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A Bioarchaeological Study of House Kinship at Bronze Age Megiddo

Description:
This dissertation is a bioarchaeological study of kinship, focusing on individuals buried beneath domestic structures at the ancient city of Megiddo (present-day Israel) from 1800 …
Year:
2024
Contributor:
Kalisher, Rachel Eleanor (creator)
Rice, Candace (Reader)
Bestock, Laurel (Reader)
Scherer, Andrew (Advisor)
Finkelstein, Israel (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Kinship
Human remains (Archaeology)
Bioarchaeology
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Ad Fines Imperii: The Roman Army in Dacia and Arabia (106-275 CE)

Description:
This dissertation comparatively examines the acquisition, military organization, and historical development of the last provinces fully incorporated into the Roman Empire – Dacia and Arabia …
Year:
2016
Contributor:
Bocancea, Emanuela (creator)
Bodel, John (Director)
Cherry, John (Reader)
van Dommelen, Peter (Reader)
Brown University. Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Roman Dacia
Roman Arabia
Dacia
Nabataea
Roman army
Roman Empire
Roman frontiers
Roman imperialism
Middle East--Arabia, Roman
Europe--Dacia
Rome (Empire)
Language:
English
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Archaeophilia in Commagene

Description:
This thesis deals with archaeophilia — “the pervasive human impulse to use objects as historical evidence” (Rojas 2019) — in Late Hellenistic and Roman North …
Year:
2025
Contributor:
Newgarden, Daniel (creator)
Rojas, Felipe (thesis advisor)
Silvia, Zachary (reader)
Brown University. Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Antiochus I, King of Commagene, active 69 B.C.-30 B.C.
Turkey--Nemrut Dağı Mound
Jupiter Dolichenus (Roman deity)
Antiquarianism
Middle East--Commagene
Language:
English
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Breaking Laws and Burning Bridges: A DIY Contemporary Archaeology of the East Side Railroad Tunnel and Crook Point Bascule Bridge

Description:
An exploration of the physical and social landscape at the East Side Railroad Tunnel and Crook Point Bascule Bridge in Providence RI, with a particular …
Year:
2022
Contributor:
Kimball, Sam (creator)
Hamilakis, Yannis (thesis advisor)
Yapp, Lauren (reader)
Brown University. Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Archaeology
Photographs
Rhode Island--Providence
Graffiti--Social aspects
History of contemporary events
Graffiti
Odors
Scent
Language:
English
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Building Community: An Architectural History of the Punic-Roman Central Mediterranean

Description:
My dissertation examines the impact that communities of builders had on the cities of Sicily, Sardinia, and Tunisia in the Punic and Roman periods, between …
Year:
2025
Contributor:
Peers, Max Timothy Boyd (creator)
Rojas, Felipe (Advisor)
Rice, Candace (Reader)
van Dommelen, Peter (Reader)
Taylor, Rabun (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
archaeology of communities
Roman archaeology
Architecture, Roman
Carthaginians
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Caves, Mountain Peaks, and Memorialization: Comparative Ritual Landscapes throughout Greece

Description:
Across the Mediterranean, certain natural features in the landscape have been ascribed significant cultural and religious power repeatedly over significant spans of time. Revisited continually …
Year:
2022
Contributor:
Pihokker, Matthew Francis (creator)
Van Dommelen, Peter (Reader)
Bestock, Laurel (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Landscape archaeology
Greek archaeology
ancient Greek religion
Mountain sacturaries
Caves--Religious aspects
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Community and Corrosion: A Contemporary Archaeology of Montserrat’s Volcanic Crisis in Long-Term Comparative Perspective

Description:
This dissertation is an archaeological exploration of Montserrat’s ongoing volcanic crisis that integrates both how the island has changed as a result of the eruptions, …
Year:
2021
Contributor:
Rothenberg, Miriam A. W. (creator)
Cherry, John (Advisor)
van Dommelen, Peter (Reader)
VanValkenburgh, Parker (Reader)
Ryzewski, Krysta (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Archaeology
Landscape archaeology
Caribbean Studies
Ethnography
Archaeology and history
Disasters
Contemporary Archaeology
Montserrat
Volcanic eruptions
Ancient Mediterranean
Archaeological geology
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Community Formation in Iron Age Ionia: Experience and Practice in Comparative Perspective

Description:
This dissertation studies the comparative dynamics of community formation and flux in Ionian Anatolia and the Northwestern Mediterranean during the early first millennium BCE. The …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Steidl, Catherine A. (creator)
Rojas, Felipe (Advisor)
van Dommelen, Peter (Advisor)
Alcock, Susan (Reader)
Ratte, Christopher (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Mediterranean archaeology
archaeology of communities
Greek archaeology
Iron age
Archaic Greece
Ionia
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Contextual Clay Bodies: Figurine Use and Meaning in Late Bronze Age Cyprus

Description:
This dissertation examines the contextual use and meaning of clay figurines on the island of Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age, ca. 1500-1100 BCE through …
Year:
2024
Contributor:
Booker, Emily Jean (creator)
Bestock, Laurel (Advisor)
Cherry, John (Advisor)
van Dommelen, Peter (Reader)
Fisher, Kevin (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Figurines
Cyprus
Late Bronze Age
Clay figurines
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Experiencing the Hittite Empire in its Borderlands

Description:
My dissertation is a study of imperial dynamics and borderlands of the Hittite Empire. The Hittite Empire dominated parts of what is now modern Turkey …
Year:
2016
Contributor:
Durusu Tanriover, Muge (creator)
Cherry, John (Director)
Alcock, Susan (Reader)
Glatz, Claudia (Reader)
Harmanşah, Ömür (Reader)
Rutz, Matthew (Reader)
Brown University. Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Hittite Empire
Hittite Archaeology
Borderlands
Imperialism
Language:
English
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Home Economics: Domestic Production and Household Industry in Classical and Hellenistic Greece

Description:
My dissertation examines the everyday lives of small-scale craft producers in mainland Greece and Crete during the Classical and Hellenistic periods (ca. 480-30 BCE). Many …
Year:
2016
Contributor:
Harrington, Katherine B (creator)
van Dommelen, Peter (Director)
Alcock, Susan (Director)
Cherry, John (Reader)
Oliver, Graham (Reader)
Nevett, Lisa (Reader)
Brown University. Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Greek archaeology
craft production
ancient economy
domestic production
household industry
Household archaeology
Neighborhoods
Communities
Language:
English
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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IN FLUX: Glass, Technology, and the Glassmaking Industry of the Middle Byzantine and Early Islamic (8th-12th centuries CE) Eastern Mediterranean - the Archaeology and Archaeometry of a High Temperature Craft

Description:
My research seeks to clarify the nature of the glassmaking industry in the Eastern Mediterranean region during the 8th-12th centuries CE. Studying glass assemblages from …
Year:
2012
Contributor:
Swan, Carolyn (creator)
Cherry, John (Director)
Alcock, Susan (Director)
Bestock, Laurel (Reader)
Straughn, Ian (Reader)
Rehren, Thilo (Reader)
Brown University. Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
glassmaking
archaeological science
post-Roman
Middle Byzantine
Early Islamic
Eastern Mediterranean
Glass
Technology
Industries
Archaeology
Archaeometry
Material culture
Middle East
Language:
English
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Indigeneity and Colonial Response: The Metamorphoses of Balearic Culture in the Late Iron Age

Description:
This dissertation is focused on the prehistoric, indigenous culture of the northern two Balearic Islands (Mallorca and Menorca) during the second half of the first …
Year:
2015
Contributor:
Smith, Alexander Joel (creator)
van Dommelen, Peter (Director)
Alcock, Sue (Reader)
Cherry, John (Reader)
Robert, Preucel (Reader)
Pérez-Juez, Amalia (Reader)
Brown University. Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Balearic Islands
Indigeneity
Talayotic
Late Talayotic
Archaeology
Protohistory
Spain--Balearic Islands
Language:
English
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Landscapes of Practice and Community in 7th-4th c. BCE Etruria: Lived Experiences of Ceramic and Metal Production

Description:
This dissertation investigates the ways in which craftspeople in Etruria, between the 7th and 4th centuries BCE, engaged with and experienced their worlds through the …
Year:
2024
Contributor:
Soifer, Anna Eleanor (creator)
van Dommelen, Peter (Advisor)
Rice, Candace (Advisor)
Tuck, Anthony (Reader)
Perkins, Philip (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Ceramic Production
Metal Production
Etruria
Communities of Practice
Landscapes
Collection:
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Large Polities and Small Quarries: Local Resources and Imperial Governance in Roman Asia Minor

Description:
This dissertation applies notions of governmentality to resource landscapes in the Roman province of Asia Minor. My argument is that Roman techniques of governmentality, in …
Year:
2012
Contributor:
Sekedat, Bradley Michael (creator)
Cherry, John (Director)
Alcock, Susan (Director)
Houston, Stephen (Reader)
Harmansah, Omur (Reader)
Bonde, Sheila (Reader)
Luke, Christina (Reader)
Brown University. Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Rome
Quarries
Governance
Survey Archaeology
Marble
Quarries and quarrying
Rome (Empire)
Language:
English
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Living Fluidly: Uses and Meanings of Water in Asia Minor (Second Century BCE - Second Century CE)

Description:
Roman water management technologies were readily adopted in the Roman provinces, and the profligate use of water in urban space is often cited as a …
Year:
2011
Contributor:
Weiss, Cecelia Feldman (creator)
Alcock, Susan (Director)
Harmansah, ?m?r (Director)
Cherry, John (Reader)
Bonde, Sheila (Reader)
Bodel, John (Reader)
Brown University. Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Roman imperialism
water management technology
ancient economy
Asia Minor
Religion
Turkey
Language:
English
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Material Witnesses: The Altars of Republican Rome and Latium and the Memory of Sacrifice

Description:
This dissertation presents the first comprehensive study of the archaeological record of sacrifice and the site-specific character of the ritual in Republican Rome and Latium. …
Year:
2014
Contributor:
Moser, Claudia H (creator)
Alcock, Susan (Director)
Bodel, John (Director)
Smith, Christopher (Reader)
Stowers, Stanley (Reader)
Brown University. Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Roman Religion
Republican
Rome
Latium
Sacrifice
Romans--Religion
Altars
Ritual
Memory
Rome (Empire)
Language:
English
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Mining Matters: Rural Communities and Industrial Landscapes in Roman Iberia (3rd c. BCE-2nd c. CE)

Description:
This dissertation examines the social and economic impacts of Roman conquest on the mining industry in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), the Roman province …
Year:
2016
Contributor:
Gosner, Linda R. (creator)
van Dommelen, Peter (Director)
Bodel, John (Director)
Edmondson, Jonathan (Reader)
Alcock, Susan (Reader)
Rojas, Felipe (Reader)
Brown University. Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Roman archaeology; ancient history; archaeology of communities; Iberian Peninsula; mining; technology; production; empire
Language:
English
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Mortuary Places, Rituals, and Memories: Anatolian Cemeteries in Context

Description:
Extramural cemeteries are part of the visual, social, and symbolic landscapes of settlements. They can transform according to the needs of changing social conditions, but …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
DURGUN, PINAR (creator)
Van Dommelen, Peter (Advisor)
Cherry, John (Reader)
Hamilakis, Yannis (Reader)
Scherer, Andrew (Reader)
Baughan, Elizabeth (Reader)
Nilsson Stutz, Liv (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Ancient Anatolia
Bronze age
Cemeteries
Mortuary Archaeology
Death and Burial
Hittites--Rites and ceremonies
Landscape archaeology
Human-animal relationships
Human body--Symbolic aspects
Collective memory
Mortuary rituals
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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Pilgrimage Pragmatics: Travel Infrastructure, Connectivity, and Movement in Late Roman and Early Byzantine Cilicia

Description:
This dissertation explores the dynamic world of Christian pilgrims in the eastern Mediterranean (ca. 400-600 CE) through a landscape archaeological approach, using archaeological evidence as …
Year:
2015
Contributor:
Craft, Sarah Elizabeth (creator)
Alcock, Susan (Director)
Papaioannou, Stratis (Reader)
Harvey, Susan (Reader)
Rojas, Felipe (Reader)
Brown University. Archaeology and the Ancient World (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
pilgrimage; early Christianity; Anatolia; landscape; archaeology; networks; movement; connectivity; travel infrastructure
Language:
English
Collection:
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
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