Books

2005. Investigating Upper Mesopotamian Households Using Micro-Archaeological Techniques. BAR International Series, No. S1368. Oxford: Archaeopress. 234 pages; 120 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs; Appendices of data; Turkish abstract.

Abstract: In this work the author studies domestic life at two urban sites in Upper Mesopotamia, Titris Höyük and Kazane Höyük, and, for comparison, a rural settlement, Tilbes Höyük. The author integrated archaeological and geological techniques (more frequently used at prehistoric sites) and developed a method that she refers to as “micro-archaeology” or “micro-debris analysis.” The book provides instructions on how to take and analyze micro-debris samples. The case examples discussed here come from Early Bronze Age sites in Upper Mesopotamia. A total of 370 micro-debris samples were taken from a diversity of contexts including public spaces and wealthy and commoner households. This data is used to test current models of domestic economy, family structure, house types, and residential organization within rural and urban communities.

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Research Monographs:

2003a    Archaeological Report on Excavations Conducted at the Booker T. Washington Site.  Prepared for the National Park Service.

2003b     Archaeological Report on Excavations Conducted at the Gaines Mill Site.Prepared for the National Park Service.

Articles: Near Eastern Research

2007 “Micro-Archaeology at Ziyaret,” in “Excavations at Ziyaret Tepe, Turkey, 2006,” by T. Matney, et al., Anatolica volume 33: 39-43, 67-68.

2006 “Locating the ‘People without History’ in Histories of the Ancient Near East
 Reviews in Anthropology 35:1-22.

2005a “Eighth Preliminary Report on Excavations at Ziyaret Tepe, 2004 Season.”  Kazi Sonuçlari Toplantisi volume 27. Co-authored with T. Matney.

2005b  “Archaeological Investigations at Ziyaret Tepe, 2003 and 2004,” Anatolica 31: 20-68.  Co-edited with T. Matney.

2004  “Seventh Preliminary Report on Excavations at Ziyaret Tepe, 2003 Season.” Kazi Sonuçlari Toplantisi 26: 63-74. Co-authored with T. Matney.

2003  “Results from Micro-archaeology in 2001 and 2002,” in “Excavations at Tell Brak,  2001-2002,” by G. Emberling and H. McDonald. Iraq 64: 63-73.

2001  “Micro-Debris based functional analyses of Late EBA Houses,” in “Research at Titris Höyük in Southeastern Turkey,” by G. Algaze, et al., Anatolica 27: 30-33 and 86-87.

2000  “Microdebris Analysis in Bronze Age Mesopotamian Households,” Antiquity 74: 284.

Articles: Historic American Research

Forthcoming            “Mortuary Rituals and Cemeteries.” A chapter in Slave Life, in the American Life and Culture series edited by Brian L. Johnson. For a 2009 book publication.

2009          “Savings the Remains of the Day: the cultural heritage of historic cemeteries,” Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 195-206.

2009           "God’s Little Acre: mortuary commemoration in Virginian slave cemeteries." Accepted for publication by Markers: Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies, vol. XXVI, pp. 54-83.

2008  “Social Memory and Plantation Burial Grounds: a Virginian Example.” African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter, Spring 2008, 27 pages. Hosted on-line by the University of Illinois: www.diaspora.uiuc.edu/newsletter.html

2004  “African American History at the Sweet Briar Plantation,” Sweet Briar Alumnae  Magazine, Spring 2004: 7-10.

2003a  “Micro-Debris Analysis,” in “Excavations at Ziyaret Tepe, Turkey, 2002,” by T.
 Matney, et al., Anatolica 29: 194-197, 218.

2003b  “An Investigation of an Enslaved Community and Slave Cemetery at Mt. Fair, in  Brown’s Cove, Virginia.” The Magazine of Albemarle County History 61: 1-26.
Winner of the Annual 2003 Rawlings Prize (sponsored by the Historic Society).

1999  “Hanover Deathscapes: Mortuary Variability in New Hampshire Cemeteries, A.D. 1770-1920,” Ethnohistory 43:3: 541-97.