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By Thomas P. Leppard a Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR of PHILOSOPHY THE LOGICS OF ISLAND LIFE: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF MOVEMENT, DISTANCE, AND SETTLEMENT IN THE NEOLITHIC AEGEAN AND CERAMIC AGE LESSER ANTILLES By Thomas P. Leppard A dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World Brown University May 2013 © Thomas P. Leppard 2013 The islander. Pa Fetauta, head of the House of Manoa, Kafika clan, Tikopia (After Firth 1936: plate 2) This dissertation by Thomas P. Leppard is accepted in its present form by the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World as satisfying the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Date________________ __________________________________ John F. Cherry, Advisor Recommended to the Graduate School Date________________ __________________________________ Peter Van Dommelen, Reader Date________________ __________________________________ Stephen D. Houston, Reader Date________________ __________________________________ Susan E. Alcock, Reader Date________________ __________________________________ Scott M. Fitzpatrick, Reader Approved by the Graduate Council Date________________ __________________________________ Peter M. Weber, Dean of the Graduate School v THOMAS P. LEPPARD Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 USA Email: [email protected] Telephone: (401) 863-9423 EDUCATION 2007-13 Ph.D. in Archaeology, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University. 2006-07 M.A. (Distinction) in Aegean Archaeology (Research Track), University of Sheffield 2002-06 M.A. Honours (1st class, second highest degree to be awarded in 2006 in Arts) in Ancient History and Archaeology, University of St Andrews RESEARCH INTERESTS The archaeology of the Neolithic and Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean The archaeology of the pre-Columbian Caribbean The archaeology and anthropology of islands GIS-led and quantitative approaches to regional analysis and survey archaeology The emergence of social complexity and theorization of its emergence GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS 2013 Office of International Affairs Summer Travel Award, Brown University. 2012-13 Dissertation Completion Award, Brown University. $67,841 2012 Office of International Affairs International Colloquium Grant, Brown University. Before Mare Nostrum: Current Issues in the Prehistory of the Mediterranean. (Co- authored with Clive Vella) $5,000 2012 Office of International Affairs Summer Travel Award, Brown University. 2012 Graduate School Research Award, Brown University. $1,600 2011 Office of International Affairs Summer Travel Award, Brown University. 2011 Graduate School Research Award, Brown University. $2,500 2010 National Geographic Society/Waitt Grants Program W86-10. Pasts and Present: Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat, West Indies. (Co-author; Co- PIs John F. Cherry & Krysta Ryzewski) $10,544 2007-12 Joukowsky Presidential Fellow, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University. $273,000 2006-07 Research Preparation Masters Scheme Scholar, Arts and Humanities Research Council/Dept. of Archaeology, University of Sheffield. ₤13,700 2007 Petrie Watson Exhibition Fieldwork Award, Dept. of Archaeology, University of Sheffield 2006 Wiedemann Fund Conference Travel Award, Wiedemann Fund/Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies vi 2006 Bell Prize, Faculty of Arts, University of St Andrews 2006 Leventis Foundation Summer Travel Award, A.G. Leventis Foundation 2005 Lady Maxwell Prize, Dept. of Classics, University of St Andrews 2005 Adam Smith Thompson Travel Scholar, Dept. of Classics, University of St Andrews 2005 Society of Antiquaries Summer Travel Award, Tessa & Mortimer Wheeler Memorial Fund, Society of Antiquaries of London 2004 Hamish & Eileen Todd Prize, Dept. of Classics, University of St. Andrews CURRENT RESEARCH 2013— Southern Sardinia Archaeological Project (Sardinia, Italy) GIS Coordinator and Collaborating Archaeologist 2009— Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat (Montserrat, West Indies) GIS Coordinator and Survey Team Leader (2011—); Collaborating Archaeologist (2009—) COMPLETED RESEARCH 2008-09 Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project (Boeotia, Greece) Survey Team Leader (2009); Field Assistant (2008) 2004-09 Sangro Valley Project (Abruzzo, Italy) Research Associate, Landscape Archaeology and GIS (2008-9); Survey Team Leader (2007-9); Site Supervisor (2005-6); Field Assistant (2004) 2008 Terra Incognita Survey Project (Molise, Italy) Survey Team Leader (2008) 2005 Kato Fana Archaeological Project (Chios, Greece) Field Assistant (2005) 2001 Fenland Archaeological Trust (Peterborough, UK) Field Assistant (2001) PUBLICATIONS Leppard, Thomas P. Under review. The Colonization of Islands and Coasts by Food-Producing Communities: the Mediterranean, Pacific, and Caribbean in Comparative Perspective. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. Leppard, Thomas P. In preparation 2014. Unique Challenges in Archipelagoes as Landscapes: Examples from the Mediterranean and Pacific islands. In Peter Siegel (ed). Island Historical Ecology: Socionatural Landscapes across the Caribbean Sea. Santa Fe: SAR Press. Cherry, John F. and Thomas P. Leppard. Forthcoming 2013. A little history of Mediterranean island prehistory. In B. Knapp and P. Van Dommelen (eds.). The Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze Age – Iron Age Mediterranean. Cambridge: CUP. Cherry, John F., Krysta Ryzewski, and Thomas P. Leppard. 2012. Multi-period Landscape vii Survey and Site Risk Assessment on Montserrat, West Indies. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 7(2):282-302. Cherry, John F., Krysta Ryzewski, Thomas P. Leppard, and Emanuela Bocancea. 2012. The earliest phase of settlement in the eastern Caribbean: new evidence from Montserrat. Antiquity 86. Available at http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/cherry333/. ORGANIZED AND CHAIRED SYMPOSIA 2012 Before Mare Nostrum: Current Issues in the Prehistory of the Mediterranean (co- organized with Clive Vella, Alex Knodell, and Müge Durusu). Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University. 2012 Frogs Crossing the Pond: New Frontiers in Regional Archaeology (co-organized and co-chaired with Bradley M. Sekedat and Parker VanValkenburgh). Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, April 18-22. 2008 New England Graduate Archaeology Workshop (co-organized with Claudia Moser). Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University. PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS 2013 Embedded 'Subsistence': Exploring the Social, Material, and Ecological Rhythms of Neolithic Foodways (with Chantel E. White). Theoretical Archaeology Group, Chicago, Illinois, May 9-11. 2013 New Prehistoric Sites on Montserrat, West Indies (with John F. Cherry, Krysta Ryzewski, and Emanuela Bocancea). Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii, April 3-7. 2012 Quantifying insularity: regional archaeology and island prehistory in the Lesser Antilles. Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting. Memphis, Tennessee, April 18-22. 2011 The Prehistory of Montserrat: a Synthesis and an Update (with John F. Cherry and Krysta Ryzewski). International Association of Caribbean Archaeologists Biennial Meeting in Martinique. 2011 Using a GIS framework in Caribbean landscape archaeology: Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat 2010 (with Luke J. Pecararo, John F. Cherry, Krysta Ryzewski and Elizabeth Murphy). Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting. Sacramento, California, March 30-April 3. 2010 ‘Trust no cloud’: Communities and community archaeology under the Soufrière Hills Volcano on Montserrat, West Indies (with John F. Cherry, Krysta Ryzewski and Elizabeth Murphy). American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana, November 17-21. 2010 Parallels and contrasts in Neolithic maritime expansions: the case of the Lapita, Saladoid and Cardial-Impressed phenomena. Brown University 2010 Archaeology versus the Volcano: Survey and Landscape Archaeology in Montserrat (with John F. Cherry, Krysta Ryzewski, and Elizabeth Murphy). Brown University viii 2010 The Emergence of Globalization? Islands, Sailing and Network Intensification in the Early Bronze Age Cyclades. Archaeological Institute of American Annual Meeting in Anaheim 2009 Metallurgy and Urbanization: A Synthetic Model of Cypriot State Formation in the Bronze Age. Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting in Philadelphia 2009 Quantitative Approaches to Regional Archaeology: An Introduction to GIS. Sangro Valley Project Field School 2008 Metallurgy, urbanization, and behavioral structures: a synthetic approach to increased social cohesion in the Cypriot LBA. American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting in Boston TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND GUEST LECTURES 2013 Teaching Assistant, Brown University, RI. Animals in Archaeology. 2013 Guest Lecturer, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University, RI. Archaeology's Dirty Little Secrets. Lecture Title: The Archaeology of Social Complexity on Montserrat. 2012 Guest Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Framingham State College, MA. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. Lecture title: The Archaeology and Ethnography of the Pacific. 2011 Guest Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, NC. Introduction to Archaeology. Lecture title: The First Civilizations of Europe:
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