Modfied:  Thursday, May 27, 2010

SAS Executive Board


SAS Executive Officers

President

Patrick Degryse, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geology, Centre for Archaeological Sciences, K.U. Leuven Av. Celestijnenlaan 200E, bus 2408, BE-3001 Leuven, Belgium; tel: +32 16326460; fax+32 16322980; email Patrick.Degryse@ees.kuleuven.be

Bio: Patrick Degryse is Research Professor in Archaeometry at the department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and vice-director of the Centre for Archaeological Sciences of the K.U.Leuven in Belgium. He was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow in 2003-2004 at the University of Giessen (Germany) and spent several months as visiting scholar at Oxford, Southampton, Cranfield and Isparta, and participated in archaeological-geoarchaeological field campaigns in Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Greece. He teaches in archaeometry, geology, natural science in archaeology and ancient raw materials and is editor-in-chief of the series “Studies in Archaeological Sciences” (Leuven University Press). His research interests are situated in the field of the ancient use of mineral resources and on the technology of craft production, with special emphasis on ancient glass, ceramics, natural building stones and marbles and iron. His latest work has focused on the application of radiogenic isotopes to the reconstruction of late Bronze Age and Hellenistic-Roman to Islamic glass production and trade.

 


Robert Tykot

President Elect

Robert H. Tykot, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620-8100 USA; tel: 813-974-7279; fax: 813-974-2668; rtykot@cas.usf.edu

Robert Tykot (PhD, Harvard University; MA, Tufts University), is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida, where interdisciplinary and applied research are emphasized. His research involves scientific analysis of archaeological materials, especially elemental and isotopic studies, to investigate trade, technology, and dietary patterns in many parts of the world. Over the last 25 years he has worked on obsidian and marble trade in the Mediterranean, and more recently in Mesoamerica, and on ancient diets (bone chemistry) in many parts of Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In addition, Prof. Tykot has led recent excavation programs in Sardinia and Sicily. More information, including his many publications, may be found on his website: http://shell.cas.usf.edu/~rtykot 

 


Sandra L. López Varela Past President

Sandra L. López Varela, Departamento de Antropología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62209 México; tel & fax 01-777-329-7082; email slvarela@buzon.uaem.mx

Bio: SANDRA LORENA LOPEZ VARELA (PhD University of London, 1996; RPA). In between 1996-1998, López Varela was distinguished with the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at the University of Bonn, to study Maya ceramics. Currently, she is acting President of the Humboldt-Club for Mexico, serving at various international committees to activate innovative pathways to the uses of sciences and technology in anthropology around the world. Her research interests concentrate on the technology of pottery making in the past and the present, analyzing the space of production with geochemical and spatial techniques, and considering experimental studies such as use-wear analysis. In the field of ethnoarchaeology, López Varela is incorporating social impact assessment studies to measure the effects of global development policies on non-industrial technologies. After her working experience in CRM in the United States, she is adapting applied models to protect Mexico’s social and cultural heritage.


Vice President for Communications SASWeb & SASNet

Destiny Crider, Research Associate, Archaeological Research Institute, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287,USA; tel: 602-965-9231(ARI); fax: 602-965-7671; sasweb@asu.edu

Destiny Crider (Ph.D. Arizona State University, 2011) is currently a Research Associate for the Archaeological Research Institute specializing in Digital Libraries, Collection Management and is the Web Designer and Content Manager for ArchNet (http://archnet.asu.edu). She is also a Ceramic Analyst on the Cerro Portezuelo Project (materials curated by the Fowler Museum at UCLA), directed by Dr. George L. Cowgill (ASU) and Dr. Deborah L. Nichols (Dartmouth). Her dissertation research focused upon social and economic interaction in Central Mexico in the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic periods. She used Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) for identification of pottery production areas in combination with technological and stylistic attribute analysis. In addition, current projects include the implementation of Proton Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) studies of Central Mexican paints used on decorated pottery and Southwest turquoise sources. Her dissertation research was supported by the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI), National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant, Sigma-Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research, ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association. Destiny Crider was recently awarded a 2009-2010 ASU Faculty Emeriti Fellowship.


Vice President for Intersociety Relations

Adrian Burke, Département d'Anthropologie, Université de Montréal, C.P.6128, succursale Centre-ville. Montréal QC H3C 3J7 Canada. (514) 343-6909; adrian.burke@umontreal.ca

Adrian L. Burke (Ph.D. University at Albany - SUNY) is a professor of archaeology specializing in the prehistory of northeastern North America. He spends most of his time studying stone tool technology and quarries. His archaeometric research focuses on the sourcing of lithic raw materials using geochemistry and petrography. He currently runs an XRF lab dedicated full time to non-destructive chemical characterization of archaeological materials. Vous pouvez aussi me contacter en français. Me pueden escribir también en español. Potete scrivermi anche in italiano.

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Vice President for Membership Development

Michael GreggSSHRC Research Fellow in Archaeological ScienceEnvironmental Organic Geochemistry Group; School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster UniversityConsulting Scholar, Late Prehistory of the Transcaspian Region;Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania; Toronto: 01.416.485.0205; Philadelphia: 01.215.253.8747; Hamilton: 01.905.525.9140 ext 27930;   greggmic@sas.upenn.edu

Michael's work is focused on stable carbon isotopes and characterization of organic residues in archaeological pottery from the Middle East and Central Asia .

For more information go to http://michaelwgregg.com

 


SAS Administration

General Secretary

Rob Sternberg, Professor, Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania  17604-3003, USA; tel: 717-291-4134;  fax: 717-291-4186, Rob.Sternberg@FandM.edu

Rob Sternberg is Professor of Geosciences in the Department of Earth and Environment, a liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His main research interests related to archaeometry are archaeomagnetism, field magnetometry, and magnetic properties of obsidians. He has worked in the field in the U.S. Southwest, Israel, Greece, Jamaica, and Italy. He has served the SAS in many capacities: meetings calendar associate editor; treasurer; Bulletin editor; president; and most recently General Secretary. He is an author for the SAS blog. He teaches a course for undergraduates on archaeometry. His favorite movie is Casablanca, and his favorite sport is baseball (go Phillies, and Yankees).


SAS Publications

Robert TykotPublications Coordinator

Robert H. Tykot, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620-8100 USA; tel: 813-974-7279; fax: 813-974-2668; rtykot@cas.usf.edu

Robert Tykot (PhD, Harvard University; MA, Tufts University), is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida, where interdisciplinary and applied research are emphasized. His research involves scientific analysis of archaeological materials, especially elemental and isotopic studies, to investigate trade, technology, and dietary patterns in many parts of the world. Over the last 25 years he has worked on obsidian and marble trade in the Mediterranean, and more recently in Mesoamerica, and on ancient diets (bone chemistry) in many parts of Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In addition, Prof. Tykot has led recent excavation programs in Sardinia and Sicily. More information, including his many publications, may be found on his website: http://shell.cas.usf.edu/~rtykot

 


Editor for Journal of Archaeological Science

Thilo Rehren, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PY, UK; tel 44(0)20-7679-4757; fax 44(0)20-7383-2572; email th.rehren@ucl.ac.uk


SAS Editor for Archaeometry

James Burton, Department of Anthropology, Laboratory for Archaeological Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1393, USA; tel: 608-262-0367; fax: 608-265-4216; jhburton@wisc.edu


Conference Information

SAS Representative on The International Symposium on Archaeometry committee

Sarah Wisseman, Director, Ancient Technologies and Materials (ATAM) Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 78 Bevier Hall, 905 S. Goodwin MC 187, Urbana, IL  61801 USA; tel: 217-333-6629; fax: 217-333-8479; wisarc@uiuc.edu

Sarah Underhill Wisseman (B.A in Anthropology, Harvard University 1973; Ph.D in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College 1981) is the Director of the Program on Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials, a unit of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey at the University of Illinois. Her research includes provenance studies of North American pipestones, replication and compositional studies of Roman and North American pottery, and medical imaging and embalming practices of Egyptian mummies. She teaches introductory courses in archaeometry for the Campus Honors Program and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Website: http://www.isas.illinois.edu/atam/index.html