Dr. Lynn Rainville
Curriculum
Vita — January 2008
Education
| 2001 | Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI Title: The Organization of Domestic Activities in Upper Mesopotamian Households and Neighborhoods during the Early Bronze Age: a micro-archaeological and architectural approach Dissertation Chairs: Henry T. Wright and Norman Yoffee |
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| 1996 | M.A. in Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 1993 | B.A. in Anthropology and History, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH |
Awards and Fellowships
| 2007 | Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, to curate an exhibition on historic Native American photographs and host a gallery talk given by tribal representatives, $2500 |
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| 2006 | Sweet Briar, Faculty Grant: to test Ground Penetrating Radar on the SBC Slave Cemetery |
| 2006 | Sweet Briar, Faculty Grant: travel to Ziyaret Tepe, southeastern Turkey |
| 2005 | National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grant, "Investigating Historic African American Mortuary Traditions in Central Virginia." Three year grant, $100,000. |
| 2004 | National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, “Investigating a Late Assyrian Urban Landscape at Ziyaret Tepe, Turkey,” co-PI with Timothy Matney. Two year grant, $200,000. |
| 2004 | Curtiss T. & Mary G. Brennan Fellowship: “Investigating Daily Life in Ancient Cities.” One year grant, $4100. |
| 2004 | Sweet Briar, Faculty Grant (co-PI with Dr. Fink, Biology): create a GIS database / map of archaeological sites and historic vegetation on the Sweet Briar Plantation |
| 2004 | Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, Mednick Grant, to support Fieldwork in Turkey, $1600. |
| 2004 | Sweet Briar, Faculty Grant: to attend an Archaeology Symposium in Ankara, Turkey |
| 2004 | International Center for Jefferson Studies DAACS Fellow, May - June. Project Title "Modeling Features on Plantation Landscapes in the Virginian Piedmont" |
| 2003 | National Science Foundation, CCLI Adaptation and Implementation grant: to create an Archaeology Lab and improve curricular offerings in Archaeology at Sweet Briar, $62,000. |
| 2003 | Virginia Foundation for Humanities: to research and disseminate information on "African American Landscapes and Deathscapes in Virginia," $3000. |
| 2003 | Wenner-Gren Individual Research Grant: to research and write "Domestic Activities in Mesopotamian Households and Neighborhoods: A Micro-Archaeological Approach," $9550. |
| 2003 | Sweet Briar, Faculty Grant: to conduct interdisciplinary research on the Sweet Briar Plantation |
| 2003 | Sweet Briar, Technology Grant: to improve the site, "African American Heritage at Sweet Briar" (created by Rainville in 2002): www.faculty.sbc.edu/lrainville/introAfAmH.html |
| 2002 | Virginia Foundation for Humanities, Discretionary Grant (with Dr. J.S. Handler): Albemarle County Slave Cemeteries |
| 2002 | Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, African-American Mini-Grant: to research "Life, Labor, and Death on an Amherst County Plantation." |
| 2002 | Sweet Briar, Technology Grant: to create a web-accessible cemetery analysis for Amherst County, Virginia |
| 2002 | American Research Center in Turkey, Excavation Grant, to work at Ziyaret Tepe |
| 2001 | University of Michigan, Dissertation write-up grant |
| 2000 | University of Michigan, Block Grant |
| 1999 | University of Michigan, Sweetland Teaching Fellowship (declined) |
| 1999 | University of Michigan Griffin Discretionary Fund,to support fieldwork at Titrish Höyük |
| 1998 | American Research Center in Turkey, Research Fellowship, to work at Kazane and Titrish Höyük |
| 1997 | University of Michigan, Rackham Field Support, to work at Vijayanagara, India |
| 1997 | Sigma Xi, Scientific Equipment Grant |
| 1994-97 | National Science Foundation, Fellowship for Graduate Study at the University of Michigan |
| 1993 | Magna cum Laude, Dartmouth College |
| 1993 | Phi Beta Kappa, Dartmouth College |
| 1993 | High Honors, Anthropology at Dartmouth College |
| 1993 | High Honors, History at Dartmouth College |
NSF Awards that Support Rainville's Micro-Archaeological Techniques in the Near East
| 2003 | Section 4. 5, "Microdebris analysis" in NSF Grant 0314148. "Role of Human Communities in the Evolution of Landforms, Climates and Biota: Archaeological Perspectives from Southeastern Turkey (Ziyaret Tepe) submitted by Dr. T. Matney |
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| 2000 | Section 4.3.5, "Microdebris analysis" in NSF Grant 9910556, "Urban Domestic Economy & Social Organization at Early Bronze Age Titris, submitted by Dr. T. Matney. |
Books
| 2005 | Investigating Upper Mesopotamian Households Using Micro-Archaeological Techniques. British Archaeological Reports S1368. Oxford: Archaeopress. |
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Articles
| In press | "Micro-Archaeology at Tilbes Höyük," to appear in an volume on Tilbes Höyük, edited by J. Fuensanta and M. Rothman, Cotsen Institute Press. |
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| In progress | “Remembering the Dead: Historic African American Cemeteries in Albemarle County.” A chapter in Local Knowledges: Constructing Race, Gender, Class, and Identity in Central Virginia. University of Virginia Press. |
| In progress | Savings the Remains of the Day: the cultural heritage of historic cemeteries.” To submit to the Antiquities Section of Journal of Field Archaeology. |
| 2007 | “Micro-Archaeology at Ziyaret,” in “Excavations at Ziyaret Tepe, Turkey, 2006,” by T. Matney, et al., Anatolica volume 33: 39-43, 67-68. |
| 2006 | “Locating the ‘People without History’ in Histories of the Ancient Near East. Reviews in Anthropology 35:1-22. |
| 2005a | “Eighth Preliminary Report on Excavations at Ziyaret Tepe, 2004 Season.” Kazi Sonuçlari Toplantisi volume 27. Co-authored with T. Matney. |
| 2005b | “Archaeological Investigations at Ziyaret Tepe, 2003 and 2004,” Anatolica 31: 20-68. Co-edited with T. Matney. |
| 2004a | “Seventh Preliminary Report on Excavations at Ziyaret Tepe, 2003 Season,” to appear in Kazi Sonuçlari Toplantisi volume 25. Co-authored with T. Matney. |
| 2004b | “African American History at the Sweet Briar Plantation,” Sweet Briar Alumnae Magazine Spring 2004: 7-10. |
| 2003a | "Micro-Debris Analysis," in "Excavations at Ziyaret Tepe, Turkey, 2002," by T. Matney, et al, Anatolica 29: 194-197, 218. |
| 2003b | "An Investigation of an Enslaved Community and Slave Cemetery at Mt. Fair, in Brown's Cove, Virginia." The Magazine of Albemarle County History, v. 61. Winner of the Annual 2003 Rawlings Prize (sponsored by the Historic Society). |
| 2003c | "Results from Micro-archaeology in 2001 and 2002," in "Excavations at Tell Brak, 2001-2002," by G. Emberling and H. McDonald. Iraq 64: 63-73. |
| 2001 | "Micro-Debris based functional analyses of Late EBA Houses," in "Research at Titris Höyük in Southeastern Turkey: A Preliminary Report of the 1999 Season," by G. Algaze, et. al, Anatolica 27: 30-33 and 86-87. |
| 2000 | "Microdebris Analysis in Early Bronze Age Mesopotamian Households," Antiquity 74: 284. |
| 1999 | "Hanover Deathscapes: Mortuary Variability in New Hampshire Cemeteries, A.D. 1770-1920," Ethnohistory 43: 3: 541-97. |
| n.d. | “Daily Life and Micro-Debris: Micro-archaeology in a South Indian Village,” in a volume published by Deccan College, India. |
Archaeological Site Reports
| 2003a | Archaeological Report on Excavations Conducted at the Booker T. Washington Site. Submitted to the National Park Service. |
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| 2003b | Archaeological Report on Excavations Conducted at the Gaines Mill Site. Submitted to the National Park Service. |
Conference Papers and Public Lectures
| 2008 | Sepulchral Museums: Learning about Past Communities from Gravestones and Cemetery Landscapes, Southern Anthropology Association Meeting |
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| 2008 | Indiana’s Last Will and Testament and the Founding of a College: Sweet Briar Institute, 1900-1910, Virginia History Forum |
| 2008 | On-Line Mortuary Landscapes: creating publicly accessible databases for historic African-American cemeteries, National Council on Public History Meeting |
| 2008 | Remembering the Dead: working with descendant communities to learn from historic Virginian cemeteries and family heirlooms, Society for Historic Archaeology Meeting |
| 2007 | A Sweet Survey: archaeological investigations at the Sweet Briar Plantation, Archaeology Month Lecture at Sweet Briar College |
| 2007 | Micro-artifacts and Everyday Lives in Ancient Mesopotamia, Archaeological Institute of America Lecture, at Univ North Carolina-Asheville and Duke University |
| 2007 | From Slave Graveyards to Segregated Cemeteries: Inequality in 19th- and 20th- Century American Burial Practices, American Anthropological Association Meeting |
| 2007 | Learning from African-American Deathscapes, Virginia Archaeology Month Presentation at the Booker T. Washington National Park |
| 2007 | Using Cemeteries to Research Family History, Central Virginia Genealogical Society Meeting |
| 2007 | Investigating African American Mortuary Traditions in Virginia, Virginia Forum |
| 2007 | Gravestone Variability and Context in Historic African-American Cemeteries in Virginia, Mid-Atlantic Archaeology Meeting |
| 2007 | The Contributions of Public Archaeology to Protecting Historic Cemeteries, Radford University |
| 2007 | Understanding Gravestone Variability in Historic African American Cemeteries, Society for Historical Archaeology Meeting |
| 2006 | Hidden History: African American Communities at Sweet Briar, Sweet Briar College |
| 2005 | Everyday Life in Ancient Assyria, Archaeological Institute of America Lecture, Richmond, Virginia. |
| 2005 | Urban Planning in Anatolian Cities: past and present, American Anthropological Association Meeting |
| 2005 | Urban Planning in Assyria, American School of Oriental Research Meeting. |
| 2005 | Preliminary Results of the 2004 Season at Ziyaret Tepe, Annual Archaeology Symposium, Antalya, Turkey. |
| 2004 | “Preliminary Results of the 2003 Season at Ziyaret Tepe,” Annual Archaeology Symposium, Konya, Turkey. Given with Timothy Matney. |
| 2004 | “Investigating Mortuary Variability in Slave Cemetery,” Association Gravestone Studies. |
| 2004 | “Micro-Matters: An Assessment of Micro-Archaeological Techniques and Results from Four Upper Mesopotamian Sites. Society for American Archaeology Meeting. |
| 2003 | "Enslaved Communities: slave cabins and cemeteries on Virginian plantations," World Archaeology Conference, Washington, DC. |
| 2003 | "Recent Research on a Slave Cemetery in Albemarle County, Virginia," Paper presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historic Archaeology |
| 2003 | "Enslaved Communities and Slave Cemeteries in Brown's Cove." Given at the Albemarle County Historical Society, Charlottesville, Virginia. |
| 2003 | "Research into the Lives of the African Americans on the Sweet Briar Plantation, 1830-1900." An invited lecture for Black History Month at Sweet Briar College. " |
| 2002 | "Slave Daily Life & Mortuary Practices on a Piedmont Plantation: an archaeological and historical investigation of the enslaved African Americans on the Sweet Briar Plantation." Given at the University of Virginia to the Archaeology Program. |
| 2002 | "Micro-Matters: An Assessment of Micro-Archaeological Techniques and Results from Four Upper Mesopotamian Sites." Given at the University of Virginia. |
| 2002 | "Households and Neighborhoods in Upper Mesopotamian Cities of the 4th-3rd Millenia BCE." Given at Randolph-Macon's Woman College as part of the Archaeological Institute of America Lecture Program. |
| 2001 | "Size Does Matter: Identifying Domestic Activity Areas with Micro-archaeology." Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. |
| 2001 | Chair, "Bronze Age Archaeology," Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting. |
| 2000 | "Upper Mesopotamian Households in Early Bronze Age Communities: An Approach Using Micro-Debris." Paper presented at the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. |
| 2000 | co-Organizer and Chair, "Households in Community Context: New Approaches." Invited Session at the American Anthropological Meeting |
| 1999 | "Early Bronze Age Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Ancient Mesopotamia: A Study of Primary Activity Areas," Mediterranean Studies Colloquium, Dartmouth, NH, May. |
| 1997 | "A South Indian Microcosm: reuse, recycling, and trash in a South Indian Village," Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI, October. |
| 1996 | "Dynasties and Domiciles: An Analysis of Domestic Architecture at Taxila," Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI, October. |
Book Reviews
| 2008 | Civilizing Climate, Arlene Rosen, 2007, reviewed in Journal of the American Oriental Society. |
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| 2006 | Secret Cemetery, Francis, Kellaher, Neophytou, 2005, reviewed in American Anthropologist, 108: 4. |
| 2004 | The Archaeology of Mesopotamia. Theories and Approaches, Roger Matthews, 2003, reviewed in Journal of the American Oriental Society. |
| 2003 | Ethnoarchaeology of Anatolia, Jak Yakar, 2000, reviewed in Journal Economic and Social History in the Orient 46: 2: 226. |
| 2000 | Bereavement and Commemoration: An Archaeology of Mortality, Sarah Tarlow, 1999, reviewed in American Antiquity 65: 3: 581. |
Teaching Experience
| 2001- present | Visiting Assistant Professor, Sweet Briar College |
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| 2001-2 | Visiting Instructor, University of Virginia |
| 1999-0 | Visiting Lecturer, Dartmouth College |
| 1998 | Lecturer, University of Michigan |
Other Positions
| 2007-8 | Project Director, Virigina Center for Digital History, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia |
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| 2005-2008 | Board Member of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society |
| 2003-7 | Visiting Scholar, Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 2002-3 | Visiting Scholar, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 2000-1 | Visiting Scholar, Dartmouth College |
| 1998-9 | Curatorial Research Assistantship, Old World Archaeological Division, Univ. Michigan |
| 1993 | Town Archivist, Hanover, New Hampshire, June-December |
| 1992 | Curatorial Internship, Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Spring |
| 1990-3 | Archival Assistant, Dartmouth College Archives |
Committee Service at Sweet Briar
| 2002-2007 | Archaeology Advisory Committee |
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| 2005-2008 | Advisor to Student Archaeology Club |
| 2007-2008 | President's Climate Committee |
| 2007-2008 | General Education Committee, Chair |
| 2005-2007 | Natural Areas Committee, Chair |
| 2005-2007 | International Studies Committee |
| 2003-2006 | Families Weekend and Alumnae College Speaker |
Research Interests
Ancient Near East, households, urbanism, micro-archaeology, cuneiform writing systems (Akkadian and Sumerian),
museology, ethnoarchaeology, gender,
Mortuary
Ideology, American Slavery,18th-19th Century Virginia Archaeology,
Town Poor Farms
Archaeological Survey Experience
- Director, "Slave Cemeteries in Albemarle and Amherst Counties," 2002+
- Director, "Slave Sites on an Antebellum Plantation, Sweet Briar, VA," 2002+
- Field Assistant, Chevelon, Arizona; June-July, 2000 (Director: J. Solometo, Univ. Michigan)
- Surveyor, Vijayanagara, India; Jn-Mr, 1997 (Directors: C. Sinopoli, UM and K. Morrison, UC)
Excavation Experience
- Assistant Director, Ziyaret Tepe, Turkey, 2003+ (Director T. Matney, Univ. Akron)
- Supervise Micro-Archaeology Research, Ziyaret Tepe, Turkey: July-August 2002 and 2003 (Director T. Matney, Univ. Akron)
- Supervise Micro-Archaeology Research, Brak, Syria: May 2001 and 2002 (Director: G. Emberling, Univ. Michigan)
- Supervise Micro-Archaeology Research, Titrish, Turkey; July-August, 1999 (Dir: G. Algaze, UCSD and T. Matney, Univ. Akron)
- Supervise Micro-Archaeology Research, Tilbes, Turkey; June-July, 1999 (Director: M. Rothman, Widener Univ.)
- Supervise Micro-Archaeology Research, Kazane, Turkey; July-August, 1998 (Director: P. Wattenmaker, U Va)
- Excavator, Hacinebi, Turkey; July-August, 1995 (Director: G. Stein, NU)
- Excavator, Gordion, Turkey: June-July, 1995 (Director: M. Voigt, College of William and Mary)
- Excavator, Xaltocan, Mexico; June-August, 1991 (Director: E. Brumfiel, Albion)
Languages
- Reading and spoken proficiency: French and Spanish
- Conversational: Turkish
- Reading only: German, Akkadian, and Sumerian
Professional Memberships
- American Anthropological Association (AAA)
- Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
- American Society of Oriental Research (ASOR)
- Society for Historic Archaeology (SHA)