Department of Anthropology
114 MacBride Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242-1322
Phone: 319-335-0522
Fax: 319-335-0653
E-mail: anthropology at uiowa.edu
European Archaeology
The Department of Anthropology at the University of Iowa is one of the few departments in North America with a strength in European archaeology. The faculty in this group conducts on-going fieldwork and research in Europe on a broad range of time periods - from the Paleolithic to Roman civilization - and diverse topics. Robert Franciscus has recently worked on comparative analyses of Early Upper Paleolithic human remains from the sites of the Abrigo do Lagar Velho (Portugal), Dolní Vestonice (Czech Republic), and the Pestera cu Oase (Romania). Jim Enloe is currently working on changes in adaptation of late Upper Paleolithic hunters in northern France. Katina Lillios is examining the role of memory and material mnemonics in the development of social inequalities during the Late Neolithic of Portugal and Spain (3500-2500 BC). Glenn Storey is working on issues of the ancient economy in Roman Holland and Greco-Roman Sicily, using ground penetrating radar to aid in site investigation.
Faculty with Current Research Projects in European Archaeology:
Current Graduate Students with Focus on European Archaeology:
Jonathan Tanner Thomas – MA in progress. “Experimental Replication of the Iberian Slate Plaques: An Examination of Authorship and Materials.”
Anna Waterman – PhD in progress, MA 2006. “Health Status in Prehistoric Portugal: Dental Pathology and Childhood Mortality Patterns from the Late Neolithic burials of Feteira (Lourinhã).”
Scott Maddux – PhD in progress, MA 2006. “A Discrete and Geometric Morphometric Assesment of Infraorbital Region Morphology in the Genus Homo.” This research explores the infraorbital region in Pleistocene Homo, with particular reference to the facial morphology of the "classic" neandertals of western Europe.
Alexander D. Woods –“Sorting it All Out: Consistent Spatial Patterning in Faunal Exploitation at Pincevent Level IV-20”, MA 2005; “Examining the Effects of Raw Material Quality on Blade Production”, conducting doctoral research.
Clare Tolmie – “Aurignacian Faunal Exploitation at the Abri Cellier, France”, conducting doctoral research.
Steve Miller – MA 2002. "The Patterning and Determinants of Cranial Robusticity throughout the Pleistocene and the evolution of genus Homo." This work deals with the evolution of cranial robusticity and its subsequent gracilization in more recent forms of genus Homo; examining some possible causes for this transition, such as increasing technological sophistication in the production and usage of stone tools.
Past Graduate Students with Focus on European Archaeology:
Angela Raye Collins – MA 2006. “Transcultured Pottery: An Analysis of Batavian Grey Ware from Roman Period Netherlands.”
Erik Filean – PhD 2006. “Domestic Cattle and Political-Economic Change in the Roman-Period Lower Rhineland: The Civitas Batavorum.” Supported by a Wenner-Gren Foundation Individual Research Grant.
William Whittaker – PhD 2002. “Zooarchaeological Analysis of the Roman Frontier Economy in the Eastern Netherlands.” National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant.