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Biography / Academic Background
I received a BA in Anthropology (Archaeology) and Syro-Palestinian Studies from the University of Toronto in 1989. I earned my PhD in Hebrew Bible and Archaeology from Harvard University in 1999. My dissertation examined the animal remains from the Achaemenid Persian Period at the archaeological site of Tel Ashkelon, Israel.
In addition to my positions at Laurier, I am a Research Associate in the Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations department at the University of Toronto and the Senior Zooarchaeologist for their excavations at Tell Tayinat, Turkey.
Research Interests / Ongoing Projects
- zooarchaeology
- ancient weights and measures
- Hebrew Bible
- Neo-Hittites
- iron age Israel
Selected Publications
- “The Non-Canid Mammalian Faunal Remains from Achaemenid Period Ashkelon.” In Guy Bar-Oz and Liora Kolska-Horwitz (editors) Archaeozoology of Israel, Israel Antiquities Authority Report. (Forthcoming)
- “The Animal Offerings from the Bronze Age Necropolis at Ashkelon.” In Guy Bar-Oz and Liora Kolska-Horwitz (editors) Archaeozoology of Israel, Israel Antiquities Authority Report. (Forthcoming)
- “Shifting Networks and Community Identity at Tell Tayinat in the Iron I (ca. 12th to Mid-10th Cent. B.C.E.)” American Journal of Archaeology 123.2: 291-333 (2019)
- “A Preliminary Analysis of the Iron Age III Faunal Remains from Tell Ta’yinat, Turkey (Ancient Kunulua).” In Justin Lev-Tov et al (editors) The Wide Lens in Archaeology: Honoring Brian Hesse’s Contributions to Anthropological Archaeology. Philadelphia: Oxbow Books. (2018)
- “The WT-13 Faunal Bone Collection” in P. M. Michèle Daviau et al’s A Wayside Shrine in Northern Moab: Excavations in Wadi ath-Thamad. Philadelphia: Oxbow Books. (2017)
- “Why Zooarchaeology Should Not Be the Neglected Step-Child of Archaeology and Zoology.” The Ancient Near East Today, November 2013, #8. (2013)
- "Tell Tayinat in the Late Third Millennium BC: Recent Investigations of the Tayinat Archaeological Project, 2008-2010." Anatolica 37:147-185 (2011)
- “Modelling a Mycenaean Menu: Can Aegean Populations be Defined in Near Eastern Contexts Based on Their Diet?” Scripta Mediterranea XXVII/XXVIII: 147-160. (2008)
Courses Taught
- HI131: Ancient Heroes: Story and Tradition
- HI281: Ancient Slavery
- AR390K: The Archaeology of Animals
