Lisa M. Anderson |
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Box 1837
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912 |
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Ph.D. Candidate
Lisa_M_Anderson@Brown.edu |
EDUCATION
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2002-Current
Brown University, Providence, RI
Pursuing Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology at the Institute for Archaeology
and the Ancient World,
expected completion May 2009
Dissertation title: 'The Roman Military Community as Expressed in Its Burial Customs during the 1st-3rd
Centuries CE'
1999-2002
University of Montana, Missoula, MT
BA in Latin/Classical Civilizations, May 2002, magna cum laude
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
| Roman archaeology, especially military archaeology, small finds, museology, human and animal bones in archaeology, epigraphy and numismatics
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Spring 2005
Teaching Fellow, AE0005, Archaeological Field Methods, Brown University
Fall 2003
Teaching Assistant, AE0003, Foundations of Western Art in Antiquity, Brown University, assisted Prof. R. Holloway
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EXCAVATION AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
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June-July 2006
Participant, American Numismatic Society Summer Seminar
Seminar Paper: 'An Unpublished 4th Century BCE Silver Hoard from Syria'
June-July 2005
Participant, Suasa Excavation, Italy, Roman Republican and Imperial villa and city,
directed by the University of Bologna, Prof. S. DeMaria
July 2004
Participant, Tropaeum Traiani Excavation and Survey, Romania, Hellenistic-Roman period city and region,
directed by Terra Europaea and San Francisco State University, Prof. L. Ellis
June-July 2004
Staff Member, Tongobriga Excavation, Portugal, Roman period city,
directed by Brown University, Prof. R. Winkes
June-July 2003
Staff Member, Gesher Excavation, Israel, Middle Bronze Age Caananite cemetery,
directed by Montana State University-Bozeman, Prof. S. Cohen
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
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Mar. 2008-Current
Project Manager, Center of Digital Epigraphy, Providence, RI
http://www.brown.edu/Research/CoDE
Mar. 2008-Current
Encoder, Women Writer’s Project, Providence, RI
Fall 2006
Volunteer, Archaeology Department of the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
May 2004-Current
Project Manager, U.S. Epigraphy Project, Providence, RI
http://usepigraphy.brown.edu
Mar. 2004-May 2006
Department Representative, Graduate Student Council, Brown University
Spring 2004
Student Assistant, U.S. Epigraphy Project, Providence, RI
Sep. 2003-Current
Intern, Department of Ancient Art, RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI
Aug. 2003-July 2006
Information provider and coder, webpage for the Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Aug. 2003-May 2006
Secretary for the Narragansett Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Sep. 2001-May 2002
University of Montana peer tutor in Latin, all levels
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CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION AND PRESENTATIONS
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May 2008
Theoretical Archaeology Group, New York, NY
Paper title: "The Influence of Roman Funerary Landscapes on the Military Frontiers of Northern Europe" in the session "Mortuary Landscapes"
March 2007
Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, University College London, UK
Paper title: "The Ill-Understood Word: Ways of Making Identity Work for Roman Archaeology" in the session "Developing Identity in Roman Studies?"
View the Abstract
March 2006
EpiDoc Sprint, Kings College London, UK
www.stoa.org/projects/epidoc/stable/guidelines
Nov. 2005
Markup for Museums: Scripts, Artefacts, and XML—
EpiDoc Workshop, Brown University, Providence, RI
Presentation titles: “The current state of the US Epigraphy Project” (with J. Bodel and E. Mylonas)
and “Inscribed Art in Museum Settings: RISD Museum of Art” (with G. Borromeo)
March 2005
AIA Narragansett Society, presentation panel “From Dirt to
Display,”
display section: “What in the world are we displaying? Two opus sectile panels at the RISD Museum of Art”
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PUBLICATIONS
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L. Anderson and P. van Alfen, “A fourth century BCE hoard from the Near East,” American Journal of Numismatics 20 (2008), forthcoming.
Review Article: M. Feugère, Weapons of the Romans, Tempus: Stroud. In Journal of Roman Archaeology 18 (2005): 701-703.
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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2003-Current
Archaeological Institute of America
2007-Current
American Numismatic Society
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LANGUAGES
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Latin: reading knowledge
Ancient Greek: limited reading knowledge
German: reading knowledge and limited conversational knowledge
French: reading knowledge
Italian: basic reading knowledge and limited conversational knowledge
Can also work with Portuguese and Dutch texts
Computer Languages
HTML (HyperText Markup Language): highly proficient
XML (Extensible Markup Language): highly proficient
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
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Select archaeological skills
Epigraphy, Roman and Greek
Greek and Roman numismatics
Human osteology and zooarchaeology
GIS
Computer skills: generally competent with most technology
Highly proficient with: Photoshop, Microsoft Office, OxygenXML
Proficient with: ArcGIS 9.1 Desktop
Computer platforms: Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux/Unix
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