LEVENT ATICI Department of Anthropology

University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 455003 Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-5003

Phone: (702) 895-5237 E-mail: Levent.Atici@unlv.edu

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Associate Professor 2013-present University of Nevada, Las Vegas Assistant Professor 2013-2007 Harvard University Teaching Fellow 2006-2002 Harvard University Research Assistant 2006-2001 Ankara University Research Assistant 2001-1995 EDUCATION Ph.D. Harvard University Anthropology 2007 M.A. Harvard University Anthropology 2003 M.A. Ankara University Archaeology 1997 B.A. Ankara University Prehistory 1994 PUBLICATIONS Books 1) Atici, L., and B. Arbuckle. Editors. Under review. Food Provisioning in Complex Societies. Boulder:

University Press of Colorado.

2) Atici, L. 2011. Before the Revolution: Epipaleolithic Subsistence in the Western Taurus Mountains, Turkey. British Archaeological Reports International Monograph Series 2251. Oxford: Archaeopress.

Special journal volumes as Guest Editor 1) Atici, L., F. Kulakoğlu, G. Barjamovic, and A. Fairbairn. Editors. 2014. Journal of Cuneiform Studies

Supplement Series 4. Current Research at Kültepe-Kanesh: An Interdisciplinary and Integrative Approach to Trade Networks, Internationalism, and Identity. Atlanta, GA: Lockwood Press (the American Schools of Oriental Research).

2) Arbuckle, B. S., C. Makarewicz, and L. Atici. Editors. 2009. Anthropozoologica. Vol. 44/1. Zooarchaeological contributions to reconstructing cultural systems: Case studies from the Old World.

3) Atici, L., and N. Munro. Editors. 2009. Before Farming. Vol. 1, 2, 3. Specialization, Intensification, and Diversification in Animal Exploitation Strategies during the Late Pleistocene in the Mediterranean Basin.

Articles in refereed journals 1) Birch, S.P., Atici, L., and Erdoğu, B. In submission. Neolithization of Europe: Integrating Zooarchaeological

and Stable Isotope Evidence from Uğurlu Höyük, Gökçeada, Turkey. Journal of Archaeological Science.

2) Atici, L., Pilaar Birch, S.E., Erdoğu, B. 2017. Spread of domestic animals across Neolithic western Anatolia: New zooarchaeological evidence from Uğurlu Höyük, the island of Gökçeada, Turkey. PLOS ONE 12(10): e0186519. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186519.

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3) Arbuckle, B. S., S. W. Kansa, E. Kansa, D. Orton, C. Çakırlar, L. Gourichon, L. Atici, A. Galik, A. Marciniak, J. Mulville, H. Buitenhuis, D. Carruthers, B. De Cupere, A. Demirergi, S. Frame, D. Helmer, L. Martin, J. Peters, D. Pöllath, K. Pawlowska, N. Russell, K. Twiss, and D. Würtenberger. 2014. Data Sharing Reveals Complexity in the Westward Spread of Domestic Animals across Neolithic Turkey. PLOS ONE 9:e99845. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099845.

4) Atici, L., Kulakoğlu, F., Barjamovic, G., and Fairbairn, A. 2014. Introduction: Integrating Current Research at Kültepe-Kanesh. Journal of Cuneiform Studies Supplement Series 4: 1-4.

5) Atici, L. 2014. Food and Ethnicity at Kültepe-Kanesh: Preliminary Zooarchaeological Evidence. Journal of Cuneiform Studies Supplement Series 4: 195-211.

6) Arbuckle, B.S., and Atici, L. 2013. Initial diversity in sheep and goat management in Neolithic Southwestern Asia. Levant 45(2):219-235.

7) Fairbairn, A., F. Kulakoğlu, and L. Atici. 2013. Archaeobotanical evidence for trade in hazelnut (Corylus sp.)

at Middle Bronze Age Kültepe (c. 1950–1830 B.C.), Kayseri Province, Turkey. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. DOI 10.1007/s00334-013-0403-5.

8) Atici, L., S. Kansa, J. Lev-Tov, and E. Kansa. 2013. Other People’s Data: A Demonstration of the Imperative

of Publishing Primary Data. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 20:663-681.

9) Atici, L. 2009. Specialization & diversification: animal exploitation strategies in the terminal Pleistocene, Mediterranean Turkey. Before Farming: 136-152.

10) Atici, L. 2009. Implications of Age Structures for Epipaleolithic Hunting Strategies in the Western Taurus Mountains, Southwest Turkey. Anthropozoologica 44:13-39.

11) Munro, N., and L. Atici. 2009. Human subsistence change in the Late Pleistocene Mediterranean basin: the

status of research on faunal intensification, diversification & specialisation. Before Farming:5-10.

12) Arbuckle, B. S., C. Makarewicz, and L. Atici. 2009. Zooarchaeological Contributions to Near Eastern Prehistory. Anthropozoologica 44:9-11.

13) Atici, A. L. 2006. Middle Range Theory in Paleolithic Archaeology: The Past and the Present. Journal of Taphonomy 4:29-45.

Book chapters or parts of books (Peer reviewed) 1) Atici, L., and B. Arbuckle. Under review. "Integrative Approaches to Food Provisioning in Complex

Societies: A Global Perspective," in Food Provisioning in Complex Societies. Edited by L. Atici and B. Arbuckle. Boulder: University Press of Colorado.

2) Atici, L. Under review. "Rethinking Food Provisioning in a Middle Bronze Age Urban Center: Animal Bones vs. Cuneiform Tablets," in Food Provisioning in Complex Societies. Edited by L. Atici and B. Arbuckle. Boulder: University Press of Colorado.

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3) Lev-Tov, J., S. Kansa, L. Atici, E. Kansa, and J. Wheeler Pires Ferreira. 2017. New Lights on Faunal Remains from Chogha Mish, Iran. In The Wide Lens in Archaeology: Honoring Brian Hesse's Contributions to Anthropological Archaeology, edited by J. Lev-Tov, A. Gilbert and P. Hesse. Pp. 467-498. Atlanta, GA: Lockwood Press.

4) Çakırlar, C., and L. Atici. 2017. "Patterns of animal exploitation in western Turkey from Palaeolithic molluscs to Byzantine elephants," in The Oxford Handbook in Zooarchaeology. Edited by U. Albarella, H. Russ, K. Vickers, and S. Viner. Pp. 266-279. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

5) Atici, L. 2014. Commingled Bone Assemblages: Insights from Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy of a Bonebed at Karain B Cave, SW Turkey. In Commingled and Disarticulated Human Remains: Working Towards Improved Theory, Method, and Data. Edited by Anna J. Osterholtz, Kathryn M. Baustian and Debra L. Martin, pp. 213-254. Springer Press.

6) Atici, L. 2014. "Tracing Inequality from Assur to Kültepe/Kanesh: Merchants, Donkeys, and Clay Tablets," in Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World. Edited by B. S. Arbuckle and S. A. McCarty. Pp. 231-250. Boulder: University Press of Colorado.

7) Atici, L. 2014. "The Secondary Products Revolution in Light of Textual Evidence from Kültepe/Kanesh, Central Turkey," in Animal Secondary Products: Domestic Animal Exploitation in Prehistoric Europe, the Near East and the Far East. Edited by H. Greenfield. Pp. 233-252. Oxford: Oxbow Books.

Book chapters or parts of books (Non-peer reviewed) 1) Atici, L. 2011. "Epipaleolithic archaeology in Turkey," in Studies in Honour of Işın Yalçınkaya, pp. 27-47.

Ankara: Bilgin Kultur Sanat.

2) Atici, A. L., and A. J. Stutz. 2002. "Mortality Profile Analysis of the Ungulate Fauna from Okuzini: A Preliminary Reconstruction of Site Use, Seasonality, and Mobility Patterns," in La Grotte d'Okuzini: Evolution du Paleolithique Final du Sud-Ouest de l'Anatolie (Okuzini: Final Paleolithic Evolution in Southwest Anatolia). ERAUL 96. Edited by I. Yalcinkaya, M. Otte, J. Kozlowski, and O. Bar-Yosef, pp. 101-108. Liège: Universite de Liège.

3) Yalçınkaya, I., M. Otte, A. L. Atici, and M. B. Kosem. 2002. "La Grotte D'Okuzini: L'Industrie Osseuse

[Okuzini Cave: The Bone Industry]," in La Grotte d'Okuzini: Evolution du Paleolithique Final du Sud-Ouest de l'Anatolie (Okuzini:Final Paleolithic Evolution in Southwest Anatolia. ERAUL 96. Edited by I. Yalcinkaya, M. Otte, J. Kozlowski, and O. Bar-Yosef, pp. 277-283. Liège: Universite de Liège.

Articles published in non-refereed journals 1) Özkaya, V., A. Coşkun, M. Benz, Y. S. Erdal, L. Atici, and F. S. Şahin. 2012. "Körtik Tepe 2010 Kazısı [The

2010 Excavations at Körtik Tepe]" in Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, vol. 33/1, pp. 315-338. Ankara: T.C. Kultur ve Turizm Bakanligi Eski Eserler ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu.

2) Atici, A. L. 2006. Who let the dogs out? Bone destruction and its broader implications in interpreting the Bronze Age pastoral economies at Kaman Kalehöyük. Anatolian Archaeological Studies XV:121-131.

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3) Atici, A. L. 2005. Centralized or decentralized: the mode of pastoral economy at Early Bronze Age Kaman Kalehöyük. Anatolian Archaeological Studies XIV:119-127.

4) Atici, A. L. 2003. Early Bronze Age fauna from Kaman Kalehöyük (Central Turkey): a preliminary analysis.

Anatolian Archaeological Studies XII:99-102.

5) Atici, A. L. 1998. Zooarkeoloji: amaci, yontemleri ve arkeolojideki onemi [The aims, methods and significance of zooarchaeology in archaeology]. D.T.C.F. Dergisi 1-2:229-247.

Electronic/Online Publications 1) Levent Atici. "Zooarchaeology of Uğurlu Höyük, Gökçeada, Turkey". (2017) Levent Atici (Ed.) . Released:

2017-05-21. Open Context. <http://opencontext.org/projects/f4ab6a28-6a06-4760-a7a5-eba51d3dc964> DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6078/M7SQ8XBF

2) Benjamin S. Arbuckle, David Orton, Hijlke Buitenhuis, Arek Marciniak, Levent Atici, Canan Çakırlar, Alfred Galik, Denise Carruthers, Sarah Whitcher Kansa (Ed). (Released 2013-08-18) ‘EOL Computational Data Challenge: Primary Zooarchaeology Dataset’, Open Context. http://opencontext.org/tables/f07bce4fb08cfe926505c9e534d89a09 DOI 10.6078/M75H7D6D

3) Nerissa Russell, Katheryn Twiss, Hijlke Buitenhuis, Sheelagh Frame, Lisa Yeomans, Louise Martin, Arek Marciniak, Kamilla Pawlowska, Claire Christensen, David Orton, Arzu Demirergi, Benjamin S. Arbuckle, Stephanie Meese, Levent Atici, Canan Çakırlar, Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Liz Henton, Banu Aydinuloglu, Alfred Galik, Adam Watson, Denise Carruthers, Ian Cameron, Rhian Mayon-White, Amanda Erwin, Vesna Dimitrijevic, Rebecca Daly, Nobs Symmons, Serkan Yeni, Chris Hills, Hijlke Buitenhuis, Leola Leblanc, Dusan Boric, Adrienne Powell (2013-08-18) ‘EOL Computational Data Challenge: Primary Zooarchaeology Dataset’, Benjamin S. Arbuckle, David Orton, Hijlke Buitenhuis, Arek Marciniak, Levent Atici, Canan Çakırlar, Alfred Galik, Denise Carruthers, Sarah Whitcher Kansa (Ed). Open Context. http://opencontext.org/tables/f07bce4fb08cfe926505c9e534d89a09 DOI 10.6078/M75H7D6D

4) Atici, L. (Released 2013-02-27). Zooarchaeology of Öküzini Cave: (Overview). Levent Atici (Ed.). Open Context. http://opencontext.org/projects/8894EEC0-DC96-4304-1EFC-4572FD91717A DOI:10.6078/M73X84KX. [Peer reviewed].

5) Atici, L. (Released 2013-02-26). Zooarchaeology of Karain Cave B: (Overview). Levent Atici (Ed.). Open Context. http://opencontext.org/projects/731B0670-CE2A-414A-8EF6-9C050A1C60F5 DOI:10.6078/M7CC0XMT. [Peer reviewed].

6) Atici, L., J. Lev-Tov, and S. W. Kansa. (Released 2010-08-24). Chogha Mish Fauna (Overview). Open Context. http://opencontext.org/projects/497ADEAD-0C2A-4C62-FEEF-9079FB09B1A5 Edited by L. Atici, J. Lev-Tov, and S. W. Kansa.

7) Wheeler Pires Ferreira, J., L. Atici, J. Lev-Tov, and S. W. Kansa. (Released 2010-08-24). Chogha Mish Fauna" in Table generated by: Open Context Editors. Open Context. http://opencontext.org/tables/39fd14fe7196aea0821ce8c7e08251f8 California Digital Library Archival Identifier <ark:/28722/k2c824d31> Edited by L. Atici, J. Lev-Tov, and S. W. Kansa.

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Excavation or Survey Reports (Non-peer reviewed) 1) Yalçınkaya, I., H. Taşkıran, M. B. Kösem, K. Özçelik, and A. L. Atici. 2002. "2000 yılı Karain kazısı [The 2000

Excavations at Karain]," in XXIII. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı I, pp. 163-170. Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlıḡı Eski Eserler ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüḡü.

2) Yalçınkaya, I., H. Taşkıran, A. L. Atici, M. B. Kösem, K. Özçelik, M. Kartal, and C. M. Erek. 2001. "1999 yılı Karain kazısı [The 1999 Excavations at Karain]," in XXII. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı I, pp. 9-20. Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlıḡı Eski Eserler ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüḡü.

3) Yalçınkaya, I., M. Kartal, K. Özçelik, M. B. Kösem, A. L. Atici, H. Taşkıran, and C. M. Erek. 2001. "1999 yılı Öküzini kazisi [The 1999 Excavations at Öküzini]," in XXII. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı I, pp. 21-26. Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlıḡı Eski Eserler ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüḡü.

4) Yalçınkaya, I., M. B. Kösem, A. L. Atici, K. Özçelik, C. M. Erek, and M. Kartal. 2000. "1998 yılı yüzey

araştırmaları ve Hatay Paleolitiği [The 1998 Survey of Hatay]," in XVII. Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı, pp. 163-174. Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlıḡı Eski Eserler ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüḡü.

5) Yalçınkaya, I., M. Otte, H. Taşkıran, K. Özçelik, A. L. Atici, M. B. Kösem, C. M. Erek, and M. Kartal. 2000.

"1998 yılı Karain kazısı [The 1998 Excavations at Karain]," in 21. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı I, pp. 15-28. Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlıḡı Eski Eserler ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüḡü.

6) Yalçınkaya, I., M. Otte, M. Kartal, A. L. Atici, K. Özçelik, M. B. Kösem, C. M. Erek, and H. Taşkıran. 2000. "1998 yılı Öküzini kazısı [The 1998 Excavations at Öküzini]," in 21. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı I. Cilt, pp. 29-36. Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlıḡı Eski Eserler ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüḡü.

7) Yalçınkaya, I., M. Kartal, M. B. Kösem, C. M. Erek, A. L. Atici, K. Özçelik (Ceylan), H. Taşkıran, and M. Otte.

1999. "1997 yılı Öküzini kazıları [The 1997 Excavations at Öküzini]," in XX. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı I. Cilt, pp. 39-54. Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlıḡı Eski Eserler ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüḡü.

8) Yalçınkaya, I., H. Taşkıran, M. Kartal, M. B. Kösem, K. Ceylan, C. M. Erek, A. L. Atici, and M. Otte. 1998. "1995 ve 1996 yılları Karain kazilari [The 1995 and 1996 Excavations at Karain]," in XVIX. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı I, pp. 17-45. Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlıḡı Eski Eserler ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüḡü.

9) Yalçınkaya, I., M. Kartal, C. M. Erek, A. L. Atici, M. B. Kösem, K. Ceylan, J.-M. Leotard, and M. Otte. 1998.

"1995 ve 1996 yılları Öküzini kazilari [The 1995 and 1996 Excavations at Öküzini]" in XIX. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı I, pp. 47-71. Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlıḡı Eski Eserler ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüḡü.

10) Yalçınkaya, I., J.-M. Leotard, M. Kartal, M. Otte, C. M. Erek, A. L. Atici, and I. Lopez. 1996. "1990-1995 Öküzini kazilari (Tardiglasiyer yerleşimleri) [The 1990-1995 Excavations at Öküzini--Tardiglacier Settlements]," in XVIII. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı I, pp. 11-16. Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlıḡı Eski Eserler ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüḡü.

HONORS/GRANTS/AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS Honors Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, April 2017

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External Grants/Fellowships 1) National Geographic Society grant (PI; $22,000; Grant# 9674-15) for the project “Neolithization of Europe:

New Zooarchaeological and Stable Isotope Evidence from Uğurlu Höyük, Gökçeada, Turkey,” Jul 2015-Jul 2016

2) Wenner-Gren Foundation grant (Sole PI; $17,500; Grant# 8811) for the project “Zooarchaeology of Urban Animal Exploitation in Light of Textual Record from Kültepe/Kanesh, Turkey,” Jul 2014-Dec 2015

3) National Geographic Society grant (Sole PI; $19,625; Grant# 8907-11) for the project “Zooarchaeology of Kültepe/Kanesh with an Emphasis on Urban Animal Exploitation and Ethnicity,” Jul 2011-Jul 2012

4) Research Center Award, Harvard University, 2006-2007 ($8,000) 5) Cora Du Bois Dissertation Writer Fellowship, June-December 2006 ($10,000) 6) Summer Research Grant, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, 2006 ($3,750) 7) Summer Research Grant, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, 2005 ($3,000) 8) Summer Research Grant, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, 2004 ($4,000) 9) Teschmacher Funds, Harvard University, 2001 ($1,500) 10) Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology Scholarship, 2001-2007 ($60,000) 11) James N. Snitzler Scholarship, Harvard University, 2001-2002 ($5,000) 12) French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Scholarship (# 42-11-20/10), 2000 (6,045 FFr/1.475 USD) 13) Liege University (Belgium), Prehistory Department, Summer Research Grant, 1997 (30,000 BF/650 USD) 14) Liege University (Belgium), Prehistory Department, Summer Research Grant, 1994 UNLV Awards/Honors Barrick Scholar Award (UNLV Top Junior Scholar), UNLV, 2015 ($2,500) UNLV Grants 1) University Faculty Travel Committee (UFTC) Travel Award, UNLV, 2017 ($750) 2) UFTC Travel Award, UNLV, 2014 ($1,000) 3) UFTC Travel Award, UNLV, 2013 ($500) 4) UFTC Travel Award, UNLV, 2012 ($1,000) 5) College of Liberal Arts Summer Stipend Research Award, UNLV, 2010 ($1,500) 6) College of Liberal Arts Summer Stipend Research Award, UNLV, 2008 ($6,400) UNLV Awards Barrick Scholar Award (UNLV Top Junior Scholar), UNLV, 2015 ($2,500)

SYMPOSIA ORGANIZED/CHAIRED 1) Cakirlar, C., Atici, L., and Arbuckle, B. 2018. Session Co-organizer. International Council of Archaeozoology

(ICAZ) Meeting. “Zooarchaeology in Turkey: contributions to understanding human-animal relationships at the cross-roads of the Old World,” Ankara, Turkey, September 2018.

2) Atici, L. 2017. Invited Session Organizer and Chair. American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Annual Meetings. “ASOR-Sponsored Archaeology of Anatolia Sessions I, II, and III,” Boston, MA, November 2017.

3) Atici, L. 2017. Conference Co-organizer. 3rd International Kültepe Meeting (KIM). “Digging up Complex Urban Sites: Integrative Approaches to the Archaeology of Kültepe-Kanesh,” Kayseri, Turkey, August 4-7, 2017.

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4) Atici, L. 2016. Invited Session Organizer and Chair. American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Annual Meetings. “ASOR-Sponsored Archaeology of Anatolia Sessions I, II, and III,” San Antonio, TX, November 2016.

5) Atici, L. 2015. Invited Session Organizer and Chair. ASOR Annual Meetings. “ASOR-Sponsored Archaeology of Anatolia Sessions I, II, and III,” Atlanta, GA, November 2015.

6) Atici, L. 2015. Invited Session Chair. 2nd International Kültepe Meeting (KIM). “Resources, Movement, and Interaction: Reports on Ongoing Work 2,” Kayseri, Turkey, July 29, 2015.

7) Atici, L. and Arbuckle, B. 2014. Session Co-organizer and Chair. ICAZ Meeting. “Food Provisioning in

Complex Societies,” San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, September 2014.

8) Atici, L. 2012. Session Organizer and Chair. ASOR Meeting. “Current Research at Kültepe/Kanesh: An Interdisciplinary and Integrative Approach to Trade Networks, Internationalism, and Colonialism in the Near East during the Middle Bronze Age,” Chicago, IL, November 15 2012.

9) Atici, L. 2011. Session Chair. 76th Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Meeting. "Fauna, Tools, and Food: Zooarchaeological Analyses Throughout the World," Sacramento, CA, March 31, 2011.

10) Atici, L. and Munro, N. 2008. Session Co-organizer and Chair. 73rd SAA Meeting. “Specialization, Intensification, and Diversification of Animal Resources during the Terminal Pleistocene in the Mediterranean Basin,” Vancouver, Canada, March 2008.

11) Arbuckle, B., Makarewicz, C., and Atici, L. 2006. Session Co-organizer and Co-chair. 71st SAA Meeting. “Zooarchaeological Contributions to Reconstructing Cultural Systems,” San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 2006.

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 1) Anderson, C., Atici, L., and Omura, S. 2018. Paper Presentation. American Association of Physical

Anthropologist (AAPA) Meeting. “Conflict at Kaman-Kalehöyük: The End of the Middle Bronze Age at a Rural Settlement in Central Anatolia,” Austin, TX, April 2018.

2) Atici, L. 2018. Paper Presentation. SAA Meeting. “Explanatory Frameworks in Zooarchaeological Research: Are Dichotomies Necessary and Meaningful,” Washington DC, April 2018.

3) Macintosh, S., Atici, L., and Omura, S. 2018. Paper Presentation. SAA Meeting. “Assessing the Correlation between Bone Artifacts and Body Part Profiles: A Case Study from the Central Anatolian site of Kaman-Kalehöyük,” Washington DC, April 2018.

4) Lucas, V. and Atici, L. 2018. Paper Presentation. SAA Meeting. “Faunal Exploitation Practices at the Steve Perkins site, a Lowland Virgin Branch Puebloan Site located in Southern Nevada,” Washington DC, April 2018.

5) Atici, L. 2017. Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. “Complex Hunter-Gatherers of Upper Tigris Valley: New Zooarchaeological Data from Körtik Tepe, SE Turkey,” Boston, MA, November 2017.

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6) Anderson, C., Atici, L., Fairbairn, A., and Omura, S. 2017. Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. “Written in Bone? Testing a Multifaceted Approach to Studying Human Health in the Past,” Boston, MA, November 2017.

7) Atici, L., Pilaar Birch, S., and Erdoğu, B. 2016. Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. “Emergence and Development of Early Agropastoral Economy on an Island Setting: New Insights from Uğurlu Höyük, Gökçeada, Turkey,” San Antonio, TX, November 2016.

8) Pilaar Birch, Atici, L., and Erdoğu, B. 2016. Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. “Neolithization of Europe:

Integrating Zooarchaeological and Stable Isotope Evidence from Uğurlu Höyük, Gökçeada, Turkey,” San Antonio, TX, November 2016.

9) MacIntosh, S., Atici, L., and Omura, S. 2016. Paper Presentation. 81st SAA Meeting. “The Relationship

between Smallholders, their Textiles, and their bone tools: a Case Study at the Central Anatolian site of Kaman-Kalehӧyük,” Orlando, FL, April 2016.

10) MacIntosh, S., Atici, L., and Omura, S. 2015. Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. “Is There a Correlation between Sociopolitical Organization and Bone, Antler, and Ivory Technology? A Case Study from the central Anatolian Bronze and Iron Age site Kaman-Kalehӧyük,” Atlanta, GA, November 2015.

11) Atici, L. 2015. Paper Presentation. 2nd Kültepe International Meeting (KIM). “Feeding Cities: Revisiting Fundamental Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Urban Zooarchaeology in Light of Research at Kanesh,” Kayseri, Turkey, July 28, 2015.

12) Atici, L. 2014. Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. “Continuity and Disruption in the Zooarchaeological Record in Central Anatolia during the Early-Middle-Late Bronze Age Transitions,” San Diego, CA, November 21, 2014.

13) Atici, L. 2014. Paper Presentation. ICAZ Meeting. “Rethinking Food Provisioning in a Middle Bronze Age

Urban Center: Animal Bones vs. Cuneiform Tablets,” San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, September 23, 2014.

14) MacIntosh, S. and Atici, L. 2014. Paper Presentation. ICAZ Meeting. “A Regional and Comparative Approach to Antler Working in Southeastern Anatolia during the Early Holocene,” San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, September 27, 2014.

15) MacIntosh, S. and Atici, L. 2014. Paper Presentation. 10th ICAZ Work Bone Research Group Meeting. “Taphonomic Insights into Worked Antler Working Tools at Körtik Tepe, Southeastern Anatolia,” Beograd, Serbia, August 2014.

16) Kansa, S., Atici, L., Meadow, R.H., and Kansa, E. 2014. Paper Presentation. 79th SAA Meeting. “Current Issues in Zooarchaeological Sampling and Methodology,” Houston, TX, April 2014.

17) MacIntosh, S. and Atici, L. 2014. Paper Presentation. 79th SAA Meeting. “An Experimental Approach to Antler Working at Körtik Tepe (SE Turkey) during Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA),” Houston, TX, April 2014.

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18) Atici, L. and Erdoğu, B. 2013. Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. “Neolithization of Europe: New Evidence from Uğurlu Höyük, Gökçeada, Turkey,” Baltimore, MD, November 2013.

19) Atici, L. and Erdoğu, B. 2013. Paper Presentation. 78th SAA Meeting. “Neolithization of Europe: New

Archaeological and Zooarchaeological Evidence from Uğurlu Höyük, Gökçeada, Turkey,” Honolulu, HI, April 2013.

20) MacIntosh, S. and Atici, L. 2013. Paper Presentation. 78th SAA Meeting. “Antlerworking at Körtik Tepe (SE Turkey) during Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA),” Honolulu, HI, April 2013.

21) Atici, L. 2012. Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. “Food and Ethnicity at Kültepe/Kanesh: New

Zooarchaeological Evidence,” Chicago, IL, November 15, 2012.

22) Atici, L. 2012. Paper Presentation. 77thth SAA Meeting. “Commingled Bone Assemblages: Contributions from the world of Zooarchaeology,” Memphis, TN, April 2012.

23) Bobik, A. and Atici, L. 2012. Paper Presentation. 77th SAA Meeting. “After the Collapse: Rethinking Continuity and Disruption in the Zooarchaeological Record in Central Anatolia during the Early Iron Age,” Memphis, TN, April 2012.

24) Atici, L. 2011. Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. "Subsistence intensification during the Pleistocene-

Holocene transition in Anatolia," San Francisco, CA, November 19, 2011.

25) Atici, L. 2011. Paper Presentation. 76th SAA Meeting. "Zooarchaeology at Körtik Tepe, SE Turkey: Preliminary Results on Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) Subsistence," Sacramento, CA, March 31, 2011.

26) Lev-Tov, J., Kansa, S., Atici, L., Kansa, E. 2011. Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. "Animal Bones from

Choga Mish, Iran and the Fruits of Cooperative Zooarchaeology," San Francisco, CA, November 2011.

27) Kansa, S., Atici, L., Lev-Tov, J., Kansa, E. 2011. Paper Presentation. 76th SAA Meeting. "Other People’s Data: Blind Analysis and Report Writing as a Demonstration of the Imperative of Data Publication," Sacramento, CA, April 2, 2011.

28) Atici, L. 2010. Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. “Patterns of Animal Exploitation and Sociopolitical Organization: Animal Bones from Kültepe/Kanesh and Kaman-Kalehöyük, Central Anatolia,” Atlanta, GA, November 20, 2010.

29) Atici, L., Lev-Tov, Justin, and Sarah Kansa. 2010. Poster Presentation. 11th ICAZ Meeting. “Other People’s Data: Blind Analysis and Report Writing as a Demonstration of the Imperative of Data Publication,” Paris, France, August 29, 2010.

30) Atici, L. 2010. Paper Presentation. 75th SAA Meeting. “Animal Bones vs. Clay Tablets: Zooarchaeology of the Kültepe/Kanesh and Kaman-Kalehöyük, Turkey,” St. Louis, MO, April 15, 2010.

31) Atici, L. 2009. Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. “Assyrian merchants, Anatolian wives, and animal

bones: Zooarchaeology at Kültepe/Kanesh,” New Orleans, LA, November 19, 2009.

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32) Atici, L. 2008. Paper Presentation. 73rd SAA Meeting. “Specialization, Intensification, and Diversification of Animal Resources during the Terminal Pleistocene in Mediterranean Turkey,” Vancouver, Canada, March 27, 2008.

33) Atici, L. 2006. Paper Presentation. 71st SAA Meeting. “Epipaleolithic Caprine Hunting at Karain B, SW

Turkey: Implications of Mortality Data,” San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 29, 2006. INVITED TALKS & WORKSHOP/PANEL PRESENTATIONS 1) Atici, L. 2017. Invited Talk. “Pastoral Economy in Central Anatolia during the Early-Middle-Late Bronze Age

Transitions,” sponsored by the Middle East Culture Center in Japan (MECCJ), Tokyo, Japan. March 3, 2017. 2) Atici, L. 2015. Invited Talk. “A Tale of Bones or Archaeological and Historical Wish Lists? Integrating

Ecofacts, Artifacts, and Facts,” An Interdisciplinary Conference entitled Textual Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: Are We Doing it Wrong? Sponsored by the MacDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge University, U.K. December 12, 2015.

3) Atici, L. 2014. Invited Talk. “Resource Use Intensification during the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition in Anatolia,” Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., February 21, 2014.

4) Atici, L. 2013. Invited Talk. “Rethinking Ancient Urban Food Provisioning Systems in Light of Textual Evidence from Kanesh,” Interdisciplinary Archaeology Workshop (sponsored by the Council on Advanced Studies and the Oriental Institute), The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, October 18, 2013.

5) Atici, L. 2013. Invited Workshop Participant. “Sheep and Goat Management in Neolithic Anatolia: Epiphyseal Fusion and Dental Data,” an Encyclopedia of Life (Smithsonian Institution) funded workshop entitled Socio-Environmental Dynamics over the Last 12,000 Years: The Creation of Landscapes. Kiel, Germany, April 17-18, 2013.

6) Atici, L. 2013. Invited Workshop Participant. “Phenoscape Collaboration Workshop,” a National Science Foundation funded NESCent (National Evolutionary Synthesis Center) project, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, February 7-10, 2013.

7) Atici, L. 2012. Invited Talk. “Rethinking Food Provisioning in Complex Societies and Urban Centers,” Colloquium Series of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, May 18, 2012.

8) Atici, L. 2010. Invited Talk. “Zooarchaeology of Complex Societies with an Emphasis on Settlement

Hierarchy: Bones from Kültepe/Kanesh and Kaman-Kalehöyük,” Colloquium Series of the Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, April 5, 2010.

9) Atici, L. 2010. Invited Workshop Key Participant. “Blind Data Analysis and Report Writing Study Group,” a National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute for Museum and Library Studies funded project, School of Information at UC Berkeley and The Alexandria Archive Institute, CA, February 6-7, 2010.

10) Atici, L. 2009. Invited Talk. “The Garden of Eden or a Garden in Eden: Archaeology of the Neolithic

Revolution before and after Göbekli Tepe,” sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS), Friends of the Turkish Studies Colloquium (TSC), Department of Near Eastern Studies,

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Museum of Anthropology, and the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology (IPCAA), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 23, 2009.

11) Atici, L. 2009. Invited Talk. “From Assur to Kanesh: Merchants, Donkeys, and Tablets,” sponsored by the CMENAS, TSC, IPCAA, Department of Near Eastern Studies, and Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 23, 2009.

12) Atici, L. 2008. Invited Talk. “(Is there a) Relationship between Patterns of Sociopolitical Organization and Animal Exploitation (?): Bones from the Old Hittite "Palace" at Kaman-Kalehöyük,” sponsored by the Middle East Culture Center in Japan (MECCJ), Tokyo, Japan. April 20, 2008.

13) Atici, L. 2007. Invited Panelist. “Start Now to Land a Great Academic Job,” Graduate School of Arts and

Sciences: Career Options Panels 2007, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 26, 2007.

14) Atici, L. 2006. Invited Talk. “Who Let the Dogs Out? Bone Destruction and its Broader Implications in Interpreting the Bronze Age Pastoral Economies,” 10th Annual Anthropology Day, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, September 15, 2006.

15) Atici, L. 2005. Invited Talk. “Terminal Pleistocene Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations in the Taurus Mountains,

SW Turkey,” Department of Anthropology Faculty Seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, November 2, 2005.

16) Atici, L. 2004. Invited Talk. “Early Bronze Age Animal Exploitation Patterns at Kaman Kalehöyük,” sponsored by the MECCJ, Tokyo, Japan. April 16, 2004.

PUBLIC TALKS & PRESENTATIONS 1) Atici, L. 2017. Invited Talk. “From Bones to Behavior: Human-Animal Interactions through Time,” Nevada

State Museum Colloquium Series, Las Vegas, NV, December 2, 2017.

2) Atici, L. 2015. Invited Talk. “Turkey: The Crossroads of People, and Cultures,” Spotlight on Turkey, Clark County School District Literacy K-12 Social Studies, Clark High School, Las Vegas, NV, March 6, 2015.

3) Atici, L. 2014. Invited Talk. “Meet Turkey: Where Continents, Peoples, and Cultures Meet,” Spotlight on Turkey, Clark County School District Literacy K-12 Social Studies, Canarelli Middle School Library, Las Vegas, NV, January 25, 2014.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Fall 2007-Present COLA 100LA Feast and Famine in a Global World (College of Liberal Arts freshman seminar) Anthro 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Anthro 102 Introduction to Physical Anthropology Anthro 105 Introduction to World Archaeology Anthro 331 A Global Crisis: Food, Human Health, and Climate Anthro 441C/641C Peoples and Cultures of Ancient Near East Anthro 449D/649D Zooarchaeology Laboratory Anthro 458/658 Origins of Inequality: A Cross-cultural Perspective

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Anthro 751 Food Provisioning in Complex Societies (Ph.D. Seminar) Anthro 751 Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy Seminar (Ph.D. Seminar) Anthro 751 Computer Applications for Anthropologists (Ph.D. Seminar) Anthro 771 Computer Applications for Anthropologists (Ph.D. Seminar) Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology, Turkey Zooarchaeology Summer Field School (Summer 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007) Harvard University, Core Program, Teaching Fellow Social Analysis 50 Urban Revolutions and Archaeology of Early States (Spring 2006, 2004; Fall 2004) Quantitative Reasoning 34 Counting People (Spring 2005) Harvard University, Department of Anthropology, Teaching Fellow Anthro 100 Introduction to Archaeology (Fall 2005) Anthro 266 Osteoarchaeology Laboratory (Fall 2004, 2002) RESEARCH INTERESTS

The origins of inequalities and the emergence of state-level, complex societies in Southwest Asia

The evolution of pastoral economies in Southwest Asia

Food provisioning systems in complex societies

The origins of animal domestication and the emergence of farming in Southwest Asia

Foraging economies

Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy

FIELD EXPERIENCE

Kaman-Kalehöyük (Bronze and Iron ages) excavation, Kırşehir, Turkey, 1998-2015

Uğurlu Höyük (Neolithic) excavation, Gökçeada, Turkey, 2011-present

Kültepe-Kanesh (Bronze Age) excavation, Kayseri, Turkey, 2008-present

Körtik Tepe (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A) excavation, Diyarbakır, Turkey, 2008-2015

Karain Cave (Middle, Upper, and Epipaleolithic) excavation. Antalya, Turkey, 1993-2008

Çatal Höyük (Neolithic) excavation, Konya, Turkey, 2002

Öküzini Cave (Epipaleolithic) excavation. Antalya, Turkey, 1993-2000

Arago Cave (Lower Paleolithic) excavation. Tautavel, Perpignan, France, 2000

Lazaret Cave (Lower Paleolithic) excavation. Nice, France, 2000

Paleolithic survey around Hatay Province, Syrian Border, Turkey, 1998

Scladina Cave (Middle Paleolithic) excavation. Sclayn, Andenne, Belgium, 1994

Brno Cave (Upper Paleolithic) excavation. Dinant, Belgium, 1994

Abri-du-Pape Rock Shelter (Mesolithic) excavation. Dinant, Belgium, 1994 RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS

Research Associate, Las Vegas Museum of Natural History, 2016-present

ASOR Committee of Archaeological Policy Affiliated Project. “A Zooarchaeological Approach to Bronze Age Urban Food Provisioning in Central Anatolia," 2016-2019

Assistant Director. Kültepe-Kanesh Excavation Project, Kayseri, Turkey, 2014-Present

Invited Key Participant. “The Dark Ages of Western Anatolian Archaeology: 5600/5500-4500/4000 BC,” Funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 2015-2016

Invited Key Participant. “Central and Western Anatolian Neolithic Economies Working Group,” 2012-2014

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Invited Key Participant. “Biogeography of Early Domestic Animals Using Linked Open Data Project,” Funded by Smithsonian’s Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), (http://eol.org/info/345), 2012-2014

Invited Key Participant. “Phenoscape Project, Funded by NSF, conducted by National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) and California Academy of Sciences (http://www.nescent.org/cal/calendar_detail_pg.php?id=919), 2012

Near East Community Liaison and Invited Key Participant, “Enhancing Humanities Research Productivity in a Collaborative Data Sharing Environment Project,” (http://alexandriaarchive.org/projects/ux-study/), funded by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute for Museum and Library Studies (IMLS), conducted by School of Information at UC Berkeley and The Alexandria Archive Institute, California, 2008-2010

Principal Zooarchaeologist. Uğurlu Höyük excavation, Gökçeada, Çanakkale, Turkey, 2011-present

Principal Zooarchaeologist & Bioarchaeology Coordinator. Kültepe excavation, Kayseri, Turkey, 2008-present

Principal Zooarchaeologist. Körtik Tepe excavation, Diyarbakır, Turkey, 2008-2015

Coordinator. Zooarchaeology Laboratory of the Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology, Kaman, Kırşehir, Turkey, 2005-2015

Principal Zooarchaeologist. Kaman Kalehöyük excavation, Kırşehir, Turkey, 2000-2015

Principal Zooarchaeologist. Karain Cave excavations, Antalya, Turkey, 1996-2009

Principal Zooarchaeologist. Öküzini Cave excavations, Antalya, Turkey, 1996-1999

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Attended Library Faculty Institute on Creative Research Assignments: Looking beyond the Research Paper with research-oriented course Anthro 331: Food, Human Health, and Climate. UNLV. May 15-16, 2017.

Attended Undergraduate Retention, Progression, and Completion Workshop. UNLV. November 15, 2013.

Attended Academic Assessment Retreat. UNLV. May 16-17, 2013.

Attended First Year Experience Institute as a part of the new UNLV General Education Requirements, Undergraduate Student Learning Outcomes, and Assessment Tools and Rubrics. UNLV. April 2-4, 2012.

Attended Academic Assessment Workshop. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. May 13-14, 2010.

Attended a National Science Foundation (NSF) Workshop. UNLV. February 8, 2008.

Conducted laboratory research on zooarchaeological and paleontological collections at the European Prehistoric Research Center (Centre Européen de Recherches Préhistoriques de Tautavel) in Tautavel, Perpignan, France. Spring 2000.

Conducted laboratory research on zooarchaeological and paleontological collections at the Institute of Human Paleontology (Institut de Paléontologie Humaine) in Paris, France. Spring 2000.

Conducted laboratory research on zooarchaeological and paleontological collections at the Lazaret Prehistory Laboratory in Nice, France. Spring 2000.

Participated in the field course on "Human Osteology." The course was taught by Professor Katayama of Kyoto University, Primate Research Institute (Japan) in Kaman, Turkey. June 1999.

Participated in the field course on "Zooarchaeology." The course was taught by Professor Meadow of Harvard University in Kaman, Turkey. June 1997.

Conducted laboratory research on zooarchaeological and paleontological collections at Liege University, Liege, Belgium. Spring 1997.

Conducted laboratory research on zooarchaeological and paleontological collections at Gent University, Gent, Belgium. Spring 1997.

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SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION Academic Field Elected Member, International Committee (IC), International Council of Archaeozoology (ICAZ), 2018-present Invited Scientific Committee Member, ICAZ 2018 Meeting Invited Board Member, Ice Age Park Foundation, Las Vegas, NV, 2017-present Invited Series Reviewer, Cambridge Scholars Press, Anatolian Archaeology Series, 2014-present Invited Editorial Board Member, SUBARTU, Brepols Publishers, 2014-present Invited Editorial Board Member, Open Context, the Alexandria Archive Institution, 2010-present Invited Organizing Committee Member, Kültepe International Meetings (KIM), 2013-present Elected Member, Committee on Archaeological Research and Policy (CAP), American Schools of Oriental Research, 2012-2018 Invited Member, CAP Internationalization Committee, American Schools of Oriental Research, 2014-2017 Treasurer, the Archaeological Institute of America, Southern Nevada Branch, 2007-2017 Reviewer for Grant Proposals National Science Foundation Archaeology Program National Geographic Society Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada French National Research Agency Israel Science Foundation Reviewer for Journals PLOS ONE Journal of Archaeological Science Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Journal of Archaeological Research Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences International Journal of Osteoarchaeology Anthropozoologica Quaternary International Environmental Archaeology Holocene Ethnoarchaeology Arabian Archeology and Epigraphy Reviewer for Presses Oxford University Press Oxbow Books Routledge Books W.W. Norton & Company Press Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, UCLA Cambridge Scholars Press, Anatolian Archaeology Series Springer in the Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2017 Invited participant—UNLV Research Skills Academy Resource Fair

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Invited mentor—UNLV Faculty Research Mentor Program (FRMP) Invited member—UNLV Sustainability Council Invited Judge—Undergraduate Research Fair Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase—UNLV CSUN Spring & Fall Research Fairs 2016 Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase— UNLV CSUN Spring & Fall Research Fairs 2015 Faculty presenter - Graduate College and Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA)

Workshop Panelist on “Academic Etiquette” Elected member – Faculty Senate Program Review Committee Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase—UNLV Research Fair 2014 Elected member – Faculty Senate Program Review Committee Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase—UNLV Research Fair 2013 Elected member – Faculty Senate Program Review Committee Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase—UNLV Research Fair 2012 Elected member – Faculty Senate Program Review Committee Invited Judge – GPSA Research Forum Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase—UNLV Research Fair 2011 Elected member – Faculty Senate Admission Committee 2010 Elected member – Faculty Senate Admission Committee Volunteer faculty marshal – Spring Commencement Ceremony 2009 Elected member – Faculty Senate Admission Committee Invited Interviewer – Office of International Scholars and Students Director Hiring College of Liberal Arts, UNLV 2017 Faculty Presenter – Rebel Preview Volunteer faculty marshal—Spring & Winter Commencement Ceremonies

Volunteer Advocate – United Way and UNLV February 2017 Campaign Volunteer member – Recruitment Committee Volunteer member – High School Mentoring Program

Volunteer member – Freshman Seminar Curriculum Committee Elected member – Financial Aid Committee

Elected member – Course and Curriculum Committee Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase—College Alumni Open House 2016 Volunteer member – Recruitment Committee

Volunteer member – High School Mentoring Program Volunteer member – Freshman Seminar Curriculum Committee

Elected member – Financial Aid Committee Elected member – Course and Curriculum Committee 2015 Elected member – Course and Curriculum Committee 2014 Elected member – Course and Curriculum Committee Member – Retention, Progression, and Completion Committee 2013 Member – Retention, Progression, and Completion Committee Elected member – Academic Standards Committee 2008 Member – Morris Excellence in Scholarship Awards Selection Committee Department of Anthropology, UNLV 2018 Volunteer member - Retreat Committee

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Chair – Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Member – Scholarship Committee Member – Friends of World Anthropology

2017 Chair – Assistant Professor in Archaeology Hiring Committee Chair – Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Member – Scholarship Committee Member – Friends of World Anthropology

Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase—Anthropology Fall & Spring Open Houses 2016 Chair - Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Member – Scholarship Committee Member – Friends of World Anthropology Volunteer member - Visiting Professor in Cultural Anthropology Hiring Committee

Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase—Anthropology Fall & Spring Open Houses 2015 Member – Friends of World Anthropology 2014 Volunteer member – Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology Hiring Committee Coordinator – Undergraduate Program Faculty Advisor – Anthropology Society Member – Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Member – Undergraduate Student Learning Assessment Committee

Member – Friends of World Anthropology Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase—Anthropology Fall & Spring Open Houses 2013 Coordinator – Undergraduate Program Faculty Advisor - Anthropology Society Member – Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Member – Undergraduate Student Learning Assessment Committee

Member – Scholarship Committee Member – Friends of World Anthropology

Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase—Anthropology Fall & Spring Open Houses 2012 Coordinator – Undergraduate Program Chair – Department Website and Brochure Committee

Faculty Advisor - Anthropology Society Member – Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Member – Undergraduate Student Learning Assessment Committee

Member – Scholarship Committee Member – Friends of World Anthropology Member – Archaeological Collections and Curation Committee

Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase—Anthropology Fall & Spring Open Houses 2011 Chair – Department Website and Brochure Committee

Member – Undergraduate Student Learning Assessment Committee Member – Scholarship Committee Member – Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Member – Friends of World Anthropology Member – Archaeological Collections and Curation Committee

Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase—Anthropology Fall & Spring Open Houses 2010 Chair – Department Website and Brochure Committee

Member – Undergraduate Student Learning Assessment Committee

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Member – Scholarship Committee Member – Friends of World Anthropology Member – Archaeological Collections and Curation Committee

Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase—Anthropology Fall & Spring Open Houses 2009 Chair – Department Website and Brochure Committee

Member – Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Member – Scholarship Committee Member – Archaeological Collections and Curation Committee

2008 Chair – Department Website and Brochure Committee 2007 Chair – Department Website and Brochure Committee Department of Anthropology, Harvard University 2005 Graduate Student Representative Community & Outreach Invited Board Member, Ice Age Park Foundation, Las Vegas, NV, 2017 Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase for Clark High School Students, NV, October, 20, 2017 Zooarchaeology Lab Research Showcase for Clark High School Students, NV, Fall 2016 Volunteer mentor for Clark County School District High School Mentoring Program, NV, Fall 2016 Volunteer teacher for Bob Miller Middle School Science Fair, Henderson, NV, April 6, 2016 Volunteer teacher for Bartlett Elementary School, Henderson, NV, May 7, 2014 Volunteer teacher for Bartlett Elementary School, Henderson, NV, February 22, 2013 Volunteer teacher for Bartlett Elementary School, Henderson, NV, June 3, 2011 Volunteer teacher for the Massachusetts Archaeology Week, Zooarchaeology Lab Open House, 2006-2001 STUDENT ADVISING Ph.D. Committee Chair Sarah Macintosh Department of Anthropology, UNLV (ABD) Virginia Lucas Department of Anthropology, UNLV (In progress) Ph.D. Committee Co-Chair Cheryl Anderson Department of Anthropology, UNLV (Completed, 2017) Ph.D. Committee Member Susan Hertfelder Department of Geosciences, UNLV (In progress) Ann Marie Jones Department of Geosciences, UNLV (In progress) Doss Powell Department of Anthropology, UNLV (Completed, 2012) Joshua Bonde Department of Geosciences, UNLV (Completed, 2012) M.A. Committee Member Shelly Volsche Department of Anthropology, UNLV (Completed, 2015) Lauren Falvey Department of Anthropology, UNLV (Completed, 2014) Chris Brosman Department of Anthropology, UNLV (Completed, 2012) Megan Melson Department of Anthropology, UNLV (Completed, 2010)

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Undergraduate Honors Committee Chair Francesca Manz Anthropology Major (In progress) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AIA (Archaeological Institute of America) ASOR (American Schools of Oriental Research) ASWA (Archaeozoology of the Southwest Asia) ICAZ (International Council for Archaeozoology) SAA (Society for American Archaeology)