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
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 conducting interdisciplinary excavations at the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age mortuary site of Bolóres (Portugal) to better understand the relationship between economic practices, sociopolitical structure, biological health, and the environment during this period. 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:
Keelin Baine - Conducting doctoral research. MA 2007 (Yale) – “Dental Analysis of the Dolmen of Carcavelos”
Scott Maddux – Conducting doctoral research. 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.
Steve Miller – Conducting doctoral research. 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.
Jonathan Thomas - Conducting doctoral research. MA 2007 - “Approaching Specialization: Understanding the Organization of Craft Production in Late Neolithic Iberia”
Clare Tolmie – Conducting doctoral research on “Aurignacian Faunal Exploitation at the Abri Cellier, France”
Anna Waterman – Conducting doctoral research. MA 2006 - “Health Status in Prehistoric Portugal: Dental Pathology and Childhood Mortality Patterns from the Late Neolithic burials of Feteira (Lourinhã).”
Alissa Whitmore. Conducting doctoral research. MA 2008 – “The Archaeological Study of Gender: A Methodological Discussion”
Alexander D. Woods –Conducting doctoral research. MA 2005 - “Sorting it All Out: Consistent Spatial Patterning in Faunal Exploitation at Pincevent Level IV-20”
Past Graduate Students with Focus on European Archaeology:
Anastasia Papathanasiou - PhD 1999 - “A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Health, Subsistence, and Funerary Behavior in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin: A Case Study from Alepotrypa Cave, Greece”
William Whittaker – PhD 2002 - “Zooarchaeological Analysis of the Roman Frontier Economy in the Eastern Netherlands.” National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant.
Angela 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.” Wenner-Gren Foundation Individual Research Grant.