- University of South Alabama
Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work
Humanities Building Rm. 22
5991 USA Drive North
Mobile, AL 36688
- Anthropology, Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Bioarchaeology, Mesopotamian Archaeology, Stable Isotope Analysis, and 30 moreBiogeochemistry, Levantine Archaeology, Bronze Age (Archaeology), Mortuary archaeology, Skeletal Biology, Archaeological Chemistry, Arabian Gulf, Archaeology of Oman peninsula, Physical Anthropology, Anthropology of Death, Paleodiet, Archaeology of Oman, Stable Isotope Forensics, Journal of Oman Studies, Arabian/Persian Gulf Archaeology, Indus Valley Civilization, South Asian Archaeology, Death and Burial (Archaeology), Bioarchaeology of Childhood, Osteoarchaeology, Umm an-Nar, Palaeopathology, Early Bronze Age (Archaeology), Paleopathology, Dental Anthropology, Human Osteology, Archaeological Science, United Arab Emirates, Near Eastern Archaeology, and Ancient Near Eastedit
- I am a bioarchaeologist at the University of South Alabama. I am primarily interested in reconstructing past lifeway... moreI am a bioarchaeologist at the University of South Alabama. I am primarily interested in reconstructing past lifeways using stable isotopes, biogeochemical signatures incorporated into human skeletal material.
My research involves an examination of mobility, migration, trade networks, and diet during the Bronze Age in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Utilizing stable strontium, oxygen, and carbon isotopes from human and faunal dental enamel, I seek to elucidate changes in the movements of people over time with the development of a Bronze Age world-system and increased interregional communication between southeastern Arabia and major centers in Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley. I am also concerned with changing mortuary practices in the interior of Oman and how these changes reflect shifting sociopolitical and economic organization among the living.edit
Due to its association with the Prophet Moses, the Byzantine monastery of Mount Nebo (AD 491-640) was (and still is) a popular pilgrimage destination in the southern Levant. Although foreign monastics were probably attracted to the... more
Due to its association with the Prophet Moses, the Byzantine monastery of Mount Nebo (AD 491-640) was (and still is) a popular pilgrimage destination in the southern Levant. Although foreign monastics were probably attracted to the monastery, communal interment has obscured the diverse origins of the people buried here. The authors use biogeochemical and onomastic inquiry to examine a cosmopolitan monastic 'mosaic' of identity. Isotopic analyses of tooth enamel reveal the presence of a sizeable number (47 per cent) of non-local migrants buried at the site. Mosaic inscriptions provide further evidence for the ethnic diversity of the population.
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Objectives: Across the Mediterranean and Near East, the transition from the Late Bronze Age (ca.