., Matthew C. Curtis, Kathryn Weedman Arthur, Mauro Coltorti,

Pierluigi Pieruccini, Josephine Lesur, Dorian Fuller, Leilani Lucas, Lawrence

Conyers, Jay Stock, Sean Stretton, and Robert Tykot. The Transition from Hunting

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and Gathering to Food Production in the Gamo Highlands of Southern Ethiopia,

African Archaeological Review. 36(1):5-65.

2019. Coltorti, Mauro, Pierluigi Pieruccini, Kathryn Arthur, John W. Arthur, and Matthew

C. Curtis. Geomorphology, Soils and Paleosoils of the Chencha Area (Gamo Gofa,

South Western Ethiopian Highlands), Journal of African Earth Sciences, 151:225-

240.

2018 Jackson, Kendal, Elizabeth Southard, Sharlene O’Donnell, and John Arthur.

Estimating Crown Conch (Melogena corona) Tissue Weight from Archaeological

Shell Measurements: An Allometric Methodology for Coastal Historical

Ecological Research, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21:107-116.

2017 Joséphine Lesur, John W. Arthur, Kathryn Weedman Arthur, Matthew C. Curtis. Hide

and Meat among Boreda Hideworkers: Ethnoarchaeozoology of Consumption and

Craft Practices in Gamo (Southwest Ethiopia), Quaternary International 471:81-94.

2017 Kathryn Weedman Arthur, Yohannes Ethiopia Tocha, Matthew C. Curtis, Bizuayehu

Lakew, and John W. Arthur. Seniority through Ancestral Landscapes: Community

Archaeology in the Highlands of Southern Ethiopia, Journal of Community

Archaeology and Heritage, 4(2): 101-114.

2015 Gallego Llorente, M., Jones, E. R., Eriksson, A., Siska, V., Arthur, K. W., Arthur, J.

W., Curtis, M. C., Stock, J. T., Coltorti, M., Pieruccini, P., Stretton, S., Brock, F.,

Higham, T., Park, Y., Hofreiter, M., Bradley, D. G., Bhak, J., Pinhasi, R., Manica, A.

Ancient Ethiopian Genome Reveals Extensive Eurasian Admixture in Eastern

Africa, Science, Vol. 350, No. 6262: 820-822.

2014 Lesur, Joséphine, Xavier Gutherz, Luc Jallot, Amélie Diaz, and John Arthur. Les

sociétés de l’Holocène récent du Sud de l’Éthiopie: résultats de la mission

archéologique dans le Parc National de Nechisar, Annales d’Éthiopie 29:121-146.

2014 Arthur, John W., Beer Through the Ages: The Role of Beer in Shaping Our Past

and Current Worlds, Anthropology Now 6(2): 1-11

2014 Arthur, John W. Pottery Uniformity in a Stratified Society: An

Ethnoarchaeological Perspective from the Gamo of Southwestern Ethiopia,

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 35:106-116.

2014 Arthur, John W. Culinary Crafts and Foods in Southwestern Ethiopia: An

Ethnoarchaeological Study of Gamo Groundstones and Pottery, Journal of African

Archaeological Review 31(2):131-168.

2013 Arthur, John W. Transforming Clay: Gamo Caste, Gender, and Pottery of

Southwestern Ethiopia, Asian and African Study Monographs, Supplemental 47:5-

25. 2009 Arthur, John W. Understanding Household Population Through Ceramic

Assemblage Formation. Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology Among the Gamo of

Southwestern Ethiopia, American Antiquity, Volume 74 (1) pp. 31-48.

2003 Arthur, John W. Brewing Beer: Status, Wealth, and Ceramic Use Alteration

among the Gamo of Southwestern Ethiopia, World Archaeology, 34(3): 516-528.

2003 Arthur, John W. Ethnoarchaeology, Pottery, and Technology: Bridging

Ethnographic and Archaeological Approaches. Reviews in Anthropology 32

(4):359-378.

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2002 Arthur, John W. Pottery Use-Alteration as an Indicator of Socioeconomic Status:

An Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Gamo of Ethiopia, Journal of Archaeological

Method and Theory, Volume 9(4): 331-355.

PUBLISHED BOOK CHAPTERS

2005 Arthur, John W. and Kathryn Weedman. Ethnoarchaeology, Handbook of

Archaeological Methods, edited by Herbert Machner, AltaMira Press.

2001 Arthur, John W. A Functional Analysis of Early Pithouse Ceramics, in Early

Pithouse Villages of the Mimbres Mogollon and their Regional Context, edited by

Michael Diehl and Steven A. LeBlanc, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, pp. 69-

76.

NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 2019 Arthur, John W. Celebrating Archaeology Month. The Alliance for Weedon Island

Archaeological Research and Education Newsletter, May.

2016 Arthur, John W. USFSP Continues to Research Precolumbian Lifeways at the

Weedo(e)n Island Site, The Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Research and

Education Newsletter, Summer.

2013 Arthur, John W. Archaeological Investigations at Weeden Island (8PI1). The

Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Research and Education Newsletter, May.

2010 Arthur, Weedman Kathryn, John W. Arthur, Matthew C. Curtis, Bizayehu Lakew,

Joséphine Lesur-Gebremariam, and Yohannes Ethiopia. Fire on the Mountain:

Dignity and Prestige in the History and Archaeology of the Borada Highlands in

Southern Ethiopia, The SAA Archaeological Record, Volume 10(1): pp. 17-21.

2009 Arthur, Weedman Kathryn, John W. Arthur, Matthew C. Curtis, Bizayehu Lakew,

Joséphine Lesur-Gebremariam, and Yohannes Ethiopia. Historical Archaeology in

the Highlands of Southern Ethiopia: Preliminary Findings, Nyame Akuma.

2005 Arthur, John, W. Brewing in Africa, Encyclopedia of the History of Science,

Technology and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 2nd Edition, Kluwer Academic

Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

2004 White, Nancy Marie, Brent R. Weisman, Robert H. Tykot, E. Christian Wells, Karla

L. Davis-Salazar, John, W. Arthur, and Kathryn Weedman. Academic Archaeology is

Public Archaeology, The Archaeological Record, Society for American Archaeology,

Vol. 4:26-29.

1997 Arthur, John W. Producers and Consumers: The Ethno-Archaeology of Gamo

Pottery Producers and Use, In Ethiopia in Broader Perspective: Papers of the 13th

International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Vol. II, edited by Katsuyoshi Fukui,

Eisei Kurimoto, and Masayoshi Shigeta, Shokado Book Sellers, Kyoto, pp. 284-298.

BOOK REVIEWS

2010 Arthur, John W. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 16. Review

of Social Change and the Evolution of Ceramic Production and Distribution in a

Maya Community by Dean E. Arnold, University Press of Colorado, 2008.

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2008 Arthur, John W. The Kiva, Volume 73(4), Review of Archaeological Anthropology:

Perspectives on Method and Theory edited by James M. Skibo, Michael W. Graves,

and Miriam T. Stark, University of Arizona Press, 2007.

CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT REPORTS

1991 (with David O. Brown et al.) Archaeological Survey of a Proposed Landfill, City of

Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, Hicks and Company Draft Report: Austin, Texas.

1989 Macrobotanical Analysis (with Heather Trigg), in Prairie Hinterland: The

Archaeology of Palo Duro Creek Phase 2: Testing, Archaeological Research Inc.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Apr. 2019 Research Paper, International Symposium on Alcohol, Rituals, and Spiritual World in

Ancient China and Beyond: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, Li Liu and Jiajing Wang,

Symposium Organizers, Stanford University.

Apr. 2019 Research Paper, Archaeological Method and Theory: Papers in Honor of James M.

Skibo, Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jakob

Sedig and Susan Kooiman, Organizers.

Apr. 2019 Discussant, Intersections of Technology, Labor, and Identity, Society for American

Archaeology Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Liam Frink and Kathryn Arthur,

Organizers.

Mar. 2019 Potters, Consumers, Caste in Southwestern Ethiopia. Lobban Lecture, Wagner College,

Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Staten Island, New York.

Feb. 2019 The Archaeology of Beer Around the World in 13,000 Years. Bernard Lecture,

Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Westchester, New York.

Feb. 2019 Potters, Consumers, Caste in Southwestern Ethiopia. SUNY Albany, Sponsored by the

Archaeological Institute of America, Albany, New York.

Feb. 2019 The Archaeology of Beer Around the World in 13,000 Years. Valparaiso University,

Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Valparaiso, Indiana.

Nov. 2018 Archaeological Explorations from Ethiopia to Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg Downtown

Rotary Club.

Oct. 2018 SciCafe: Oktoberfest and the Science of the Brew, Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg,

Florida.

Sept. 2018 Archaeological Adventures from Ethiopia to Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg Kiwanis Club.

July 2018 Gourds to Growlers: How Beer Helped Shape Ethiopia and the Mediterranean,

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, with Michael Bennett and Travis Rupp.

July 2018 Civilized Consumption, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, with Michael

Bennett and Travis Rupp.

June 2018 Civilized Consumption, Flying Boat Brewery, St. Petersburg, Florida, with Jennifer

Sedillo and Michael Bennett.

June 2018 Gourds to Growlers, Flying Boat Brewery, St. Petersburg, Florida, with Michael

Bennett

Sept. 2017 Pottery Use-Alteration and Identity: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Gamo in

southwestern Ethiopia, European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics, Bordeaux, France.

Apr. 2017 Beer, Porridges, and Feasting in the Gamo Region of southern Ethiopia.

John W. Arthur, Matthew C. Curtis, Susan Kooiman, and Kathryn W. Arthur, Society

of American Archaeology Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.

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Mar. 2017 Our Global Ancestry: Discovering The Oldest African Complete Human Genome,

USFSP Alumni College, St. Petersburg, Florida, (with Kathryn Arthur).

Mar. 2017 Public Archaeology in Action, Pinellas County Commissioner’s Meeting, Clearwater,

Florida.

Mar. 2017 Beer in Africa: Hyenas and Oil Drums, Florida Public Archaeology Network,

Archaeology on Tap Speaker Series, Hidden Springs Ale Works, Tampa, Florida, (with

Kathryn Arthur).

Feb. 2017 Pots, Beer, Porridges, and Feasting from the Sahara to the Ethiopian Highlands,

Invited paper presented to the New York University The Institute for the Study of the

Ancient World, Workshop Synthesis in Pottery Analysis: The Technical as a Portal to

the Social.

May 2016 Discovering Bayira: The First Ancient African Genome from southwestern Ethiopia,

Invited paper presented to the Westminster Community, St. Petersburg, Florida, (with

Kathryn Arthur).

May 2016 Ethiopian Artisans, Beer and Ancestors, Invited paper presented at the Florida Chapter

of the Explorers Club, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, (with Kathryn Arthur).

Apr. 2016 Discovering Bayira: The First Ancient African Genome from southwestern Ethiopia,

Invited paper presented at the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association of Tampa Bay.

Tampa, Florida, (with Kathryn Arthur).

Feb. 2016 Discovering Bayira: The Earliest African Genome, Invited paper presented at the

Weedon Island Cultural Center to the Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological

Research and Education and the Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society. St.

Petersburg, Florida, (with Kathryn Arthur).

Jan. 2016 Discovering Bayira: The Earliest African Genome, Invited paper presented to the

USFSP Board of Trustees. St. Petersburg, Florida, (with Kathryn Arthur).

Jan. 2016 Discovering Bayira: The Earliest African Genome, Invited paper presented to the

USFSP Town and Gown Society, St. Petersburg, Florida, (with Kathryn Arthur).

Jan. 2016 The Archaeology of Beer, Invited paper presented to the Ale and the Witch’s Local

Fresh Beer Festival, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Oct. 2014 An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Potters and Caste from southwest Ethiopia, Invited

paper presented to the Rice University Anthropology Department.

Mar. 2014 The Archaeology of Beer: A Look from Ethiopia and Beyond, Invited paper presented

at the USF Tampa Department of Molecular Medicine Retreat, Museum of Science

and Industry, Tampa, Florida.

Nov. 2013 Archaeology of Beer: A Look from Ethiopia and Beyond, Invited paper presented at

the Weedon Island Cultural Center to the Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society.

June 2013 Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology among the Gamo of southwestern Ethiopia, Invited talk to

give to Department of Archaeology, Addis Ababa University and to the Ethiopian

Ministry of Culture, National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

June 2013 University of South Florida System Board of Trustees, Archaeology of Beer and Gamo

Research in southwestern Ethiopia, (with Kathryn Arthur).

Apr. 2013 University of South Florida St. Petersburg Town and Gown Organization.

Archaeology of Beer and Gamo Research in southwestern Ethiopia, (with Kathryn

Arthur).

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Mar. 2013 The Ritual Use of Food in southwestern Ethiopia: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of

Gamo Pottery, Niigata, Japan, Niigata Museum of History, Invited by Dr. Yastami

Nishida.

Feb. 2012 Transforming Clay: Gamo Caste, Gender, and Pottery of Southwestern Ethiopia,

Invited paper presented at Kyoto University, African Area Studies, Kyoto, Japan.

Oct. 2011 Ethnoarchaeology, Potters, and Caste in Southern Ethiopia. Invited paper presented at

Kiel University – Human Development in Landscapes Graduate School. Kiel,

Germany.

Feb. 2010 Fire on the Mountain: Dignity and Prestige in the History and Archaeology of the

Borada Highlands in southern Ethiopia, with Kathryn Arthur, Invited paper presented

at Eckerd College’s The Plight and Promise of Africa – An Eckerd College Initiative.

Oct. 2004 Living with Pottery: An Ethnoarchaeological Study among the Gamo People of

Southwestern Ethiopia, Invited paper presented at the Weedon Island Cultural Center

to the Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society.

PRESENTATIONS

March 2019 Excavations at the Weeden Island Site, Presented in the field as part of Archaeology

Academy - Florida Archaeology Month at the Weedon Island Cultural Center (with

Elizabeth Southard and Kendal Jackson).

Sept. 2018 Reconstruction of Oral Microbiomes from Extinct and extant Anthropoids through

Ancient DNA (with James A. Fellows Yates, Franziska Aron, Irina Velsko, John

Arthur, Rita Austin, Isabelle Crevecoeur, Love Dalén, Manolo Gonzalez, Katerina

Guschanski, Amanda G. Henry, Courtney Hofman, Louise T. Humphrey, Cecil M.

Lewis, Allison E. Mann, Kathrin Nägele, Cody E. Parker, Cosimo Posth, Hélène

Rougier, Krithi Sankaranarayan, Patrick Semal, Jay Stock, Lawrence Guy Strauss,

Kathryn Weedman Arthur, Richard Wrangham, Matthew Curtis, J. Carlos Diez,

Victoria Gibbon, Mario Menedez, Marco Peresani, Mirjana Roksandic, Michael J.

Walker, Robert C. Power, Domingo C. Salazar-Garcia, Johannes Krause, Alexander

Herbig, Christina Warinner, Paper presented at the International Symposium on

Biomolecular Archaeology, Jena, Germany.

July 2018 Reconstruction of Oral Microbiomes from Extinct and extant Anthropoids through

Ancient DNA (with James A. Fellows Yates, Franziska Aron, Irina Velsko, John

Arthur, Rita Austin, Isabelle Crevecoeur, Love Dalén, Manolo Gonzalez, Katerina

Guschanski, Amanda G. Henry, Courtney Hofman, Louise T. Humphrey, Cecil M.

Lewis, Allison E. Mann, Kathrin Nägele, Cody E. Parker, Cosimo Posth, Hélène

Rougier, Krithi Sankaranarayan, Patrick Semal, Jay Stock, Lawrence Guy Strauss,

Kathryn Weedman Arthur, Richard Wrangham, Matthew Curtis, J. Carlos Diez,

Victoria Gibbon, Mario Menedez, Marco Peresani, Mirjana Roksandic, Michael J.

Walker, Robert C. Power, Domingo C. Salazar-Garcia, Johannes Krause, Alexander

Herbig, Christina Warinner, Poster presented at the Society of Molecular Biology and

Evolution Meetings, Yokohama, Japan.

June 2018 Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology, Use-Alteration, and Identity in the Gamo Region of

southwestern Ethiopia, Presented at the Society of Africanist Archaeologists Meeting,

Toronto, Canada.

May 2018 They Never Left: Daily Life of a Safety Harbor Settlement at the Weeden Island Site

(8PI1), Florida (with Elizabeth Southard Razzouk, Heather Draskovich, Kendal

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Jackson, Sharlene O’Donnell, and Shaun West). Presented at the Florida

Anthropological Society Meeting and Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida.

March 2018 Excavations at the Weeden Island Site, Presented in the field at the Archaeology

Academy Day at the Weedon Island Cultural Center (with Elizabeth Southard and

Kendal Jackson).

Feb. 2018 Excavations at the Weeden Island Site, Presented in the field at the Archaeology

Academy Day at the Weedon Island Cultural Center (with Elizabeth Southard and

Kendal Jackson).

March 2017 Excavations at the Weeden Island Site, Presented in the field at the Archaeology

Academy Day at the Weedon Island Cultural Center (with Elizabeth Southard).

June 2016 Pots, Feasts, and Caste: Archaeology and Ethnoarchaeology in the Gamo Highlands

of southwestern Ethiopia, John W. Arthur, Matthew C. Curtis, Elizabeth Southard,

and Kathryn Weedman Arthur, Presented at the Society of Africanist Archaeologists

Meetings, Toulouse, France.

June 2016 Striving to Preserve Prestige and Dignity through Participatory Archaeology in the

Highlands of Southern Ethiopia, Kathryn Weedman Arthur, John W. Arthur, and

Matthew C. Curtis, Presented at the Society of Africanist Archaeologists, Toulouse,

France.

April 2016 Breaking New Ground: Archaeology of Domestic Life at the Weedo(e)n Island Site,

Pinellas County, Florida, John Arthur, Robert Austin, Wendy Edwards, Timothy

Horsley, Phyllis Kolianos, David Morehead, Sharlene O’Donnell, Christina Perry

Sampson Elizabeth Southard, and Brent Wiseman, Presented at the Society for

American Archaeology Meeting, Orlando, Florida.

March 2016 Weedon Island Site Tour to the Public as part of Archaeology Day at the Weedon

Island Cultural and Natural History Center.

April 2015 Looking into the Dark: Investigating Four Holocene Shelter Sites in southwest

Ethiopia, John W. Arthur, Matthew C. Curtis, Kathryn J. W. Arthur, Joséphine

Lesur, and Dorian Fuller, Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting,

San Francisco, California.

May 2014 Studying Ceramic Production and Trade in the Gamo Caste System in southwestern

Ethiopia, Robert H. Tykot, John W. Arthur, Kathryn J. W. Arthur, Matthew C.

Curtis, and Sean Stretton, Presented at the International Society on Archaeometry

Meeting, Los Angeles, California.

April 2013 Thunder Teeth: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Groundstones among the Gamo of

Southwestern Ethiopia, Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting,

Honolulu, Hawaii.

April 2013 Symposium Organizer and Chair – Common Grounds: Innovative International

Perspectives on Ground Stone Studies, Presented at the Society for American

Archaeology Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.

April 2013 Landscape Archaeology and GIS Applications in the Gamo Highlands of southwestern

Ethiopia, Matthew C. Curtis, Sean Stretton, Kathryn Arthur, and John Arthur, Poster

Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Nov. 2012 Bubbles, Beer, and Bread: An Ethnoarchaeological and Ethnographic Analysis of

Fermented Foods in Ethiopia, Presented at the American Anthropological Association

Meeting, Archaeological Studies of Sacred Spaces and Everyday Things Session, San

Francisco, California.

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Dec. 2010 Potters, Pots, and Identity: Community Variation in the Gamo Highlands of Southern

Ethiopia, Presented at the American Anthropological Association Meeting, Ceramic

Ecology Session XXIV, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Nov. 2009 Pottery and Caste Groups: Historical Archaeology of the Gamo Highlands of

Southern Ethiopia, Presented at the American Anthropological Association Meeting,

Ceramic Ecology Session XX111, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Apr. 2009 Oral Tradition in the Gamo Highlands of Southern Ethiopia, with Matthew Curtis and

Bizuayehu Lakew, Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting,

Atlanta, Georgia.

Apr. 2009 Symposium Co-Chair – Identity and Historical Archaeology in Africa: Essential

Methodologies Combining Ethnoarchaeology, Oral Tradition, and Oral History.

Symposium Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Atlanta,

Georgia.

Nov. 2007 The Ceramic Analysis of Two Abandoned Hideworker Households in Konso, Ethiopia.

Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association Meeting, Washington,

D.C.

Apr. 2007 Historical Archaeology and Ethnograpy in southern Ethiopia, with Kathryn J.

Weedman and Matthew Curtis, Presented at the Society for American Archaeology

Meeting, Austin, Texas.

Nov. 2006 Standardization in a Stratified Society: An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective from the

Gamo of Southwestern Ethiopia, Presented at the American Anthropological

Association Meeting, San Jose, California.

April 2006 Standardization at the Individual, Village, and Regional Scales: An

Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Gamo of Southwestern Ethiopia, Presented at the

Society for American Archaeology Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

April 2005 Symposium Chair – Casting Roles: Are Caste Groups Visible in the Archaeological

Record, Symposium Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Salt

Lake City, Utah

April 2005 An Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Use of Space in Material Culture of Caste

Groups in Southwestern Ethiopia (with Kathryn J. Weedman), Paper Presented at the

Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah.

April 2005 Understanding Household Population through Ceramic Assemblage Formation:

Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology among the Gamo of Southwestern Ethiopia, Paper

Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah.

June 2004 Castes in Africa? An Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Gamo People in Southwestern

Ethiopia (with Kathryn J. Weedman), Paper Presented at the Society for Africanists

Archaeologists Meeting, Bergen, Norway.

April 2004 Pottery Style in a Caste Society: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Gamo of

Southwestern Ethiopia, Poster Presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for

American Archaeology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

April 2003 African Brews: Identifying the Social and Economic Context of Beer Production and

Consumption in Southwestern Ethiopia, Paper Presented at the Opening Session of the

68th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee,

Wisconsin.

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April 2003 The Analysis of Two Abandoned Hide-Worker Households in Konso, Ethiopia, (with

Hariett Clift, Rebecca Klein, and Minassie Girma), Paper Presented at the 68th Annual

Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology Meeting. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

March 2002 The Social and Economic Conditions of Ceramic Production: An Ethnoarchaeological

Perspective. Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for American

Archaeology, Denver, Colorado.

Nov. 2001 Castes in Africa? A Study of the Gamo People in southwestern Ethiopia, Paper

presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association

Meeting, Washington, D.C.

April 2001 Reading Pots: An Ethnoarchaeological Use-Alteration Analysis of Pottery, Paper

presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New

Orleans, Louisiana.

March 1999 To Have and To Have-Not: The Ethnoarchaeology of Gamo Wealth and Ceramic Use,

Paper Presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,

Chicago, Illinois.

May 1998 Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology among the Gamo Peoples: Pottery Production and

Consumer Use, Paper presented at the Society of Africanist Archaeologists Meeting,

Syracuse, New York.

Dec. 1997 Producers and Consumers: The Ethno-Archaeology of Gamo Pottery Production

and Use, XIIIth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Kyoto, Japan.

April 1996 Woman the Toolmaker: The Ethnoarchaeology of Konso Hide Working and Flaked

Stone Tool Use, Paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for

American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Nov. 1995 Craft Specialization Among Contemporary Potters of Southern Ethiopia: An

Ethnoarchaeological Perspective, Paper presented at the African Studies Association

Meeting, Orlando, Florida.

UNDERGRADUATE DIRECTED RESEARCH

Spring 2018 Bethany Brittingham, The Craft of Marine Shell Bead Production in Pre-Columbian

Florida, Poster present at the USFSP Undergraduate Colloquium and the Florida

Anthropological Society Meeting and Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Spring 2017 Heather Draskovich, Investigating Safety Harbor Pottery Function with the Weeden

Island Site (8PI1), Poster presented at the Florida Academy of Sciences, Lakeland,

Florida; USFSP Undergraduate Colloquium; and the Florida Anthropological Society

Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida.

Spring 2015 Wendy Edwards, Weedon Island: Determining Seasonal Occupation with

Micromorphic Gastropods, Poster presented at the Florida Academy of Sciences, St.

Leo, Florida; USFSP Undergraduate Colloquium; and the Florida Anthropological

Society Meeting, Sarasota, Florida.

Spring 2015 David Morehead, The Analysis of Archaeobotanical Flotation Methods, Poster present

at the Florida Academy of Sciences, St. Leo, Florida; USFSP Undergraduate

Colloquium: and the Florida Anthropological Society Meeting, Sarasota, Florida.

Fall 2013 Elizabeth Southard and Sharlene O’Donnell, Harvesting the Bay: Subsistence at

Weedon Island, Florida, Poster presented at the Southeastern Archaeological

Conference, Tampa, Florida.

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Fall 2013 Elizabeth Southard and Sharlene O’Donnell, Harvesting the Bay: Subsistence at

Weedon Island, Florida, Poster presented at the Florida Anthropological Society

Conference, Tallahassee, Florida; and the Society of Ethnobiology Conference,

Denver, Colorado.

STUDENT EXPERITIAL TEACHING IN THE FIELD

2017 Archaeological Field Director, Weeden Island Archaeological Site (8PI1).



2012 Co-Field Director, Gamo, Ethiopia.








TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of South Florida St. Petersburg

ANT 2000 – Introduction to Anthropology – General Education Course

Fall 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,

2016, 2017, 2018

Spring 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,

2018, 2019

Summer 2014, 2015, 2016 (Online), 2017 (Online), 2018 (Online), 2019 (Online)

ANT 3101 – Archaeology

Summer 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016

Fall 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007

Spring 2007

ANT 4114 – Seminar in Archaeological Method and Theory

Fall 2009

Spring 2007, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018

ANT 4153 – North American Archaeology

Fall 2006, 2010, 2013, 2017

Spring 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2019

ANT 4176 – Archaeology of Africa

Fall 2012 – Co-Taught with Dr. Kathryn Arthur

Spring 2004

ANT 4312 – North American Indians

Fall 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018

Spring 2004, 2006, 2010, 2017

ANT 4352 – Peoples of Africa

Spring 2005, 2007

ANT 4930 – Ethnoarchaeology

Fall 2012 – Co-Taught with Dr. Kathryn Arthur

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University of Florida – Department of Anthropology – Adjunct Professor

Development of World Civilization

Fall 2000, 2001, 2002

Spring 2003

Cultural Anthropology

Spring 2002

University of Florida – Honors Program – Adjunct Professor

Archaeology of the Americas

Spring 2002, 2003

People of the Pueblos

Fall 2001, 2002

Spring 2001

University of Florida – Department of Anthropology – Teaching Assistant

Introduction to Biological Anthropology

Summer 2000 – Theresa Schrober

Ceramic Analysis

Spring 2000 – Dr. Kenneth E. Sassaman

Human Sexuality and Culture

Fall 1999 – Dr. Brian duToit

Spring 1999 – Dr. Elizabeth Guillette

Fall 1998 – Dr. Brian duToit

University of Texas at San Antonio – Department of Anthropology – Teaching Assistant

Summer Archaeological Field School

Summer 1993

ACADEMIC FIELD RESEARCH

2013 Co-Principle Investigator, Gamo Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Project,

Southern Ethiopia.


Southern Ethiopia.


Southern Ethiopia.

2008 Co-Principle Investigator, Gamo Ethnoarchaeological Project, southern Ethiopia.

2007 Co-Principle Investigator, Gamo Ethnoarchaeological Project, southern Ethiopia.

2006 Principal Investigator, Gamo Ethnoarchaeological Project, southern Ethiopia

2005 Principal Investigator, Gamo Ethnoarchaeological Project, southern Ethiopia.

2002 Archaeological Field Director, Konso Ethnoarchaeological Project, southern Ethiopia.

1996-1998 Ceramic Ethnoarchaeological Dissertation Research among the Gamo of southwestern

Ethiopia.

1995 Researcher, Southern Ethiopian Ethnoarchaeological Project, Steven A. Brandt

supervisor.

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1986 Field Crew Member, WS Ranch Site, Alma, New Mexico, O-Block Cave Site,

Reserve, New Mexico, San Francisco River Survey to Alma, New Mexico, The

University of Texas at Austin Field School, James Neely supervisor.

MUSEUM AND LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

2013 Laboratory Research, Gamo Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Project,

Southern Ethiopia, National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa (May-June).

2002 Laboratory Research, Konso Ethnoarchaeological Project, National Museum of

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa (December).

2002 Ceramic Analysis, Konso Ethnoarchaeological Project, National Museum of Ethiopia,

Addis Ababa.

2001 Ceramic Analysis, Konso Ethnoarchaeological Project, National Museum of Ethiopia,

Addis Ababa (December).

2001 Curatorial Assistant, The Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville,

Historical Archaeology Collection.

1994-96 Curatorial Assistant, The Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida,

Invertebrate Paleontology Collection.

1991 Lithic Analyst, Site 41BT215, Lower Colorado River Authority.

1990-1991 Laboratory Staff, Austin Convention Center analysis, Austin, Texas, Hicks and

Company.

1989 Artifact Analysis, WS Ranch Site, Alma, New Mexico, Archaeological Research Inc.

1989 Laboratory Staff, Devils Park and Apache Creek Ruins, New Mexico, Archaeological

Research Inc.

1988 Laboratory Staff, Eva Faust Site, Alma, New Mexico, Archaeological Research Inc.

1987 Laboratory Staff, O-Block Cave Site and WS Ranch Site, New Mexico,

Archaeological Research Inc.

CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

1992 Field Director, Bason Land Exchange Project, Los Alamos, New Mexico,

Archaeological Research Inc, John A. Peterson and Chris Nightengale supervisors.

1992 Staff Archaeologist, Hicks and Company, Austin, Texas, David O. Brown supervisor.

1991 Crew Chief, Lily Timber Sale Project, Gila National Forest, New Mexico, New World

Inc.

1991 Staff Archaeologist, Hicks and Company, Austin, Texas.

1991 Staff Archaeologist, Lubbock Landfill Project, Lubbock, Texas, Hicks and Company.

1990 Crew Chief, Pumper Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico, Archaeological

Research Inc.

1990 Crew Chief, Burnt Cabin Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico, New World

Inc.

1990 Crew Chief, Rincon Timber Sale, Cibola National Forest, New Mexico,


1990 Field Crew Member, Heber Habitat-90, Apache Sitgraves National Forest, Arizona,


1990 Field Crew Member, Lost Lake Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico,


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1990 Field Crew Member, Elk Ridge Site, Mimbres, Gila National Forest, New Mexico,


1990 Field Crew Member, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, Hicks and Company.

1990 Phase 2 of the Mopac Water Transmission Main, Travis County, Texas, Hicks and

Company.

1989 Field Crew Member, Palo Duro Reservoir Testing Phase, Hansford County Texas,


1989 Field Crew Member, Beaver Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico,


1989 Field Crew Member, Devils Park Site, Gila National Forest, New Mexico,


1989 Field Crew Member, University Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico,


1989 Field Crew Member, Basgal Timber Sale, Cibola National Forest, New Mexico,


1989 Crew Chief, Willow Creek Timber Sale, Cibola National Forest, New Mexico,


1989 Crew Chief, Canocito Timber Sale, Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico,


1989 Field Crew Member, Socorro Telephone Survey, New Mexico, Archaeological

Research Inc.

1989 Field Crew Member, Beard Poison Timber Sale, Lincoln National Forest, New

Mexico, Archaeological Research Inc.

1989 Field Crew Member, Apache Creek Ruin Testing, Apache Creek, New Mexico,


1988 Field Crew Member, Rockett Reservoir Survey, Rockett Water Supply Corp., Rockett,

Texas, Archaeological Research Inc.

1988 Field Crew Member, Cap-Mamie Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico,


1988 Field Crew Member, Scott-Able Timber Sale, Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico,


1987 Field Crew Member, Palo Duro Reservoir Testing, Hansford County, Texas,


UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES

2015 to Present Anthropology Program Coordinator

2010 to Present Chair of the Department of Society, Culture, and Language Travel, Research, and

Professional Development Committee.

2017 to Present Davis Hall Renovation Committee.

2017 to Present USFSP College of Arts and Sciences Representative for the Harborside Master

Plan.

2019 USF Consolidation – Program Alignment Committee.

2019 USF World Consolidation Committee – Team J.

2018 Chair of Department Mid-Tenure Committee for Dr. Byron Miller.

2017 Search Committee Member for the USFSP College of Arts and Sciences Dean.

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2017 Member of the Department of Biological Sciences to review Dr. Thomas

Whitmore’s Tenure and Promotion application.

2014 to 2016 Member of the College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee.

2015-2016 Search Committee Member for the USFSP Regional Vice-Chancellor Dean of

Student Affairs.

2014-2015 Chair of the USFSP College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Council.

2013-2014 Member for the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Search Committee,

University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

2013-2014 Vice-Chair for the University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Arts and

Sciences Faculty Council.

Fall 2013 Interim Chair for the Department of Society, Culture, and Language. University of

South Florida St. Petersburg.

2013-2014 Committee Member for the Steering Committee for the January Faculty Meeting,

USFSP Academic Affairs.

2013 to 2015 University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Arts and Sciences Faculty

Council.

2012 to 2015 USFSP Representative to the USF System Research Council.

2011 to 2012 College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Task Force for the College of

Arts and Sciences Faculty Council.

2011 to 2012 College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee.

2009 to 2011 University of South Florida St. Petersburg General Education Committee

2007 to 2009 University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Arts and Sciences Faculty

Council.

2005 to 2008 University of South Florida Tampa Faculty Research Council.

2005 to 2007 University of South Florida St. Petersburg Faculty Research Council.

2005 to 2006 University of South Florida St. Petersburg Research and Graduate Studies

Subcommittee.

EXTERNAL COMMITTEES

2016 to Present President for the Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Research and

Education, Inc. (AWIARE).

2009 to Present Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory.

2009 to Present Editorial Board Member for the African Studies Quarterly.

2018-2019 2019 Annual Meeting Program Committee Member. Society for American

Archaeology.

2016 to 2018 Recording Secretary, Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA).

2013 to 2016 Board Member for the Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Research and

Education, Inc. (AWIARE).

2008 to 2014 Editorial Board Member for the Journal Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of

Archaeological, Ethnographic, and Experimental Studies.

2008 to 2013 Member of the Advisory Board for the Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological

Research and Education (AWIARE).

2004 to 2006 Society of Africanist Archaeologists Representative to the Society for American

Archaeology and African Studies Association.

2006 to 2008 Vice President – Central Gulf Coast Archaeology Society.

2004 to 2005 Board Member – Central Gulf Coast Archaeology Society.

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2004 to 2006 Board Member – Society of Africanist Archaeologists.

Peer review of articles, books, and grants for

AMBIO A Journal of the Human Environment

American Antiquity

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

African Archaeological Review Journal

Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic, and Experimental Studies

Journal of Archaeological Science

Azania

University of Arizona Press

National Geographic Society Grants

National Science Foundation – Archaeology Division

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

The Wisconsin Archaeologist

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