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CURRICULUM VITAE Melinda A. Zeder May 8, 2014

Office: Home: Department of Anthropology, MRC 112 45 Gold Trail National Museum of Natural History Santa Fe, NM Smithsonian Institution 87508 Washington, D.C. 20560 706 626-‐9118 [email protected]

Education: 1985 Ph.D. Anthropology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dissertation: Urbanism

and Animal Distribution in Southwestern Highland Iran. 1978 M.A. Anthropology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1975 B.A. Anthropology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with high distinction and

high honors. Honors Thesis: Discrimination Between the Bones of Caprines from Different Ecosystems in the Near East: With the Use of Osteological Micro-‐Structure and Chemical Composition

Positions Held: 2009-‐ Senior Scientist, Program in Human Ecology and Archaeobiology, Department of

Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 2004-‐09 Director, Archaeobiology Program, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of

Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 1998 -‐ Curator, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History,

Smithsonian Institution 1992-‐98 Associate Curator, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History,

Smithsonian Institution 1989-‐92 Deputy Chairman, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History,

Smithsonian Institution 1982-‐92 President, Zooarchaeology Consultants, private consulting firm 1981-‐80 Smithsonian Fellow, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural

History, Smithsonian Institution Affiliate Positions: 2013-‐ Affiliated Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico 2009-‐ Affiliated Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Maine 2009-‐ Affiliated Professor, Center for Climate Change, University of Maine 2008-‐ Core Faculty, Center for Advanced Study of Homind Paleobiology, George Washington

University 2000 -‐ Adjunct Professor, Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

Major Scholarly Interests:

Resource management, Plant and animal Domestication, Origins of Food Production, Environmental impact of early agro-‐pastoral economies in the Near East, Subsistence economies of emergent complex societies, Near Eastern archaeology, Archaeozoology

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 2 Awards and Honors: 2012 Elected, National Academy of Sciences 2012 Outreach Achievement Award, Tweetups Team, Eternal Life in Ahcient Egypts 2009 Smithsonian Science Achievement Award, The Neolithic Macro-‐(Rev)olution:

Macroevolutionary theory and the study of culture change. Journal of Archaeological Research

2008 Elected, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2008 Secretary’s Research Award, Documenting Domestication: New Genetic and

Archaeological Paradigms 2001 Fryxell Award for Interdisciplinary Research, Society for American Archaeology 2001 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 1997 Gordon R. Willey Award, American Anthropological Association 1995 Presidential Recognition Award, Society for American Archaeology 1992 National Museum of Natural History, Certificate of Award 1991 National Museum of Natural History, Certificate of Award 1987 National Museum of Natural History, Certificate of Award 1989-‐81 Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution 1980 Smithsonian Pre-‐Doctoral Fellowship 1979-‐76 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship 1975 Phi Beta Kappa 1974 Sigma Xi 1966 Wendy Emeny Award

Grants: 2013 Scholarly Studies Grant, Arts and Humanities, First Steps toward Animal

Domestication in the Taurus/Zagros Arc, $22,000. 2013 National Geographic Society, First Steps toward Animal Domestication in the

Taurus/Zagros Arc, $13,200. 2013 Wenner Gren, Post Doctoral Award, First Steps toward Animal Domestication in the

Taurus/Zagros Arc, $18,814. 2012 Women’s Committee Award, Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt Interactive, with Meg

Rivers, $18,000 2010 Lapse Fund Request, Western Cultures Digitization Project, $8,900. 2010 Restricted Endowment Fund, First Steps Toward Animal Management: Epipaleolithic

Hunting Strategies in Southeastern Anatolia, $27,000 2010 Small Grant Fund, First Steps Toward Animal Management: Epipaleolithic Hunting

Strategies in Southeastern Anatolia, $5000 2006 NMNH Collections Care Fund, Archaeobiology Collections Improvement Project,

$12,000 2006 Department of Anthropology Research Grants, Isotopic analysis and AMS dating of

animal remains from Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shandiar, Iraq; $2,350 2006 NMNH Small Grants Fund, Isotopic analysis and AMS dating of animal remains from

Shanidar Cave and Zawi Chemi Shandiar, Iraq; $5,000 2006 Publications funds, $2000 for reprints 2004 NMNH Small Grants Fund $1466 for Recovery and Analysis of Animal Remains from

Tell Leilan, Syria 2004 Smithsonian Sherry Fund $7000 for isotope study of Shandiar Cave fauna

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 3 2004 Smithsonian C14 Fund $3500 2003 Smithsonian C14 Fund $5000 2002 Smithsonian C14 Fund $4000 2002 Research Opportunities Fund $1700 2001 Smithsonian C14 Fund, $2400 2001 Research Opportunities Fund, $2000 2000 Research Opportunities Fund, $3000 2000 Smithsonian C14 Fund, $3100 1999 Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Program, Origins of Near Eastern Animal

Domestication: An Examination of the Evidence for Sheep and Goat Domestication in the Eastern Fertile Crescent, $68,000

1999 Smithsonian C14 Fund, $3200 1999 Research Opportunities Fund, $1941 1998 Smithsonian C14 Fund, $4100 1998 Research Opportunities Fund, $4793 (includes $3093 from TWA barter program) 1997 Research Opportunities Fund, $7383 (includes $6083 from TWA barter program) 1997 Smithsonian Radio Carbon Fund $8100 1996 Research Initiative Program Project Fund, A Reconsideration of Sheep (Ovis aries) and

Goat (Capra hircus) Domestication in the Near East, $10,000 1996 Smithsonian Carbon 14 Fund, $3200 1996 Research Opportunities Fund, $1700 1995 Research Opportunities Fund, $3000 1995 Smithsonian Carbon 14 Fund, $1200 1994 Research Opportunities Fund, $3200 1993 Research Opportunities Fund, $2642 1990 National Science Foundation Grant, BNS-‐8921869, Co-‐Principal Investigator with R.H.

Meadow, Group Travel for Participants in the Sixth International Conference on Archaeozoology, Washington D.C., May 21-‐25, 1990; $22,800

1989 Research Opportunities Fund, $1700 1988 Research Opportunities Fund, $1000 1987 Research Opportunities Fund, $1000 1986 Research Opportunities Fund, $1000 1986-‐88 National Science Foundation Grant, BNS-‐8520748, Principal Investigator, Livestock

and Urban Economy in Palestine, 3500-‐3000 B.C.; $56,000 Memberships in Professional Organizations:

American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow SAA representative to Anthropology Section 1997-‐1999

International Council for Archaeozoology Executive Board, President, 1999-‐2002, 2002-‐2006 Executive Board, Conference Organizer, 1986-‐1990 Archaeozoologists of Southwest Asia Working Group, 1990-‐present Archaeozoolgy and Genetics Working Group, Co-‐founder, 2006

American Anthropological Association Archaeology Division Executive Board 2002-‐2003 Society for American Archaeology


Fryxell Committee, 1992-‐1996, Chair 1996 Membership Committee, Chair, 1992-‐1995 Committee on Professional Relations 1989 Director, SAA Board of Directors, 200

Society of Ethnobiology Executive Board Member, 1999-‐2002

Smithsonian Service 2012 PAEC Committee 2010-‐ Archaeology Head, Collections Advisory Board 2010-‐ Curator, Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt exhibit, NMNH 2010 Small Grants Committee 2010 NMNH Science Achievement Awards Committee 2010 NMNH Curator, Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilization 2009 Under Secretary for Science Search Committee, Member 2009 Vertebrate Paleontology Search Committee, Member 2009 Darwin Exhibit, Contributor 2009 Anthropology Fellowship Committee, Member 2009 Center for Humans and Environment, Big Idea Core Team 2008-‐09 Roman Life, Western Culture Hall Refit. Curator 2007-‐08 RTP Advisory Committee – Anthropology Representative 2007-‐08 EMu Advisory Committee 2007 Docent Advisory Committee 2005 PAEC Task Force, Chair 2005 EMu Advisory Committee 2004 PAEC Committee Member 2004 Core Team for NMNH Center for preparation of proposal to NSF, Synthesis in

Biological Evolution Center, Program 2003-‐04 Smithsonian Science Strategic Planning, Human Diversity and Culture Change Team

Member 2003-‐ Core Team, Olivia Follows Her Nose Exhibit Planning 2002-‐04 Archaeology Division Head, Department of Anthropology 2002-‐03 Smithsonian Science Leadership Selection Committee – Search committee for the

Smithsonian Under Secretary and NMNH Director 2002 4.6 Billion Years Exhibit Planning Committee 2002 NMNH Research Training Program, Final Selection Committee 2000-‐03 NMNH Science Council, Chair 2000 SI Council, invited speaker, Panel on NMNH Research 2000 Research Training Program, Panel on Scientific Publishing, July, 2000 2000 NMNH Research Training Program, Final Selection Committee 1999 SI Council, invited speaker, Future of Research Panel 1999 -‐ 03 Smithsonian Distinguished Lecturer Nominating Committee, Chair 2001-‐2003 1999 Smithsonian Young Natural Scientist Award Nominating Committee 1999 -‐ Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Committee 1998 NMNH Strategic Planning Committee 1997-‐98 NMNH Research Training Program Steering Committee 1997-‐98 NMNH Senate of Scientists, Chair


1996-‐97 NMNH Senate of Scientists, Treasurer/Chair Elect 1995-‐96 NMNH Senate of Scientists, Secretary 1995-‐96 NMNH Research Initiative Evaluation Committee, alternate representative for

Human Cultural and Biological Diversity Group 1995 Repatriation Physical Anthropology Case Officer Search Committee 1994-‐96 Smithsonian Congress of Scholars, NMNH Representative 1994-‐95 NMNH Senate of Scientists, Anthropology Councilor 1994-‐ Anthropology Fellowship Committee 1994 Research Training Program, Final Selection Committee 1993-‐ Anthropology "Super Core Team" for planning Anthropology exhibits 1993-‐ Forces of Change Core Team, NMNH Exhibit Committee 1992 Anthropology Chairman Search Committee 1992 Coordinator of Move of North American Ethnology Collections, July -‐ December 1991-‐92 Acting Director of Repatriation Office, intermittent. 1991 Acting Chairman, Department of Anthropology, July 1991-‐92 Acting Collections Manager, Department of Anthropology 1990 Acting Chairman, Department of Anthropology, September-‐November 1989-‐92 Department of Anthropology Executive Committee 1989-‐92 Archaeology, Ethnology, and Physical Anthropology Divisional Advisory Committees 1987 NMNH Task Force on the Role of Research Associates and Affiliates

Non-‐Smithsonian Professional Service: 2014 Explorers Council, National Geographic Society 2013-‐ Chair, Malcom Wiener Laboratory of Archaeological Science Committee, American

School of Classical Studies in Athens. 2013-‐14 Chair, Search Committee for Director of the Malcom Wiener Laboratory of

Archaeological Science Committee, American School of Classical Studies in Athens. 2013-‐ Editorial Board, Antiquity 2012 Archaeology Program Committee of Visitors, NSF Division of Behavioral, Social, and

Cognitive Sciences 2012 Grand Challenges in Archaeology Conference participant, NSF funded conference to

identify major questions in archaeology for 21st century, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM.

2011-‐ Smithsonian Representative, Managing Committee, American School of Classical Studies in Athens

2011 External Review Committee, Review of Higher Education in Archaeology, Israel Council of Higher Education

2011-‐ Associate Editor, Journal of Anthropological Research 2011-‐ At-‐Large Member, Society for American Archaeology Board of Directors 2010 Chair, External Review Committee, Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory of Archaeological

Science, American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece 2009 Archaeology Program Committee of Visitors, NSF Division of Behavioral, Social, and

Cognitive Sciences 2008 Nominating Committee, Society for American Archaeology 2008 Girls Explore Archaeology, COSI (Center for Science and Industry). Designed and

Implemented Dig!: An Interactive Archaeology Module, for 200 middle school age girls from Columbus Ohio area.

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 6 2007 External Advisory Board, Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University 2005 AAAS Screening Committee for Award in Science Journalism Awards 2003-‐12 Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society, Old World

Archaeology Representative 2002 Co-‐Founder Archaeozoology and Genetics Working Group, Official working group of

ICAZ, with Jean-‐Denis Vigne and Dan Bradley 2002-‐06 International Council for Archaeozoology, President (second term) 2002-‐ Archaeology Division Executive Board, American Anthropological Association 2002 Cannon National Parks Fellowship Program – Selection Committee, American

Association for the Advancement of Science 2002-‐ Alexandria Archive Advisory Board 2001-‐ Paléorient, Scientific Advisory Board 2001-‐ Archaeofauna, Editorial Board 2001 Society for American Archaeology Round Table Luncheon Host, Archaeozoology 1999-‐02 International Council for Archaeozoology, President 1999-‐02 Society for Ethnobiology, Executive Board Member 1999 Intel Science Talent Search, Evaluator 1997-‐99 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for American

Archaeology Representative to the Anthropology Section (H) 1997 Society for American Archaeology, Archaeobiology Interest Group, Round Table

Luncheon Host 1996-‐98 NSF Panel Member, Archaeology Section 1996 Society for American Archaeology Committee for the Status of Women Round Table

Host, Women in Museums 1995 Society for American Archaeology Archaeobiology Round Table Chair 1994 Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting Award Committee for Visual

Presentations 1992-‐96 Society for American Archaeology, Fryxell Committee for Annual Award in

Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, Chair 1995-‐96. 1992-‐96 Society for American Archaeology Membership Committee, Chair 1991-‐ Contributing Editor for Zooarchaeology, "Journal of Archaeological Research" 1989-‐92 Society for American Archaeology, Committee on Professional Relations

Thesis and Doctoral Committees:

2010-‐11 Member Doctoral Committee, Adam Watson, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

2008-‐11 Member Doctoral Committee, Tyler Faith, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

2005-‐06 Member Doctoral Committee, Adolfo Muniz, University of California, San Diego 2000-‐11 Member Doctoral Committee, Scott Rufolo, Johns Hopkins University 2000-‐04 Member Doctoral Committee, Sarah McClure, University of California, Santa Barbara 1999-‐02 Member Doctoral Committee, Heather Lapham, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 1997-‐00 Member International Committee, Dr. Chiara Cavallo, for research project funded by

Dutch national Organization of Scientific Research 1996 Mentor, Azza El-‐Helu, Edmund Burke School, Washington D.C. 1995-‐01 Member of Doctoral Committee, Marjan Mashkour, Sorbonne, Paris 1995-‐04 Member of Doctoral Committee, Jill Weber, Department of Anthropology, University


of Pennsylvania 1994-‐99 Member Doctoral Committee, Susan Stanton, Department of Anthropology,

University of New Mexico. 1994 Member of Applied Masters of Arts Internship Committee, Michael T. Lucas,

Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland. 1993 Mentor, Senior Honors Thesis, Blair High School, Greg Hecht. 1991-‐93 Member of Doctoral Committee, Elizabeth Moore, Department of Anthropology, The

American University. 1988-‐89 Member of Master of Arts Thesis Committee, Susan Arter, Department of

Anthropology, George Washington University 1986 Member of Master of Arts Thesis Committee, Kathy Risenberg, Department of

Anthropology, George Washington University. Smithsonian Fellows:

2012-‐14 Reuven Yeshurun, Post-‐Doctoral Fellow 2010-‐11 Jennifer Piro, Post-‐Doctoral Fellow 2008-‐09 Adam Watson, Pre-‐Doctoral Fellow 2008 Naomi Cleghorn, Post-‐Doctoral Fellow 2007 Canan Çackilar, Post-‐Doctoral Fellow 2007 Stephen Duepenn, Pre-‐Doctoral Fellow 2006 Ryan Byerly, Pre-‐Doctoral Fellow 2004-‐05 Scott Rufolo, Pre-‐Doctoral Fellow 2004-‐05 Zelalem Assefa, Post Doctoral Fellow 2001-‐02 Natalie Munroe, Post Doctoral Fellow 2000-‐01 Jennifer MacCormack, Post-‐Doctoral Fellow 1998-‐99 Heather Lapham, Pre-‐Doctoral Fellow, Michelle Loyet, Graduate Fellow 1997-‐98 David Landon, Post-‐Doctoral Fellow 1995-‐96 Roger Colten, Post-‐Doctoral Fellow 1995 Jill Weber, Graduate Fellow 1992 William Mengoni-‐Gonalons, Pre-‐Dotoral Fellow; Karen Mudar, Post-‐Doctoral Fellow 1991-‐92 Lynn Snyder, Pre-‐Doctoral Fellow; Joy McCorriston, Post-‐Doctoral Fellow 1991 Patricia Wattenmaker, Post-‐Doctoral Fellow

Research Training Program Advisees

2007 Suzanne Pillar, Rutgers University 2003 Lesley Gregoricka, Nortre Dame University 2002 Adam Freeberg, Pennsylvania State University 2001 Anastasia Poulos, University of Maryland 1998 Colleen McLinn, Eckerd University; Shannon Stackhouse, Harvard University 1996 Scott Ruffolo, Rutgers 1995 Michelle Roche, William & Mary; Scott Ruffolo, Rutgers

Archaeobiology Interns Supervised High School

2001 Jane Sanford (July-‐August) 2000-‐01 Matthew Grant (December-‐ August) 1997 Sarah Blackman (July, in Syria)


1996 Claire Brown (July-‐August) 1995 Quincey Boyer (July), Kristen Brady (Feb.-‐ May), Claire Brown (July-‐Aug.), Meghan

Warner (July-‐Aug.) 1994 Quincey Boyer (June-‐July), James Elworth (Jan-‐June), Sara Frankel (June-‐Aug),

Meghan Warner (June-‐Aug.) 1993 Greg Hecht (June 1993 -‐ March 1994), Sarah McClure (June-‐Aug), Katherine Race

(June-‐Aug.), Rose Wilde (June-‐Aug.) 1992 Melanie Brasfield (May 1992), Laura Holbrook (May) 1989 Christine Zimmerman (Jan.-‐June) 1987 Justin Lev-‐Tov (June-‐Aug.)

Undergraduate/Graduate Interns 2013-‐14 Sander Aertz (University of Leiden), Michael Carr (NOVA), Greg Cogswell, Meriah

Dainard, Alex Edumdson (Georgre Mason University), Polly Ann Egan (University of Michigan), Anna Goldfield (Boston University), Joo Hyun Lee (Georgre asthiington University), Laurel Poolman (George Washington University), Debra Smetena (Nortre Dame University), Hannah Wellman (Tufts).

2012 Ximena Lemoine (January-‐March), Katlyn Bishop (University of Virginia) 2011 Ximena Lemoine (January-‐March, Portland State University, Portland, OR), Teresa

Hsu (April-‐ ), Meghan Truckey (January-‐ ) George Washington University 2010 Victoria Carruthers (January-‐August) Catholic University, Meghan Truckey (January-‐

December) George Washington University 2009 Victoria Carruthers (January-‐December) Catholic University 2008 Patricia Best (January-‐April, University of North Carolina, Wilmington) 2006 Rachel Hesse (Dec-‐June, McGill University) 2005 Kurt Gron (January-‐May, University of Illinois), Douglas Park (January-‐May, GWU)

Catherine Haradon (January-‐ July, GWU), Rachel Hesse (Sept-‐ Dec, McGill University) 2004 William Reynolds (September, Dartmouth University), Adam Watson (Sept-‐

December, Colgate University), Adam Maskevich (Sept-‐December, Johns Hopkins University), Sarah Koplik (Sept-‐December, Johns Hopkins University)

2003 Douglas Park (Jan-‐May, George Washington University), Matthew Kroot (Jan-‐May, Johns Hopkins University), Adam Maskevich (May-‐ , Johns Hopkins University)

2002 Douglas Park, (Jan-‐May, George Washington University), Eric Schmidt (Jan-‐Dec. , Catholic University)

2001-‐02 Anastasia Poulos, (Sept-‐ , U. Maryland) 2000 Kelly Mills, (Sept-‐Oct, U. Texas) 1999 Amy Aisen (July, U. Mich), Margaret Hiers (July, U. Mich), Sarah McClure (July, U. Cal,

Santa Barabara) 1996 Sara Frankel (June-‐Aug, Penn), Sarah McClure (June-‐Aug, U. of Freiburg), Sarah Scott

(May-‐Aug, William and Mary), Scott Rufolo (June-‐Aug, Bringham Young, Research Training Intern)

1995 Laura Staro (May-‐Aug., U. Michigan) 1994 Richard Newman (May-‐July, U. Ariz), Michele Roche (June-‐Aug, William&Mary) 1993 Audrey Shwarz (1993-‐1994, U. Florida) 1990 Eric Fettman (1990-‐1992, George Washington U), Nancy Todd (George Washington),

Mark Warner (1989-‐1990, U. Maryland) 1989 Marc Frank (U. Georgia/U. Florida) 1988 Mark Bograd (1988-‐1991, U. Mass, Amherst)

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 9 Publications: Books 1997 American Archaeologist: A Profile. AltaMira Press, 220 pp. 1991 Feeding Cities: Specialized Animal Economy in the Ancient Near East. Smithsonian

Institution Press, Smithsonian Series in Archaeological Inquiry, 280 pp. Edited Volumes 2006 Documenting Domestication: New Genetic and Archaeological Paradigms. M.A. Zeder, D.

Bradley, E. Emshwiller, and B.D. Smith, eds. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. (winner 2008 Secretary’s Research Prize).

1978 Approaches to Faunal Analysis in the Middle East. Peabody Museum Bulletin No. 2, Peabody

Museum, Harvard University: Cambridge. 187 pp. (co-‐edited with Richard Meadow) Published Papers 2014 A New System for Computing Dentition-‐Based Age Profiles in Sus scrofa. Journal of

Archaeological Science. 47:179-‐193. (Second author with Ximena Lemoine, Katlyn Bishop, and Soctt Rufolo).

In press Mesolithic domestic pigs at Rosenhof – or wild boar? A critical re-‐appraisal of ancient DNA

and geometric morphometrics. World Archaeology. (second author with Peter Rowley-‐Conwy).

In press A response to Betts (2014). Quaternary International. (First author with Guy Bar-‐Oz). In press Defining Domestication. Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, substantive entry. 13

manuscript pages. 2014 The Onset of the Anthropocene, The Anthropocene (junior author with Bruce Smith). 2014 Grand Challenges for Archaeology. American Antiquity 79(1):5-‐24. (last author withKeith

W. Kintigh, Jeffrey H. Altschul, Mary C. Beaudry, Robert D. Drennan, Ann P. Kinzig, Timothy A. Kohler, W. Fredrick Limp, Herbert D.G. Maschner, William K. Michener, Timothy R. Pauketat, Peter Peregrine, Jeremy A. Sabloff, Tony J. Wilkinson, Henry T. Wright).

2014 Grand Challenges for Archaeology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(3):

879-‐880. (last author withKeith W. Kintigh, Jeffrey H. Altschul, Mary C. Beaudry, Robert D. Drennan, Ann P. Kinzig, Timothy A. Kohler, W. Fredrick Limp, Herbert D.G. Maschner, William K. Michener, Timothy R. Pauketat, Peter Peregrine, Jeremy A. Sabloff, Tony J. Wilkinson, Henry T. Wright).

2013 New perspectives on the use of kites in mass-‐kills of Levantine gazelle: A view from

Northeastern Syria. Quaternary International 297: 110-‐125 (senior author with Guy Bar-‐Oz, Scott Rufolo, and Frank Hole)

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 10 2012 The Broad Spectrum Revolution at 40: Resource diversity, intensification, and an

alternative to optimal foraging explanations. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 31(3): 241-‐264.

2012 The Domestication of Animals. Journal of Anthropological Research 68(2): 161-‐190. 2012 Pathways to animal domestication. In: Biodiversity in Agriculture: Domestication,

Evolution and Sustainability, Gepts, P., Famula, T.R., Bettinger, R.L., Brush, S.B., Damania, A.B., McGuire, P.E., Qualset, C.O. (Eds.), Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK., pp 227-‐269.

2012 Religion and the Revolution: The Legacy of Jacques Cauvin. Paléorient 37/1: 39-‐60. 2011 The origins of agriculture in the Near East. Current Anthropology 54(S4): S221-‐S235. 2011 Role of mass-‐kill hunting strategies in the extirpation of Persian gazelle (Gazella

subguttarosa) in the northern Levant. (second author with Guy Bar-‐Oz and Frank Hole) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. Early Edition

2010 Assessing the reliability of criteria used to post-‐cranial bones in sheep, Ovis, and goats,

Capra. Journal of Archaeological Science. (senior author with Heather Lapham) 37: 2887-‐2905

2010 Evolutionary Biology and the Emergence of Agriculture: The Value of Co-‐opted Models of

Evolution in the Study of Culture Change. In: A. Prentiss, I. Kuijt, and J. Chatters, eds. Macroevolution in Human Prehistory: Evolutionary Theory and Processual Archaeology, pp. 157-‐210. Springer.

2010 Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, In: W. Ashmore, B. Mills, and D. Lipert, eds. Voices

in American Archaeology, SAA 75th Anniversary Commemorative Volume, pp. 220-‐269. Washington, D.C.: SAA. (lead author with J. Buikstra and S. van der Leeuwe. (66 manuscript pages)

2010 Assessing the reliability of criteria used to identify mandibles and mandibular teeth in

sheep, Ovis, and goats, Capra. Journal of Archaeological Science 37:225-‐242. (senior author with S.E. Pilaar).

2009 From Food and Fuel to Farms and Flocks: The Integration of Plant and Animal Remains in

the Study of Ancient Agro-‐Pastoral Economies. Current Anthropology 50:915-‐924. (second author with N.F. Miller and S.R. Arter).

2009 A conversation on agricultural origins: Talking past each other in a crowded room. Current

Anthropology 50:681-‐691. (senior author with Bruce D. Smith) 2009 The Neolithic Macro-‐(Rev)olution: Macroevolutionary theory and the study of culture

change. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 17:1-‐63. (winner of the 2009 Smithsonian Science Achievement Award)

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 11 2008 Domestication and Early Agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin: Origins, Diffusion, and

Impact, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105:11597-‐11604. 2008 Animal Domestication in the Zagros: An Update and Directions for Future Research. In: E.

Villa, L. Gourichon, A. Choyke, and H. Buitenhuis, eds. pp. 243-‐277. Archaeozoology in the Near East VIII, Archéorient, Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon.

2007 Preface. Pigs and Humans: 10,000 Years of Interaction. In: U. Albarella, K. Dobney, and P.

Rowly-‐Conwy, eds. 2006 Archaeozoology in Southwest Asia: A Status Report Based on the Eighth Meeting of the

Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas Working Group, Paléorient 32:137-‐147.

2006 Alfredo Riedel: The Father of Italian Archaeozoology (forward). In: U. Tecchiati and B. Sala,

eds. Archaeozoological Studies in Honor of Alfredo Riedel. Festschrift for Alfredo Riedel. Italy: Ripartizione Beni Culturali. Pp. 15-‐17

2006 Central Questions in the Domestication of Plants and Animals. Evolutionary Anthropology

15:105-‐117. (cover article) 2006 Reconciling Rates of Long Bone Fusion and Tooth Eruption and Wear in Sheep (Ovis) and

Goat (Capra). In: D. Ruscillo, ed. pp: 87-‐118. Ageing and Sexing Animals from Archaeological Sites. Oxford: Oxbow Press.

2006 Documenting Domestication: The Intersection of Genetics and Agriculture. Trends in

Genetics. 22:139-‐155. (lead author with Eve Emshwiller, Bruce D. Smith, and Daniel G. Bradley, cover article)

2006 Documenting Domestication: Bringing Together Plants, Animals, Archaeology, and

Genetics. In: M.A. Zeder, D. Bradley, E. Emshwiller, and B.D. Smith, eds. Documenting Domestication: New Genetic and Archaeological Paradigms. pp. 1-‐13. Berkeley: University of California Press. (senior author with Dan Bradley, Eve Emshwiller, and Bruce D. Smith).

2006 Archaeological Approaches to Documenting Animal Domestication. In M.A. Zeder, D.

Bradley, E. Emshwiller, and B.D. Smith, eds. Documenting Domestication: New Genetic and Archaeological Paradigms. pp. 171-‐180. Berkeley: University of California Press.

2006 A critical examination of markers of initial domestication in goats (Capra hircus). (sole

author) In M.A. Zeder, D. Bradley, E. Emshwiller, and B.D. Smith, eds. Documenting Domestication: New Genetic and Archaeological Paradigms. pp.180-‐208. Berkeley: University of California Press.

2005 A view from the Zagros: New perspectives on livestock domestication in the Fertile

Crescent, In: J.-‐D. Vigne, J. Peters, and D. Helmer, eds. pp. 125-‐147. The First Steps of Animal Domestication: New Archaeozoological Approaches. Oxford: Oxbow Press.

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 12 2003 Hiding in Plain Sight: The Value of Museum Collections in the Study of the Origins of

Animal Domestication. Pp. 125-‐138. In: Gisela Grupe and Joris Peters, eds. Documenta Archaeobiologiae 1: Deciphering Ancient Bones. The Research Potential of Bioarchaeological Collections , Yearbook of the State Collection of Anthropology and Palaeoanatomy. München, Germany. Rahden/Westf: Verlag M. Leidorf GmbH.

2003 Comments on Leach, Human Domestication Reconsidered. Current Anthropology 44: 363. 2003 Archaeological Sciences and the Origins of Agriculture. Pp. 49-‐54. In: A. Matsui, ed.,

Proceedings of the International Congress on Archaeological Sciences, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties.

2003 Food Provisioning in Urban Societies: A View from Northern Mesopotamia. PP. 156-‐183. In

Monica Smith, ed. The Social Construction of Ancient Cities, Smithsonian Press. 2003 Economy and Administration at Banesh Malyan: Exploring the Potential of Faunal and

Chemical Data for Understanding State Process. Pp. 121-‐139. In: N. Miller and K. Abdi eds. Yeki Bud, Yeki Nabud. Essays on the Archaeology of Iran in Honor of William M. Sumner. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Monograph 48. (senior author with M.J. Blackman)

2001 A Metrical Analysis of a Collection of Modern Goats (Capra hircus aegargus and Capra

hircus hircus) from Iran and Iraq: Implications for the Study of Caprine Domestication, Journal of Archaeological Science, 28:61-‐79.

2000 Human Impact on Steppe Environments: An Archaeological Perspective. The Open Country,

Winter 2000, 2: 5-‐17. 2000 The Initial Domestication of Goats (Capra hircus) in the Zagros Mountains 10,000 Years

Ago., (with B. Hesse), Science, 287: 2254-‐2257. 1999 Animal Domestication in the Zagros: A Review of Past and Current Research, Paléorient,

25: 11-‐25. 1998 Pigs and Emergent Complexity in the Ancient Near East. In: Sarah Nelson, ed, Ancestors for

the Pigs. Pp. 109-‐122. MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology. Philadelphia: MASCA, University Museum.

1998 Regional Patterns of Animal Exploitation in the Khabur Basin, 7000 to 1500 B.C. In:. P.

Anreiter, L. Bartosiewicz, E. Jerem, and W. Meid, eds. Man and the Animal World: Studies in Archaeozoology, Archaeology, Anthropology, and Palaeolinguistics in memoriam Sándor Bökönyi. Pp. 569-‐582. Archaeolingua Vol 8, Budapest.

1998 Environment, Economy, and Subsistence on the Threshold of Urban Emergence in

Northern Mesopotamia. In: M. Fortin and O. Aurenche, eds. Espace Naturel, Espace Habité en Syrie Nord (10e-‐2e millénaire av. J.-‐C.). Pp. 55-‐67. Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies 33 and Travaux de la Maison de l’Orient 28. Québec: The Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies; Lyon: La Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen.

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 13 1998 New Perspectives on Agricultural Origins in the Ancient Near East. In: Anthropology

Explored: The Best of Smithsonisn AnthroNotes Pp. 119-‐129. R.O. Selig and M.R. London, eds. Smithsonian Press.

1997 The American Archaeologist: Results of the 1994 SAA Census, SAA Bulletin 15(2):12-‐17. 1997 The American Archaeologist: Results of the 1994 SAA Census (Redux), SAA Bulletin

15(4):26-‐33. 1997 Sheep and Goats. Encyclopedia of Near Eastern Archaeology; ed. Eric M. Meyers, Oxford

University Press. 1996 Patterns of Meat Consumption and Bone Use in a Mississippian Village. In: Case Studies in

Environmental Archaeology, Pp. 319-‐338. E.J. Reitz, L.A. Newsom, and S.J. Scudder, eds. Plenam Press. (Senior author with Susan Arter).

1996 The Role of Pigs in Near Eastern Subsistence From the Vantage Point of the Southern

Levant. In: Retrieving the Past: Essays on Archaeological Research and Methodology in Honor of Gus Van Beek. Pp. 297-‐312. J. D. Seger, ed., Eisenbrauns/Cobb Institute of Archaeology.

1995 The Archaeobiology of the Khabur Basin. Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Mesopotamian

Studies 29:21-‐32. 1995 Trophic Structure and Climatic Information from Isotopic Signatures in a Pleistocene Cave

Fauna from Isotopic Signatures in a Pleistocene Cave Fauna of Southern England. Journal of Archaeological Sciences 22:327-‐340. (Fourth author with H. Boucherens, M. Fogel, and N. Tuross.)

1994 Changing Patterns of Animal Utilization at Ancient Gordion. Paléorient 20(2):105-‐118.

(senior author with Susan Arter, published in 1995) 1994 After the Revolution: Post-‐Neolithic Subsistence Strategies in Northern Mesopotamia.

American Anthropologist 96(1):97-‐126. (winner of the American Anthropological Association Gordon R. Willey Award)

1994 Of Kings and Shepherds: Specialized Animal Economy in Ur III Mesopotamia, In: Chiefdoms

and Early States in the Near East: The Organizational Dynamics of Complexity, Pp. 175-‐191. Gil Stein and Mitchell Rothman, eds., Prehistory Press: Madison, WI.

1994 Repatriation at the National Museum of Natural History, Present and Future. In: Reckoning

with the Dead. Pp. 166-‐174. Tamara L. Bray and Thomas Killion, eds. Smithsonian Press: Washington, D.C.

1994 New Perspectives on Agricultural Origins in the Ancient Near East. AnthroNotes 16:1-‐7.

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 14 1994 A Decade in the Life of a Museum Archaeologist. American Anthropological Association

Newsletter 34(6):24-‐26. 1993 Origins of Food Production. In: Smithsonian Time Lines of the Ancient World. Pp. 80-‐81. C.

Scarr, ed. Dorling Kindersley: London. 1990 Animal Exploitation at Tell Halif. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research,

Supplement No. 26:24-‐30 1988 Understanding Urban Process through the Study of Specialized Subsistence Economy in the

Near East. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 7:1-‐55. 1986 The Equids from Tal-‐e Malyan. Pp. 366-‐413 In: Equids of the Old World, eds. R.H. Meadow

and H.-‐P. Uerpmann. Biehefte zum Tubinger Atlas des Vorderern Orients, University of Tubingen: Tubingen.

1985 Urbanism and Animal Distribution in Southwest Highland Iran, 3400-‐1500 BC. PhD

Dissertation, Anthropology, Univ. Mich, University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. 1984 Appendix 3: Faunal Analysis and Interpretation, Pp. 234-‐278. In: Preliminary

Archaeological Investigations at the South Wilmington Boulevard: King and Front Streets to Fourth and Walnut Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, eds. K. Cunningham, S. Henry, E. Coleman, T. Daley. DELDOT Archaeology Srs No. 18.

1984 Meat Distribution at the Highland Iranian Urban Center of Tal-‐e Malyan. Pp. 279-‐307. In:

Animals and Archaeology: 3. Early Herders and their Flocks, eds. J. Clutton-‐Brock and C. Grigson. BAR Series 202.

1983 Appendix 3: Faunal Remains of the W.M. Hawthorn Farmstead. Pp. 97-‐101. In: Phase 1 & 2

Cultural Resource Surveys of the Proposed Dualization of New Churchman's Road Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware, by J. O'Connor, K.W. Cunningham, J. Custer, D.C. Bachman, and L. Rappleye. DELDOT Project 81-‐103-‐03 Archeology Series No. 21.

1982 The Faunal Remains. Pp. 361-‐374 In: Oaks II: An Archaeological Investigation of a Two

Hundred Year Old Rural Farmstead in Piedmont Montgomery County, Maryland, by J. Sorenson and J. Evans. Maryland Historic Trust Manuscript Series, No. 19.

1978 Bonesort II -‐ A System for the Computer Processing of Identifiable Faunal Material, Pp.

135-‐147. In: Approaches to Faunal Analysis in the Middle East, R.H. Meadow and M.A. Zeder, eds. Peabody Museum Bulletin No. 2, Peabody Museum Harvard University: Cambridge. (Second author with R.W. Redding and J McArdle)

1978 Differentiation between the Bones of Caprines from Different Ecosystems in Iran by

Analysis of Osteological Micro-‐Structure and Chemical Composition. Pp. 69-‐84. In: Approaches to Faunal Analysis in the Middle East, R.H. Meadow and M.A. Zeder, eds. Peabody Museum Bulletin No. 2, Peabody Museum, Harvard University: Cambridge.

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 15 1977 A Proposed System for Computer Analysis of Identifiable Faunal Material from

Archaeological Sites. Paleorient, 3: 191-‐205. (Third author with R.W. Redding and J. Wheeler Pires-‐Ferreira)

1977 The Simulation of a Linear Exchange System under Equilibrium Conditions. Pp. 233-‐253.

In: Exchange Systems in Prehistory, eds. T. Earle and J. Ericson. Academic Press: New York. (Junior author with H.T. Wright)

1976 A Preliminary Report on the Animal Bones from Tal-‐e Malyan, 1972-‐1974. Proceedings of

the Fourth Annual Symposium on Archaeological Research in Iran, Tehran. Pp. 101-‐103. 1974 Appendix B,2: Details of Faunal Analysis from Sites. Pp. 235-‐240. In: Prehistory of

Northeastern Arabia: The Problem of Interregional Interaction, by A.H. Masry. Field Research Projects, Florida.

Reviews 1996 An Early Neolithic Village in the Jordan Valley, Part II: The Fauna of Nativ Hagdud, by Eitan

Tchernov, American School of Prehistoric Research, Bulletin 44, 1994, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 302:91-‐92.

1986 Animal Bone Archeology: From Objectives to Analysis, by B. Hesse and P. Wapnish,

Manuals on Archeology, No. 5. Taraxacum, 1985. American Scientist, November. 1982 The Domestication of Animals: A Review of Domesticated Animals from Early Times, by

Juliet Clutton-‐Brock. Reviews in Anthropology, 9:321-‐327. Unpublished Contract Reports 1983 Report on the Animal Bones from San Lorenzo, Ecuador. Report submitted in fulfillment of

a contract from the Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. Papers Delivered at Professional Meetings: 2013 Out of the Fertile Crescent: The Dispersal of Domestic Livestock into Europe and Africa.

From Colonisation to Globalisation: Species Movements in Human History. Fyssen Foundation. St. Germain-‐en-‐Laye, France. October 4-‐7.

2013 The Broad Spectrum Revolution Revisted, SAA Meetings, April, 2013, Honolulu 2013 The Onset of the Anthropocene – SAA Meetings, April, 2013, Honolulu 2013 Disucussant – Visualizing Cata Hoyuk – SAA Meetings, April, 2013, Honolulu 2012 The role of Mass Hunting in the Extirpation of Steppic Herd Animals in Northeastern Syria

(1st author with Guy Bar-‐Oz, Scott Rufolo, and Frank Hole), SAA Annual Meeting, April, 2012.

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 16 2012 Archaeology and the Media: A Symbiotic Relationship. Presidential Forum, Opening Session,

SAA Annual Meeting (co-‐sponsored by SAA and National Geographic Society), co-‐organizer and moderator, April 2012.

2011 Poking the GooGoo: The Value of Being the Contrarian. SAA Annual Meeting, April, 2011. 2010 Documenting Domestication: Intersection of Genetics and Archaeology. The Role of DNA in

Historical Studies, Banbury Center, Cold Springs Harbor, October, 2010. 2010 Diet Diversity and the Advent of Resource Management in the Taurus/Zagros Arc. In the

session Hominin Subsistence in the Old World during the Pleistocene and Early Holocene. ICAZ 2010, Paris, August 27, 2010.

2010 Diet Pathways to Animal Domestication: Challenge for Genetics and Archaeology. In the

session Archaeozoology and Paleogenetics. ICAZ 2010, Paris, August 25, 2010. 2010 Hunting Persian gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) in the northern Levant: A view from the late

fourth millennium at Tell Kuran, northeastern Syria. (second author with Guy Bar-‐Oz and Frank Hole) General Session Poster. ICAZ 2010, Paris, August 27-‐28, 2010.

2010 Rehabilitating the Zagros: Reclaiming the Role of the Eastern Fertile Crescent in Near

Eastern Agricultural Origins. In the workshop: The Neolithisation of Iran, 7th Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, London, April 16

2010 In the Beginning: Epipaleolithic Animal Exploitation in the Taurus/Zagros Arc. Presented at

Origins and Spread of Stock Keeping, Missenden Abbey, Buckinghamshire, April 18-‐21, 2010

2009 Plant and Animal Domestication in the Near East. The Beginnings of Agriculture: New Data,

New Ideas. Wenner-‐Gren International Symposium, Merida, Mexico, March 6-‐13, 2009. 2008 An Assessment of Criteria for Discriminating between Sheep and Goat Mandibles and Teeth,

International Committee Meeting, International Council for Archaeozoology, Visegrad Hungary August 29-‐31, 2008.

2007 Defining Domestication: How Advances in Genetics and Archaeology are Reshaping Our

Understanding of Domestication and its Origins. Genetics of Crop Domestication, Banbury Center, October 14-‐17, 2007.

2007 From Food and Fuel to Farms and Flocks: Considering Context of Use in Reconstructing

Ancient Agricultural Economies. (co-‐author with Naomi F. Miller) Society for American Archaeology, Austin TX, April 2007.

2006 Discussant: Latin American Zooarchaeology. Plenary Session, International Conference of the

International Council for Archaeozoology, Mexico City, Mexico. August, 2006.

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 17 2006 Discussant: Archaeozoology of Complex Societies in the Old and New Worlds. International

Conference of the International Council for Archaeozoology, Mexico City, Mexico. August, 2006.

2006 Small Things Considered: The Role of Small-‐Bodied Prey Across the Transition to

Agriculture in the Zagros Foothills. (co-‐author with Natalie Munro) International Conference of the International Council for Archaeozoology, Mexico City, August, 2006.

2006 Zawi Chemi Shanidar: Found and Revisited. ICAZ Archaeozoologists of Southwest Asia and

Adjacent Areas Working Group Meeting. Lyon, France, June 2006. 2006 Discussant: Honoring Oscar Polaco and his Contributions to Latin American Archaeology.

Fryxell Symposium for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Archaeology. Society for American Archaeology, Puerto Rico, April 2006.

2006 Panelist, Non-‐Academic Careers in Archaeology, Society for American Archaeology, Puerto

Rico, April 2006. 2005 Careers in Archaeology. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological

Association, Washington D.C. 2005 Humans, Environment, and Culture in the Near East: The Legacy of Frank Hole, Discussant

Comments. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City. Session co-‐organizer with Joy McCorriston.

2005 The Neolithic (Macro) Revolution: A Perspective from the Near East. A Paper presented at

the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, Utah. 2005 Human Sciences at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

Presented in the session “Why People belong in Natural History Museums: A Vision for Museum-‐based Anthropology in the 21st Century”. Presented at the annual meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C. Session organizer.

2004 Recent Advances in Documenting Animal Domestication, A paper presented in the

symposium “What is the Hottest in Zooarchaeological Sciences Right Now? Ancient DNA, Stable Isotopes, and Trace Fossils. Sponsored by the Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark, August, 2004.

2004 Documenting Domestication: New Genetic and Archaeological Paradigms, A paper

presented at the first meeting of the ICAZ Archaeozoology and Genetics Working Group, Paris, France, June 2004.

2003 Reconciling Society and Subsistence in the Emergence of Food Production in the Fertile

Crescent, A paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, WI, April 2003.

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 18 2003 Status of Women in Archaeology, A paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Society for

American Archaeology, Milwaukee, WI, April 2003. 2002 New Perspectives on Livestock Domestication in the Fertile Crescent, A paper delivered at

the International Conference of the International Council for Archaeozoology, Durham, England, August 2002.

2002 Reconciling Rates of Long Bone Fusion and Tooth Eruption and Wear in Sheep, Goats, and

Gazelle, A paper delivered at the International Conference of the International Council for Archaeozoology, Durham, England, August 2002.

2002 Hiding in Plain Sight: The Value of Museum Collections in the Study of the Origins of Animal

Domestication. Deciphering Ancient Bones: The Research Potential of Bioarchaeological Collections, 100 Years of Anthropology in the Collection of Anthropology and Paleoatanomy. International Workshop, Naturwissenshaftliche Institute der Ludwig-‐Macimilians-‐Universität, München, Germany, July, 2002.

2002 Animal Domestication and the Agricultural Revolution in the Fertile Crescent, A paper

delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver, March, 2002.

2001 New Perspectives on Caprine Domestication in the Eastern Fertile Crescent. A paper

delivered at the annual meeting of the East Coast Chowder and Marching Society, Baltimore, October, 2001.

2001 Feast or Forage, The Transition to Agriculture in the Near East. A paper presented at the

Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, May, 2001. 2001 Discusant for Symposium -‐ The Call of the Wild: Critiquing the Wild Resource/Domestic

Staple Dichotomy. A session held at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, May, 2001.

2001 Archaeological Advances in Documenting the Initial Domestication of Animals. A paper

presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, February, 2001. (session organizer with Bruce Smith)

2000 Fields, Pastures, and Pastoralism in the Third Millennium of the Khabur Basin, Northeastern

Syria, senior author with Joy McCorriston and Jennifer MacCormack, A paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia, April, 2000.

2000 New Perspectives on Goat Domestication in the Eastern Fertile Crescent, A paper presented

at the Annual Meetings of the Society for Ethnobiology, March 2000. 1999 The Role of Pastoralism in Developing Specialized Urban Economies in the Ancient Near

East, A paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Chicago, March, 1999.

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 19 1999 The Role of Pastoralism in Developing Specialized Urban Economies in the Ancient Near

East, A paper presented at the Annual Meetings of American Oriental Society, Baltimore, March 1999.

1998 A Reconsideration of the Evidence for Animal Domestication in the Zagros from the Upper

Paleolithic to the Early Neolithic. A paper presented at the International Conference of the International Council for Archaeozoology, Victoria, August 24, 1998

1998 A Metrical Analysis of Modern Wild Goats (Capra Aegagrus) from Iran and Iraq:

Implications for the Study of Caprine Domestication in the Near East. A paper presented at Fourth International Conference of the Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas. Paris, June 28-‐July 4, 1998.

1997 Women in Archaeology: A Comparison of the Status of Women in Different Archaeological

Employment Sectors, Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Washington D.C., November.

1997 The Impact of Early Agriculture in Northern Mesopotamia (8th -‐ 2nd Millennium B.C.),

presented at the symposium AEspace naturel, espace habité en Syrie du Nord (10e-‐2e millénaires av. J.C.), Laval University, Quebec City, May.

1997 Agricultural Impacts in Northern Mesopotamia: Insights from the Archaeobotanical and

Zooarchaeological Records, (poster) Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Nashville, April (senior author with Joy McCorriston).

1996 Pig Tales: The Role of Pigs in Emerging Complexity in the Near East, Annual Meetings of the

American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, November. 1996 The Zooarchaeology of Complexity: A View from the Old World, Annual Meetings of the

Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Birmingham, November. (session organizer with Elizabeth Reitz)

1996 Beyond Taphonomy: The Coming of Age of Zooarchaeology, Annual Meeting of the Society

for American Archaeology, New Orleans, April. 1996 Patterns of Meat Consumption and Bone Use in a Mississippian Village, Fryxell Symposium

on Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, Society for American Archaeology, 61st Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April (senior author with Susan Arter).

1996 Initial Results of the Analysis of Animal Remains for Raqa’i, Atij, and Gudeda, (poster)

presented the symposium AThe Syrian Djezireh, Cultural Heritage and Interrelations, sponsored by the Director-‐General of Antiquities & Museums, Ministry of culture, Der a-‐Zor, Syria, March

1995 Comparison of Animal Remains from Two Middle Mississippi Sites in Southeastern

Missouri, Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Knoxville, November (senior author with Susan Arter).

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 20 1995 Toe Tales from the Zagros, East Coast Archaeological Marching and Chowder Society,

Washington, D.C., October. 1995 A Reconsideration of the Evidence for Animal Domestication in the Zagros from the

Perspective of the Upper Paleolithic in Highland Iran. Fryxell Symposium on Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, Society for American Archaeology, 60th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, May. (senior author with Naomi Cleghorn and Heather Lapham).

1995 The Desert and the Sown: Pastoral/Urban Interaction in the Early Bronze Age Southern

Levant. Annual Meeting Society of Ethnobiology, Phoenix, AZ, March. 1994 Recent Results of Faunal Analysis from Sites in the Khabur Basin. East Coast Marching and

Chowder Society, Chicago, IL, November. 1994 Regional Patterns of Animal Exploitation in the Khabur Basin, 7000 to 1500 B.C. Seventh

International Conference of the International Council for Archaeozoology, Konstanz, Germany, September.

1994 Post-‐Neolithic Subsistence in Northern Mesopotamia from 7,000 to 1,500 B.C. Society for

Ethnobiology, Victoria, British Columbia, March. 1993 Intra-‐site Animal Utilization at a Middle Mississippi Village Site. Southeastern

Archaeological Conference, Raleigh, NC, November. 1993 Intra-‐Site Variation in Meat Consumption and Bone Use at a Middle Mississippi Village in

Southeastern Missouri. Society of Ethnobiology, Boston, MA, March. 1992 Repatriation at the National Museum of Natural History. American Anthropological

Association Annual Meetings, San Francisco, CA, December. 1992 Animal Exploitation at Gordion. Society for American Archaeology, 57th Annual Meeting,

Pittsburgh, PA, April. (senior author with Susan Arter) 1991 Patterns of Meat Consumption in Middle Mississippi Village Sites. Southeast Archaeological

Conference Jackson, MS, November (senior author with Susan Arter). 1991 Update on the Analysis of Animal Remains from Gordion. East Coast Marching and Chowder

Society Meetings, Boston, MA, October. 1991 Animal Utilization in the Khabur Drainage from the 6th to the 2nd Millennium B.C. Society

for American Archaeology, 56th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April. 1990 Sharing Information. Session on Accessibility. First International Symposium on the

Curation of Archaeozoological Collections, Hosted the National Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., May. (co-‐organizer of symposium)

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 21 1990 CZAR: A Computerized Zooarchaeological Data Base Management and Processing System.

Computers and Archaeozoology Open House, International Council for Archaeozoology, 6th International Conference, Washington D.C., May. (co-‐organizer of symposium) (senior author with C. Child)

1989 Subsistence and Urban Economy in Southern Summer. American Anthropological

Association, 88th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., November. 1989 Animal Utilization at Umm Qseir. Society for American Archaeology, 54th Annual Meeting,

Atlanta, GA, April. (senior author with Elizabeth Myler) 1988 Economic and Political Considerations in the Exploitation of Pigs in the Near East from the

Perspective of Tell Halif, Northern Negev. Annual Meeting of the American Schools for Oriental Research, Chicago, IL, November.

1988 Animal Exploitation at Tell Halif. Annual Meeting of the American Schools for Oriental

Research, Chicago, IL, November. 1988 Effects of Site Function and Regional Political Integration on Animal Exploitation at Tell

Halif, Northern Negev, 3200-‐600 B.C., Northeastern Faunal Analyst Conference, Second Annual Meeting, Princeton, NJ, April.

1987 Animal Remains from San Lorenzo, Society from American Archaeology, 52nd Annual

Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May. 1986 Organization and Administration of Provisioning at Banesh Malyan. American

Anthropological Association, 85th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, December. 1986 Subsistence and Ideology in Coastal Ecuador. International Council for Archaeozoology,

Fifth International Conference, Bordeaux, France, August. 1985 The Use of Cementum Annuli and Tooth Eruption and Wear in the Aging of Caprid Teeth.

American Anthropological Association, 84th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., December. 1983 The Faunal Remains from Tell Halif, the 1976-‐1983 Seasons. Annual Meeting of the

American Schools of Oriental Research, Dallas, TX, December. 1982 Urban Food Distribution at Tal-‐e Malyan. American Anthropological Association, 81st

Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 1982. 1982 The Equids from Tal-‐e Malyan. Symposium on the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene

Distribution and Discrimination of Equids in the Palearctic Region with Special Emphasis on the Middle East, Tubingen, West Germany, April-‐May.

1982 Meat Distribution at the Highland Iranian Urban Center of Tal-‐e Malyan. International

Congress for Archaeozoology, Fourth International Conference, London, England, April.

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 22 1980 Animal Resource Distribution and Early Urban Development in Southern Iran. Society for

American Archaeology, 45th Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, May. 1975 Bonesort II -‐ A System for the Computer Processing of Identifiable Faunal Material, Society

for American Archaeology, 40th Annual Meetings, Dallas, TX, May. (symposium co-‐organizer) (Second author with R.W. Redding and J. McArdle)

1975 Differentiation Between the Bones of Caprines from Different Ecosystems in Iran by

Analysis of Osteological Micro-‐Structure and Chemical Composition. Society for American Archaeology, 40th Annual Meetings, Dallas, TX, May. (symposium co-‐organizer)

1973 The Simulation of a Linear Exchange System under Equilibrium Conditions. Society for

American Archaeology, 38th Annual Meetings, San Francisco, CA, May. (junior author with H.T. Wright)

Public Lectures 2014 Pathways to Animal Domestication, University of Maryland, March 2014. 2014 The Broad Spectrum Revolution Revisited: Feast or Famine? Paper presented at the Annual

Meeting of the British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology. Reading England, January 2014.

2013 New Perspectives of Agricultural Origins. Stanford University, May, 2013. 2013 New Perspectives of Agricultural Origins. University of Liverpool, UK, January, 2013. 2013 The Broad Spectrum Revolution: New Results from the Taurus/Zagros Arc, University of

Reading, UK, January 2013. 2012 New Perspectives of Agricultural Origins. Climate Change Institute, University of Maine,

November, 2012. 2012 Pathways to Animal Domestication, Oregon State University Zoology Department, January,

2012. 2011 New Perspectives of Agricultural Origins. University of Reading, December, 2011. 2011 New Perspectives on Near Eastern Agricultural Origins, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology,

UCLA, November, 2011. 2011 Pathways to Animal Domestication, Department of Anthropology Seminar Series, Penn State

University, April , 2011 2010 Pathways to Animal Domestication, Department of Anthropology Seminar Series, University

of Nevada, Las Vegas, October, 2010.

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 23 2010 Pathways to Animal Domestication, University of New Mexico, Journal of Anthropological

Archaeology Distinguished Lecture, Fall 2010. 2010 Broad Spectrum Revolution Reconsidered, Department of Anthropology, University of New

Mexico Seminar Series, November, 2010. 2009 Pathways to Animal Domestication, University of Maine, November, 2009 2010 Pathways to Animal Domestication, BEES Evolution Day, University of Maryland, April 9,

2010. 2009 Pathways to Animal Domestication, University of Maine, November, 2009. 2009 Pathways to Animal Domestication, Annual Distinguished Lecture in Archaeology,

Washington University, St. Louis, MO. April 10, 2009. 2008 Pathways to Animal Domestication, Southern Methodist University, October, 2008. 2008 Pathways to Animal Domestication, Harlan II: International Symposium, Biodiversity in

Agriculture, Domestication, Evolution, and Sustainability. Davis, CA. September 14-‐18, 2008. 2008 Careers in Archaeology: From a Woman’s Perspective. COSI (Center for Science and

Industry) Girls Explore Archaeology. Lecture to Parents, April 19, 2008. 2008 Girls in Archaeology – Keynote Speaker, COSI (Center for Science and Industry) Girls

Explore Archaeology. April 19, 2008. 2008 Documenting Domestication: The Interface of Archaeology and Genetics. Department of

Anthropology, Ohio State University, April 18, 2008. 2008 The Committee for Research and Exploration: Research Grants and the NGS Mission.

Grosvenor Council Weekend. Santa Fe, NM. March 27-‐30, 2008. 2007 Domestication and Early Agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin: Origins, Diffusion, and

Impacts. Calpe 2007: People in the Mediterranean – A History of Interaction. Gibraltar Museum, September 27-‐30, 2007.

2007 Animal Exploitation at Gordion: Weighing the Impact of Social and Environmental Change.

The Archaeology of Phrygian Gordion, University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, April, 2007.

2007 Archaeological Sciences and the Origins of Agriculture. Cobb Institute of Archaeology,

Mississippi State University, January 29, 2007. 2006 Archaeological Sciences and the Origins of Agriculture. Student Association Distinguished

Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, March 2006.

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 24 2006 Archaeological Sciences and the Origins of Agriculture. Student Association Distinguished

Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, March 2006. 2005 A Return to the Zagros: Origins of Animal Domestication and the Legacy of Frank Hole.

Society and Environment in Prehistoric Southwest Asia, a special symposium in honor of Frank Hole, Yale University, April 2005.

2004 Archaeological Sciences and the Origins of Agriculture. International Congress on

Archaeological Sciences, SERC, Smithsonian Institution, July 2004. 2003 Archaeological Sciences and the Origins of Agriculture. International Congress on

Archaeological Sciences, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties. 2002 Archaeology and the Study of Agricultural Origins. A lecture delivered to the Anthropology

Class, Walt Whitman High School, May, 2002. 2002 New Archaeological Approaches to Understanding the Domestication of Plants and Animals.

2002 Anše Lecture, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, May, 2002.

2002 Agricultural Impacts in the Kabur Basin, Northeastern Syria. A Lecture Delivered to the

Mesopotamian Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, May 2002. 2001 Domestication as a Problem Area. Lecture delivered as part of the Women in Science

Lecture Series, Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Sigma Xi Chapter, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland, November 2001.

2001 Reconsideration of the Evidence for Caprine Domestication in the Eastern Fertile Crescent,

Harvard University, Department of Anthropology Noon-‐Time Lecture Series, Cambridge MA, November 2001.

2001 Zooarchaeology of the Khabur Basin. A lecture delivered to the Zooarchaeology Seminar,

Harvard University, November 2001. 2001 Early Animal Domestication in the Zagros: The Value of the FMNH Collections. The Field

Museum of Natural History, July, 2001. 2001 Dead Animals Do Tell Tales: Stories from the Case Book of a Zooarchaeologist. The College

of Notre Dame, Baltimore, April, 2001. 2000 Future Directions of Science at the National Museum of Natural History, presented at the

annual meeting of the Smithsonian Council, 2000. 2000 Early Animal Domestication in the Zagros, presented for the Department of Anthropology

Colloquium Series, University of Arizona, October 2000

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 25 2000 Early Animal Domestication in the Zagros, presented for the Department of Anthropology

Colloquium Series, University of Pennsylvania, March 2000. 1999 The Future of Anthropological Research at the Smithsonian, presented for the annual

meeting of the Smithsonian Council, November, 1999. 1999 Advances in the Study of Agricultural Origins, presented at the 1999 Sigma Xi Annual

Initiation Dinner University of Maryland Chapter, May 1999 1998 Careers in Archaeology, presented at the one day symposium Careers in Anthropology,

sponsored by the Anthropological Society of Washington and The University of Maryland Department of Anthropology Student Association, Dec. 5.

1998 Research at the National Museum of Natural History, presented for the National Research

Council Intern Program, National Academy of Science, Washington DC, June 25. 1998 Origins of Animal Management in the Ancient Near East: The Where, the When, and the

How Do We Know of Caprine Domestication, presented for Animal and Avian Sciences Department, University of Maryland, April 7.

1997 New Perspectives on Early Agriculture in Northern Mesopotamia, presented as part of the

Department of Anthropology Seminar Series, State University of New York, Stony Brook April.

1997 Recent Research in Zooarchaeology at the Center for Archaeobiological Research, NMNH

Docent Training, March. 1997 Recent Research in Zooarchaeology at the Center for Archaeobiological Research, NMNH

Director’s Circle Lecture, March. 1996 After the Revolution: The Impact of Early Agriculture in Northern Mesopotamia, National

Zoo Lecture Series, October. 1996 A Reconsideration of the Evidence for Caprine Domestication in the Eastern Fertile

Crescent. Research Training Program Intern Lecture, June 1995 Distinguishing Animal from Human Bones, a lecture for Doug Ubelaker=s Forensic

Anthropology Seminar, October 1995. 1995 Early Agriculture in Northern Mesopotamia. Research Training Program Intern Lecture,

July 1995 The Impact of Early Agriculture in Northern Mesopotamia. Cosmos Club, May 9. 1994 New Perspectives on Early Agriculture in Northern Mesopotamia. Canadian Society for

Mesopotamian Studies, Toronto, Canada, September.

Melinda A. Zeder - Curriculum Vitae - 26 1994 After the Revolution: Post-‐Neolithic Subsistence in Northern Mesopotamia from 7,000 to

2,500 B.C., Baird Auditorium, Public Lecture Series, Washington D.C., March. 1993 Pigs in Palestine: New Light on Old Theories of Pig Prohibition in the Middle East.

Anthropology Seminary Series, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., May. 1991 Doing Repatriation. Smithsonian Registrars Council, Washington D.C., February. 1987 The Origins of Food Production. Part 6 of the Lecture Series Origins of the World, A Quest

for Answers, Resident Associate Program, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C., March. 1987 The Promise of Zooarchaeology. Anthropology Colloquium, Washington University, St.

Louis, MO, June. 1986 Livestock and Livelihood at Tell Halif. Digging for Biblical Roots, sponsored the Miami

University Art Museum and Department of Religion and the Ohio Humanities Council, Miami University, Oxford, OH, February.

1984 Livestock and Livelihood at Tell Halif. Symposium Biblical Archaeology in the 1980's -‐ A

Case Study: The Lahav Research Project, sponsored by the Cobb Institute of Archaeology and the Mississippi Committee for the Humanities, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, February.

1982 Animal Resource Exploitation at Tal-‐e Malyan. Anthropology Colloquium, Department of

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