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Elissa Faro |Brown University, Providence, RI, USA (2006-2008)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (2001-2008)
American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece (1999-2000)
Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Rome, Italy (Winter 1998)
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA (1995-1999)
Assistant Director, Vorotan Project, Syunik Marz, southern Armenia Lithic analyst; GIS specialist, 2005, 2006, 2007 Directors: Professor S.E. Alcock, Professor J.F. Cherry, Dr. A. Tonikyan, Dr. M. Zardaryan
Database specialist, Gonies Philioremos Research Project, British School of Athens, Knossos, Crete, April 2006 Director: Dr. E. Kyriakidis
Database specialist, Stratigraphic Museum, British School of Athens, Knossos, Crete July 2006 Director: Dr. D. Evely
Trench Supervisor, Monte Polizzo Project, Sicily, Italy, July-August 2004 Director: Professor I. Morris
Trench Supervisor, Cerro Baul Archaeological Project, Moquegua, Peru, July-August 2002 Director: Dr. R. Williams
Field School Participant, ASCSA excavations at Corinth, Greece, May-June 2000
Director: Dr. G. Sanders
2008: Visiting Assistant Professor, Introduction to Mediterranean Prehistory, Brown University
2004: GSI, Introduction to Field Archaeology, University of Michigan
2003: GSI, Introduction to Roman Archaeology, University of Michigan
2003: GSI, Introduction to Greek Archaeology, University of Michigan
2002: GSI, Introduction to Roman Archaeology, University of Michigan
E. Z. Faro. 2007. “What to do about Figurines?” Archaeolog – all things archaeological. Available at <<http://traumwerk.stanford.edu/ archaeolog/ archaeology_and_religion/>>
E. Z. Faro (forthcoming) “Caves in the Minoan Ritual Landscape.” In Stable Places and Changing Perceptions: Cave Archaeology in Greece and Adjacent Areas Monograph of the Danish Institute at Athens, edited by F. Mavridis and J. Jensen. Athens.
E. Z. Faro (forthcoming) “The chipped stone.” In Leptiminus (Lamta): a Roman port city in Tunisia. Report 3, the Urban Survey, edited by D. Stone, D. Mattingly, and N. ben Lazreg. JRA Supplement. Ann Arbor, MI.
J.F. Cherry, E.Z. Faro, and L. Minc (in prep) “Field exploration and geochemical characterization of the obsidian sources in the Syunik region, southern Armenia.”
J.F. Cherry and E.Z. Faro (in prep) “Obsidian exploitation and lithic technologies in Syunik province, southern Armenia: work by the Vorotan Project, 2005-2007.”
J.F. Cherry and E.Z. Faro (in prep) “Obsidian sources and lithic technology” In “The Vorotan Project, southern Armenia: an interim report on the 2005-2007 seasons” by S.E. Alcock, J.F. Cherry, A. Tonikyan, M. Zardaryan.
E.Z. Faro (in prep) “The ceramic assemblage: a view into ritual activity” In Vrysinas: a Minoan Peak Sanctuary by I. Tzachili
“Hug a Rock, Shake a Tree: evidence for ritual activity at Minoan sacred enclosures,” Paper to be presented at the University of Sheffield, Fall 2008.
“Sacred caves in the ritual landscape of Minoan Crete,” Paper to be presented at the University of Texas, Fall 2008.
“Exploring the Obsidian Sources of southern Armenia: Recent fieldwork of the Vorotan Project” Paper co-authored with John F. Cherry, presented at the Archaeology Wing Lunchtime Talk series at the Peabody Museum, Harvard University on April 2, 2008.
“The Ceramic Assemblage from Vrysinas: Views from a Peak Sanctuary,” Paper presented at the AIA Annual Meeting, Chicago, January 2008.
“The Trouble with Trimbles: The role of new GIS technology in survey and excavation,” presented at the Vorotan Project International Seminar Series, Sisian, Armenia, August 2007.
“Of Dung Beetles: Minoan Peak Sanctuaries and Extra-Urban Ritual Spaces,” Paper presented in the Brown Bag lecture series at the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University, February 27, 2007.
“Group Identity and Participant Action: Towards a Reinterpretation of Minoan Peak Sanctuaries” Paper presented at the AIA Annual Meeting, Montreal, January 4-6, 2006.
“Obsidian Studies in Southern Armenia: Work by the Vorotan Project in 2005- 06.” Poster co-presented with John F. Cherry and Ruben Badalyan at the Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, January 2007. Awarded Runner-up Prize for Best Poster.