BA in Archaeology, 2024
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| Areas of Interest | |
| Eastern Mediterranean archaeology; archaeobotany; anthracology; environmental archaeology; human-environment interactions; land use & management; landscape reconstruction; GIS; historical ecology; foodways & identity.
Exploring how people responded to and lived through times of crisis, turmoil, and instability, particularly during the Bronze Age-Iron Age transition in the Eastern Mediterranean region. I hope to further interrogate what happened after the end of the Bronze Age, the endurance of cultures despite rises and falls, and the dynamic relationship between people, plants, and their environment. |
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| Excavation and Fieldwork | |
| The Athenian Agora Excavations UROP, Prehistoric Egyptian Wood Charcoal Analysis: I work under the supervision of Professor Marston on analyzing wood charcoal collected from two Upper Egypt Neolithic settlements—Halfia Gibli and Semeineh |
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| What have you been doing since you’ve graduated? | |
| I am planning on attending a one-year Master’s program in the UK in environmental archaeology and continuing my training in archaeobotany. | |
| If you could give a piece of advice to your past self, what would it be? | |
| Don’t be afraid. Try new things. Make mistakes. Embrace uncertainties. | |
| Honors Thesis Title | |
| Honors Thesis: Never forget where you came from: Formation of the Philistine migrant identity in the Southern Levant, 12th century BCE
Faculty advisors: Dr. Andrea Berlin and Dr. Becky Martin |
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| Awards and Honors | |
| Honors, Independent Work for Distinction CAS College Prize for Excellence, 2024 Summa Cum Laude BU Center for the Humanities Robert E. Yellin Award, 2022 BU Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Student Research Award, 2022, 2023 |
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| List scholarships and grants you’ve received while at BU, include any received outside of BU. | |
| Mary Beaudry Broadening Archaeological Participation Fund, 2022 CAS Honors Research Travel Fund, 2023 Archaeology Students Research Grants, 2023 CAS Student Academic Enhancement Fund, 2024 Archaeology Program Mobius Fund, 2024 |
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