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Sardinian ArchaeologyEDUCATIONA.B. Classics, Cornell University l946
M.A. Classical Languages, Ohio State University l950
Ph.D. Classical Archaeology, Harvard University l964Keeper of Ancient Coins, Fogg Art Museum, October l955 - June l962.
Assistant for the D. M. Robinson Collection, Fogg Art Museum, October 1960 - June 1962.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Classics, Tufts University, l962 - l963.
Lecturer, Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Spring l964.
Assistant Professor of Classics, Tufts University, l964 - l969.
Director, New England Latin Workshop, l965, l966.
Assistant Professor of Classics, Tufts University in Italy, l966-l967.
Associate Professor of Classics, Tufts University, l969 - l977.
Professor of Classics and Archaeology, Tufts University, l977 - 1990.
Visiting Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology, Sheffield University, April/May l978.
Director, New England Classical Workshop and Institute, l980.
Director of Archaeological Studies, Tufts University, l98l - 1995
Professor of Classics, Archaeology, and Art History, 1990 - 1998
Research Professor, Classics and Art History, 1998 -
George H. Chase Fellowship in Classical Archaeology, Harvard University,l96l - l962.
Harvard Traveling Fellowship, Summer l963.
Ann Radcliffe Fellowship, l963 - l964.
American Philosophical Society Penrose Award #3724, l964; #6798, l973; #7775, l977.
Tufts University Faculty Research Awards: l966, l967, l968, l970, (used in l97l), l976, l980, l984 (used in l985), l986, 1988.
American Council of Learned Societies Grant-in-Aid, l974, 1977.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Excavation in Sardinia, l975.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, January - June l98l.
National Endowment for the Humanities, International Conference Grant, l982.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Museum Planning Grant, l983.
Samuel R. Kress Foundation, Grant for Conferences on Sardinian Archaeology, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1996.
Fulbright Research Award for Research on Sardinia, 1991, 1992.
Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Conference Grant, 1994.
Institute for Aegean Prehistory Grant, 1983, 1994, 1995, 1996.
Fellow, Royal Numismatic Society.
Fellow, Israel Numismatic Society.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Member, Archaeological Institute of America.
Fellow, American Numismatic Society.
Member, American Philological Association.
Member, Classical Association of New England.
President, Classical Association of New England 1980.
Trustee, Vergilian Society 1981-1984.
Honorary Director, International Catacomb Society.
Member, International Numismatic Commission Committee on "Collaboration internationale sur l`exploitation scientifique des tresors premonetaires".
Excavations at Tell Ashdod, Israel: July 1963.
Excavations at Satriano di Lucania, Italy: June, July 1967.
Excavations at Buccino, Italy: Summer 1968, 1969, 1971.
Excavations at Ortu Cbmidu, Sardara (Cagliari), Sardinia: Director 1975, 1976, 1978.
Survey, Comune of Macomer (Nuoro), Sardinia: 1985.
Excavations at Serucci, Gonnesa (Cagliari), Sardinia: 1988.MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS, FOGG ART MUSEUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Ancient Coins, June 1 - June 15, 1956.
Coin Portraits, August - September 1960.
D. M. Robinson Collection of Classical Art and Antiquities, May - Sept. 1961.Ancient Coins (1956), with G.M.A. Hanfmann.
"Greek Coins of the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C." Fogg Art Museum Annual Report (1957-1958) 19-21.
"Portraits and Coins," The Connoisseur, Vol. CXLIII No. 575 (l959) 58-6l.
The David Moore Robinson Collection of Classical Art and Antiquities (1961).
"The Birth of Athena on a Fragment in the Fogg Art Museum." American Journal of Archaeology 67 (1963) 208.
"The Image of an Anatolian Goddess at Sardis." Jahrbuch fhr Kleinasiatische Forschung, Band II, Heft 1-2 (1965) 261-269, with G.M.A. Hanfmann.
"Athens or Phlius?" Schweizer Mhnzblatter 16:16 (1966) 1-3.
"Monetary Forerunners of Coinage in Palestine and Phoenicia." International Numismatic Convention, Jerusalem 1963; The Patterns of Monetary Development in Palestine and Phoenicia in Antiquity, (Schocken, Tel-Aviv - Jerusalem, 1967) 25-32; Plates 1-6.
"Lucanian Three-Color Geometric Pottery," in R. Ross Holloway, Satrianum. The Archaeological Investigations Conducted by Brown University in 1966 and 1967, (Brown University, Providence, 1970) 88-91.
"Remarks on the Appearance of the Earliest Coins." Studies Presented to George M. A. Hanfmann. (Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1971) 1-8; Plates 1-3.
"The Origins of Coinage." A Survey of Numismatic Research 1965-1970. (International Numismatic Commission, New York 1973) 27-35.
"The Critical Moment: The Transition from Currency to Coinage in the Eastern Mediterranean." World Archaeology 6:3 (1975) 293-298.
"Jewelers' Hoards and the Development of Early Coinage." Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Numismatics, New York and Washington, September 1973, (Paris 1976) 27-30, Plate 1.
"The Filial Complaint." The Conflict of Generations in Ancient Greece and Rome, ed. S. Bertman (Grhner, Amsterdam, 1976) 129-133.
"Ancient Copper and Bronze in Sardinia: Excavation and Analysis." Journal of Field Archaeology, 3 (1976) 195-201, with R.F. Tylecote.
"Bronzes from Cyprus and Sardinia: Geographical and Chronological Problems." Proceedings of the Third International Colloquium on Aegean Prehistory: The Sea Peoples, Sheffield 1973 ed. R. N. Crossland, announced as (Duckworth 1977), apparently never published.
"Sardinian Bronzetti in American Museums." Studi Sardi 24 (1975-77) 145-156, Plates 1-9.
"Money before Coinage," in COINS: An Illustrated Survey 650 B.C. to the Present Day, ed. Martin Jessup Price (Methuen, London 1980) 20-25.
"Una risposta," Dialoghi di Archeologia XVI:1 (1981) 109-111.
"The Nuraghi Towers of Sardinia." Archaeology 34:2 (March/April 1981) 35-43.
"Material for the Study of the Origins of Coinage." Proceedings of the 9th International Congress of Numismatics Berne, September 1979 (Louvain - la Neuve, Luxembourg 1982) 31-35.
Studies in Sardinian Archaeology, ed. with Robert J. Rowland, Jr. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1984).
"The Nuraghi of Sardinia: An introduction," in M. S. Balmuth and R.J. Rowland eds., Studies in Sardinian Archaeology, (Ann Arbor 1984) 23-52.
"Copper and Bronze Metallurgy in Sardinia," with R.F. Tylecote and R. Massoli-Novelli, Journal of the Historical Metallurgy Society (1984); also in M. S. Balmuth and R. J. Rowland eds., Studies in Sardinian Archaeology, (Ann Arbor 1984) 115-151.
"Advances in Sardinian Archaeology," in R. Ross Holloway, ed., Crossroads of the Mediterranean = Archaeologia Transatlantica II, 247-254. (1984)
"Nuraghe Ortu Còmidu (Sardara - CA): Preliminary Report of Excavations 1975 - 1978." Notizie degli scavi di antichità, Vol. XXXVII (1983) 353-410 (issued 1986).
Studies in Sardinian Archaeology II: Sardinia in the Mediterranean, ed. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1986).
"Studio architettonico del Nuraghe Ortu Comidu." La Sardegna nel Mediterraneo tra il secondo e il primo millennio a.C.: Atti del II Convegno di Studi "Un millennio di relazioni fra la Sardegna e i paesi del Mediterraneo." Selargius-Cagliari, 29-30 novembre 1986 (Cagliari 1987) 219-223.
Studies in Sardinian Archaeology III: Sardinia and the Mycenaean World, ed. (Oxford: BAR S387, 1987).
"Nuragic Camouflage," in B. Frizell, ed., Arte militare e architettura nuragica, Atti del primo colloquio internazionale - Istituto Svedese di studi classici, Roma 7-9 dicembre 1989. Acta Instituti Romani Regni Sueciae, ser. 4, 48 (Stockholm 1991) 19-22.
"The Contribution of R. F. Tylecote to the Archaeometallurgy of Sardinia," Historical Metallurgy (1990).
"Archaeology in Sardinia," American Journal of Archaeology 96:3 (1992) 663-697.
"Phoenician Chronology in Sardinia: Prospecting, Trade and Settlement Before 900 B.C.," in Tony Hackens and Ghislaine Moucharte eds., Studia Phoenicia IX (Louvain - La - Neuve 1992) 215-227.
"Sardinia," in A Review of Peter James et al., Centuries of Darkness = Colloquenda Mediterranea A/2 (1993) 39-42.
"Ortu Còmidu (Sardara - CA): Excavation and the Laboratory," Quaderni della soprintendenza archeologica di Cagliari e Oristano 11 (1996) 11-13.
New Perspectives in Western Mediterranean Archaeology: Encounters and Transformations: The Archaeology of Iberia in Transition. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Iberian Archaeology, ed. with Antonio Gilman and Lourdes Prados Torreira (Sheffield Academic Press 1997).
Sardinian and Aegean Chronology: Towards the Resolution of Relative and Absolute Dating in the Mediterranean. Studies in Sardinian Archaeology V, ed. with Robert H. Tykot. (Oxford: Oxbow Monographs, 1998).
"Nuragic Culture," Oxford Companion to Archaeology (1997)
FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS
New Insights into the Transition from Hacksilber to Coinage, ed.
"More Bronzetti in American Museums," for a Festschrift dedicated to Giovanni Lilliu, Sassari.
"Recipes for Sardinian Bronzes," Journal of Roman Archaeology, Supplemental Series, with Robert Tykot, forthcoming 1998.
"Iberian Bronze Figurines: Technical and Stylistic Analysis," Journal of Roman Archaeology, Supplemental Series, with Robert Tykot and Lourdes Prados Torreira, forthcoming 1998.
The Cultural Response to the Volcanic Landscape, ed. with Patricia Johnston, David Chester.
"The Dialogue in Classics: We're All in it Together" Classical Association of New England, Holy Cross, Worcester, April 7, 1979.
Same, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, New York, November, 1979.
Same. Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, New York, April 18, 1980.
"Components of Classical Culture in the Latin Classroom" Classical Association of New England, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, April 11, 1980.
Same, Massachusetts Foreign Language Association, Boston, November 29, 1980
"The Teaching of Classical Mythology" Teachers of Classics in New England, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 17, 1980.
Same, New England Classical Institute and Latin Workshop, Tufts University, June 30, 1980
WORKSHOP: CD-ROM Modules for an Introductory, Interdisciplinary Course in Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America, Atlanta, December 30, 1994.
"New Developments in the Archaeology of Sardinia," Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, December 28, 1979.
"The Collaboration between Archaeology and Science," Second Annual Colloquium on Sardinian Archaeology, Tufts University, September 26, 1980.
"Third Annual Colloquium on Sardinian Archaeology," Tufts University, November 13, 1981.
"Problems and Processes" Fourth Annual Colloquium on Sardinian Archaeology, Tufts University, November 12, 1982.
"Sardinia in the Mediterranean," First International Colloquium on Sardinian Archaeology. Tufts University, September 23-25, 1983.
"Projects and Prospects for American Research in Sardinia," Sixth Annual Colloquium on Sardinian Archaeology. Tufts University, November 22, 1984.
"Pre-Nuragic Sardinia," Second International Colloquium on Sardinian Archaeology. Tufts University Conference Center, Talloires, France, September 30, October 1, 2, 1985.
"Projects and Prospects for American Research in Sardinia II," Eighth Annual Colloquium on Sardinian Archaeology. Tufts University, November 22, 1985.
"Nuragic Sardinia and the Mycenaean World," Third International Colloquium on Sardinian Archaeology. American Academy in Rome, September 22-24, 1986.
"Dimensions of Archaeology," Program for Archaeology Majors and Advisors, November 21, 1986.
"Memorial to Ferruccio Barreca: The Impact of the Early Near East on Nuragic Sardinia in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages." American Schools of Oriental Research Symposium, Boston, December 5, 1987.
"America Discovers Sardinia; Sardinia Reaches America," Ninth Annual and Fourth International Colloquium on Sardinian Archaeology December 11, 1987.
"Sardinia: Archeology, Archaeology and Art History, Tenth Annual Colloquium on Sardinian Archaeology, Tufts University, December 9, 1988.
"Newest Developments in the Archaeology of Sardinia: 10 Years Later," Tenth Anniversary of the First Colloquium on Sardinian Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of American, Boston, December 30, 1989.
"Sardinian Archaeology: Last Summer/Iberian Comparanda: Next Spring," Tufts University, October 12, 1990.
"New Perspectives in Western Mediterranean Archaeology: Encounters, Transitions, Transformations," First International Conference on Iberian Archaeology in collaboration with the Tufts Annual Colloquium on Sardinian Archaeology, Tufts University, October 4-6, 1991.
"Šrdn, Mycenaeans, Cypriots and Phoenicians: The "Dark Age" in the West Mediterranean," Tufts University, November 6, 1992.
"Variety and Diversity in the Archaeology of Sardinia," Tufts University, December 3, 1993.
"The Volcanic Landscape: A Dialogue," Tufts University, November 4, 1994.
"Sardinian Stratigraphy and Mediterranean Chronology," Tufts University, March 17-19, 1995.
"Tufts at the Villa Vergiliana: Human Interaction with the Volcanic Landscape, A Compararative Perspective," Cuma (NA), Italy, October 27-29, 1995 [changed to "The Cultural Response to the Volcanic Landscape."].
"The Cultural Response to the Volcanic Landscape II," Tufts University, November 16-17, 1996.
WORKSHOP: Workshop on Ancient Sardinia: The use of new interpretative archaeological techniques from the air, the soil, the clay, the metal and the computer, Archaeological Institute of America, New York, December 28, 1996.
"New Insights into the Transition from Near Eastern Hacksilber to Greek Silver Coinage," Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago, December 30, 1997.