Curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Harvard University (Anthropology), 1995
M.A., Harvard University (Anthropology), 1993
M.A., Tufts University (Classical Archaeology), 1984
B.S., Tufts University (Archaeology, with special honors; Chemistry, cum laude), 1983  

EMPLOYMENT
University of South Florida. Professor, Department of Anthropology (2006-); Undergraduate Director (2012-14); Acting Chair (summers 2002, 2003); Deputy Chair (2001-03); Associate Professor (2001-2006), Assistant Professor (1996-2001).
     USF Presidential Young Faculty Award (1998); USF Outstanding Faculty Award (2013); USF Outstanding Research Achievement Award (2018, 2020).
University of Massachusetts-Boston. Lecturer, Department of Anthropology (1995-96).
Harvard University. Laboratory Manager, Archaeometry Laboratories (1990-96); Teaching Fellow, Departments of Anthropology, Earth & Planetary Science, and Organismic & Evolutionary
     Biology (1987-94); Research Assistant, Department of Anthropology (1988); Keeper, Center for Archaeological Research and Development (1987-88).
Tufts University. Teaching and Research Assistant, Classics Department (1982-87).
Summer Super Stars Program, Bergen Community College. Instructor (summers 1985-86).
College Academy Program, Framingham State College. Instructor (summers 1980-84).

HONORS
USF Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award (2018, 2020)
USF World Certificate of Global Achievement (2016)
USF Outstanding Faculty Award, for election as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (spring 2013)
USF President's Award for Faculty Excellence (2003)
Nominee, Society for American Archaeology Outstanding Dissertation Award (1997)
Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Harvard University, Class Marshal (1996)
Special Honors in Archaeology, Senior Honors Thesis, Tufts University (1983)

LEADERSHIP (ELECTED POSITIONS)
Archaeological Institute of America, Tampa Bay Society (President, 2019-)
International Association for Obsidian Studies (President, 2016-2018)
Society for Archaeological Sciences (President, 2013-2015)
Archaeological Institute of America, Boston Society (President, 1993-96)
Harvard Archaeological Society (President, 1987-1990)
Harvard University Graduate Student Council (President, 1988)
Tufts University Tilton Hall Dormitory (President, 1981-1982)
Trailside Model Rocket Club, Northern New Jersey (President, 1978-1979)

BIOGRAPHIES & LISTINGS
Biographies appear in Who’s Who in America; Who’s Who in America Science and Engineering; Who’s Who in the South and Southwest; Who’s Who in American Education; Asian/American Who’s Who; Academic Keys Who's Who in Social Sciences Higher Education; Cambridge Who’s Who; International Who's Who of Professionals; Leading Educators of the World 2005; Lexington Who’s Who; Dictionary of International Biography; Directory of American Scholars; America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals; 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century (with Order of Excellence Award given to less than 200); Outstanding People of the 20th Century; International Biographical Centre Lifetime Achievement Award; Strathmore’s Who’s Who; and Worldwide Who’s Who.

EXTERNAL GRANTS & CONTRACTS
Competitive Grant Awards
42.  Archaeological Institute of America - National Endowment for the Humanities (PI - R.H. Tykot, with Christopher Eck), Diet and Mobility Reconstruction of Neolithic and Copper Age Agropastoralists of the Central Po Valley, Italy. $15,000 (2020-2021)
41.  National Science Foundation (BCS  1916933) Archaeology (co-PI, with K. Weedman Arthur, J. Arthur et al.), Frontier Landscapes in the Horn of Africa: Communities of Resistance or Resilience. $270,316 (2020-2022)
40.  Cardno Cultural Resources, Elemental Analysis of Fort Brooke Tooth Filling. $25 (2019)
39.  Wenner-Gren Foundation (Ronin Institute for Independent Scholarship, K. Killgrove), Stable Isotope Analysis of Individuals from Oplontis (Italy). $5140 (2019)
38.  National Geographic Society Grant BGS 58193-R-19 (Project Member, with PI N. White), Prehistoric People of Richardson's Hammock Site, Northwest Florida. $1250 (2019)
37.  Rust Family Foundation (PI, with G. Caso), Recipes for the living and the dead: technological investigation of Late Bronze Age ceramics for a specific audience. The case studies of Sant'Angelo Muxaro and Polizzello. $6000 (2019)
36.  Rust Family Foundation (PI, with Ashley Maxwell), Exploring Variations in Diet and Health from Late Antiquity to the Early Medieval Period in the Veneto, Italy: A Biochemical Analysis. $6360 (2018)
35.  International Catacomb Society (PIs R.H. Tykot & A. Vianello), Mobility in north-eastern Italy between the Late Roman and Byzantine periods: the view from stable isotopes. $16,200 (2017-2018)
34.  The National Council of Culture Arts and Letters in Kuwait (H. Ashkanani), pXRF Analyses of Multiple Spots on Ceramics from Sabbyia in North Kuwait, $4825 (2016-2017).
33.  PaleoWest Foundation (PIs H. McCaffery, K. Miller & R.H. Tykot), Stable Isotope Analysis of Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Diet from Basketmaker III Tohatchi Phase Sites, Chuska Valley, Northwest New Mexico, $760 (2017)
32.  International Catacomb Society (PIs R.H. Tykot & K. Salesse), Quantifying the Roman Diet: Improving the Accuracy and Precision of Paleodietary Reconstructions by Isotope Analysis,  $10,500 (2016)
31.  Proyecto Fondecyt, Chile (#1090200, F. Falabella), Isotope Analysis of Bones & Teeth from Peru, $605 (2013)
30.  National Science Foundation dissertation improvement grant (BCS-1241943, R.H. Tykot, PI for doctoral student Rheta Lanehart), Patterns of Consumption: Ceramic Residue Analysis at Liangchengzhen, Shandong, China, $24,210 (2012-14)
29.  Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (award to student Jason Kupersmith), Elemental Analysis, Diet and Mobility at Chokepukio (Peru), $1000 (2011-2012)
28.  National Science Foundation (BCS) (senior personnel member, for PIs K.W. Arthur, J.W. Arthur & M.C. Curtis), An Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Study of the Gamo Caste System in Southwestern Ethiopia, $3600 (2010-2012)
27.  National Science Foundation dissertation improvement grant (BCS-0622452, awarded to doctoral student K. Killgrove, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Isotope Analysis and Diet at Imperial Roman Sites, $3380 (2008-9)
26.  Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnolóica (ANPCyT-FONCYT), Argentina (PI: O. Mendonça, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto), Elemental and Isotope Analyses for Ceramic Period Sites in NW Argentina, $4115 (2008-9)
25.  Samuel H. Kress Foundation (J.J. Herrmann, Jr., A. van den Hoek & R.H. Tykot),  Ancient Marble and Obsidian in Algeria: Scientific and Archaeological Approaches, $10,000 (2007-8)
24.  National Science Foundation, EAR Instrumentation & Facilities (EAR-0732476, co-PI with S.E. Kruse, C.B. Connor, E.H. Kimmerle & M.T. Stewart), Acquisition of High Resolution Ground Penetrating Radar for Volcanological, Hydrogeological, and Very Near Surface Investigations, $173,188 (2007-9)
23.  The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS), Ancient Marble and Obsidian in Algeria: Scientific and Archaeological Approaches, $2000 (2007-8)
22.  CONICET-INCUAPA, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (PI: C. Favier), Ancient Diets in the San Matais Gulf, Argentina, $1700 (2007)
21.  Wenner Gren  (award to Carrie Anne Berryman, Vanderbilt University), Paleodietary Insight into the Rise of the Tiwanaku State $6660 (2005-7)
20.  National Science Foundation (BCS-0612858, R.H. Tykot, PI for doctoral student Luca Lai), Stable Isotopes: Diet and Climate in Mediterreanean Prehistory. The Case of Sardinia ca. 4000-1900 BC, $11,970 (2006-7)
19.  Wenner-Gren (dissertation award to Valerie A. Andrushko, University of California Santa Barbara), The Origins and Impact of the Inca State: A Bioarchaeological Investigation of the Cuzco Valley$5150 (2006)
18.  Samuel H. Kress Foundation (co-PI, with J.J. Herrmann & A. Van den Hoek), Scientific Studies of Marble Used in Algeria in Antiquity, $17,514 (2006)
17.  CONICET Buenos Aires, Argentina (PI: G. Politis), Diet at the Argentine Pampa Site of Arroyo Seco, $1325 (2005-7)
16.  National Science Foundation (BCS-9617389, R.H. Tykot, PI for doctoral student Travis Doering), El Marquesillo Archaeological Survey, $11,530 (2004-6)
15.  Texas Department of Transportation (PI: Prewitt and Associates, PAI #203022), Data Recovery at 41MM341, Milam County, Texas, $3000 (2004-5)
14.  Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico y Technologico (FONDECYT) no. 1040553 y 7040154 (PI: F. Falabella; External Investigator: R.H. Tykot), Dieta de las Poblaciones Alfareras Prehispanas de Chile Central, $6240 (2004-5)
13.  National Science Foundation dissertation improvement grant (awarded to Celeste Gagnon, University of North Carolina), Ancient Diet at Cerro Oreja (Peru), $1615 (2004-5)
12.  National Science Foundation (PI: A. Underhill, Field Museum, Chicago), Neolithic Subsistence Adaptations at Liangchengzhen, Shandong, China, $3815 (2002-05)
11.  Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (award to student N. Shelnut), Isotopic Analysis of Mummies from Northwestern Argentina, $200 (2004)
10.  Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (award to student N. Falk), Differential Subsistence Adaptations of Agriculturalists and Herders of the Early Intermediate Period in the Lurin Valley, Peru: New Data From Stable Isotope Analysis, $1000 (2003)
9.    Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (award to student L. Lai), Tracing Differences in Dietary Patterns Between Inland and Coastal Sites in Neolithic Sardinia, $800 (2003)
8.    Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (award to student K. Lafrenz), Source of Ivory from the Uluburun Shipwreck, Turkey, $300 (2002-03)
7.    CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Southern Patagonia Paleodiet Study, $484 (2001)
6.    National Science Foundation (BCS-0075535, PI: R.H. Tykot), Obsidian Sources and Prehistoric Trade in the Central Mediterranean, $168,079 (2000-2003)
5.    National Science Foundation dissertation improvement award (C. Luke, Cornell University), Source analysis of Ulua Valley (Honduras) Classic Maya marble vessels, $5511 (1999-2000)
4.    Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerica Studies (S. Whittington, University of Maine), Stable isotope analysis of teeth from Iximche, Guatemala, $2150 (1999).
3.    National Science Foundation dissertation improvement grant (C. Luke, Cornell University), Isotopic analysis of marble sources in the Ulua Valley (Honduras), $480 (1997-98)
2.    Historical Metallurgy Society research grant, Bronze Age metalworking at Nuraghe Santa Barbara, Sardinia, £100 (1994)
1.    American School of Prehistoric Research dissertation research grant, $3500 (1993)

Contracts with Colleagues at Universities, Museums, Agencies
117. Christopher J. Edwards (Tampa, FL), Elemental Analysis of a Metal Figurine from a Florida Flea Market. $25 (2020)
116. Consortio Nacional Yati, Bogota, Colombia (N. Alvarez), Laboratory Analysis of Human Remains from Colombia. $1190 (2019)
115. East Carolina University (C. Taylor), Stable Isotope Analysis of Historic Individuals from the Gause Cemetery. $1980 (2019)
114. University of South Florida (D. Tanasi), Stable Isotope Analysis of Skeletal Remains from Santa Lucia, Sicily. $1885 (2019)
113. Kennesaw State University (T. Powis), Stable Isotope Analysis of a Marble Sculpture from Pacbitun, Belize. $35 (2018)
112. Yale University (A. Underhill), Analysis of Organic Residues on China Ceramics. $200 (2018)
111. University of South Florida (C. Stanish), Analysis of Bone Samples from Chincha, Peru. $2000 (2018)
110. Emory University, Michael C. Carlos Museum (R.A. Stein), Analysis of Marble Sculptures. $1253 (2018)
109. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Stable Isotope Analyses, $5937.50 (2018)
108. Groningen University (Martijn Van Leusen), Analysis of Ceramics from Calabria, Italy. $1791.32 (2018)
107. University of South Florida (J. Bethard), Isotope analysis of bone and teeth from Patakfalva, Romania, $795 (2017-2018)
106. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, MA), Multi-Method Analysis of Greek Sarcophagus. $360 (2017)
105. East Carolina University (M. Perry & M. Provan), Isotope analysis of tooth enamel from Petra, Jordan, $2000 (2017)
104. University of South Florida (J. Bethard), Isotope analysis of bone and teeth from Patakfalva, Romania, $570 (2017)
103. University of West Florida (M. Voas), Stable isotope analysis of human root collagen from Romania, $1155 (2017)
102. University of South Florida (D. Wallman), Stable isotope analysis of fauna from Trents Plantation, Barbados, $1575 (2017)
101. Susan Belanger, Residue analysis of painted rocks in Michigan, $900 (2017)
100. University of South Florida (C. Wells), Elemental analysis of soils from BHAP, Antigua, $565 (2017)
99.   Frederick Pirone, Analysis of Maltese ceramics, $5250 (2016)
98.   University of Iowa (A. Waterman), Analysis of bone collagen & apatite from Missouri, $585 (2016)
97.   Harvard University (K. Alizadeh), Analysis of metal and slag from Köhne Shahar in Iran, $200 (2016)
96.   University of Iowa (A. Waterman), Human skeletal isotope analyses for two sites in Portugal, $4890 (2016)
95.   University of West Florida (Kristine Killgrove), Collagen and apatite isotope analyses of  human bone samples from Gabii (Italy), $1000 (2016).
94.   Brock University (C. Roth-Murray), pXRF Analysis of Pantelleria Ceramics, $200 (2016)
93.   La Trobe University (A. Raudino), pXRF Analysis of Sicily Ceramics, 800   (2016)
92.   Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (MSH) of Aquitaine (Dominique Castex, K. Salesse), Aquitaine Region Project, 5000   (2016)
91.   Emory University, Michael C. Carlos Museum (R.A. Stein), Analysis of 15 Marble Samples, $850 (2015)
90.   University of Iowa (K. Lillios), Isotope Analysis of Ovicaprids from Portugal, $2755 (2014-15)
89.   David Butler (Butler Cultural Resource Management), pXRF analysis of Belle Glade Ceramics, $400 (2015)
88.   Mount Mercy University (A. Waterman), Isotope Analysis and Prehistoric Diet in Portugal, $2330 (2014-15)
87.   University of Manitoba (L. Stirling), Stable Isotope Analysis of Marble from Seviac, France, $800 (2014-15)
86.   University of South Florida (E.C. Wells), Analysis of Antigua Soil Samples, $294 (2015)
85.   Theresa Gilbertson, Chemical Analysis of Human Remains from Prehispanic Peru, $2500 (2014-15)
84.   University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Alan Simmons), Sourcing Analysis of Obsidian Artifacts from Cyprus, $60 (2014)
83.   Embassy of the State of Kuwait, College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University. Elemental Analysis of Persian Gulf Ceramics, $5575 (2014)
82.   EIATEC (Colombia, A. Sanchez), Isotope Analysis and Diet in Colombia, $4145 (2014)
81.   Mount Mercy University (A. Waterman), Dietary Practices in Prehistoric Spain, $2570 (2014)
80.   University of South Florida, Tampa (T. Pluckhahn, National Science Foundation grant funds), Analysis of Clay and Ceramics from Crystal River, Florida, $500 (2013)
79.   GCM Services, Inc. (G. Munson), Isotope Analysis of Wyoming Bison, $660 (2013)
78.   Mount Mercy University (A. Waterman), Weaning Study for Bolores, Portugal, $840 (2013)
77.   University of Iowa (K. Lillios), Isotope Analysis and Diet at Bolores, Portugal, $950 (2013)
76.   Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia (M.E. Delgado-Burbano), Isotope Analysis and Diet in Tibanica, Colombia, $4280 (2012-13)
75.   Bureau of Archaeological Research (Daniel Seinfeld), Historic beads in Florida, $500 (2012)
74.   Jose Peña, Analysis of Pottery in Peru by pXRF, $1500 (2012)
73.   SEARCH, Inc. (R. Austin), pXRF Analysis of Eglin (FL) Ceramics, $325 (2012)
72.   Seminoles Indian Tribe (P. Backhouse), Chert Sourcing Analysis with pXRF, $100 (2012)
71.   Michael C. Carlos Museum (Emory University), Marble and Obsidian Analysis, $500 (2012)
70.   Richard Estabrook, Test of Iron Plummet from Deer Island, $50 (2012)
69.   Rachel Nostrom, pXRF Analysis of Florida Ceramics, $1500 (2012)
68.   SEARCH, Inc. (R. Austin), pXRF Analysis of Florida Chert, $225 (2011-12)
67.   John J. Herrmann, Jr., Curator of Classical Art, Emeritus, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Geological and Archaeological Marble in Algeria and Tunisia: Isotope Analyses and Sourcing, $3563 (2011-2012)
66.   Embassy of the State of Kuwait, College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University. Quantitative elemental analysis of pottery from Kuwait, $2700 (2011-2012)
65.   University of Oregon (M. Teoh), Sourcing Analysis of Croatia Pottery, $2525 (2011)
64.   Butler Cultural Resource Management, Analysis of Metal Artifacts from 8HG678, Florida, $120, 2011
63.   University of Pennsylvania Museum, Source Grouping of Quirigua, Guatemala Pottery, $500 (2010-2011)
62.   Florida State University (Nancy De Grummond), pXRF Analysis of Etruscan Mirrors to Determine Copper-Based Alloys, $1000 (2011)
61.   Toledo Museum of Art (S. Knudsen), Isotope, XRD, and Grain Size Analysis of Marble, $105 (2011)
60.   University of New Mexico (H. McCaffery), Stable Isotope Analysis of Turkeys to Assess Maize Access, $3000 (2011)
59.   Michael C. Carlos Museum (Emory University), Isotope Analysis for Marble Sourcing, $425 (2011)
58.   University of Texas at Arlington (Dana Parker), Isotope Analysis and Diet on Ambergris Caye, Belize, $1800 (2011)
57.   University of Iowa (A.J. Waterman), Isotope Analysis and Ancient Diet in Spain and Portugal, $7185 (2009-2011)
56.   University of South Florida St. Petersburg (J. Arthur), Analysis of Clay and Obsidian from Ethiopia, $534 (2009)
55.   University of Wisconsin (C. Hays), Southeast US Ceramic Sourcing, $375 (2009)
54.   Brandeis University (J. Dobereiner), Sourcing of Obsidian from Two Sites in Guatemala, $1500 (2008-9)
53.   Rollins College (E. Friedland), Analysis of Classical Marble from Jordan, $630 (2008-9)
52.   University of Wisconsin-Madison (C. Freiwald), Isotopic Analysis of Belize Fauna, $1200 (2008-9)
51.   Toledo Museum of Art (S. Knudsen), Isotope, XRD, and Grain Size Analysis of Marble, $355 (2008)
50.   University of Missouri, Columbia (D. Wescott), Stable Isotope Analysis on an Historic burial in Missouri, $180 (2008)
49.   University of Wisconsin-Madison (T.D. Price & J. Burton), Isotope Analysis and Diet at Colonial Site of Campeche, Mexico, $1820 (2007-8)
48.   Royal Ontario Museum (University of Toronto), Sourcing of Obsidian from al-Midamman, Yemen, $1080 (2007)
47.   Michael C. Carlos Museum (Emory University), Marble Sourcing Using Multiple Methods, $1660 (2006-7)
46.   The Bahamas, Analysis of Prehistoric Bahamian Dietary Practices, $4700 (2006)
45.   University of Colorado and Eastern New Mexico University (B. DeBoer), Dietary Study of Pueblo Remains from the Tommy Site and Mine Canyon, New Mexico, $3040 (2006)
44.   New York State Museum, Study of Kipp Island Human Teeth, $180 (2006)
43.   University of Missouri-Columbia, Museum of Art and Archaeology, Isotopic Analysis of Marble, $250 (2005)
42.   Honolulu Academy of Arts, XRD and Stable Isotope Analysis of Marble Samples, $680 (2005)
41.   Honolulu Academy of Arts, Multi-Method Analysis of 8 Marble Sculptures, $680 (2005)
40.   Ward & Company Works of Art, Inc., Analysis of Ancient Greek Marble Heads, $200 (2005)
39.   Museo de Historia Natural, Argentina (A. Gil), Stable Isotope Analysis of Human Remains from Central-Western Argentina, $7575 (2003-5)
38.   Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Stable Isotope Analysis of Classical Marble Sculptures, $5630 (2002-05)
37.   Universidad de Magallanes, Stable Isotope Analysis of Human Remains from Tierra del Fuego, $60 (2004)
36.   Centro Nacional Patagonico, Argentina, Stable Isotope Analysis of Human Remains from north-central Patagonia, $325 (2003-4)
35.   Southern Methodist University, Stable Isotope Analysis of Human Remains from Yaxuna, Mexico, $1120 (2003-4)
34.   Boston University, Stable Isotope Analysis of Human Remains from La Milpa, Belize, $540 (2003-4)
33.   Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, Isotopic and XRD Analysis of Marble from Antioch, $3840 (2002-4)
32.   University of Texas at El Paso, Stable Isotope Analysis of Turtles from Badlands National Park, South Dakota, $1785 (2003-4)
31.   University of Cambridge (England), Stable Isotope Analysis of Middle Bronze Age Sant’Abbondio (Campania, Italy) Skeletal Samples, $475 (2003)
30.   University of California, Berkeley, Sardis (Turkey) marble analysis, $30 (2003)
29.   Howard University, Stable Isotope Analysis of Archaeological Samples from Chunchucmil, Mexico, $285 (2002-03)
28.   R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Characterization of Maryland Rhyolites, $800 (2002-03)
27.   CRC International Archaeology & Ecology, Texas, Stable Isotope Analysis of a Tooth Enamel Sample, $50 (2002)
26.   Alan K. Safani, New York, Isotopic Analysis of a Roman Hippocamp with Nereid, $200 (2002)
25.   Aristotelian University, Greece, Bone Chemistry of the Iron Age cemetery at Tzamala, $135 (2002)
24.   Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Paleodietary Analysis of Skeletal Remains from Florida, $1000 (2002)
23.   Universidad Nacional de Mar de la Plata, Argentina, southern Patagonia paleodiet study, $145 (2001)
22.   Florida State University, Isotopic Analysis of Teeth from Mesoamerica, $80 (2001)
21.   Rhode Island School of Design, Source Analysis of Marble Sculptures in the RISD Collections, $300 (2001)
20.   Gotland University, Sweden, Dietary Change during the Viking and Early Christian Periods, $950 (2000-2001)
19.   Programa de Estudios Prehistoricos (Buenos Aires, Argentina), southern Patagonia paleodiet study, $1125 (2000)
18.   Panamerican Consultants Inc., Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of Foster Property, Sarasota, $750 (2000)
17.   Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa, Sr/Ca ratios and trophic positioning of early hominids, $4250 (1999-2000)
16.   University of Southampton, source analysis of Bova Marina (Italy) obsidian, $425 (1999-2000)
15.   Uppakrik archaeological survey project, $950 (1999)
14.   Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, analysis of obsidian from the Camel Site, $60 (1999)
13.   University of Southampton, source analysis of Adriatic island obsidian, $225 (1999)
12.   Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina, stable isotope analysis of skeletal remains from southern Patagonia, $1150 (1999)
11.   Toledo Museum of Art, source analysis of classical marble sculptures, $60 (1999)
10.   Toledo Museum of Art, classical marble sculpture analysis, $200 (1998)
9.     Colonia-Edmondson archaeological and historical survey project, $2750 (1998)
8.     Ryan Parcel archaeological survey project, $900 (1998)
7.     Smithsonian Institution, stable isotope analysis and tooth enamel hypoplasia, $200 (1997-98)
6.     Centro Nacional Patagonico, Argentina, paleodietary study of hunter-gatherers in northern Patagonia, $1040 (1997-98)
5.     Diocese of Venice archaeological survey project, $2600 (1997)
4.     Englewood Disposal archaeological survey project, $1165 (1997)
3.     Douglas Property archaeological survey project, $1875 (1997)
2.     Sardis Expedition, analysis of marble from Sardis, Turkey, $340 (1996)
1.     Carleton College, Sardis marble project, $360 (1995)

INTERNAL AWARDS
Research
23. USF Outstanding Research Award for 2019 Accomplishments, $2000 (2020)
22. USF Morsani College of Medicine, Microbiome Research Award, “Preparing for the Future by Investigating Human Dental Microbiomes Associated with Historical Global Epidemics,” R.H.Y. Jiang, A.Vianello, G.C. Ferreira, M. Decker & R.H. Tykot, $200,000 (submitted)
21. USF Outstanding Research Award for 2017 Accomplishments, $2000 (2018)
20. USF Research and Creative Scholarship Grant, for “Field Coring and Radiocarbon Dating of Early Agricultural Sites in Western Europe: for NSF resubmission,” $10,000 (2018)
19. USF Research & Innovation, for serving as PI for research grant funding applications (2017), $400 (spring 2018)
18. USF Research and Creative Scholarship Grant, for “Survey and Analysis of Early Agricultural Sites in the Tavoliere (Italy) in Preparation for a Major NSF Proposal,” $9757 (2015-16)
17. USF Research & Innovation, for serving as Principal Investigator on research (2013-14), $200 (fall 2014)
16. USF Office for Undergraduate Research Interdisciplinary Research Scholarship to mentee Hannah Feig, “Trace Element and Sourcing Analysis of Prehistoric Ceramics from Northwest Florida using Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry,” $750 (spring 2013)
15. USF College of Arts and Sciences Internal Award, for Creating NSF Proposal for Excavation in Scano di Montiferro, Sardinia (Italy), $1500 (spring 2013)
14. USF Undergraduate Research Awards to mentees Saiteja Mallipeddi & Jessica Leon, “What did people eat in late prehistoric Portugal?” Undergraduate Research and Arts Colloquium, $250 (April 18, 2012)
13. USF Humanities Institute “Ancient Mediterranean Trade of Marble from Algeria and Tunisia,” $5000 (summer 2010)
12. USF Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean, “Long Distance Obsidian Trade in Mesoamerica: Chemical Fingerprinting of Lithic Artifacts from Sites in Mexico and Guatemala,” $3000 (2010)
11. USF Humanities Institute, “Marble and Obsidian in North Africa: Investigating Sources and Trade in Antiquity,” $5000 (2007-8)
10. USF Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean, “Seasonal Dietary Practices in Ancient Peru: Isotope Analysis of Human Hair Segments,” $990 (2007)
9.   USF Honors College Undergraduate Research Grant, to student Leya Collins, “Ancient Diets at Chokepukio, Peru: Stable Isotope Analysis,” $500 (spring 2007)
8.   USF Undergraduate Research Grant, to student Anna Metroka, “Early Historic Diets in Latin America,” $500 (fall 2006)
7.   Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program Grant, “Pre-Inca Agriculturalists and Herders in the Lurin Valley, Peru,” $500 (2004)
6.   Established Researcher Grant, “Dietary and Subsistence Adaptations in Precolonial Florida,” $5000 (2002-03)
5.   Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program Grant, “The Importance of Maize in Prehistoric Mexico,” $1000 (2001)
4.   College of Arts & Sciences, Faculty Development Grant, “Pre- and Post-Contact Subsistence patterns in Peninsular Florida,” $1500 (2001)
3.   Presidential Young Faculty Award, Origins and Significance of Maize Agriculture in Latin America, $10,000 (1998)
2.   Research and Creative Scholarship Award, Sources and Trade of Western Mediterranean Obsidian, $7500 (1998)
1.   Faculty Development Grant, “Developing a Protocol for Isotopic Analysis of bone,” $1000 (1997)

Teaching & Travel
25. USF Faculty International Travel Grant, for presentation at the 43rd International Symposium on Archaeometry, Lisbon, Portugal, $2500 (2020)
24. USF College of Arts & Sciences International Travel Award, for presentation at the International Union of the Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences in Paris, France, $750 (2018)
23. USF Faculty International Travel Grant, for invited speaker presentation and scientific committee membership for the conference “Raw Materials Exploitation in Prehistory: Sourcing, Processing and Distribution,” Faro, Portugal (March 2016), $2500 (2015-16)
22. USF Faculty International Travel Grant, for the 39th International Symposium on Archaeometry in Leuven, Belgium, $2311 (May-June 2012)
21. College of Arts and Sciences, Conference Coordination Award, for hosting the 38th ISA at USF, $1000 (fall 2009)
20. College of Arts and Sciences, Matching International Travel Award, for EAA 2009 conference in Riva del Garda, Italy, $1000 (fall 2009)
19. USF Innovative Teaching Grants, “Developing Inquiry and Critical Thinking Skills through Ceramics” (co-recipient with K. Davis-Salazar, T. Pluckhahn, C. Wells & N. White), $10,000 (2007-2008)
18. USF Honors College Honors Thesis Director Honorarium, for Anna Metroka, $200 (spring 2007)
17. College of Arts and Sciences, Publication Award for Doctoral Student and Faculty Mentor Award (L. Lai & R. Tykot), $200 each (fall 2006)
16. College of Arts and Sciences, Matching International Travel Award, for ISA 2006 in Quebec City, Canada, and UISPP 2006 in Lisboa, Portugal, $1500 (2006)
15. Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies, Travel to Greece for Conference Presentation and Meeting with Research Colleagues, $1000 (2003)
14. Library Enhancement Grant, acquisition of archaeology books and serial back issues, $3500 (2000-01); $5000 (1999-2000); $2600 (1998-99); $5000 (1997-98)
13. Library Enhancement Grant, co-recipient, acquisition of books and serial back issues on Classical Civilizations, $10,000 (2000-01); $10,000 (1999-2000); $10,000 (1998-99); $10,000 (1997-98); $10,000 (1996-97)
12. Instructional Development Grant, Improving Student Learning in Anthropology with Digital Media, $5550 (2000)
11. Faculty International Travel Grant, International Archaeometry Symposium, Mexico City, $1500 (2000)
10. Faculty Development Program, Anthropology Department, SAA conference travel, $400 (1999)
9.   Faculty International Travel Award, World Archaeological Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, $1500 (1998)
8.   Faculty International Travel Award, International Radiocarbon Conference, Lyon, France, $630 (1998)
7.   Faculty International Travel Award, International Union of Pre- and Protohistoric Sciences, Forlì, Italy, $1500 (1996)
6.   Harvard Department of Anthropology, Society for American Archaeology meeting travel, $200 (1996)
5.   Harvard Department of Anthropology travel awards, Society for American Archaeology annual meetings, $600 (1992-94)
4.   Teschemacher Awards, Harvard University, for summer research, $4000 (1987-1991)
3.   Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Harvard University, Student Council travel grant, American Anthropological Association annual meeting, $400 (1990)
2.   Teschemacher Award for Summer Research, field survey in Sardinia, $750 (1985)
1.   Tuition (Merit) Scholarship, Tufts University, $5000 (1983-84)

FIELDWORK
Principal Investigator (with K. Brown, C. Alexander, K.P. Freund), field survey in the Tavoliere, Italy (2012-2015, 2018)
Principal Investigator (with J. Herrmann, A. van den Hoek), survey and analysis of marble quarries in Algeria (2008-11)
Principal Investigator (with P. Villari, A. Vianello), excavations at Fiumedinisi, Sicily (2008)
Principal Investigator (with J. Herrmann, A. van den Hoek), survey and analysis of marble quarries in Algeria (2008-11)
Principal Investigator (with A. Usai, M. Perra), excavation of Nuraghe Nuracale, Scano di Montiferro, Sardinia (2006)
Principal Investigator (with C. Lugliè & G. Tanda), survey and excavation of the Sennixeddu obsidian workshop, Sardinia (2002, 2005)
Principal Investigator, geoarchaeological survey of central Mediterranean obsidian sources: Lipari, Palmarola, Pantelleria (2000-2003)
Principal Investigator, ground penetrating radar survey of the Foster Property, Sarasota County, Florida (January 2000)
Principal Investigator, archaeological investigation of the Holley Site, Hernando County, Florida (1999-2000)
Principal Investigator, cultural resources assessment survey, Uppakrik Subdivision, Sarasota, Florida (July 1999)
Principal Investigator, archaeological and historic cultural resources assessment survey, Colonia-Edmondson Road Improvement Project, Venice, Florida (August-October 1998)
Principal Investigator, cultural resources assessment survey, Ryan Parcel, Sarasota, Florida (July 1998)
Principal Investigator, cultural resources assessment survey, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Retreat Center, Venice, Florida (November 1997)
Principal Investigator, cultural resources assessment survey, Englewood Disposal Company, Venice, Florida (June 1997)
Principal Investigator, cultural resources assessment survey, Douglas Property, Pinellas County, Florida (March 1997)
Cultural resources assessment survey, B&B Borrow Pit #46, Polk County, Florida, directed by N. White (1996)
Field Director/Assistant Project Director, excavation at Nuraghe Santa Barbara, Bauladu, Sardinia, directed by L.J. Gallin (1988-94)
Survey/Excavation at Ripostena, Siena, Italy, directed by J. Whitehead (1989-90)
Principal Investigator, Field Survey, Monte Arci obsidian sources, Sardinia (1987-90)
Excavation, Duos Nuraghes, Borore, Sardinia, directed by G.S. Webster (1987)
Field Survey, Macomer, Sardinia, directed by M.S. Balmuth (1985)
Excavation, Central Artery, Charlestown, Massachusetts (1983)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP & SERVICE
 Accordia Research Centre, London (1990-)
 American Anthropological Association (1989-2006)
 American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS Fellow (2011-)
 American Institute for Maghrib Studies (2007-09)
 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (Associate Editor, 2010-)
 Archaeological Institute of America (1987-; Vice-President, Tampa Bay Society, 1998-2018; President, 2019-) President, Boston Society, 1993-96; Fellowships Committee, 2019-2022; Pomerance Science Medal Award Committee, 2003-, Chair, 2005-08; Program for the Annual Meeting Committee, 2004-11; European Committee, 1998-; Chair, 2010-; Council Delegate, 1989-)
 Archaeometry, Associate Editor (2002-2007); Editorial Board (2018-)
 Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity (1993-; Editor & Publisher, ASMOSIA Newsletter, and webmaster, 1998-2001)
 Authentication and Conservation of Cultural Heritage. Research and Technique (ACCHRT) (Senior Editor, 2017-)
 Boletin de la Sociedad Chilena de Arqueologia (Editorial Committee ,2009-)
 Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society (1996-)
 Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (2000-02)
 Council on Undergraduate Research (2015-)
 Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic, and Experimental Studies (Editorial Board, 2008-2011)
 The Etruscan Foundation (1989-; Fellowship Committee 2018-)
 European Association of Archaeologists (1998-)
 Harvard Archaeological Society (Founder; President, 1987-1990)
 The Historical Metallurgy Society (1991-)
 Institute for Italian & Sardinian Studies (Advisory Council, 2005-)
 International Association for Obsidian Studies (1991-; lifetime member, 2008-; President-Elect, 2015-2016; President, 2016-2018)
 International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (2015-; Biological Anthropology committee, 2016-)
 Intersecciones en Antropología (Scientific Editorial Board, 2009-)
 Istituto di Studi Etruschi ed Italici, US Section (2003-)
 Journal of Archaeological Science (Book Review co-editor, 2011-15; Editorial Board, 2016-20)
 Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (Editorial Manager, 2020-)
 Kluwer/Plenum Press, Series Co-Editor, Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science (2001-3)
 Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry (Editorial Board, 2002-; Archaeometry Editor 2006-11)
 National Endowment for the Humanities (panelist, 2006)
 National Science Foundation (advisory panel, 2012, 2013)
 Open Archaeology (Editorial Advisory Board, 2014-)
 Open Journal of Archaeometry (Editorial Board, 2010-)
 Paleo-Express (correspondent, 1999-2002)
 Roma Tre Press, Archaeology Prehistory Series (Scientific Committee, 2016-)
 Sardinia, Corsica et Baleares Antiquae: An International Journal of Archaeology (Editorial Committee, 2002-)
 Scientific American Discovering Archaeology (Editorial Advisory Board, 1999-2001)
 Science and Technology of Archaeological Research (STAR) (Editor-in-Chief, 2014-)
 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (1998-)
 Society for American Archaeology (1988-)
 Society for Archaeological Sciences (1990-; Chair of Publications, 2005-11; Editor & Publisher, SAS Bulletin, 1997-2005; Associate Editor, Book Reviews, 1991-97; President-Elect, 2011-2013; President, 2013-2015; Past-President, 2015-2017).

Peer Review of Articles and Books done for Accounts of Chemical Research; Addison Wesley Longman; American Anthropologist (AmAnt); American Antiquity (AA); American Journal of Physical Anthropology (AJPA); Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry; Analytical Methods; Antiquity; Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (AAS); Archaeology; Archaeometry; Arctic Anthropology; Asian Perspectives; Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity (ASMOSIA); Bioarchaeology International; British Journal of Radiology (BJR); Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (BASOR);  California Archaeology; Cambridge Archaeological Journal (CAJ); Computer Applications in Archaeology; Chungara; Coatings; Current Anthropology (CA); Environmental Archaeology: The Journal of Human Palaeoecology; European Journal of Archaeology (EJA); EMU Notes in Mineralogy; European Journal of Mineralogy; Florida Scientist; Geoarchaeology; Geology; Geosciences; Greenwood Publishers; Heritage Science; Historical Archaeology; International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (IJO); International Symposium on Archaeometry (ISA) (2010; 2012; 2014; 2016); Journal of African Earth Sciences;  Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (JAA); Journal of Anthropology; Journal of Archaeological Science (JAS); Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (JASR); Journal of Archaeological Research (JAR); Journal of Comparative Human Biology “HOMO”; Journal of Cultural Heritage (JCH); Journal of Ethnobiology (JEB); Journal of Field Archaeology (JFA); Journal of Geochemical Exploration; Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology (JICA); Journal of Lithic Studies; Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology (JMA); Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology; KIVA: Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History; Latin American Antiquity (LAA); Levant;  Lipids; Materials Research Society (MRS); Mayfield; McGraw-Hill; Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry (MAA); Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome; Metals in Antiquity; Microscopy and Microanalysis; Minerals; MRS Advances; Nature; Open Archaeology; Open Journal of Archaeometry; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; Periodico di Mineralogia; Plains Anthropologist; PLOS ONE; Prentice-Hall; Quaternary International; Radiocarbon; Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry; Revista Jangwa Pana; Revista Universitas Scientiarum; Routledge; Science Advances; Science and Technology for Archaeological Research (STAR); Scientific Reports; Southeastern Archaeology; Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy; Spectroscopy Letters; Springer-Verlag; Trabajos de Prehistoria; University of Colorado Press; University of Pennsylvania Museum Publications; University of Texas Press; Wiley-Blackwell; X-Ray Spectrometry.

Review of Grant Proposals done for the Archaeological Institute of America; Australian Research Council; British Academy; Chilean National Commission for Science and Technology Research (CONICYT); Czech Science Foundation; Durham University International Junior Research Fellowships; Etruscan Foundation; European Research Council; Flanders (Belgium) Research Foundation; Israel Science Foundation; Leakey Foundation; National Centre of Science and Technology Evaluation, Republic of Kazakhstan; National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH); National Geographic Society (NGS); National Institute of Justice (NIJ); National Science Center Poland; National Science Foundation (NSF) Archaeology/Archaeometry/Biological Anthropology; Natural Environment Research Council (NERC; United Kingdom); Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation; Swiss National Science Foundation; U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF);  The Wellcome Trust.

Interviews for Newspaper, TV and Online Media
The Nazareth Inscription’s Origins May Refute Ties to Jesus’ Resurrection. ScienceNews March 20, 2020. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nazareth-inscription-origins- may-refute-ties- jesus-resurrection
Pompeii. The Bodies in the Basement. TV show on the Smithsonian Channel, November 25, 2019.
Filming for Smithsonian by Blink Films, on Oplontis remains from Mt. Vesuvius eruption, May 8, 2019.
Radio interview by Bulls Radio AnthroAlert, on early agriculture time period in southern Italy, September 29, 2017. Recorded at https://anthroalert.tumblr.com/search/tykot
Newspaper article in il Lametino, “Lamezia, conclusa prima edizione “Festa dei musei”,” July 4, 2016. http://www.lametino.org/Cultura/lamezia-conclusa-prima-edizione-festa-dei-musei. html
Newspaper article in Ustica Sape, “Ustica porge il benvenuto al Prof. Robert H. Tykot della University of South Florida,” June 11, 2016.
Newspaper article in Il Notiziario delle isole Eolie online, “Le Interviste de "Il Notaziario". Lipari, al museo conferenza internazionale sull'ossidiana con numerosi studiosi provenienti da ogni parte del mondo. L'intervento, June 2, 2016. http://www.notiziarioeolie.it/ video-e-video-interviste/6851-le-interviste-de-il-notiziario-lipari-al-museo-conferenza-internazionale-sull-ossidiana-con-numerosi-studiosi-provenienti-da-ogni-parte-del-mondo-l-intervento.html
Newspaper article in infoa360°, “Lamezia, Robert Tykot al museo archeologico per convegno su ossidiana,” May 27, 2016.  http://www.infoa360.com/notizia-lamezia-robert-tykot-al- museo-archeologico- per-convegno-su-ossidiana-291929
Newspaper article in il Lametino, “Lamezia, Robert Tykot al museo archeologico per convegno su ossidiana,” May 27, 2016. http://www.lametino.it/Cultura/lamezia-robert-tykot-al-museo- archeologico-per-convegno-su-ossidiana.html
Newspaper article in GEOS NEWS, “Lamezia, Robert Tykot al museo archeologico per convegno su ossidiana,” May 26, 2016. http://it.geosnews.com/p/it/calabria/lamezia- robert-tykot-al-museo-archeologico-per-convegno-su-ossidiana_11253997
Newspaper article in Calabria NEWS, “Lamezia, stasera conferenza al Museo Archeologico su ossidiana liparota e riflessi sul lametino,”May 20, 2016. http://www.calabrianews.it/ lamezia-stasera-conferenza-al-museo-archeologico-ossidiana-liparota-riflessi-sul-lametino/
Newspaper article in Lamezia Terme, il giornale della tua città, “MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO: Mercoledì 25 maggio conferenza organizzata dall’Associazione archeologica lametina e la Soprintendenza Archeologica della Calabria, May 20, 2016. http://www.lameziaterme.it/ 2016/05/20/museo-archeologico-mercoledi-25-maggio-conferenza-organizzata-dallassociazione-archeologica-lametina-e-la-soprintendenza-archeologica-della-calabria/
Newspaper article in il Lametino, “Lamezia, il 25 al Museo archeologico convegno su “ossidiana liparota”,” May 19, 2016. http://www.lametino.it/Cultura/lamezia-il-25-al-museo- archeologico-convegno-su-ossidiana-liparota.html
Newspaper article in Tampa Bay Newswire, “USF professor analyzes largest western Mediterranean sample of obsidian artifacts ever,” December 3, 2014. https://www.tampabaynewswire.com/2014/12/03/usf-professor-analyzes-largest-western-mediterranean-sample-of-obsidian-artifacts-ever-30645
Article in Science News, “Golden Fleece myth was based on real events, geologists contend. Villagers who collected gold in sheepskins inspired legend of Jason’s voyage,” November 25, 2014.  https://www.sciencenews.org/article/golden-fleece-myth-was-based-real-events- geologists-contend
Blog in Scientific American, “You Are What You Eat: Unraveling the Truth in Food Records,” March 25, 2013. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/you-are-what- you-eat-unraveling-the-truth-in-food-records/
Interview by WMNF community radio, “Thousands of years of indigenous history still on Florida land”, http://www.wmnf.org/news_stories/thousands-of-years-of-indigenous- history- still-on-florida-land, November 29, 2012.
Article in Science News, “Ancient farmers swiftly spread westward. Agricultural villages appeared in Croatia nearly 8,000 years ago,” January 7, 2011. https://www.sciencenews.org/ article/ancient-farmers-swiftly-spread-westward
Article in Science News, “Ancient hominids may have been seafarer. Hand axes excavated on Crete suggest hominids made sea crossings to go 'out of Africa',” January 8, 2010. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-hominids-may-have-been-seafarers
Article in WIRED, “Hominids Went Out of Africa on Rafts,” January 8, 2010. http://www.wired.com/2010/01/ancient-seafarers/
Article in Science News, “Maize may have fueled ancient Andean civilization. Prehistoric skeletons yield evidence that farming of crop started early in Peru’s mountains and led to the rise of an early state society,” July 8, 2009. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ maize-may-have-fueled-ancient-andean-civilization
Interview by Intute (UK universities network), on Archaeological Sciences, http://www.intute. ac.uk/artsandhumanities/blog/2007/06/28/new-podcast-on-archaeological-sciences/ with podcast available at http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/podcasts/tykot.mp3 (20 minutes), June 2007.
Filmed as main participant for future episode of TV series “Megamovers”, with focus on Malta and Sardinia, April 2007.
Television show with Patrick Chouinard, “Life, Death & Ritual in the Mediterrranean,” channel 96 and other stations in Florida, July 2003.
Consultant, Mysteries of Egypt exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa, Florida, 2000.
Featured researcher, WUSF-TV series Beyond Science, Modern Archaeology: Digging the Past, first broadcast March 7, 1999.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Department of Anthropology, USF. Undergraduate Director (2012-14); Chair, Professor Promotion Committee (2013-14); Deputy Chair (2001-03); Acting Chair (July 2002, 2003); Archaeology Program Coordinator (1997-2005). Committees: Budget (2003; Chair 2005-7); Computer (1996-, Chair 1997-); Faculty Advisory (2001-03; 2008-11; Chair 2003, 2009-11, 2014-15, 2018-20); Graduate Admissions (2007-08); Undergraduate Curriculum (1997-2003); Chair, Archaeology Faculty Search (2002-03); Biological Faculty Search (2000-01); Research Interests (1997-98); Graduate Curriculum (Chair, “concentrations” working group, 1999).
College of Arts & Sciences, USF. Committees: Undergraduate School of Social Sciences (2012-2013); Undergraduate Committee (2012-2013); Faculty Promotion Committee (2008-11); Computer (1997-2006); CAS Advisory Council (2004-07; Vice-Chair, 2005-07); Environmental Science and Policy Master’s Program (1998-2007); Classical Civilizations Program (1998-); Ad Hoc Safety (1999-).
University of South Florida. Research Council (2002-05; 2019-22); Faculty Senate (2007-2010); Faculty Senate Council on Educational Policy and Issues (2011-2016); Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence - Undergraduate Research (2013-2014); Council on Technologies, Instruction and Research (2007-2010); Academic Computing Committee (1998-); Instructional Technology and Distance Learning Council (2002-05); USF Strategic Planning Technology Task Force Team - Virtual Libraries Group (1998-99).
Member, Institute for Biomolecular Science (1996-2000); Core faculty: Classical Civilizations Program, Italian Studies Program. Affiliate faculty: Food Studies; Classics; Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean; Nanotechnology Research and Education Center; Department of Environmental Science and Policy (1996-2007).
Harvard University. Library Committee (1989-91); Archaeology Committee (Secretary 1989-91); Committee on Graduate Education (1990); Graduate Student Council (President 1988).

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Harvard Club, West Coast Florida, Schools and Scholarship Committee (local undergraduate applicants interviewer, 2001-2018)
Tufts University Alumni Admissions Program (interviewer of local applicants, 1999-2018)
Hillsborough County Public Schools, Great American Teach-In (regular participant, 1997-2016)

COURSES TAUGHT
Introduction to Anthropology
Archaeology
Archaeological Methods
Archaeological Science
Ancient Diets
Ancient Trade
Elemental Archaeology
Environmental Archaeology European Prehistory
Fantastic Archaeology
Field Methods in Archaeology
Honors Seminar
Laboratory Methods
Mediterranean Archaeology
Old World Prehistory
Statistics

THESIS COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION AND CHAIRMANSHIP (*)
Christine Bergmann, “The Paleoecological Context of the Lower Chincha Valley, Peru Using Pollen Analysis and Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (pXRF),” PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida. In progress.
Bárbara Arriaga Espinoza, “Using Multi-Isotope Analysis of Modern Mexican Citizens to Increase Baseline Data Used for Migrant Identification at the US-México Border,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida. In progress.
Jessica Walker, “Later Roman Diet at Khirbet Qazone, Jordan,” PhD Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. In progress.
*Ethan Putman, “Segregation and the Establishment of African-American Cemeteries in Bay County, Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida. In progress.
*Christopher J. Eck, Jr., “Behavioral Ecology of the Central Po Valley, Italy: Mobility and Dietary Reconstruction of the First Neolithic Agropastoralists,” PhD dissertation, University of South Florida. In progress.
*Aurélien Tafani, “Understanding Diet and Mobility in the Lower Danube Valley during the Fifth Millennium BC through Morphometric and Chemical Analyses,” PhD dissertation, University of South Florida. In progress.
Heidi Miller, “A Diachronic View of the Impacts of Interactions between Indigenous West Africans and Europeans during the Trans-Atlantic Trade. A Biocultural Analysis from Elmina, Ghana,” PhD dissertation, University of South Florida. In progress.
Liotta Noche-Dowdy, “The Application of Multi-Isotope and Trace Elemental Analysis to Assist in Geoprofiling Unidentified Decedents Within Florida and Southeast USA,” PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida. In progress.
*Robert D. Bowers, “Development of Methodology for using Portable X-ray Fluorescence in Combination with Other Techniques as Needed to Quantitatively Source Peninsular Florida Chert,” PhD dissertation, University of South Florida. In progress.
Ryan Harke, “Fishing the Western Caribbean: a 700-Year Archaeological and Ecological History of the "Conch" Life in Key West, Florida,” PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida. In progress.
Elizabeth Southard, “Feasting and the Temporality of Middle and Late Woodland Monumental Construction: A Fishy Study of Florida's Crystal River (8CI1) and Roberts Island Shell Mound Complex (8CI36, 37, 40, 41, and 576),” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida. In progress.
Michael H. Lockman, “Middle Woodland Mounds of the Lower Chattahoochee, Lower Flint, and Apalachicola River Basin,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida. 2020.
*Gianpiero Caso, “Recipes for the Living and the Dead: Technological Investigation of Ceramics for a Specific Audience. The Case Studies of Sant'Angelo Muxaro and Polizzello,” PhD dissertation, University of South Florida. Expected December 2020.
*Kirsten Verostick, “Characterizing Diet and Childhood in Gepid and Avar Populations of the Carpathian Basin during the 5th-8th centuries A.D.,” PhD dissertation, University of South Florida. Expected December 2020.
*Jose L. Peña, “Wari Style and Political Economy at El Campanario Site, Huarmey Valley, Peru,” PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida. 2020.
Corinne Allison Taylor, “Reconstructing the Childhood Diet of an 18th to 19th Century Land-Owning Family,” Master’s Thesis, East Carolina University. 2020.
*Elizabeth Austin, “Health and Hygiene in 19th Century Tampa Bay,”  Honors College Thesis, University of South Florida, 2019.
Mallory Provan, “Stable Isotope Analysis of Childhood Diet at 1st Century B.C./A.D. Petra, Jordan,” Master’s Thesis, East Carolina University. 2019.
*Ashley B. Maxwell, “Exploring Variations in Late Roman to Early Medieval Diet and Health in the Region of Veneto, Italy: An Osteological and Biochemical Analysis,” PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida. 2019.
Gennifer M. Goad, “High Precision Lead Isotope Analysis on Modern Populations to Determine Geolocation Reliabibility,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2018.
*Christine L. Bergmann, “Elemental Analysis of Archaeological Bone Using pXRF and a Newly Developed Calibration to Assess Diet in Prehistoric Peruvians,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2018.
Kelsey Kreiser, “Collecting the Past: Using a Private Collection of Artifacts to Assess Prehistoric Occupation of the Chipola River Valley in Northwest Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2018.
*Amanda Floyd, “Isotope Analysis of Bone Samples in Northern Italy to Determine How Local Geography Affected Diet during the Early Medieval Period,” Honors College Thesis, University of South Florida, 2017.
 Alexander Delgado, “More Than Just Empty Space? Integrated Geoarchaeological Investigations of the Crystal River Site (8CI1) Plaza,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2017.
*Frederick Pirone, “Trade, Interaction and Change: Trace Elemental Characterization of Maltese Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age Ceramics Using a Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer,” PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida, 2017.
*Brad Lanning, “Examining Health, Diet, and Mobility in the Bronze Age Cemetery of Sant'Angelo Muxaro through Stable Isotope Analysis and Paleopathology.” PhD program, University of South Florida, 2012-2017.
Kendal R. Jackson, “The Archaeo-Palynology of the Crystal River Site (8Ci1), Citrus County, Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2016.
Theodore Gold, “Archaeology of the Lighthouse Bayou Site, Gulf County, Northwest Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2016.
Lori O’Neal, “What's in Your Toolbox? Examining Tool Choices at Two Middle and Late Woodland-Period Sites on Florida's Central Gulf Coast,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2016.
*Aurélien Tafani, “Social Dynamics and Ceramic Mobility of Final Bronze Age Ceramics in Corsica (France): Elemental Analysis Using a Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2016.
Rachel Thompson, “Understanding Identity Through Ceramic  Analysis at the Crystal River and Roberts Island Sites,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2016.
*Theresa Gilbertson, “A Comparative Analysis of Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry and Stable Isotopes in Assessing Ancient Coastal Peruvian Diets,” PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida, 2015.
Kassie Kemp, “Pottery Exchange and Interaction at Crystal River,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2015.
*Jessica Morgan,“Obsidian Source Selection in the Early Bronze Age Cyclades,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2015.
Suzanna Pratt, “Land Degradation at Betty’s Hope Historical Plantation, Antigua,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2015.
Kara Rothenberg Fulton, “Relationships Between Households During the Terminal Classic at Actuncan, Belize,” PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida, 2015.
Liotta Noche-Dowdy, “Craniometric Variation of the Avar Tribes During the Migration Period (568-895 A.D.) in Hungary,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2015.
Eric Prendergrast, “The Archaeology of the McKinnie Site and Collection, Apalachicola Valley, Northwest Florida (8Ja1869),” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2015.
*Rheta Lanehart, “Patterns of Consumption: Ceramic Residue Analysis at Liangchengzhen, Shandong, China,” PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida, 2015.
*Christopher Griesback, “Improving LiDAR Data Post-Processing Techniques for Archaeological Site Management and Analysis: A Case Study from Canaveral National Seashore Park,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2015.
*Erin Mckendry, “Interpreting Bronze Age Exchange in Sicily through Trace Element Characterization of Ceramics Utilizing Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF),” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2015.
*Kara Casto, “Spatial Analysis of Archaeological Assemblages from the Late Ceramic Age (AD 400-1400) Site of Grand Bay, Carriacou, West Indies,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2015.
Paige Phillips, “Examining Activity Organization in Plazas through Geochemical Analysis at Tlalancaleca, Puebla, Mexico (800 BC-AD 100),” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2014.
Christopher Hunt, “A Forgotton Community: Archaeological Documentation of the Lost Town of Old St. Joseph, Gulf County, Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2014.
*Patrick Woodruff, “Etruscan Trade Networks: Understanding the Significance of Imported Materials at Remote Etruscan Settlements through Trace Element Analysis Using a Non-Destructive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2014.
Rachel V. Nostrom, “Portable X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Pottery at the Bayshore Homes site in Pinellas County, Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2014.
*Heather Cummings, “Reconstructing Diet in Prehistoric Northern Colombia Using Isotopic Analysis,” Honors College Thesis, University of South Florida, 2014.
Kyle P. Freund, “Prehistoric Obsidian Tool Technology in Sicily and Southern Italy,” PhD Dissertation, McMaster University, 2014.
Jessica Goodman, “Archaeological Evidence of Non-Precious Metal Trade Between the Levant and the Eastern Mediterranean in the Late Bronze Age,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2014.
*Hasan Ashkanani, “Interregional Interaction and Dilmun Power in the Bronze Age: A Characterization Study of Ceramics from Bronze Age Sites in Kuwait,” PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida, 2014.
J. Bart McLeod, “Digital Modeling and Non-Destructive Technological Examination of Aboriginal Burial Practices at Picnic Mound 8Hi3, Hillsborough County, Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2014.
*Matthew W. Touchton, “XRF Analysis of Ceramics from Crystal River (8CI1), Florida,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2013. [co-advisor with T. Pluckhahn]
*Raymond Figueroa, “Environmental Change and Diet of the Longshan at Lianchengzhen,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2013.
Caitlin Kelley, “Ten Thousand Years of Prehistory on Ocheesee Pond, Northwest Florida. Archaeological Investigations on the Keene Family Land, Jackson County,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2013.
*Jose Peña, “Elemental Analysis of Late Horizon Pottery from the Huancabamba Valley, Cajamarca - Peru,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2013.
David McCormick, “Exploring Potential Applications of Portable X-ray Fluorescence on Earthen Materials from Southeast Mesoamerica,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2013.
*Christine Bergmann, “Assessing Pre-Inca Subsistence Patterns Through Elemental Analysis of Human Bone Using a Non-Destructive Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer,” Independent Thesis, University of South Florida, 2013.
*Paige Ellen Hawthorne, “Stable Isotope Analysis in the Jomon: A Collective Study of Jomon Subsistence in Changing Paleoecology and Paleoclimate,” Independent Thesis, University of South Florida, 2012.
Elicia Kimble, “Archaeological Survey and Testing on St. Vincent Island, Northwest Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2012.
Ryan M. Harke, “Stable Isotope Analysis of Busycon sinistrum to Determine Fort Walton-Period Seasonality at St. Joseph Bay, Northwest Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2012.
Deena Woodward, “Paleo-Indian to Spanish Occupation around Choctawhatchee Bay, Northwest Florida, as Documented in a Private Artifact Collection,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2012.
*Lauren E. Johnson, “Studying Mobility and the Importance of Maize in the Muisca Culture of Prehistoric Colombia Using Elemental and Isotopic Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2012.
*Jason Kupersmith, “Elemental Analysis and Human Diets: A pXRF Study of Human Remains from Chokepukio, Peru,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2012.
Anna Waterman, “Children in Transition: Childhood Health in late Prehistoric Portugal (3500-2000 BC),” PhD Dissertation, University of Iowa, 2012.
Jeffrey P. DuVernay, “The Archaeology of Yon Mound and Village, Middle Apalachicola River Valley, Northwest Florida,” PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida, 2011.
Martin Koppe, “Étude de céramiques de la vallée de l'Apalachicola en Floride par spectrométrie portable de fluorescence X,” Master’s Thesis, Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3, France, 2010.
*Teddi J. Setzer, “Malaria in Prehistoric Sardinia (Italy): An Examination of Skeletal Remains from the Middle Bronze Age,” PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida, 2010.
Cristina Echazabal, “Life in the Florida Everglades: Bioarchaeology of the Miami One Site,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2010.
*Kyle P. Freund, “Lithic Technology and Obsidian Exchange Networks in Bronze Age Sardinia (Italy),” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2010.
*Alex Seufer, “Marble Portraits from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2009.
*Anna Metroka, “Early Historic Diets in Latin America,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2009.
*Leya Collins, “Chokepukio, Peru”, Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2009.
*Lisa Beyer, “Lithic Use-Wear in Neolithic Southern Italy,” PhD student, University of South Florida, 2001-2008.
*Luca Lai, “The Interplay of Economic, Climatic and Cultural Change Investigated through Isotopic Analyses of Bone Tissue: the Case of Sardinia 4000-1900 BC,” PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida, 2008. Winner of USF Outstanding Dissertation Award.
William D. Tyler, “The Paleoindian Chipola: A Site Distribution Analysis and Review of Collector Contributions in the Apalachicola River Valley, Northwest Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2008.
*Michael P. Pateman, “Diet, Health and Nutrition of the Lucayan Tainos, Bahamas,” MA student, University of South Florida, 2004-2007.
*Travis Doering, “An Unexplored Realm in the Heartland of the Southern Gulf Olmec: Investigations at El Marquesillo, Veracruz, Mexico,” PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida, 2007. Winner of USF Outstanding Dissertation Award.
*Robert D. Bowers, “Phytolith Analysis of Pottery from Liangchengzhen, Shandong, China,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2006.
*William Boynton, “Practical Evaluation of the Manufacturing Processes Involved in Blade Technology,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2006.
*Nicole Shelnut, “Prehistoric Subsistence Patterns in Western Argentina,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2006.
*Shannon Peck, “Animal Husbandry in the Early Bronze Age Levant,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2006.
*Eugenia Mansell, “Status and Diet of the Maya in the Yucatan Peninsula,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida. Never completed, but research published separately in 2006.
*Jonathan Auth, “Migration and Dietary Change in South America: Stable Isotope Analysis of 33 Locations in Central Chile,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2005.
*Scott M. Grammer, “Prehistoric Human Subsistence Patterns of Northern Patagonia, Argentina: Isotopic Evidence for Reconstructing Diet,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2005.
Carrier, Toni O., “Trade and Plunder Networks in the Second Seminole War in Florida, 1835-1842,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2005.
*Justin Winkler, “Pottery Production and Distribution in late Iron Age Etruria: An Example from the Mugello Basin,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida. Never completed, but research published separately in 2005.
Christine Bell, “Investigating Second Seminole War Sites: Identification through Limited Testing,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2004.
*Jennifer A. Kelly, “Stable Isotope Evidence for Maize Consumption and Other Dietary Practices at Bayshore Homes (8Pi41) and Other Prehistoric Sites in Peninsular Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2004.
Tray G. Earnest, “The History and Results of Archaeological Investigations at 1Cv32, the Mitchell Site, in Covington County, Alabama,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2004.
*Marie Archambeault, “Sources of Marble Used for Sculptures and Mosaics at Antioch,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2004.
*Teddi J. Setzer, “Use-Wear Experiments with Sardinian Obsidian: Determining its Function in the Neolithic,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2004.
*Kathryn Lafrenz, “Tracing the Source of the Elephant and Hippopotamus Ivory from the 14th Century B.C. Uluburun Shipwreck: The Archaeological, Historical, and Isotopic Evidence,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2004.
*Nicole L. Falk, “Were Pre-Inca Agriculturalists and Herders Buried Together in the Lurin Valley, Peru? New Data from Stable Isotope Analysis,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2004.
Kelly A. Driscoll, “An Archaeology Study of Architectural Form and Function at Indian Key, Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2003.
*Barbara A. Vargo, “The Sources and Exploitation of Obsidian from Pantelleria,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2003.
Lamb, Lisa Nicole, “Historical Archaeology of the Indian Key (8MO15) Warehouse: An Analysis of Nineteenth-Century Ceramics,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2003.
Earl Eugene Quinn, “An Examination and Analysis of the Cultural Resource Management Habitat: Navigating the Governmental Labyrinth in Pinellas County, Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2003.
Sykes, Alexis Broadbent, “Signs of Life: Rediscovering Nineteenth Century Indian Key Through Glass Analysis”, Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2003.
Beth Childers, “An Initial Classification and Analysis of Ardipethecus ramidus, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, and Orrorin tugenensis,” Honors College Thesis, University of South Florida, 2003.
Karen L. Mayo, “Archaeological and Historical Investigations on Black’s Island, Gulf County, Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2003.
Lisa E. Tucker, “A New Interpretation of the Old: Indigenous Geography at Weedon Island, Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2002.
Robin Van Auken, “The East Blockhouse at Fort Mackinac, Michigan,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2002.
Lori D. Collins, “Positively Fourth Street: A GIS-Based Landscape Approach to Historical Archaeology at Indian Key Historic State Park, Florida (8Mo15),” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2002.
*Melissa Miller, “A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis Aimed Toward Discovering the Sex and Population Affinity of Five Unknown Individuals,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2002. [co-supervisor with D. Himmelgreen]
*John Bernal, “A Macroscopic Analysis of Dental Remains from Mound C-F at the Crystal River, Florida Archaeological Site,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2002. [co-supervisor with D. Himmelgreen]
Thomas I. McIntosh, “Diachronic Variation in Middle Archaic - Late Archaic Lithic Technology at the Big Pine Tree Site, Allendale County, South Carolina,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2001.
Mary Elizabeth Fitts, “Two Eighteenth Century Seminole Burials from Alachua County, Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2001.
David Stewart Butler, “An Archaeological Model of Seminole Combat Behavior,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2001.
Phyllis E. Kolianos, “Florida Journals of Frank Hamilton Cushing 1895-1896 and Related Manuscript,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 2001.
*Jason W. Wilson, “Strontium-Calcium Ratio Analysis and Dietary Adaptations of Early Hominids and Hominoids from South Africa,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2000.
*Jennifer Kelly, “Stable Isotope Analysis and Prehistoric Human Diet in Southern Patagonia,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 2000.
*Michelle L. Whitaker, “Anasazi Subsistence in La Plata, New Mexico: Carbon, Corn and Culture,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 1999.
Anna L. East, “Feasibility of Using FDOT Properties for Archaeological Research: A GIS Application,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 1998.
Mary Haidar, “A Consideration of Depositional Process in the Urban Archaeological Record: A Case Study from Ybor City, Florida,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 1998.
Kimberly A. Mays Perez, “Variability of Bone Tool Manufacture at the Household Level in the Glades Culture, South Florida,” Senior Honors Thesis, University of South Florida, 1998.
Ted W. Fassler, “An Archaeological Survey of the Anclote Keys Light Station,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 1998.
Stacey Linn Nott, “Developing Criteria for Evaluating Archaeological Site Significance,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 1998.
Christina Ulrich, “Predictive Modeling in Urban, Historical Archaeology in Minneapolis, Minnesota Using Geographic Information Systems,” Master's Thesis, University of South Florida, 1998.
Jane Berkeley, “Method of Determining Adequacy of Fine-Screen Faunal Material,” Master’s Thesis, University of South Florida, 1996.
Catherine Bonn, “Tattooing and Body Painting in the Aegean Bronze Age,” Senior Honors Thesis, Harvard University, 1996.
*Karen Hartshorn, “The Source of Corsican Obsidian: Provenience Analysis and Exchange Relationships in the Neolithic Mediterranean,” Senior Honors Thesis, Harvard University, 1995.