Invited
Lectures and Presentations:
2010 Experiment and Experience: Ancient Egypt in the Present. Swansea
University,
Centre for Egyptology and Mediterranean Archaeology, Wales,
UK. May 10-12
"Exposing Ancient Egyptian Shipbuilders Secrets"
(scheduled)
American Research Center in Egypt, Arizona Chapter. Tucson,
April 8 (scheduled)
"Radar for the Lost Barque"
2009 University of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research Tucson,
March 5
"A Vision for the Collections of the LTRR"
Blinn College, Geographic Society Bryan, TX, Feb. 27
"Fieldwork and Anthropology: Why Bother?"
Texas Community College Teachers Association annual meeting.
Austin, Feb. 20
"Teaching Anthropology: Integrating Field Work &
the Classroom"
2008 Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, hosted by The Egyptian Museum,
Cairo
Theme: Intercultural Contacts in the Ancient Mediterranean.’
October 26-29
"Ancient Egyptian Ships, Diffusion, and the Mediterranean
World" (poster)
The Egyptian Museum. Cairo, October 19
"A History of Pharaonic Ships and Boats", with
Waheed Edwar
Chicago chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt.
Chicago, June 28
Lecture delivered in conjunction with the Field Museum of
Natural History.
"Ancient Egyptian Ships and Seafaring: What Do We Know?"
Northeast Florida Symposium on Maritime Archaeology. St.
Augustine, March 14
"Iberian Ships in the Age of Expansion: What Can Ship
Timber Tell Us?"
2007 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art. NYC.,
April 27
"The Dahshur Boats Survey Project and Ancient Egyptian
Shipbuilding"
Cultural Collisions: A Carnegie Foundation Initiative. College
Station, February
"The Concept of Identity in Ancient Egypt: The Pharaoh
and His People"
2006 Wadi Gawasis Archaeological Expedition. Mersa Gasus, Egypt. December
30
"Ancient Egyptian Ship Construction and the Dahshur
Boats"
Descobrimentos Ibéricos E Arqueologia Nautica. Lagos,
Portugal. June 1-30
"Story of Iberian Vessels: Forests and Ships during
the Age of Discovery"
2005 The Egyptian Museum. Cairo, January 5
"Reflections in Ancient Egypt’s Old and Middle
Kingdoms: Shipbuilding"
CONFERENCE PAPERS
2010 Society for Historical Archaeology’s annual meeting, Jacksonville,
January 6-10
An Evaluation of Dendrochronology as a Tool for the Interpretation
of Historical Shipwrecks
2009 Sigma Xi’s annual meeting. The Woodlands, TX. November 14-15
A Geophysical Survey for the Lost Ship of a Pharaoh (poster)
American Research Center in Egypt’s annual meeting.
Dallas, April 26
“In Search of Boats: Two Brief Seasons of Remote Sensing
at Dahshur”
2008 American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting. San
Francisco, Nov. 20
"Maritime Archaeology in the Desert: A Multidisciplinary
Search for the Lost Ships of a Pharaoh"
Society for Historical Archaeology’s annual meeting.
Albuquerque, January 10
"Historical Dendroarchaeology in the El Malpais: Lessons
from the Savage Homestead (New Mexico)" with Ronald H. Towner
Archaeological Institute of America’s annual meeting.
Chicago, January 7
"Dovetails or Lashings? A Case Study in Middle Kingdom
Ship Construction" (poster)
2007 American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting. Washington
DC, Dec. 2
"A Method to Extract Cultural Information from Ship
Timber"
American Research Center in Egypt’s annual meeting.
Toledo, April 20-22
"Dovetails or Lashings: Case Study in Middle Kingdom
Ship Construction"
Archaeological Institute of America’s annual meeting.
San Diego, January 4-7
"The Cairo Dahshur Boats"
2006 Pathways Symposium. Texas A&M University System. Houston, November
10
"At the Foot of the Pharaoh: the Cairo Dahshur Boats"
(poster)
American Research Center in Egypt’s annual meeting.
Jersey City, April 28
"The Cairo Dahshur Boats: Interpretations and Conclusions"
Society for Historical Archaeology’s annual meeting.
Sacramento, January 14
"Forests and Ships in the Iberian Peninsula during
the Age of Discovery"
2005 American Research Center in Egypt’s annual meeting. Cambridge,
MA April 23
"Preliminary Social and Technological Analysis: the
Cairo Dahshur Boats"
Melbern Glasscock Center for Humanities Research. College
Station, TX. March
"Forest Management Practices in Early America c.1500-1862"
OTHER RECENT PRESENTATIONS
2008 St. Alban’s Lodge #1455 A.F. & A.M. (Freemasons). College
Station, March 21
"PLVS OLTRE or NE PLUS ULTRA…that is the Question"
St. Alban’s Lodge #1455 A.F. & A.M. (Freemasons).
College Station, January 18
"Operative Stone Masons and the Sea in the Ancient
Mediterranean"
2007 Texas A&M University, Department of Geophysics, Graduate Seminar.
Nov. 19
"Archaeological Applications of Magnetic Imaging and
Remote Sensing"
University of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research.
Tucson, June 1
"Dendroarchaeology of the Savage Homestead Site, New
Mexico" with Ron Towner, et al.
2004- Texas A&M University, Department of Anthropology, Numerous
lectures
2007 Graduate and undergraduate
courses
Organization
of Conferences
2007 The Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation Lecture Series.
College Station, Texas.
Co-organizer: http://nautarch.tamu.edu/shiplab/index.htm
2006 Descobrimentos Ibéricos E Arqueologia Nautica. Nautical Archaeology
in Iberia, during the Age of Discoveries.
Lagos,
Portugal. June 1-30. Co-organizer.
Symposia
Organized at International
Meetings
2010 Society for Historical Archaeology’s annual meeting, Jacksonville,
January 6-10
Invited session chair:
“Methodological and Theoretical Contributions in Historical Archaeology”
2008 American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting, San
Francisco. Nov. 20
“Maritime
Archaeology as Anthropology: Diverse Multidisciplinary Approaches”
Co-chair
and co-organizer: Benjamin Ford
2006 Society for Historical Archaeology’s annual meeting, Sacramento.
January 14
“The
Edge of Empire - Iberian Ships” Co-organized with Filipe Castro
Discussants: Roger C. Smith and Brad Loewen
Documentaries
and Advising
2008 Soaring Eagle Adventures, LLC
-Advising: Expedition, regarding ancient Egyptian seafaring
2007 Arcadia Entertainment and Playmaker Films (Canadian)
-Advising: An eight-part series for History Television
-To film “Go Deep: Ancient Egyptian Seafaring”
2006 Längengrad Filmproduktion (German)
-To film “Unlocking Pharaohs’ Cellar” (in English, French,
German)
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