THOMAS F. TARTARON Curriculum Vitae
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DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL STUDIES • UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 201 COHEN HALL, 249 S. 36TH STREET • PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104-6568 PHONE 215-573-5887 • FAX 215-898-6568 E-MAIL [email protected] THOMAS F. TARTARON Curriculum Vitae Present appointments • Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania; July 2012. • Chair, Art & Archaeology of the Mediterranean World Graduate Program, University of Pennsylvania; July 2012. • Consulting Scholar, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania; Mediterranean Section; July 2007. • Senior Fellow, Louis J. Kolb Society of Fellows, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; August 2013. Research interests • Greek Bronze Age and Classical archaeology • Coastal archaeology • Regional-scale landscape archaeology and network approaches • Ethnoarchaeology • Ceramic petrography (thin-section pottery fabric analysis) and geoarchaeology • Archaeological method and theory • Ancient Greek history and literature, especially Homer, Hesiod, and the historians Education 1996 Ph.D., Archaeology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. Dissertation Title: Bronze Age Settlement and Subsistence in Southwestern Epirus, Greece. 1992–1993 American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Colburn Fellow, Fulbright Fellow. 1981 B.A., International Studies, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Previous professional experience 2006–2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania. 2000–2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Yale University. 1998–2000 Lecturer, Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology (CMRAE), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1996–1998 Postdoctoral Associate, CMRAE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1993−1996 Laboratory Supervisor and Teaching Assistant, CMRAE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Curriculum Vitae, Thomas F. Tartaron 4/15/2016 Archaeological field experience 2018–2019 Senior Staff Member, Yeronisos Island Expedition, Cyprus. 2014–present Co-director, Kerala Maritime Communities Project, India. 2014–present Principal Investigator, Molyvoti Oral Histories Project, Greece. 2013–present Director of Field Survey, Molyvoti, Thrace Archaeological Project, Greece. 2007–present Co-director, Saronic Harbors Archaeological Research Project (SHARP), Greece. 2004–2006 Field Supervisor, Kenchreai Cemetery Project, Greece. 2000–2006 Director, Yale University-Henry Whitfield State Museum Excavations, Guilford, CT. Recognized with Connecticut Governor's Award for Excellence in Culture and Tourism, 2007. 1998–2003 Field Director, Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey, Greece. 1996–present Principal Investigator, petrographic research, Greece. 1991−1996 Survey Coordinator and Teaching Assistant, Nikopolis Project, Greece. 1990 Square Supervisor, Tell Abu Duwari, Iraq. 1989 & 1991 Crew Member, Paleolithic Survey, Larisa, Greece. 1989 Crew Member, Kitrini Limni Archaeological Project, Greece. 1988–1989 Crew Member, Berbati-Limnes Archaeological Survey, Greece. 1987–1992 Crew Member, Office of Public Archaeology, Boston University. External grants received 2010 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Continuing Projects Grant, SHARP, with Daniel Pullen (co-PI). $ 55,000. 2010 Arete Foundation, grant for support of SHARP. $ 25,000. 2009 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Continuing Projects Grant, SHARP, with Daniel Pullen (co-PI). $ 60,000. 2009 Loeb Classical Library Foundation, Salary Replacement for research leave, 2009– 2010. $ 30,000. 2008–2010 National Science Foundation, Archaeology Program Research Grant, with Daniel Pullen (co-PI). $ 173,000. 2008 Loeb Classical Library Research Award, for SHARP research, with Daniel Pullen (co-PI). $ 30,000. 2008 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Continuing Projects Grant, SHARP, with Daniel Pullen (co-PI). $ 60,000. 2007 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, New Projects Grant, SHARP, with Daniel Pullen (co-PI). $ 60,000. 2007 Loeb Classical Library Research Award, for SHARP research, with Daniel Pullen (co-PI). $ 30,000. 2002 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Research Grant. “Later Prehistory of the Eastern Korinthia,” Continuing Projects Grant, with Daniel Pullen (PI). $ 10,000. 2000 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Research Grant. “Later Prehistory of the Eastern Korinthia,” Continuing Projects Grant, with Timothy Gregory (PI) and Daniel Pullen. $ 20,000. 2 Curriculum Vitae, Thomas F. Tartaron 4/15/2016 1996 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Research Grant. “Petrographic Analysis of Middle Bronze Age Pottery from Orchomenos, Greece.” $ 5,580. 1995 Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Research Grant. “Petrographic Analysis of Middle Bronze Age Pottery from Kirrha, Greece.” $ 5,500. 1992–1993 Archaeological Institute of America, Anna C. and Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship for study at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. $ 5,500. 1992–1993 Fulbright-Hays Grant for study and travel at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Approximately $ 2,500. Internal grants received 2019 University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences, travel grant for presentation of a paper at the Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 2019. $1,000. 2018 University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences, travel grant for presentation of ethnoarchaeological research, London. $1,000.00 2016 University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences, travel grant for presentation of a paper at Second SEAMEO SPAFA International Conference on Southeast Asian Archaeology, Bangkok, Thailand, May/June 2016. $1,000. 2015 University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences, travel grant for presentation of two papers at the Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2015. $1,000. 2013–2014 University of Pennsylvania, Weiler Research Grant to support a semester of leave for tenured faculty, plus $5,000 research funding. 2010–2011 University of Pennsylvania, University Research Foundation. "Documenting a 3,300-Year-Old Harbor Town in Greece," grant for participation of students in SHARP. $ 17,228. 2010 University of Pennsylvania Museum (private donor), grant for setup of a laboratory for ceramic petrography. Approximately $ 160,000. 2007 University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences Instructional Technology Grant, for Laboratory for the Study of Ancient Technology, with Harold L. Dibble (co-PI). $ 6,500. 2007 University of Pennsylvania, Provost’s Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program, mentoring freshman student Ava Childers at SHARP. $ 7,500. 2003 Junior Faculty Fellowship in the Social Sciences, Yale University. Funding for research leave, 2003–2004. 2002 Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Grant, Yale University. “Investigating Bronze Age Landscapes in the Eastern Korinthia, Greece.” $ 6,000. 2001 Instructional Innovation Grant, Yale University. “Geographic Information Systems for Investigating Ancient Human Landscapes.” $ 5,149. 2001 Yale Center for International and Area Studies Grant. “Coevolution of Environment and Culture in the 21st Century: Modern Development and the Role of Cultural Resource Management (CRM) in the Eastern Korinthia, Greece.” $ 4,000. 2001 A. Whitney Griswold Faculty Research Grant, Yale University. “Investigating 3 Curriculum Vitae, Thomas F. Tartaron 4/15/2016 Ancient Human Landscapes in the Korinthia, Southern Greece.” $ 2,500. 2000 Office of the Provost, Yale University. Laboratory setup grant, petrographic laboratory. $ 45,000. 1992 Boston University Humanities Foundation, Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize Scholarship for study at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. $ 1,500. Publications: single-author monographs Tartaron, Thomas F., 2013. Maritime Networks in the Mycenaean World. Cambridge University Press, 341 pages. • Awarded the James R. Wiseman Book Award by the Archaeological Institute of America, January 2016 • Reviewed by Jason W. Earle, Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews 2014.08.34; Katherine A. Larsen, Comparative Studies in Society and History Notes 56 (2014): 1064–1065; Ina Berg, Cambridge Archaeological Journal 24 (2014): 544–546; Damian Robinson, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 44 (2014): 227–228; Chiara Maria Mauro, Gérion 32 (2014): 311–313; Jill Hilditch, Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 10 (2015): 149–150. Tartaron, Thomas F., 2004. Bronze Age Landscape and Society in Southern Epirus, Greece. BAR International Series 1290. Oxford: Archaeopress, 240 pages. Reviewed by William G. Cavanagh, Antiquity 80 (2006): 470–472. Publications: edited volume Pullen, Daniel J., and Thomas F. Tartaron, eds., in preparation. The Saronic Harbors Archaeological Research Project: Engaging Land and Sea in the Saronic Gulf, Greece. 20 authors, 350 pages projected (Tartaron 155 pages joint authorship). Planned submission to Institute for Aegean Prehistory Academic Press. Publications: peer-reviewed articles and chapters Tartaron, Thomas F., 2018. "Geography Matters: Defining Maritime Small Worlds of the Aegean Bronze Age," in J. Leidwanger and C. Knappett, eds., Maritime Networks in the Ancient Mediterranean World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 61–92. Tartaron, Thomas F., submitted. “Recovering the Maritime Coastal Communities of Mycenaean Greece,” proceedings of the conference “Archaeology of the Sea,” Brussels, March 2014. Tartaron, Thomas F., 2017. “Fragments of a Maritime Small World: Glykys Limin and Trans- Ionian Trade in the Mycenaean Period,” in Speira: