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CURRICULUM VITAE
John W. Arthur
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
140 7th Avenue S., DAV 258
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Office – DAV 270 (727) 873-4960
Archaeological Lab – STG 216 (727) 873-4344
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EDUCATION
2000 Doctor of Philosophy, Anthropology, University of Florida, Dissertation Title:
Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology among the Gamo of southwestern Ethiopia.
1994 Master of Arts, Anthropology, The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Theses Title: Ceramic Function During The Early Pithouse Period in the Mimbres
River Valley.
1987 Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin.
EMPLOYMENT
University of South Florida St. Petersburg, Associate Professor (2009-Current).
University of South Florida St. Petersburg, Assistant Professor (2003-2009).
University of Florida, Adjunct Professor (2000-2003).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ethnoarchaeology, Archaeology of Beer, Ceramic Technology, Experimental Archaeology
Social Stratification, Craft Specialization, Complex Societies
Foragers, Farmers, Development of Food Production
African Archaeology, North American Archaeology
EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING
2010-2013 National Science Foundation, Archaeology Program ($258,639), (Co-P.I.).
2006-2008 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant ($148,960), (Co-P.I.).
2006-2007 National Science Foundation, Archaeology Program ($59,600), (P.I.).
2005-2009 National Science Foundation, Archaeology Program ($95,100), (P.I.).
1997 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant ($11,973.50).
1996 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Grants-in-Aid of Research ($515.00).
EXTERNAL SERVICE FUNDING
2019 Friends of Weedon Island (FOWI) to AWIARE, Inc. ($3,000), For educational
development.
2018 Levett Foundation Grant Awarded to AWIARE, Inc. ($50,000), For student grants to
conduct archaeology related research in the Tampa Bay region 2019-2023.
INTERNAL FUNDING
2017 University of South Florida International Travel Grant, European Meeting of Ancient
Ceramics, Bordeaux, France ($1,591).
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2005 University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, New Investigator Research Grant
($4,500.00), Awarded (P.I.).
2004 University of South Florida, Tampa, New Investigator Research Grant ($9,907.00).
Awarded (P.I.).
2003 University of South Florida International Travel Grant, Society of Africanist
Archaeologists Conference, Bergen, Norway ($1,995.00).
1999 Charles H. Fairbanks Award, University of Florida ($800.00).
1999 McGinty Dissertation Fellowship, University of Florida ($3,150.00).
1995 Center for African Studies Travel Grant, University of Florida, Field Research in
Ethiopia ($2,000.00).
1994 Small Graduate Student Grant, The University of Texas at San Antonio ($500.00).
1993 Gifford Memorial Scholarship, The University of Texas at San Antonio ($300.00).
AWARDS
2016 Chancellor’s Award for Research and Creative Scholarship, University of South
Florida St. Petersburg.
2015 Proclamation made by the St. Petersburg Mayor and City Council in honor of the
discovery of the first complete ancient African genome, Bayira.
2005 Teaching Excellence, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida St.
Petersburg.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Single Author Book
Beer: For the Living and the Dead.
Peer Reviewed Articles
Beer, Ritual, and Identity: Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Study of Two
Ethiopian Societies, International Symposium on Alcohol, Rituals, and Spiritual World
in Ancient China and Beyond: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, Edited by Li Liu and
Jiajing Wang, Symposium Organizers, Stanford University.
PUBLISHED SINGLE AUTHOR BOOK
2006 Arthur, John W. Living with Pottery: Ethnoarchaeology among the Gamo of
Southwest Ethiopia. Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry, University of Utah Press:
Salt Lake City.
PUBLISHED PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
2019 Arthur, John W. Built To Last: James Skibo’s Contribution to Archaeological
Theory and Pottery Use-Alteration in Relation to the Gamo of Southwestern
Ethiopia. The Wisconsin Archaeologist in a special issue on the contributions of
James Skibo. Editors Fernanda Neubauer and Michael J. Schaefer, Submission
deadline January 7th, 2019, scheduled for June 2019 publication.
2019 Arthur, John W., Matthew C. Curtis, Kathryn Weedman Arthur, Mauro Coltorti,
Pierluigi Pieruccini, Josephine Lesur, Dorian Fuller, Leilani Lucas, Lawrence
Conyers, Jay Stock, Sean Stretton, and Robert Tykot. The Transition from Hunting
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and Gathering to Food Production in the Gamo Highlands of Southern Ethiopia,
African Archaeological Review. 36(1):5-65.
2019. Coltorti, Mauro, Pierluigi Pieruccini, Kathryn Arthur, John W. Arthur, and Matthew
C. Curtis. Geomorphology, Soils and Paleosoils of the Chencha Area (Gamo Gofa,
South Western Ethiopian Highlands), Journal of African Earth Sciences, 151:225-
240.
2018 Jackson, Kendal, Elizabeth Southard, Sharlene O’Donnell, and John Arthur.
Estimating Crown Conch (Melogena corona) Tissue Weight from Archaeological
Shell Measurements: An Allometric Methodology for Coastal Historical
Ecological Research, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21:107-116.
2017 Joséphine Lesur, John W. Arthur, Kathryn Weedman Arthur, Matthew C. Curtis. Hide
and Meat among Boreda Hideworkers: Ethnoarchaeozoology of Consumption and
Craft Practices in Gamo (Southwest Ethiopia), Quaternary International 471:81-94.
2017 Kathryn Weedman Arthur, Yohannes Ethiopia Tocha, Matthew C. Curtis, Bizuayehu
Lakew, and John W. Arthur. Seniority through Ancestral Landscapes: Community
Archaeology in the Highlands of Southern Ethiopia, Journal of Community
Archaeology and Heritage, 4(2): 101-114.
2015 Gallego Llorente, M., Jones, E. R., Eriksson, A., Siska, V., Arthur, K. W., Arthur, J.
W., Curtis, M. C., Stock, J. T., Coltorti, M., Pieruccini, P., Stretton, S., Brock, F.,
Higham, T., Park, Y., Hofreiter, M., Bradley, D. G., Bhak, J., Pinhasi, R., Manica, A.
Ancient Ethiopian Genome Reveals Extensive Eurasian Admixture in Eastern
Africa, Science, Vol. 350, No. 6262: 820-822.
2014 Lesur, Joséphine, Xavier Gutherz, Luc Jallot, Amélie Diaz, and John Arthur. Les
sociétés de l’Holocène récent du Sud de l’Éthiopie: résultats de la mission
archéologique dans le Parc National de Nechisar, Annales d’Éthiopie 29:121-146.
2014 Arthur, John W., Beer Through the Ages: The Role of Beer in Shaping Our Past
and Current Worlds, Anthropology Now 6(2): 1-11
2014 Arthur, John W. Pottery Uniformity in a Stratified Society: An
Ethnoarchaeological Perspective from the Gamo of Southwestern Ethiopia,
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 35:106-116.
2014 Arthur, John W. Culinary Crafts and Foods in Southwestern Ethiopia: An
Ethnoarchaeological Study of Gamo Groundstones and Pottery, Journal of African
Archaeological Review 31(2):131-168.
2013 Arthur, John W. Transforming Clay: Gamo Caste, Gender, and Pottery of
Southwestern Ethiopia, Asian and African Study Monographs, Supplemental 47:5-
25. 2009 Arthur, John W. Understanding Household Population Through Ceramic
Assemblage Formation. Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology Among the Gamo of
Southwestern Ethiopia, American Antiquity, Volume 74 (1) pp. 31-48.
2003 Arthur, John W. Brewing Beer: Status, Wealth, and Ceramic Use Alteration
among the Gamo of Southwestern Ethiopia, World Archaeology, 34(3): 516-528.
2003 Arthur, John W. Ethnoarchaeology, Pottery, and Technology: Bridging
Ethnographic and Archaeological Approaches. Reviews in Anthropology 32
(4):359-378.
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2002 Arthur, John W. Pottery Use-Alteration as an Indicator of Socioeconomic Status:
An Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Gamo of Ethiopia, Journal of Archaeological
Method and Theory, Volume 9(4): 331-355.
PUBLISHED BOOK CHAPTERS
2005 Arthur, John W. and Kathryn Weedman. Ethnoarchaeology, Handbook of
Archaeological Methods, edited by Herbert Machner, AltaMira Press.
2001 Arthur, John W. A Functional Analysis of Early Pithouse Ceramics, in Early
Pithouse Villages of the Mimbres Mogollon and their Regional Context, edited by
Michael Diehl and Steven A. LeBlanc, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, pp. 69-
76.
NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 2019 Arthur, John W. Celebrating Archaeology Month. The Alliance for Weedon Island
Archaeological Research and Education Newsletter, May.
2016 Arthur, John W. USFSP Continues to Research Precolumbian Lifeways at the
Weedo(e)n Island Site, The Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Research and
Education Newsletter, Summer.
2013 Arthur, John W. Archaeological Investigations at Weeden Island (8PI1). The
Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Research and Education Newsletter, May.
2010 Arthur, Weedman Kathryn, John W. Arthur, Matthew C. Curtis, Bizayehu Lakew,
Joséphine Lesur-Gebremariam, and Yohannes Ethiopia. Fire on the Mountain:
Dignity and Prestige in the History and Archaeology of the Borada Highlands in
Southern Ethiopia, The SAA Archaeological Record, Volume 10(1): pp. 17-21.
2009 Arthur, Weedman Kathryn, John W. Arthur, Matthew C. Curtis, Bizayehu Lakew,
Joséphine Lesur-Gebremariam, and Yohannes Ethiopia. Historical Archaeology in
the Highlands of Southern Ethiopia: Preliminary Findings, Nyame Akuma.
2005 Arthur, John, W. Brewing in Africa, Encyclopedia of the History of Science,
Technology and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 2nd Edition, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
2004 White, Nancy Marie, Brent R. Weisman, Robert H. Tykot, E. Christian Wells, Karla
L. Davis-Salazar, John, W. Arthur, and Kathryn Weedman. Academic Archaeology is
Public Archaeology, The Archaeological Record, Society for American Archaeology,
Vol. 4:26-29.
1997 Arthur, John W. Producers and Consumers: The Ethno-Archaeology of Gamo
Pottery Producers and Use, In Ethiopia in Broader Perspective: Papers of the 13th
International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Vol. II, edited by Katsuyoshi Fukui,
Eisei Kurimoto, and Masayoshi Shigeta, Shokado Book Sellers, Kyoto, pp. 284-298.
BOOK REVIEWS
2010 Arthur, John W. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 16. Review
of Social Change and the Evolution of Ceramic Production and Distribution in a
Maya Community by Dean E. Arnold, University Press of Colorado, 2008.
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2008 Arthur, John W. The Kiva, Volume 73(4), Review of Archaeological Anthropology:
Perspectives on Method and Theory edited by James M. Skibo, Michael W. Graves,
and Miriam T. Stark, University of Arizona Press, 2007.
CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT REPORTS
1991 (with David O. Brown et al.) Archaeological Survey of a Proposed Landfill, City of
Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, Hicks and Company Draft Report: Austin, Texas.
1989 Macrobotanical Analysis (with Heather Trigg), in Prairie Hinterland: The
Archaeology of Palo Duro Creek Phase 2: Testing, Archaeological Research Inc.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Apr. 2019 Research Paper, International Symposium on Alcohol, Rituals, and Spiritual World in
Ancient China and Beyond: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, Li Liu and Jiajing Wang,
Symposium Organizers, Stanford University.
Apr. 2019 Research Paper, Archaeological Method and Theory: Papers in Honor of James M.
Skibo, Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jakob
Sedig and Susan Kooiman, Organizers.
Apr. 2019 Discussant, Intersections of Technology, Labor, and Identity, Society for American
Archaeology Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Liam Frink and Kathryn Arthur,
Organizers.
Mar. 2019 Potters, Consumers, Caste in Southwestern Ethiopia. Lobban Lecture, Wagner College,
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Staten Island, New York.
Feb. 2019 The Archaeology of Beer Around the World in 13,000 Years. Bernard Lecture,
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Westchester, New York.
Feb. 2019 Potters, Consumers, Caste in Southwestern Ethiopia. SUNY Albany, Sponsored by the
Archaeological Institute of America, Albany, New York.
Feb. 2019 The Archaeology of Beer Around the World in 13,000 Years. Valparaiso University,
Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Valparaiso, Indiana.
Nov. 2018 Archaeological Explorations from Ethiopia to Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg Downtown
Rotary Club.
Oct. 2018 SciCafe: Oktoberfest and the Science of the Brew, Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg,
Florida.
Sept. 2018 Archaeological Adventures from Ethiopia to Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg Kiwanis Club.
July 2018 Gourds to Growlers: How Beer Helped Shape Ethiopia and the Mediterranean,
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, with Michael Bennett and Travis Rupp.
July 2018 Civilized Consumption, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, with Michael
Bennett and Travis Rupp.
June 2018 Civilized Consumption, Flying Boat Brewery, St. Petersburg, Florida, with Jennifer
Sedillo and Michael Bennett.
June 2018 Gourds to Growlers, Flying Boat Brewery, St. Petersburg, Florida, with Michael
Bennett
Sept. 2017 Pottery Use-Alteration and Identity: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Gamo in
southwestern Ethiopia, European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics, Bordeaux, France.
Apr. 2017 Beer, Porridges, and Feasting in the Gamo Region of southern Ethiopia.
John W. Arthur, Matthew C. Curtis, Susan Kooiman, and Kathryn W. Arthur, Society
of American Archaeology Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
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Mar. 2017 Our Global Ancestry: Discovering The Oldest African Complete Human Genome,
USFSP Alumni College, St. Petersburg, Florida, (with Kathryn Arthur).
Mar. 2017 Public Archaeology in Action, Pinellas County Commissioner’s Meeting, Clearwater,
Florida.
Mar. 2017 Beer in Africa: Hyenas and Oil Drums, Florida Public Archaeology Network,
Archaeology on Tap Speaker Series, Hidden Springs Ale Works, Tampa, Florida, (with
Kathryn Arthur).
Feb. 2017 Pots, Beer, Porridges, and Feasting from the Sahara to the Ethiopian Highlands,
Invited paper presented to the New York University The Institute for the Study of the
Ancient World, Workshop Synthesis in Pottery Analysis: The Technical as a Portal to
the Social.
May 2016 Discovering Bayira: The First Ancient African Genome from southwestern Ethiopia,
Invited paper presented to the Westminster Community, St. Petersburg, Florida, (with
Kathryn Arthur).
May 2016 Ethiopian Artisans, Beer and Ancestors, Invited paper presented at the Florida Chapter
of the Explorers Club, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, (with Kathryn Arthur).
Apr. 2016 Discovering Bayira: The First Ancient African Genome from southwestern Ethiopia,
Invited paper presented at the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association of Tampa Bay.
Tampa, Florida, (with Kathryn Arthur).
Feb. 2016 Discovering Bayira: The Earliest African Genome, Invited paper presented at the
Weedon Island Cultural Center to the Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological
Research and Education and the Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society. St.
Petersburg, Florida, (with Kathryn Arthur).
Jan. 2016 Discovering Bayira: The Earliest African Genome, Invited paper presented to the
USFSP Board of Trustees. St. Petersburg, Florida, (with Kathryn Arthur).
Jan. 2016 Discovering Bayira: The Earliest African Genome, Invited paper presented to the
USFSP Town and Gown Society, St. Petersburg, Florida, (with Kathryn Arthur).
Jan. 2016 The Archaeology of Beer, Invited paper presented to the Ale and the Witch’s Local
Fresh Beer Festival, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Oct. 2014 An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Potters and Caste from southwest Ethiopia, Invited
paper presented to the Rice University Anthropology Department.
Mar. 2014 The Archaeology of Beer: A Look from Ethiopia and Beyond, Invited paper presented
at the USF Tampa Department of Molecular Medicine Retreat, Museum of Science
and Industry, Tampa, Florida.
Nov. 2013 Archaeology of Beer: A Look from Ethiopia and Beyond, Invited paper presented at
the Weedon Island Cultural Center to the Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society.
June 2013 Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology among the Gamo of southwestern Ethiopia, Invited talk to
give to Department of Archaeology, Addis Ababa University and to the Ethiopian
Ministry of Culture, National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
June 2013 University of South Florida System Board of Trustees, Archaeology of Beer and Gamo
Research in southwestern Ethiopia, (with Kathryn Arthur).
Apr. 2013 University of South Florida St. Petersburg Town and Gown Organization.
Archaeology of Beer and Gamo Research in southwestern Ethiopia, (with Kathryn
Arthur).
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Mar. 2013 The Ritual Use of Food in southwestern Ethiopia: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of
Gamo Pottery, Niigata, Japan, Niigata Museum of History, Invited by Dr. Yastami
Nishida.
Feb. 2012 Transforming Clay: Gamo Caste, Gender, and Pottery of Southwestern Ethiopia,
Invited paper presented at Kyoto University, African Area Studies, Kyoto, Japan.
Oct. 2011 Ethnoarchaeology, Potters, and Caste in Southern Ethiopia. Invited paper presented at
Kiel University – Human Development in Landscapes Graduate School. Kiel,
Germany.
Feb. 2010 Fire on the Mountain: Dignity and Prestige in the History and Archaeology of the
Borada Highlands in southern Ethiopia, with Kathryn Arthur, Invited paper presented
at Eckerd College’s The Plight and Promise of Africa – An Eckerd College Initiative.
Oct. 2004 Living with Pottery: An Ethnoarchaeological Study among the Gamo People of
Southwestern Ethiopia, Invited paper presented at the Weedon Island Cultural Center
to the Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society.
PRESENTATIONS
March 2019 Excavations at the Weeden Island Site, Presented in the field as part of Archaeology
Academy - Florida Archaeology Month at the Weedon Island Cultural Center (with
Elizabeth Southard and Kendal Jackson).
Sept. 2018 Reconstruction of Oral Microbiomes from Extinct and extant Anthropoids through
Ancient DNA (with James A. Fellows Yates, Franziska Aron, Irina Velsko, John
Arthur, Rita Austin, Isabelle Crevecoeur, Love Dalén, Manolo Gonzalez, Katerina
Guschanski, Amanda G. Henry, Courtney Hofman, Louise T. Humphrey, Cecil M.
Lewis, Allison E. Mann, Kathrin Nägele, Cody E. Parker, Cosimo Posth, Hélène
Rougier, Krithi Sankaranarayan, Patrick Semal, Jay Stock, Lawrence Guy Strauss,
Kathryn Weedman Arthur, Richard Wrangham, Matthew Curtis, J. Carlos Diez,
Victoria Gibbon, Mario Menedez, Marco Peresani, Mirjana Roksandic, Michael J.
Walker, Robert C. Power, Domingo C. Salazar-Garcia, Johannes Krause, Alexander
Herbig, Christina Warinner, Paper presented at the International Symposium on
Biomolecular Archaeology, Jena, Germany.
July 2018 Reconstruction of Oral Microbiomes from Extinct and extant Anthropoids through
Ancient DNA (with James A. Fellows Yates, Franziska Aron, Irina Velsko, John
Arthur, Rita Austin, Isabelle Crevecoeur, Love Dalén, Manolo Gonzalez, Katerina
Guschanski, Amanda G. Henry, Courtney Hofman, Louise T. Humphrey, Cecil M.
Lewis, Allison E. Mann, Kathrin Nägele, Cody E. Parker, Cosimo Posth, Hélène
Rougier, Krithi Sankaranarayan, Patrick Semal, Jay Stock, Lawrence Guy Strauss,
Kathryn Weedman Arthur, Richard Wrangham, Matthew Curtis, J. Carlos Diez,
Victoria Gibbon, Mario Menedez, Marco Peresani, Mirjana Roksandic, Michael J.
Walker, Robert C. Power, Domingo C. Salazar-Garcia, Johannes Krause, Alexander
Herbig, Christina Warinner, Poster presented at the Society of Molecular Biology and
Evolution Meetings, Yokohama, Japan.
June 2018 Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology, Use-Alteration, and Identity in the Gamo Region of
southwestern Ethiopia, Presented at the Society of Africanist Archaeologists Meeting,
Toronto, Canada.
May 2018 They Never Left: Daily Life of a Safety Harbor Settlement at the Weeden Island Site
(8PI1), Florida (with Elizabeth Southard Razzouk, Heather Draskovich, Kendal
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Jackson, Sharlene O’Donnell, and Shaun West). Presented at the Florida
Anthropological Society Meeting and Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida.
March 2018 Excavations at the Weeden Island Site, Presented in the field at the Archaeology
Academy Day at the Weedon Island Cultural Center (with Elizabeth Southard and
Kendal Jackson).
Feb. 2018 Excavations at the Weeden Island Site, Presented in the field at the Archaeology
Academy Day at the Weedon Island Cultural Center (with Elizabeth Southard and
Kendal Jackson).
March 2017 Excavations at the Weeden Island Site, Presented in the field at the Archaeology
Academy Day at the Weedon Island Cultural Center (with Elizabeth Southard).
June 2016 Pots, Feasts, and Caste: Archaeology and Ethnoarchaeology in the Gamo Highlands
of southwestern Ethiopia, John W. Arthur, Matthew C. Curtis, Elizabeth Southard,
and Kathryn Weedman Arthur, Presented at the Society of Africanist Archaeologists
Meetings, Toulouse, France.
June 2016 Striving to Preserve Prestige and Dignity through Participatory Archaeology in the
Highlands of Southern Ethiopia, Kathryn Weedman Arthur, John W. Arthur, and
Matthew C. Curtis, Presented at the Society of Africanist Archaeologists, Toulouse,
France.
April 2016 Breaking New Ground: Archaeology of Domestic Life at the Weedo(e)n Island Site,
Pinellas County, Florida, John Arthur, Robert Austin, Wendy Edwards, Timothy
Horsley, Phyllis Kolianos, David Morehead, Sharlene O’Donnell, Christina Perry
Sampson Elizabeth Southard, and Brent Wiseman, Presented at the Society for
American Archaeology Meeting, Orlando, Florida.
March 2016 Weedon Island Site Tour to the Public as part of Archaeology Day at the Weedon
Island Cultural and Natural History Center.
April 2015 Looking into the Dark: Investigating Four Holocene Shelter Sites in southwest
Ethiopia, John W. Arthur, Matthew C. Curtis, Kathryn J. W. Arthur, Joséphine
Lesur, and Dorian Fuller, Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting,
San Francisco, California.
May 2014 Studying Ceramic Production and Trade in the Gamo Caste System in southwestern
Ethiopia, Robert H. Tykot, John W. Arthur, Kathryn J. W. Arthur, Matthew C.
Curtis, and Sean Stretton, Presented at the International Society on Archaeometry
Meeting, Los Angeles, California.
April 2013 Thunder Teeth: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Groundstones among the Gamo of
Southwestern Ethiopia, Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting,
Honolulu, Hawaii.
April 2013 Symposium Organizer and Chair – Common Grounds: Innovative International
Perspectives on Ground Stone Studies, Presented at the Society for American
Archaeology Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.
April 2013 Landscape Archaeology and GIS Applications in the Gamo Highlands of southwestern
Ethiopia, Matthew C. Curtis, Sean Stretton, Kathryn Arthur, and John Arthur, Poster
Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Nov. 2012 Bubbles, Beer, and Bread: An Ethnoarchaeological and Ethnographic Analysis of
Fermented Foods in Ethiopia, Presented at the American Anthropological Association
Meeting, Archaeological Studies of Sacred Spaces and Everyday Things Session, San
Francisco, California.
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Dec. 2010 Potters, Pots, and Identity: Community Variation in the Gamo Highlands of Southern
Ethiopia, Presented at the American Anthropological Association Meeting, Ceramic
Ecology Session XXIV, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Nov. 2009 Pottery and Caste Groups: Historical Archaeology of the Gamo Highlands of
Southern Ethiopia, Presented at the American Anthropological Association Meeting,
Ceramic Ecology Session XX111, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Apr. 2009 Oral Tradition in the Gamo Highlands of Southern Ethiopia, with Matthew Curtis and
Bizuayehu Lakew, Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Apr. 2009 Symposium Co-Chair – Identity and Historical Archaeology in Africa: Essential
Methodologies Combining Ethnoarchaeology, Oral Tradition, and Oral History.
Symposium Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Atlanta,
Georgia.
Nov. 2007 The Ceramic Analysis of Two Abandoned Hideworker Households in Konso, Ethiopia.
Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association Meeting, Washington,
D.C.
Apr. 2007 Historical Archaeology and Ethnograpy in southern Ethiopia, with Kathryn J.
Weedman and Matthew Curtis, Presented at the Society for American Archaeology
Meeting, Austin, Texas.
Nov. 2006 Standardization in a Stratified Society: An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective from the
Gamo of Southwestern Ethiopia, Presented at the American Anthropological
Association Meeting, San Jose, California.
April 2006 Standardization at the Individual, Village, and Regional Scales: An
Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Gamo of Southwestern Ethiopia, Presented at the
Society for American Archaeology Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
April 2005 Symposium Chair – Casting Roles: Are Caste Groups Visible in the Archaeological
Record, Symposium Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Salt
Lake City, Utah
April 2005 An Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Use of Space in Material Culture of Caste
Groups in Southwestern Ethiopia (with Kathryn J. Weedman), Paper Presented at the
Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah.
April 2005 Understanding Household Population through Ceramic Assemblage Formation:
Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology among the Gamo of Southwestern Ethiopia, Paper
Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah.
June 2004 Castes in Africa? An Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Gamo People in Southwestern
Ethiopia (with Kathryn J. Weedman), Paper Presented at the Society for Africanists
Archaeologists Meeting, Bergen, Norway.
April 2004 Pottery Style in a Caste Society: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Gamo of
Southwestern Ethiopia, Poster Presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for
American Archaeology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
April 2003 African Brews: Identifying the Social and Economic Context of Beer Production and
Consumption in Southwestern Ethiopia, Paper Presented at the Opening Session of the
68th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
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April 2003 The Analysis of Two Abandoned Hide-Worker Households in Konso, Ethiopia, (with
Hariett Clift, Rebecca Klein, and Minassie Girma), Paper Presented at the 68th Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology Meeting. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
March 2002 The Social and Economic Conditions of Ceramic Production: An Ethnoarchaeological
Perspective. Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, Denver, Colorado.
Nov. 2001 Castes in Africa? A Study of the Gamo People in southwestern Ethiopia, Paper
presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association
Meeting, Washington, D.C.
April 2001 Reading Pots: An Ethnoarchaeological Use-Alteration Analysis of Pottery, Paper
presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
March 1999 To Have and To Have-Not: The Ethnoarchaeology of Gamo Wealth and Ceramic Use,
Paper Presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,
Chicago, Illinois.
May 1998 Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology among the Gamo Peoples: Pottery Production and
Consumer Use, Paper presented at the Society of Africanist Archaeologists Meeting,
Syracuse, New York.
Dec. 1997 Producers and Consumers: The Ethno-Archaeology of Gamo Pottery Production
and Use, XIIIth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Kyoto, Japan.
April 1996 Woman the Toolmaker: The Ethnoarchaeology of Konso Hide Working and Flaked
Stone Tool Use, Paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for
American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Nov. 1995 Craft Specialization Among Contemporary Potters of Southern Ethiopia: An
Ethnoarchaeological Perspective, Paper presented at the African Studies Association
Meeting, Orlando, Florida.
UNDERGRADUATE DIRECTED RESEARCH
Spring 2018 Bethany Brittingham, The Craft of Marine Shell Bead Production in Pre-Columbian
Florida, Poster present at the USFSP Undergraduate Colloquium and the Florida
Anthropological Society Meeting and Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Spring 2017 Heather Draskovich, Investigating Safety Harbor Pottery Function with the Weeden
Island Site (8PI1), Poster presented at the Florida Academy of Sciences, Lakeland,
Florida; USFSP Undergraduate Colloquium; and the Florida Anthropological Society
Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida.
Spring 2015 Wendy Edwards, Weedon Island: Determining Seasonal Occupation with
Micromorphic Gastropods, Poster presented at the Florida Academy of Sciences, St.
Leo, Florida; USFSP Undergraduate Colloquium; and the Florida Anthropological
Society Meeting, Sarasota, Florida.
Spring 2015 David Morehead, The Analysis of Archaeobotanical Flotation Methods, Poster present
at the Florida Academy of Sciences, St. Leo, Florida; USFSP Undergraduate
Colloquium: and the Florida Anthropological Society Meeting, Sarasota, Florida.
Fall 2013 Elizabeth Southard and Sharlene O’Donnell, Harvesting the Bay: Subsistence at
Weedon Island, Florida, Poster presented at the Southeastern Archaeological
Conference, Tampa, Florida.
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Fall 2013 Elizabeth Southard and Sharlene O’Donnell, Harvesting the Bay: Subsistence at
Weedon Island, Florida, Poster presented at the Florida Anthropological Society
Conference, Tallahassee, Florida; and the Society of Ethnobiology Conference,
Denver, Colorado.
STUDENT EXPERITIAL TEACHING IN THE FIELD
2017 Archaeological Field Director, Weeden Island Archaeological Site (8PI1).
2015 Archaeological Field Director, Weeden Island Archaeological Site (8PI1).
2013 Archaeological Field Director, Weeden Island Archaeological Site (8PI1).
2012 Co-Field Director, Gamo, Ethiopia.
2011 Archaeological Field Director, Weeden Island Archaeological Site (8PI1).
2011 Co-Field Director, Gamo, Ethiopia.
2009 Archaeological Field Director, Weeden Island Archaeological Site (8PI1).
2008 Co-Field Director, Gamo, Ethiopia.
2007 Archaeological Field Director, Weeden Island Archaeological Site (8PI1).
2007 Co-Field Director, Gamo, Ethiopia.
2006 Co-Field Director, Gamo, Ethiopia.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
ANT 2000 – Introduction to Anthropology – General Education Course
Fall 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,
2016, 2017, 2018
Spring 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,
2018, 2019
Summer 2014, 2015, 2016 (Online), 2017 (Online), 2018 (Online), 2019 (Online)
ANT 3101 – Archaeology
Summer 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016
Fall 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
Spring 2007
ANT 4114 – Seminar in Archaeological Method and Theory
Fall 2009
Spring 2007, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018
ANT 4153 – North American Archaeology
Fall 2006, 2010, 2013, 2017
Spring 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2019
ANT 4176 – Archaeology of Africa
Fall 2012 – Co-Taught with Dr. Kathryn Arthur
Spring 2004
ANT 4312 – North American Indians
Fall 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018
Spring 2004, 2006, 2010, 2017
ANT 4352 – Peoples of Africa
Spring 2005, 2007
ANT 4930 – Ethnoarchaeology
Fall 2012 – Co-Taught with Dr. Kathryn Arthur
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University of Florida – Department of Anthropology – Adjunct Professor
Development of World Civilization
Fall 2000, 2001, 2002
Spring 2003
Cultural Anthropology
Spring 2002
University of Florida – Honors Program – Adjunct Professor
Archaeology of the Americas
Spring 2002, 2003
People of the Pueblos
Fall 2001, 2002
Spring 2001
University of Florida – Department of Anthropology – Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Summer 2000 – Theresa Schrober
Ceramic Analysis
Spring 2000 – Dr. Kenneth E. Sassaman
Human Sexuality and Culture
Fall 1999 – Dr. Brian duToit
Spring 1999 – Dr. Elizabeth Guillette
Fall 1998 – Dr. Brian duToit
University of Texas at San Antonio – Department of Anthropology – Teaching Assistant
Summer Archaeological Field School
Summer 1993
ACADEMIC FIELD RESEARCH
2013 Co-Principle Investigator, Gamo Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Project,
Southern Ethiopia.
2012 Co-Principle Investigator, Gamo Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Project,
Southern Ethiopia.
2011 Co-Principle Investigator, Gamo Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Project,
Southern Ethiopia.
2008 Co-Principle Investigator, Gamo Ethnoarchaeological Project, southern Ethiopia.
2007 Co-Principle Investigator, Gamo Ethnoarchaeological Project, southern Ethiopia.
2006 Principal Investigator, Gamo Ethnoarchaeological Project, southern Ethiopia
2005 Principal Investigator, Gamo Ethnoarchaeological Project, southern Ethiopia.
2002 Archaeological Field Director, Konso Ethnoarchaeological Project, southern Ethiopia.
1996-1998 Ceramic Ethnoarchaeological Dissertation Research among the Gamo of southwestern
Ethiopia.
1995 Researcher, Southern Ethiopian Ethnoarchaeological Project, Steven A. Brandt
supervisor.
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1986 Field Crew Member, WS Ranch Site, Alma, New Mexico, O-Block Cave Site,
Reserve, New Mexico, San Francisco River Survey to Alma, New Mexico, The
University of Texas at Austin Field School, James Neely supervisor.
MUSEUM AND LABORATORY EXPERIENCE
2013 Laboratory Research, Gamo Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Project,
Southern Ethiopia, National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa (May-June).
2002 Laboratory Research, Konso Ethnoarchaeological Project, National Museum of
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa (December).
2002 Ceramic Analysis, Konso Ethnoarchaeological Project, National Museum of Ethiopia,
Addis Ababa.
2001 Ceramic Analysis, Konso Ethnoarchaeological Project, National Museum of Ethiopia,
Addis Ababa (December).
2001 Curatorial Assistant, The Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville,
Historical Archaeology Collection.
1994-96 Curatorial Assistant, The Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida,
Invertebrate Paleontology Collection.
1991 Lithic Analyst, Site 41BT215, Lower Colorado River Authority.
1990-1991 Laboratory Staff, Austin Convention Center analysis, Austin, Texas, Hicks and
Company.
1989 Artifact Analysis, WS Ranch Site, Alma, New Mexico, Archaeological Research Inc.
1989 Laboratory Staff, Devils Park and Apache Creek Ruins, New Mexico, Archaeological
Research Inc.
1988 Laboratory Staff, Eva Faust Site, Alma, New Mexico, Archaeological Research Inc.
1987 Laboratory Staff, O-Block Cave Site and WS Ranch Site, New Mexico,
Archaeological Research Inc.
CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
1992 Field Director, Bason Land Exchange Project, Los Alamos, New Mexico,
Archaeological Research Inc, John A. Peterson and Chris Nightengale supervisors.
1992 Staff Archaeologist, Hicks and Company, Austin, Texas, David O. Brown supervisor.
1991 Crew Chief, Lily Timber Sale Project, Gila National Forest, New Mexico, New World
Inc.
1991 Staff Archaeologist, Hicks and Company, Austin, Texas.
1991 Staff Archaeologist, Lubbock Landfill Project, Lubbock, Texas, Hicks and Company.
1990 Crew Chief, Pumper Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico, Archaeological
Research Inc.
1990 Crew Chief, Burnt Cabin Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico, New World
Inc.
1990 Crew Chief, Rincon Timber Sale, Cibola National Forest, New Mexico,
Archaeological Research Inc.
1990 Field Crew Member, Heber Habitat-90, Apache Sitgraves National Forest, Arizona,
Archaeological Research Inc.
1990 Field Crew Member, Lost Lake Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico,
Archaeological Research Inc.
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1990 Field Crew Member, Elk Ridge Site, Mimbres, Gila National Forest, New Mexico,
Archaeological Research Inc.
1990 Field Crew Member, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, Hicks and Company.
1990 Phase 2 of the Mopac Water Transmission Main, Travis County, Texas, Hicks and
Company.
1989 Field Crew Member, Palo Duro Reservoir Testing Phase, Hansford County Texas,
Archaeological Research Inc.
1989 Field Crew Member, Beaver Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico,
Archaeological Research Inc.
1989 Field Crew Member, Devils Park Site, Gila National Forest, New Mexico,
Archaeological Research Inc.
1989 Field Crew Member, University Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico,
Archaeological Research Inc.
1989 Field Crew Member, Basgal Timber Sale, Cibola National Forest, New Mexico,
Archaeological Research Inc.
1989 Crew Chief, Willow Creek Timber Sale, Cibola National Forest, New Mexico,
Archaeological Research Inc.
1989 Crew Chief, Canocito Timber Sale, Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico,
Archaeological Research Inc.
1989 Field Crew Member, Socorro Telephone Survey, New Mexico, Archaeological
Research Inc.
1989 Field Crew Member, Beard Poison Timber Sale, Lincoln National Forest, New
Mexico, Archaeological Research Inc.
1989 Field Crew Member, Apache Creek Ruin Testing, Apache Creek, New Mexico,
Archaeological Research Inc.
1988 Field Crew Member, Rockett Reservoir Survey, Rockett Water Supply Corp., Rockett,
Texas, Archaeological Research Inc.
1988 Field Crew Member, Cap-Mamie Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico,
Archaeological Research Inc.
1988 Field Crew Member, Scott-Able Timber Sale, Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico,
Archaeological Research Inc.
1987 Field Crew Member, Palo Duro Reservoir Testing, Hansford County, Texas,
Archaeological Research Inc.
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
2015 to Present Anthropology Program Coordinator
2010 to Present Chair of the Department of Society, Culture, and Language Travel, Research, and
Professional Development Committee.
2017 to Present Davis Hall Renovation Committee.
2017 to Present USFSP College of Arts and Sciences Representative for the Harborside Master
Plan.
2019 USF Consolidation – Program Alignment Committee.
2019 USF World Consolidation Committee – Team J.
2018 Chair of Department Mid-Tenure Committee for Dr. Byron Miller.
2017 Search Committee Member for the USFSP College of Arts and Sciences Dean.
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2017 Member of the Department of Biological Sciences to review Dr. Thomas
Whitmore’s Tenure and Promotion application.
2014 to 2016 Member of the College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee.
2015-2016 Search Committee Member for the USFSP Regional Vice-Chancellor Dean of
Student Affairs.
2014-2015 Chair of the USFSP College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Council.
2013-2014 Member for the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Search Committee,
University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
2013-2014 Vice-Chair for the University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Arts and
Sciences Faculty Council.
Fall 2013 Interim Chair for the Department of Society, Culture, and Language. University of
South Florida St. Petersburg.
2013-2014 Committee Member for the Steering Committee for the January Faculty Meeting,
USFSP Academic Affairs.
2013 to 2015 University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Arts and Sciences Faculty
Council.
2012 to 2015 USFSP Representative to the USF System Research Council.
2011 to 2012 College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Task Force for the College of
Arts and Sciences Faculty Council.
2011 to 2012 College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee.
2009 to 2011 University of South Florida St. Petersburg General Education Committee
2007 to 2009 University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Arts and Sciences Faculty
Council.
2005 to 2008 University of South Florida Tampa Faculty Research Council.
2005 to 2007 University of South Florida St. Petersburg Faculty Research Council.
2005 to 2006 University of South Florida St. Petersburg Research and Graduate Studies
Subcommittee.
EXTERNAL COMMITTEES
2016 to Present President for the Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Research and
Education, Inc. (AWIARE).
2009 to Present Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory.
2009 to Present Editorial Board Member for the African Studies Quarterly.
2018-2019 2019 Annual Meeting Program Committee Member. Society for American
Archaeology.
2016 to 2018 Recording Secretary, Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA).
2013 to 2016 Board Member for the Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Research and
Education, Inc. (AWIARE).
2008 to 2014 Editorial Board Member for the Journal Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of
Archaeological, Ethnographic, and Experimental Studies.
2008 to 2013 Member of the Advisory Board for the Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological
Research and Education (AWIARE).
2004 to 2006 Society of Africanist Archaeologists Representative to the Society for American
Archaeology and African Studies Association.
2006 to 2008 Vice President – Central Gulf Coast Archaeology Society.
2004 to 2005 Board Member – Central Gulf Coast Archaeology Society.
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2004 to 2006 Board Member – Society of Africanist Archaeologists.
Peer review of articles, books, and grants for
AMBIO A Journal of the Human Environment
American Antiquity
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
African Archaeological Review Journal
Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic, and Experimental Studies
Journal of Archaeological Science
Azania
University of Arizona Press
National Geographic Society Grants
National Science Foundation – Archaeology Division
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
The Wisconsin Archaeologist