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Odorheiu Secuiesc Research Osteology Workshop

 

Staff:

 

Project Director: Jonathan Bethard (Boston University)

Project Assistant: Donovan Adams (2016 - UNLV), Emily Peschel (2015 - University of Calgary), Katie Woods (2014 – UNLV), Anna Osterholtz (2013 – UNLV)

Project Coordinator: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Archaeological Coordinator: Zsolt Nyaradi (Haaz Rezso Muzeum)

Workshop: Late Medieval Crisis Populations

 

Participants:

2016 Team (4 weeks – Bioarchaeology of Children/Juvenile Osteology Research Workshop)

  • Albers, Grace Norene

  • Allen, Ginger Cyan

  • Barrera, Chloe Elizabeth

  • Blevins, Brittney Leeann

  • Cronkhite, Camille Anastasia

  • Dey, Audrey Marie

  • Filipeli, Jessica

  • Furtner, Margaret Julia

  • Griffith, Maura Kathleen

  • Hall, Felicity

  • Kombel, Samantha Lauren

  • McKenzie, Alexandra Madelyn Rafaela

  • Perez, Maria Cristina

  • Re, Justine Georgina

  • Wright, Hallie Taylor

  • Gunderson, Elizabeth Haley

  • Xie, Yishan

 

2016 Team (4 weeks – Adult Osteology Research Workshop)

  • Ahuja, Namrata

  • Allen, Ginger Cyan

  • Amuso, Rebecca

  • Anderson, Sean Outland

  • Barouch, Lea Claudine

  • Hannigan, Elizabeth Mackenzie

  • Kvicalova, Marie

  • Lam,

  • Lim, Evelyn

  • Malewski, Paige

  • Moon, Tori Lynn

  • Pawlikowski, Todd Christopher

  • Rosenblatt, Robert Benjamin

  • Somogyi, Nicolette Kristina

  • Spiller, Sarah Joy Louise

  • Staples, James Wallace

  • Tramontano, Katie Ann

  • Wright, Sterling Lee

2015 Team (4 weeks – Juvenile Osteology Research Workshop / Bioarchaeology of children)

  • Bailey, Savanna

  • Cardona, Jasmin L.

  • Clemmons, Chaunesey M.

  • Day, Texanna

  • Eck, Christopher J.

  • Gettler, Anna E.

  • Heller, Rachael

  • Kuehn, Kelsi N.

  • Miller, Chloe

  • Mohammed, Anum N.A.

  • Smith, Madeline M.

  • Tegtmeyer, Matthew T.

  • White, Madison R.

  • Zuelsdorf, Christine J.

 

2015 Team (4 weeks – Adult Osteology Research Workshop)

  • Badua, Rosanna R.

  • Bailey, Savanna

  • Cleary, Brittany C.

  • Coke, Ashley

  • Cotrona, Sierra S.

  • Dahl, Ellen C.

  • DeCouto, Chelseyann E.

  • Dunn, Francesca E.

  • Halaburda, Andrea C.

  • Hipp, Jennifer K.L

  • Illiff-Mackey, April

  • Juve, Emily C.

  • Kelly, Emma B.

  • Kondor, Samantha B.

  • Kuehn, Kelsi N.

  • Miller, Chloe

  • Parent, Maude

  • Sanders, Sally C.

  • Schroeder, Kaitlyn M.

  • White, Madison R.

 

2014 Team (4 weeks – Juvenile Osteology Research Workshop / Bioarchaeology of Children)

  • Bertrand, Tania

  • Besinger, Paige E.

  • Boswell, Heather I.

  • Burke, Jillian

  • Epelman, Abbeygail C.

  • Haydel, Erik

  • Horlick-Cruz, Brian K.

  • Lester, Sabrina

  • Marshall, Garrett M.

  • Meroney, Marie

  • Neale, Katie J.

  • Pageau, Hanna M.

  • Shelley, Matthew T

  • Wineinger, Robin

  • Yapp, Poppy

 

2014 Team (4 weeks – Osteology Research Workshop)

  • Andersson, Karina

  • Baird, Jessica A.

  • Benitez, Daniel J.

  • Bingham, Heather

  • Burnett, Lisa D.

  • Conrad, Tiffany

  • Cote, Kristen J.

  • Frost, Andrea

  • Goldstein, Deanna M.

  • Hansen, David W. II

  • Horlick-Cruz, Brian K.

  • Köcher, Ginelle Kathryn

  • Lamb, Ciera

  • Lester, Sabrina

  • Logan, Ashley M.

  • Manella, Elizabeth

  • Nemo, Leslie A.

  • Rothwell, Jessica E.

  • Tamura, Ellie I.

 

2013 Team (4 weeks – Osteology Research Workshop)

  • Cates, Valerie A.

  • Flor-Stagnato, Kathleen

  • Gray, Charlotte E.

  • Gustavson. Kelsea R.

  • Hennessey, Christopher J.

  • Holley, Robert G.

  • Jacobson, Nicole

  • Knaub, Colene Elizabeth

  • Maritvold, Katrine

  • McLeod, Nicola

  • McWhirter, Zoe

  • Morrison, Paige S.M.C.

  • Parkinson, Melissa

  • Riegert, Dorothy A.

  • Rock, Karen A.

  • Roffers, Molly

  • Sexton, Emily

  • Wallace, Sara A.



Lost Churches Funerary Excavation

 

Staff:

 

Field Director: Katie Zejdllik (2015-2016 - Western Carolina University,; JPAC-CIL / University of Hawai), Allysha Winburn (2014 – U. of Florida), Kirsty Squires (2013 – ArchaeoTek)

Excavation Director: Zsolt Nyaradi (Haaz Rezso Muzeum)

Project Coordinator: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Field Assistant: Katie Hulhavy (2016 - U. of Tennessee-Knoxville), Tyler Dunn (2015 - University of Illinois), Annie Riegert (2014 – ArchaeoTek), Anna Osterholtz (2013 – UNLV)

Excavation: Late Medieval Church Cemetery

 

Participants:

 

2016 Team (6 weeks – Lost Church of Valeni)

  • Alekic, Arnela

  • Amiotte, Mary Kathryn

  • Anderson, William Glenn

  • Bolman, Allison Marie

  • Boyer, Cassandra Anne Kwy-San

  • Burgis, Harley Elizabeth

  • Callahan, Brittany Marie

  • Callahan, Brittany Marie

  • Chojnacki, Mallory Jean

  • Dorn, Larisa Johanna

  • Evangelou, Elizabeth Ann

  • Gomez, Kayla R.

  • Griffith, Maura Kathleen

  • Hoke, Michael P.

  • Kools, Martha Cleereman

  • Lam, Eris Witty

  • Lim, Eleanor Marie Sambajon

  • Magruder, Amy Dawn Houston

  • Martinka, Mary Catherine

  • Meloro, Raphaela M.

  • Morford, Katharine

  • Moses, Morgan Nicole

  • Moura, Georgina

  • Murphy, Kara Erin

  • Neville, Melanie Andreea

  • Olson, Olivia Nicole

  • Paige, Julianne Marie

  • Petruzzelli, Bianca

  • Phillips, Eilidh Rhiannon

  • Ravn-Boess, Emilia

  • Robinson, Kashique A.S

  • Schneider, Mary Bernadette

  • Short, Gabriel Hollis

  • Simpson, Diana Sherman

  • Taylor, Crista Gloriann

  • Thompson, Katie Anne

  • Todd, Alison Emery

  • Toombs, Candice Marie

  • Villarreal, Kendall Leann

  • Woolsey, Emily Noel

  • Wright, Sterling Lee

2015 Team (6 weeks - Lost Church of Valeni)

  • Alvarez, Karina E.

  • Belanger, Emilie A.

  • Blanco, Marie L.

  • Brown, Andrew

  • Chadwell, Kimberly J.

  • Chasse, Georgina L.

  • Clarke, Siobhan J.

  • Cleary Brittany C.

  • Cotret, Marianne R. de

  • Creighton Davenport, Miranda J.

  • Falco, Drusilla R.

  • Fisette, Sara

  • Flynn-Arajdal, Yasmine

  • Foley, John R.

  • Gerhardt, Krysalyn C.

  • Grutterink, Rico R.

  • Halaburda, Andrea C.

  • Hall, Carys A.

  • Hay, Savannah J.

  • Heller, Rachael

  • Houk, Sierra M.

  • Hughes, Adam G.

  • Ladage, Olivier

  • Mayfield, Marlena J.

  • McCaskill, Kathleen

  • Mohammed, Anum N.A.

  • Morris, Chantal L.

  • Murray, Morgan

  • Nordstrom, Eric D.R.

  • Perea, Kylee M.

  • Rash, Hannah E.

  • Reker, Ariel M.

  • Sackett, Marissa K.

  • Schiavon, Gaia

  • Schroeder, Kaitlyn M.

  • Simpson, Kate M.

  • Stanley, Stephanie L.

  • Taylor Orzechowski, Loren T.

  • Tetik, Emre A.

  • Vartto, Rebecca L.

  • Vignola, Joannie

  • Voas, Maddeline R.

  • Wargo, Leah M.

 

2014 Team (6 weeks – Lost Church of Valeni)

  • Baird, Jessica A.

  • Bertrand, Tania

  • Brennan, Emily J.

  • Brun, Karen E.

  • Celej, Monique

  • Chapman, Marie M.

  • Conrad, Tiffany

  • Halliwell, Tamara K.

  • Hansen, David W. II

  • Hawk, Rebekah

  • Kearns, Aisling B.

  • Keller, Hannah M.

  • Leach, Savannah G.

  • Logan, Ashley M.

  • Marshall, Garrett M.

  • Martinec, Ty M.

  • Miller, Alex J.

  • Miller, Melissa J.

  • Miller, Chloe M.

  • Mohamed, Cynthia A.

  • Moritz, Melissa

  • Musacchia, Jeana M.

  • Pageau, Hanna M.

  • Pendray, Jennifer M.

  • Rothwell, Jessica E.

  • Sacks, Lita

  • Shaw, Jacob

  • Shaw, Kadian V.

  • Stamm, Ellie M.

  • Swift, Lauren J.

  • Trevethick, Robyn J.D.

  • Wing Young, Celeste

  • Zolopa, Camille

 

2013 Team (5 weeks – Lost Churches of Bradesti and Lueta)

  • Baker, Autumn J.

  • Clemens, Elizabeth W.

  • Cuadra, Catrina A.

  • Evans, Elizabeth

  • Flor-Stagnato, Kathleen

  • Geaman, Kristen L.

  • Gengler, Lauren

  • Gray, Charlotte E.

  • Hafner, Victoria

  • Kerr-Carpenter, Katherine

  • Knaub, Colene Elizabeth

  • Kotsoglou, Anastasia

  • Kuchnicki, Saskia

  • McLeod, Nicola

  • McRae, Scott E.

  • Moran, Eleanor

  • Morris, Kasey Tana

  • Panholzer, Kalinda J.

  • Pardee, Carrie E.

  • Parkinson, Melissa

  • Perhay, Nathaniel L.

  • Rich, Kelly Ann

  • Riegert, Dorothy A.

  • Roffers, Molly

  • Singh, Nitasha N.

  • Wallace, Sara A.

  • Wiley, Calvin B

 

Deviant Mass Grave Mortuary Excavation

 

Staff:

 

Field Director: Anna Osterholtz (UNLV)

Excavation Director: Zsolt Nyaradi (Haaz Rezso Muzeum)

Project Coordinator: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Field Assistant: Claira Ralston (UNLV)

Excavation: Late Medieval Deviant Funerary Monument

 

Participants:

2016 Team (6 weeks)

  • Anthony, Alexis Jean

  • Becherer, Ariel

  • Bomba, James Edward

  • Cantor, Erica Lee

  • Chui, Lynn Jing

  • Dubois-Francoeur, Camille

  • Filipeli, Jessica

  • Flor-Stagnato, Kate

  • Foley, Regina Nicole

  • Gullberg, Lauryn Elizabeth

  • Hinson, Carolyn Evan

  • Holloway, Sara Hunter

  • Homeyer, Sarah Marie

  • James, Shannelle Lois

  • Johnson, Norma Marcia

  • Jones, Sabrina Diane

  • Kombel, Samantha Lauren

  • Krummel, Jordan Andrea

  • Marquardt, Sabrina M.

  • McFarland, Kassandra Nicole

  • Meyers, Julia Luba

  • Nielson, Teagen Rayne

  • Norman, Hailie Nicole

  • Novak, Angela Marie

  • Orphanos, Kaylan Elizabeth

  • Paige, Julianne Marie

  • Phillips, Eilidh Rhiannon

  • Povidas, Roxayn Lee

  • Price, Meghan Danielle

  • Radmer, Katrina Sue

  • Reynolds, Rebecca Gabriella

  • Robidoux, Nicola

  • Rowbotham, Aaron Lee

  • Saxman, Gavin A

  • Studebaker-Reed, Mary Susan Elizabeth

  • Txarola, Michelle

  • Wang, Kimberly Meilin

  • Williams, Laura Anne

  • Woolard, Katherine June

Intensive  Osteology Research Workshop

 

Staff:

 

Laboratory Director: Katie Zejdllik (2015-2016 - Western Carolina University)

Archaeology Director: Zsolt Nyaradi (Haaz Rezso Muzeum)

Project Coordinator: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Field Assistant: Katie Hulhavy (2016 - U. of Tennessee-Knoxville)

Workshop: Late Medieval Populations

 

Participants:

2016 Team (3 weeks)

  • Becherer, Ariel

  • Lim, Eleanor Marie Sambajon

  • Morford, Katharine

  • Morin, Juliet Hough

  • Quach, Cecilia

  • Reynolds, Rebecca Gabriella

  • Royle, Emily Nicole

  • Sandquist, Rachel Kristin

  • Saxman, Gavin A

  • Stickley, Alyssa Ruth

  • Todd, Alison Emery

Pathology Osteology Reaserch Workshop

 

Staff:

 

Laboratory Director: Anna Osterholtz (UNLV)

Archaeology Director: Zsolt Nyaradi (Haaz Rezso Muzeum)

Project Coordinator: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Field Assistant: Claira Ralston (UNLV)

Workshop: Late Medieval Populations

 

Participants:

2016 Team (3 weeks)

  • Aloise, Virginie Noel

  • Garrison, Dea Shere

  • Halliwell, Tyler James

  • James, Shannelle Lois

  • Joshi ,Arati Deepak

  • Kenessey, Dori

  • Lee, Jordan Elizabeth

  • Lim, Eleanor Marie Sambajon

  • Malewski, Paige

  • Morford, Katharine

  • Norman, Hailie Nicole

  • Richards, Christina Kaye

  • Williams, Laura Anne

  • Walter, Kristin Annette

  • Shoemaker, Regina Grace

  • Zheng, Natalie

Commingled Remains Research Workshop

 

Staff:

 

Project Director: Anna Osterholtz (UNLV)

Project Zooarchaeologist: Virginia Lucas(UNLV)

Project Coordinator: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Archaeological Coordinator: Angelica Balos (DJCCP Hunedoara)

Workshop and Excavation: LBA Transition Funerary Monument

 

Participants:

 

2015 Team (4 weeks):

  • DeCouto, Chelseyann E.

  • Ebanks, Ryan E.

  • Hinson, Carolyn E.

  • Lu, Michelle

  • Norman, Hailie N.

  • Ralston, Claira E.

  • Windass, Melissa J.

 

Odorheiu Secuiesc Bioarchaeology Research Workshop

 

Staff:

 

Project Director: Jonathan Bethard (Boston University)

Field Directors: Kirsty Squires (ArchaeoTek), Anna Osterholtz (UNLV)

Project Coordinator: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Excavation Director: Zsolt Nyaradi (Haaz Rezso Muzeum)

Workshop: Late Medieval Frontier Populations

 

Participants:

 

2013 Team (6 weeks)

  • Aliano, Anthony

  • Berger, Elizabeth

  • Cates, Valerie A.

  • Covarrubias, Marilynn

  • Erofeev, Tanya

  • Ex, Shari G.

  • Ham, Allison C.

  • Holfeltz, Alexis Lynn

  • Jones, Amber

  • Lovett, Sarah F.

  • Mollard, Priscilla

  • Molvik, Heather

  • Mowrer, Angela M.

  • Oppenheimer, Julia E.

  • Phillips, Kate J.

  • Rock, Karen A.

  • Spake, Laure Y.C.

  • Stuck, Jennifer

  • Thomas, Courtney

  • Travers, Victoria R.

 

 

Cluj-Napoca Osteology Workshop

 

Staff:

 

Project Coordinator: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Scientific Coordinator: Mihai Rotea (MNIT)

Laboratory Instructor: Sabrina Gloux (ArchaeoTek)

Laboratory Assistant: Kori Lea Filipek-Ogden (2011-2012 – ArchaeoTek, CSU Long Beach)

Associate Research Team: Tiberiu Tecar (MNIT)

Workshop: Late Bronze Age - Noua Culture Population Study

 

Participants:

 

2012 Team (8 weeks)

  • Azevedo, Amaretta

  • Bockrath-Bunch, Tina Maria

  • Chea, Khunnara

  • Costello, Amanda K.

  • Davis, Sarah

  • DePew, Sarah Elise

  • Diaz, Martha Nuno

  • Drosou, Konstantina

  • Fisher, Jessica

  • Fitch, Nicholas Marc Eugene

  • Forman, Barbara Ruth

  • Fox, Hunter Michael

  • Frost, Andrea Louise

  • Grabow, Margaret Marian

  • Hall, Sarah A.

  • Haskett-Wood, Alexis Ramona

  • James, Melanie

  • Kephart, Denisha M.

  • Kleopfer, Amanda

  • Kotar, Katie

  • Leatherdale, Alexander John

  • Littrell, Heather

  • McIntyre, Jordan Emily Sinclair

  • Munkittrick, Tricia Jessica Anne

  • Owens, DaLisa

  • Owens, Greg

  • Parades, Doris

  • Penney, Madelaine

  • Powell, Emily

  • Provan, Mallory Elizabeth

  • Rivas, Patricia Carolina

  • Robinson, Oshane O.

  • Schmidt, Amber Rose

  • Snyder, Jordan Ashley

  • Taylor, Calli Amelia

  • Walton, Jennifer Irene

  

2011 Team (8 weeks)

  • Arnold, Livia A.

  • Avalos, Violeta

  • Bougher, Adam

  • Boyanton, Sara N.

  • Brown, Bianca L.

  • Cohen, Adrienne O.

  • Collin, Thomas

  • Copp-LaRoque, Claren

  • Dedios, Elizabeth

  • Devenere, Jaclyn

  • Drosou, Konstantina

  • Freeman, Casey-Lee

  • Gatewood, Jean-Marie

  • Green, Ellen

  • Herron, Ciera

  • Leduc, Stephane

  • Levesque, Cindy G.

  • Marcum, Anya

  • McGrath, Sally

  • Okrutny, Elizabeth

  • Papadopoulos, Nicholas

  • Parrott, Hannah

  • Price, Sophie

  • Ricco, Emily

  • Sawtell, Carrie

  • Schneider-Hawes, Audrey

  • Scudder, Stacy

  • Taivalkoski, Ariel E.

  • Verser, Yvonne

  • Somogyi, Tessa

  • Zindel, Hannah C.

  • Walton, Steven

 

2010 Team (8 weeks)

  • Atkins, Elizabeth Anna

  • Avalos, Violeta Beatriz

  • Caine, Alyson Catherine

  • Collin, Thomas Coleman

  • Filipek, Kori Lea

  • Ignari, Grace Anne

  • Hoffman, Whitney Noel

  • Kittoe, Amanda Grace

  • Lavallo, Gabrielle Teresa

  • Leenheer, Elizabeth

  • Liverseidge, Amanda Lynn

  • Malone, Erin Molly

  • Marcum, Anya Lael

  • McDowall, Sean William

  • O’Shea, Daniel

  • Ricco, Emily Marie

Rapolt Excavation

Roman Settlement Excavation and Survey

Roman Villa Excavation

 

Staff:

 

Field Director: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek-Canada, SUNY Buffalo), Alexander Brown (ArchaeoTek), Gica Baestean (MCDR)

Project Coordinator: Andre Gonciar (ArchaoTek)

Research Team: Mariu Barbu (MCDR), Angelica Bălos (DCCPCN Hunedoara)

Field Assistants: Kenney, Kaleigh (2014-2016 – ArchaeoTek), Chamness, John P. (2014-2016 – ArchaeoTek)

Excavation: Provincial Imperial Roman (Bronze Age, Neolithic, Paleolithic)

 

Participants:

 

2016 Team – Applied Geophysics – GPR Methods and Survey

  • Foley, Regina Nicole

  • Hammock, Cortney Ann

  • Hinson, Carolyn Evan

  • Hwang, Euijun

  • Kniskern, Marin Sean

  • Morris, Isabel M.

  • Rogers, Jordan Reed

  • Rowe, Wyatt James

  • Smith, Allan Joseph

  • Supernaw, Lida Ann

  • Toombs, Candice Marie

  • Watts, Corinne Kaylea

 

2016 Team – Roman Villa Excavation (5 weeks)

  • Ashton, Thomas Leonardo Carneiro

  • Beilfuss, Samantha Jaye

  • Bellafiore, Bianca Marie

  • Brierley-Ambrose, Rachel Kathleen

  • Doris, Nicholas James

  • Gronow, Miranda Rose

  • Grunseit, Anne C

  • Hennessy, Hailee Ann

  • Hoover, Derek Alan

  • Jones, Lauren Stephanie

  • Kean, Jennifer Leigh

  • Kintzel, Hannah Louise

  • Mcloud, Don

  • McPhail, Sam Elliott

  • Miller, Rachel Michelle

  • Morton, Gregory

  • Neville, Melanie Andreea

  • Rife, Brandon Randolph Norman

  • Rogers, Jordan Reed

  • Rogers-Davis, Morgan

  • Sancinito, Jane Elizabeth

  • Smith, Trevor Wesley

  • Supernaw, Lida Ann

  • Taylor, David John

  • Tobias-Moss, Allissa Christine

  • Tramontano, Katie Ann

  • Watts, Corinne Kaylea

 

2016 Team – Roman Settlement Excavation (5 weeks)

  • Addington, Sarah Elizabeth

  • Beaudet, Francis

  • Bilz, Kelly Ann

  • Carmichael, Renata

  • Morris, Isabel M.

  • Nelson, Malcolm

  • Smith, Allan Joseph

  • Vari-Lippert, Tony Robert

  • Ross, Dominic Robert

  • Sheridan, Michael Paul

2015 Team (5 weeks)

  • Belanger-Brunelle, Gabrielle

  • Chennette, Wendy G.

  • Chu, May P.T.

  • Cooper, Michael L.

  • Cooper-Kent, Lennane J.

  • Corcoran, Timothy B.

  • Davidge, Mike

  • Davidson, Harry

  • Hughes, Adam G.

  • Koerner, Christopher A.

  • Komodromou, Phedra

  • Leighton, Brandon A.

  • Matesan, Liana

  • Mower, Kate

  • Parks, Jacob T.

  • Sorensen, Sarah C.

  • Toms, Katelyn E.

  • Wu, Ching-Yuan

 

2014 Team (5 weeks)

  • Baker, Grainne M.

  • Funk, Jennifer K.A.

  • Gonzales, Veronica L.

  • Leadbetter, Joanne

  • Maloy, Ian M.

  • McNamara, John W.

  • Meroney, Marie

  • Mullender, Alec D.

  • Scagnelli, Emma

  • Smith, Allan

  • Stocker, Henri L.

  • Szafara, Victoria

  • Wyatt, Madeline K.

  • Young, Kimberly W.

 

2013 Team (5 weeks)

  • Arnold, Emily

  • Bleho, Kaela B.

  • Davis, Catherine M.

  • Ginsburg, Gerald N.

  • Lerwick, Austin

  • Mitchell, Lucas D.

  • Mower, Kate

  • Reynolds, Blake

  • Smith, Allan

 

Rasnov - Cumidava Excavation

 

Staff:

 

Project Director: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeotTek)

Field Director: Jeremy Miller (ArchaeoTek)

Field Co-Directors: Alvaro Ibarra (2015-2016 ArchaeoTek / College of Charleston), Darren Poltorak (2010-2016 ArchaeoTek / S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo)

Excavation Director: Liviu Petculescu (Romanian National History Museum - MNIR)

Field Directors (RO): Stelian Cosulet, Ionel Bauman (Brasov County Museum)

Field Assistants: Chase Murphree (2016), Jacob Brady (2011 - S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo)

Excavation: Imperial Roman Military, Daco-Roman

 

Participants:

2016 Excavation Team (5 weeks)

  • Calos, Olivia

  • Eagle, Zachary Steven

  • Feinman, Emma J.

  • Hwang, Euijun

  • Kniskern, Marin Sean

  • Krantz, Jake L

  • Lackos, Heather

  • Persson, William Frederick

  • Rowe, Wyatt James

  • Steele, Andrew Travis

  • Sullivan, Caitlin Patricia

  • Velasquez, Yessenia Marisol

2016 Survey Team (4 weeks):

  • Bailey, Ann Elizabeth

  • Feinman, Emma J.

  • Magnasdottir, Vilborg

  • Nielsson, Svavar

  • Rowe, Wyatt James

  • Steele, Andrew

  • Stefansson, Sigurour Snaebjorn

2015 Team (5 weeks)

  • Blanco, Marie L.

  • Eichner, Alexander

  • Henry, William D.

  • King, Bridget L.

  • Lance, Christopher A.

  • Matheson, Mackenzie

  • McGuire, Benjamin A.

  • Patterson, Tristan R.

  • Plevniak, Kelly

  • Rowland, Patrick T.

  • Sipes, Isabella M.

  • Souto-Reyes, Rodrigo

  • Sterchi, Aaron D.

  • Truch, Pete

  • Truch, Doreen A.

  • Ward, Morgan

  • Wetzel, Julia L.

  • Zavacki, Hannah C.

  • Zurfluh, Samantha J.

 

2014 Team (5 weeks)

  • Betters, Ashley

  • Grow, Katie

  • Lavelle, Anne

  • Phillips, Reanna

 

2013 Team (5 weeks)

  • Ashley Cercone

  • Laura Harrison

  • Emily Higgins

  • Katie Jacobson

  • Bryan Kalahan

  • Sofia Luarca

  • Dave McConnell

 

2012 Team (5 weeks)

  • Emily Higgins

  • Tricia Jessica Munkittrick

  • Bryan Kallen

  • Zachary Fuller

  • Ashley Cercone

 

2011 Team (5 weeks)

  • Derrick, Nicholas

  • Higgins, Emily

  • Kowalski, Michael

  • Lim, Swii Yii

  • McArdle, Laura

  • Murphy, Beau

  • Ramirez, Jessica

  • Southam, Justine

 

2010 Team (4 weeks - Phosphate Survey)

  • Dezember, Alex

  • Whyte, Elizabeth

Field Museology and Traditional Crafts Workshop

ASTRA Museum

 

Staff:

 

Project Director: Kaleigh Kenney (2016-ArchaeoTek), Andre Gonciar (2015-ArchaeoTek-Canada, SUNY Buffalo), Alexander Brown (ArchaeoTek), Gica Baestean (MCDR)

Project Coordinator: George Tomegea (ASTRA)

Workshop: Traditional crafts (Iron age to Medieval)

Participants:

2016 Team (4 weeks)

  • Aslinger, Holly Elizabeth

  • Clark, Jesse Houston

  • Gallagher, Brianna Marie

  • Hammock, Cortney Ann

  • Lepsik, Stephanie

  • Lucci, Jessica Maria

  • Miller, Rachel Michelle

  • Racine, Dominique Julien

  • Schreiber, Kimberly

  • Watts, Nicholas Robert

  • Wright, Ariel Marna

 

2015 Team (4 weeks)

  • Chin, Jay S.

  • Dors, Audrey L.

  • Gaitonde, Heather F.

  • Harris, Elizabeth R.

  • Henry, William D.

  • Jensen, Ashley A.

  • Schrader, Joseph

  • Young, Colin D.

Sarmizegetusa Ulpia Traiana Excavation

 

Staff:

 

Field Director: Alexander Brown (ArchaeoTek / SUNY Buffalo)

Excavation Director: Carmen Ciongradi (National Museum of History of Transylvania - MNIT)

Project Coordinator: Andre Gonciar (ArchaoTek)

Research Team: Alexandru Diaconescu (Babes Bolyai University), Emilian Bota (MNIT), Gica Baestean (Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisations - MCDR),

Field Assistants: Kenney, Kaleigh (2014-2015 – ArchaeoTek), Chamness, John P. (2014-2015 – ArchaeoTek)

Excavation: Provincial Imperial Roman

 

Participants:

 

2015 Team (5 weeks)

  • Blackwell, Mikayla J.

  • Cooper, Michael L.

  • Cooper-Kent, Lennane J.

  • Cox, Alexis R.

  • Cuc-Capota, Joshua

  • Davidge, Mike

  • Davis, Jennifer J.R.

  • Flaherty, Timothy W.

  • Jensen, Ashley A.

  • Johnson, Lauren A.

  • Kallmes, Kevin M.

  • Kroshel, Nathan B.

  • Rover, Thomas O.

  • Scagnelli, Emma

  • Stocker, Henry L.

  • Verhasselt, Kristina M.

  • Wychor, Morgan M.

 

2014 Team (5 weeks)

  • Adams, Olivia L.

  • Andreson, Alex C.

  • DeCecco, Katherine L

  • Kiefer, Joshua U.

  • Miller, Jeremy C.

  • Sellers, Linda L.

  • Szafara, Victoria

Sibot (Sarmizegetusa UT) Excavation

 

Staff:

 

Field Director: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Excavation Director: Paul Damian (Romanian National History Museum )

Field Assistants: Alec Brown (ArchaoTek, Harvard U.), Kaleigh Kenney (ArchaeoTek), Olivia Calos (SUNY Buffalo), Laure Robichon (ArchaeoTek)

Research Team: Adela Baltac, Corina Bors, Alexandru Ratiu (Romanian National History Museum)

Excavation: Imperial Provincial Roman

 

 

Participants:

 

2012 Team (5 weeks)

  • Bell, Kerri Lynn

  • Bommersbach, Bryan Lee

  • Brennan, Candice Marie

  • Calos, Olivia Nicole

  • Claybrook, Danielle Patrice

  • Cohen, Adrienne

  • Fox, Hunter Michael

  • Frye, David

  • Frye, Patrick

  • Gallant, Michael Vernon

  • Gallo, Julia

  • Hilliard, Clark  E.

  • Hiratsuka, Stefan Eiji

  • Lindsay, Katie Marie

  • Mallinger, Nicholas DeLyle

  • Merritt, Evan Rogers

  • Miller, Christopher James

  • Miller, Laila Laurel Quina

  • Papin, Nicholas

  • Patrick, Zachary Delos

  • Peck Plantevin, Maia

  • Poirot, Amber

  • Poirot, John

  • Robichon, Laure

  • Wight, Evan

  • Zeek, Christina Rose

 

Racos Excavation

 

Staff:

 

Field Director: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Excavation Director: Florea Costea (Brasov County History Museum - MJI)

Trench Director: Alec Brown (2011-2013 - ArchaoTek-Canada, Harvard U.. SUNY Buffalo)

Field Assistants: Kaleigh Kenney (2011-2013 – ArchaeoTek), Charles Ward (2013 – ArchaeoTek), Laure Robichon (2012-2013 – ArchaeoTek), Christopher Mazey (2010 – U. of Victoria), Raymond Whitlow (2009 – SUNY Buffalo), Darren Poltorak (2009 – SUNY Buffalo)

Research Team: Radu Ştefănescu, Lucica Olga Savu (MJI Braşov), Valeriu Sîrbu (Brăila Museum), Angelica Bălos (DCCPCN Hunedoara)

Excavation: Early Iron Age (Hallstatt), Late Iron Age (La Tene - Dacian), Middle Bronze Age (Wietenberg)

 

Participants:

 

2013 Team (5 weeks)

  • Chamness, John P.

  • Fletcher. Christopher W.

  • Juhl, Lainie P.

  • Lerwick, Austin

  • Machnowska, Julia K.

  • McDonough, Jesse

  • Patterson, Deirdre

  • Reed, Danielle J.

  • Spence, Emma H.

 

2012 Team (5 weeks)

  • Becker, Kimberly Adrienne

  • Black, Kandy Suzanne

  • Calos, Olivia Nicole

  • Cruz-Morales, Christian Omar

  • Fitzgerald, Cassandra

  • Fitzgerald, Leah Marie

  • Czujko, Stephen Paul

  • Gray, Aaron R.

  • Gudima, Marya Severinovna

  • Houston, Nathaniel Elias

  • Lineen, James P.P.

  • Lowe, Sarah Ruth

  • Maclean, Kaitlin

  • O'Brien, Holly

  • O'Connor, Madeline

  • Robichon, Laure

  • Smitheram, Craig

  • Sweda, Natalie

  • Ward, Sarah

  • Williams, James Francis

 

2011 Team (5 weeks)

  • Arnold, Livia A.

  • Dick, Shannon E.

  • Engstrom, Astrid

  • Kaganova, Marina

  • Leduc, Stephane

  • Lukich, Vasilija

  • Luster, Rachael J.

  • Mann, Justin A.

  • McCreary, Helen S.

  • Price, Sophie

  • Steinkraus, Matthew R.

  • Stup, Jeffrey P.

  • Taivalkoski, Ariel E.

  • Ward, Charles

  • Wassil, Adam

  • Strong, Hilary G.

  • Zindel, Hannah C.

  • Wilson, Abby

 

2010 Team (5 weeks)

  • Brum, Misty Clare-Marie

  • Budzinski, Christopher Michael

  • Burr-Austen, Margaret

  • Chau, Kearsten A.

  • Christian, Adam M.

  • Dee, Matthew J.

  • Denman, Amanda Marie Gloria

  • Edwards, Wren Ingrid

  • Ene, Ion-Theodor

  • Gibson, Crystal Lynn

  • Harris, Megan

  • Heisler, Philip R.

  • Hipson, Daniel

  • Hoppe, Katherine S.A.

  • Kenney, Kaleigh Russelle Dupree

  • Lazrak, Houda

  • Lighton, Michelle Keara

  • Mericka, Bohuslav

  • Moore, Brett G

  • Orlova, Alisa

  • Roberto, Kathryn T.

  • Robichon, Laure

  • Schauer, Matthew P.

  • Smith, Bethany Joy

  • Stamm, Katherine

  • Stewart, Benjamin Keith

  • Trautman, Darryl R

  • Trautman, David

  • Tucker, Julian

  • Windsor, James M.

  • Yergens, Chelsey

 

2009 Team (5 weeks)

  • Beavis, Miki A.

  • Black, Jennifer

  • Carr, Amanda E.

  • Christensen, Shawn M.

  • Cole, Esther J.

  • Cox, Adam C.F.

  • Darnell, Mitch

  • DeWeese, Sarah E.

  • Durjvenboden, Louis von

  • Edwards, Elizabeth H.

  • Fox, Daniel

  • Gibson, Keneth

  • Gonzales, Abneries (Anya) G.

  • Gloux, Sabrina

  • Hanna, Caitlin E.

  • Heithaus, Theresa A.

  • Jones, Claire

  • Kearney, Jarod

  • Larose, Thesa

  • Marshall, Judith

  • Messick, Addison M.

  • Olson, Eric S.

  • Remaley, Angelica C.

  • Shane, Christopher

  • Snoxell, Paul W.

  • Sunnari, Mikko

  • Verschure, Matthijs J.H.

  • Whiteway, Autumn

  • Whyte, Elizabeth

  • Wiles, Nathaniel R.

  • Wilson, Teresa J.

  • Yeates, Kelly R.

  • Zinz, Caroline R.

 

2008 Team (5 weeks)

  • Arcenas, Scott

  • Bell, Ffion

  • Berger, Laura

  • Canady, Leann Michelle

  • Falvey, Robert

  • Ibarra, Alvaro

  • Kehm, Emily

  • Lombardo, Traci E.

  • McKinstry, Sarah

  • Neises, Kaitlyn

  • Proudfoot, Evan

  • Randall, Catherine N

  • Sam, Deneve

  • Tippetts, Joan

  • Aerle, Remy van

  • Walker, Julie

 

 

Cheile Turului Excavation and Survey

 

Staff:

 

Field Director: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Excavation Director: Mihai Rotea (MNIT)

Research Team: Tiberiu Tecar (MNIT)

Excavation: Early Bronze Age (Cotofeni, Copaceni), Middle Bronze Age (Wietenberg)

 

Participants:

 

2011 Team (5 weeks)

  • Acobes, Bianca L.

  • Awad, Danielle

  • Brown, Alec

  • Burns, Matthew H.

  • Copp-LaRoque, Claren

  • Dewan, Eve H.

  • Fleming, Mary

  • Green, Kelly

  • Harrison, Charlotte E

  • Illsley, William

  • Kelly, Susan J.

  • Nord, Samantha

  • Okrutny, Elizabeth C-J

  • Rohr, Chelsea

  • Somogyi, Tessa A.

  • Thomas, Denise

  • Ullmann, Jakob M.

  • Weber, Amber

 

 

Soimeni Excavation

 

Staff:

 

Field Director: Raymond Whitlow (S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo / ArchaeoTek)

Excavation Director: Valerii Kavruk (MNCR)

Project Coordinator: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Research Team: Dan Buzea (MNCR), Gheorghe Lazarovici

Excavation: Late Neolithic (Ariusd), Early Bronze Age (Ciumortan) and Middle Bronze Age (Wietenberg)

 

Participants:

 

2011 Team (8 weeks)

  • Chalkiadaki, Virginia

  • Costa, Joe

  • Franken, Megan

  • Nord, Samantha

  • Paipati, Chrysi

  • Rasmussen, Christian

  • Rogers-Martin, Jared

  • Skutkova, Karin

  • White, Kirrily

 

2010 Team (4 weeks - Bronze Age Project)

  • Stephen, Ball

  • Tim, Mediaris

  • Lisa, Nesselbeck

  • Dan, O'Shea

  • Lon, Peterson

  • Joe, Rotach

  • Garrett, Trask

  • Jamie, Visser

  • Elizabeth, White

 

2010 Team (4 weeks - Neolithic Project)

  • Amanda, Burdine

  • Rachael, Koch

  • Mary, Matthews

  • Fumihito, Nagase

 

 

Tilisca Excavation

 

Staff:

 

Field Director: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Excavation Director: Dumitru Popa (University Lucian Blaga)

Field Assistants: Toby Martin (2007 – Oxford U.), Steliana Dogeanu (2006 – ArchaeoTek)

Excavation: Early Iron Age (Hallstatt), Late Iron Age (La Tene - Dacian), Middle Bronze Age (Wietenberg)

 

Participants:

 

2007 Team (5 weeks)

  • Anderson, Muriel

  • Barr, Judith

  • Becker, Sebastian N.

  • Carnes, Geremy R

  • Fitzgerald-Clark, Edward P.

  • Golubiewski, Kristina M.

  • Gorton, Andrea C.

  • Gustafsson, Lina

  • Hinrichsen, Kellen M.

  • Holman, Natalie

  • Hunter, Samuel

  • Ianovskaia, Volha 

  • Kormendy, Zsolt

  • Leonard, Timothy D.

  • Mazey, Chris

  • McLoud, Don

  • Mesko, Virginia

  • Mira y Lopez, Thomas

  • Mitchell, Elizabeth L.

  • Peugh, Evan

  • Przyluska, Gina 

  • Rutecki, Dawn M.

  • Thompson, Amy

  • Trimble, Mary C.

  • Verill, Elizabeth

  • Whitlow, Raymond

 

2006 Team (5 weeks)

  • Benton, Jim

  • Berg, Peter

  • Davidson, Zane

  • Friedman, Hannah

  • Green, Jasmine

  • Huntley, Katherine

  • Jewitt, Lucy

  • Knust, Aria

  • Kupprat, Felix

  • Lundstrom, Fredrik

  • Martin, Toby

  • McCormick, Ryan F.

  • Palace, Mortimer O.

  • Sandell, Fredrik

  • Shoubridge, Chris

  • Wong, Kimberly

 

 

Halmeag Excavation

 

Staff:

 

Field Director: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Excavation Director: Florea Costea (Brasov County Museum)

Field Assistants: Iulian Schiopu (Fagaras Country Museum), Steliana Dogeanu (Archaeotek), Donald McLoud (Archaeotek)

Excavation: Late Neo-Eneolithic (Petresti-Ariusd and Cotofeni)

 

Participants:

 

2007 Team (5 weeks)

  • Addleman, Kristi R.

  • Bourgon, Genevieve

  • Cross, Kearsten L.

  • Howie, Fiona

  • Lachapelle, Eddy

  • O'Hanlon, Ashley T.

  • Richard, Ian T.

  • Rousse, Chantal

  • Shoubridge, Chris

  • Theriault, Isabelle

  • Zhang, Qi Charles

 

 

Medias – Mosna Excavation

 

Staff:

 

Field Director: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Scientific Director: Adrian Georgescu (Brukenthal History Museum)

Excavation Coordinator: Mircea Lazar (Brukenthal History Museum)

Field Assistants: Steliana Dogeanu (2004-2006 - ArchaeoTek), Donald McLoud (2005 – ArchaeoTek), Monica Krancevic (2004 - ArchaeoTek), Ion Tutulescu (2004 – ArchaeoTek)

Excavation: Late Neolithic (Petresti)

 

Participants:

 

2006 Team (5 weeks)

  • Bone, Alexis Lynn

  • Clifton, Christina L.

  • Connell, Mary

  • Ianovskaia, Volha 

  • Lahr-Pastor, Sonia

  • Langenhoven, Eric R. Van

  • Marquand, Natalya A.

  • Mazey, Chris

  • Naumiec, Rachel K.

  • Sizemore, Drew

  • Sapiro, Deborah

  • Weddle, Candace C.

  • Whitlow, Raymond B.

 

2005 Team (5 weeks)

  • Appley, Norma

  • Buffet, Anais

  • Davidson, Zane

  • Handberry, Anne

  • Howard, Joshua

  • Krus, Anthony

  • Paone-Hart, Roberta

  • Pointon, Jennifer

  • Holman, Natalie

  • Procop, Julia

 

2004 Teams (10 weeks)

  • Anderson, Adrienne

  • Drewery, Ronald

  • Drewett, Kimberley

  • Finch, Bristol

  • Fleischer, Gillian

  • Lanzotti, Juli

  • Lawrence, Daniel

  • Lombaco, Mark

  • O’Maolduin, Ros

  • Muller, Regine

  • Simkin, Sheila

  • Simkin, Steven

  • Suter, Sarah

  • Walls, Adrianne

 

2003 Team (6 weeks)

  • Brand, Meredith

  • Broom, Gayle

  • Byers, Sarah

  • Carlander, Christina

  • Cartmell, Allison

  • Boyd, Christine

  • Chiu, Wing

  • Coambs, Sandra

  • Haldenby, Charlotte

  • Huggins, Henry

  • Hyde, Nick

  • Kennedy, Larkin

  • Koehler, Susann

  • Krancevic, Monica

  • Lin, Nathanael

  • McFadden, Elenore

  • McLoud, Don

  • Musil, Dane

  • Ornelas, Teresa

  • Salomonsen, Pia

  • Smith, Samuel

  • Stefanik, Michelle

  • Wunderink, David

 

 

Miercurea Sibiului and Apoldu de Jos Excavations

 

Staff:

 

Field Director: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek)

Excavation Director: Sabin A. Luca (University Lucian Blaga)

Field Assistants: Adrian Georgescu, Niculae Rodean (Brukenthal History Museum), Stephen Batiuk (University of Toronto), Hanna Kepka (University of British Columbia)

Excavation: Neolithic Settlements (Starcevo-Cris, Vinca, Petresti), Bronze Age Tumulus

 

Participants:

 

2001 Team (6 weeks)

  • Aoust, Allison d’

  • Bergeron, Barbara-Audrey

  • Bernal, John

  • Boos, Charis

  • Boulais, Lilimaude

  • Boulais, Sophie-Laurence

  • Box, Naomi

  • Charron, Sonia

  • Comeau, Lynne

  • Cools, Paul

  • Culot, Caterine

  • Dooney, Leslie E.

  • Dufour, Alexandre

  • Freiwald, Carolyn R.

  • Garrison, Jennifer

  • Geirhofer, Bettina

  • Giroux, Laura A.

  • Huntbach, Sara

  • Jatten, Therese B

  • Kreitzer, Sari

  • Lajoie, Dominique

  • Lavoie, Geneviève

  • Machicek, Michelle

  • Mautbur, Muhammad

  • Myer, Timothy

  • Papapetrou, Stephanie

  • Patry, Jeffrey

  • Perrier, Alexis L.

  • Poirier, Yves

  • Rabkin, Eric

  • Ronnow, Matthew L.

  • Shockey, Timothy

  • Starzmann, Maria Theresa

  • Strang, Jonathan R.

  • Sullivan, Lauren

  • Swim, Crystal L

  • Toney, Ahlaiah

  • Welton, Lynn

  • Wisdom, Raven

  • Worsley, Andrew J. F.

 

 

Hunedoara Excavation

 

Staff:

 

Field Director: Andre Gonciar (ArchaeoTek–Canada)

Excavation Director: Sabin A. Luca (University Lucian Blaga – Romania)

Research Team: Cristian Roman, Dragos Diaconescu (Corvin Castle Museum – Romania)

Excavation: Medieval Castle Chapel, Late Iron Age (Dacian Cemetery)

 

Participants:

 

2001 Team (5 weeks)

  • Adams-Barrie, Brad

  • Akamay, Azure

  • Audet, Denis

  • Bigham, Abigail

  • Boger, Jennifer L.

  • Bussiere, Eric

  • Charron, Sonia

  • Comeau, Lynne

  • Cools, Paul

  • Culot, Caterine

  • Dawson, Linda

  • Dooney, Leslie E.

  • Dufour, Alexandre

  • Fontanini, Luciana

  • Garrison, Jennifer

  • Godard, Danielle

  • Graham, Susan E.

  • Kealey, Michael

  • Laffradi, Scott

  • Luna, Maria Luisa (Alvarez-)

  • Needham, Roger

  • O’Sullivan, Amelie

  • Perrier, Alexis L.

  • Teal, Orion A

  • Thom, Cathleen

  • Thompson, Rodney L.

  • Threadgill, Brendan

  • Vidal, Teva

  • Widmer, Celine

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