[Sasnet] Lesley Frame wins SAS Student Poster Award

[AJ Vonarx]

The Society for Archaeological Sciences is pleased to congratulate the winner of
the R.E. Taylor Student Poster Award for Spring 2009:

Lesley D. Frame
PhD Candidate
Heritage Conservation Science Program
Materials Science and Engineering Department
University of Arizona

For her poster:
"Technological Change in Southwestern Asia: Comparing Metallurgical Production
Styles and Social Values during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age"

Abstract: Early evidence for metal processing is found on the Iranian Plateau at
a number of sites, some of which (e.g., Tal-i Iblis) represent large-scale
smelting industries, whereas other sites, including Seh Gabi and Godin Tepe,
contain similar crucible technology but with much smaller concentrations of
production debris. Through compositional and microstructural analyses, and the
use of a theoretical framework of technological change, this project considers
the differences among these contrasting scales of production on the Iranian
Plateau, in terms of technology and the possible social values placed on that
technology. By linking technological changes to social values of the
craftspeople, we can understand the role of technology in the cultural context
of past communities.

Honorable Mentions:

Hanneke Hoekman-Sites
PhD Candidate
Department of Anthropology
Florida State University
"Examining Animal Product Use Patterns on the Great Hungarian Plain during the
Neolithic and Copper Age"

Bridget Alex
AB Student
Anthropology, Chemistry, and Earth Sciences Departments
Dartmouth College
"Multi-method Analysis of pre-Teotihuacan Ceramics"

Contestants submitted their posters to SAS as email attachements by May 1, 2009
and were judged by professional researchers on the significance of the
archaeological problem, appropriateness of the archaeometric methods used,
soundness of conclusions, and quality of the poster display.

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Saludos,
AJ Vonarx
Membership Liaison - SAS

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PhD Student - University of Arizona
Anthropology/Fire Science
Tucson Arizona USA