CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Name:

Francesca ALHAIQUE

Born in Rome, April 7, 1968

 

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Via Imperia 12

00161 Rome - Italy

 

Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo

Sezione di Antropologia

Università di Roma "La Sapienza"

Piazzale A. Moro 5

00185 Rome - Italy

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Department of Anthropology

Campus box 1114

Washington University

One Brookings Dr.

St. Louis MO 63130

(314) 935-5252 (Dept.)

(314) 935-8535 (Dept.)

 

falhaiqu@artsci.wustl.edu

 

EDUCATION

1990

Laurea in Natural Sciences cum laude, University of Rome "La Sapienza".

Title of the thesis: "Grotta Breuil al Circeo: uno studio sulla selezione delle parti anatomiche di ungulati effettuata dall'uomo del tardo Musteriano." - Advisor: Prof. A.Bietti

1996

Dottorato di Ricerca in Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Rome "La Sapienza".

Title of the thesis: "Strategie di sfruttamento delle risorse animali nel Paleolitico Medio e Superiore: studio tafonomico di alcuni siti italiani" - Advisor: Prof. A.Bietti

1997

1997

M.A. in Anthropology, Washington University - St.Louis

Advanced to Ph.D. Candidacy, Dept. of Anthropology, Washington University - St.Louis

 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

- IIE Fulbright Scholarship to Washington University - St. Louis (1992-93).

- University Fellowship Washington University - St. Louis (1992-93, 1996-97).

- Tuition Scholarship Washington Unniversity - St. Louis (1992-93, 1996-99)

- NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant (NSF-SBR 9714934) (1998)

- Wenner-Gren Foundation Grant (Gr. 6293) (1998)

 

FIELD EXPERIENCE

· 1986-1996

Grotta Breuil (Monte Circeo, Italy - Middle Paleolithic) (director: Prof. A.Bietti)

· 1986-1991

Riparo Salvini (Terracina, Italy - Upper Paleolithic) (director: Prof. A.Bietti)

· 1993

Grotta Monticelli (Carpineto Romano, Italy - Bronze-Iron Age) (director: Prof. A.Bietti)

· 1994

Hayonim Cave (Israel - Mousterian-Natufian) (directors: Prof. O.Bar-Yosef and Prof. B.Vandermeersch)

· 1995-1996

Laetoli (Tanzania) Re-excavation and conservation of the hominid footprints (Getty Conservation Institute and Tanzania Antiquity Unit)

· 1995 & 1997-98

Riparo S.Maria and Riparo Camarda (L'Aquila, Italy) - Upper Paleolithic (director: Prof. A.Bietti)

· 1995 & 1997

Riparo Mochi and Riparo Lorenzi (Balzi Rossi, Ventimiglia, Italy - Middle and Upper Palaeolithic) (director: Prof. A.Bietti)

 

RESEARCH ACTIVITY AND TRAINING

· Selected Classes:

Prehistoric Ecology (Prof. A. Bietti), Quaternary Geology and Paleontology (Prof. O. Girotti), Paleobotany (Prof. M. Follieri) - (University of Rome)

 

Zooarcheology (Prof. F. Marshall), Experimental Zooarcheology(Prof. F. Marshall), Human Patterns of Predation (Prof. F. Marshall), Ethnoarchaeology (Prof. P.J. Watson), Archaeological Theory (Prof. P.J. Watson), Archaeologi cal Research Techniques (Prof. D. Browman) - (Washington University - St. Louis)

· Stage: "Techniques for the Observation of Bone Surface Modifications" (Turin - May 1997)

· Zooarchaeological study of faunal materials from Prehistoric sites in Italy and other countries

Grotta Breuil (Middle Paleolithic)

Grotta del Fossellone (Middle and Upper Paleolithic)

Riparo Mochi (Middle and Upper Palaeolithic)

Riparo Lorenzi (Middle and Upper Palaeolithic)

Riparo Salvini (Upper Paleolithic)

Grotta Polesini (Upper Paleolithic)

Arene Candide (Upper Paleolithic)

Riparo S. Maria (Upper Paleolithic)

Riparo Camarda (Upper Paleolithic)

Grotta Di Ciccio Felice (Upper Paleolithic)

Riparo Maurizio (Upper Paleolithic)

Grotta C. Tronci (Upper Paleolithic)

Grotta Maritza (Upper Paleolithic)

Grotta La Punta (Upper Paleolithic)

Grotta di Ortucchio (Upper Paleolithic)

Grotta dell'Uzzo (Mesolithic and Neolithic)

La Marmotta (Neolithic)

Grotta Monticelli (Bronze-Iron age)

Gerico (Bronze Age)

· Experimental research on bone modification resulting from use of stone tools and bone breakage during butchery and from carnivore gnawing (1992-1996).

 

SERVICE

· Scientific collaborator for the excursions organized during the XIII UISPP Congress (Forlì 1996) and co-author of the sections about Grotta Breuil, Riparo Salvini, Grott a de l Fossellone, and Arene Candide in the guides to such excursions.

· Coordinator, together with A. Tagliacozzo and J. De Grossi Mazzorin, of the Workshop "The Horse: its domestication, diffusion and role in past communities" organized during the XII I UISPP Congress (Forlì 1996)

· Participant in the organization of the XIII Congress of the Associazione Antropologica Italiana (A.A. I.) (Roma & Sabaudia 4-8 October 1999)

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

· Since 1990 Teaching Assistant of Prof. Bietti (University of Rome) for the part of his course in Prehistoric Ecology related to the analysis of faunal remains and for the excav atio ns at Grotta Breuil (Monte Circeo, Italy).


· Spring 1997 Laboratory Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Archaeology (Prof. Fiona Marshall) Washington University in St.Louis.

LANGUAGES

SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

 -Italian (native speaker)

-English (excellent)

-French (good)

- Istituto Italiano di Antropologia

- Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana

- Society for American Archaeology

- Associazione Italiana di Archeozoologia

 

PUBLICATIONS

Alessio M., Alhaique F., Allegri L., Bietti A., Branca M., D'Arpino A., Improta S., Kuhn S., Palmieri A.M., and Preite Martinez M. 1993 "New results on the Upper Paleolithic Site of Riparo Salvini (Terracina, Italy)". Quaternari a No va III:105-150.

Alhaique F. 1994 "Taphonomic study of the faunal remains from the "M" and "P" layers of the Arene Candide (Savona, Italy)". Quaternaria Nova IV : 263-295.

Alhaique F. 1996 "Sfruttamento dei piccoli mammiferi e dei carnivori nel Paleolitico superiore di Grotta Polesini". In L'adattamento umano all'ambiente, C. Peretto and S. Milliken (Eds.), ABACO, Forlì, pp.209-219.

Alhaique F. 1997 "Do patterns of bone breakage differ between cooked and raw bones? An experimental approach". Anthropozoologica 25/26:

Alhaique F. 1998 "Analisi zooarcheologica dei resti osteologici faunistici dal vano L.20 dell'edificio A1". Quaderni di Gerico 1:231-239.

Alhaique F., Bietti A., Del Lucchese A. Grimaldi S., Recchi A. n.d. "I nuovi scavi al Riparo Mochi. Il Contributo dell'Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana alla conoscenza dei Balzi Rossi". Convegno "Balzi Rossi 1846-1996: 150 anni di preistoria tra collezionismo e indagine scientifica" (Ventimiglia 1-2 febbraio 1996) in stampa sulla Rivista di Studi Liguri.

Alhaique F., Bietti A., Grimaldi S., Kotsakis T., Kuhn S.L., Lemorini C., Manzi G., Recchi A., Schwarcz H.P., Stiner M.C. 1996 "Nuovi risultati sul musteriano finale di Grotta Breuil (S.Felice Circeo, Latina)". In L'adattamento umano all'ambiente, C. Peretto and S. Milliken (Eds.), ABACO, Forlì, pp.177-188.

Alhaique F., Bietti A., Grimaldi S., Kotsakis T., Kuhn S.L., Lemorini C., Manzi G., Recchi A., Schwarcz H.P., Stiner M.C. n.d. "Settlement patterns and subsistence strategies in the late Mousterian site of Grotta Breuil". Paper presente d at the XIII UISPP Congress (Forlí, Italy 1996), in press in the Proceedings of the Congress.

Alhaique F., Biondi S. V., Cassoli P.F., Recchi A. Tagliacozzo A. n.d. "Modification in the exploitation of animal resources between the Middle Paleolithic and the Aurignacian at Grotta del Fossellone (Monte Circeo, Italy)". Paper prese nt ed at the XIII UISPP Congress (Forlì, Italy 1996), in press in the Proceedings of the Congress.

Alhaique F. and Lemorini C. n.d.a "Butchering with stone tools: an experimental approach to use wear analysis and taphonomic studies of the archaeological material from Grotta Breuil". Paper presented at the Round Table "Reduction Proce ss es (Chaines Opératoires) for the European Mousterian". (Rome Italy 1995). In press in the Proceedings of the Meeting.

Alhaique F. and Lemorini C. n.d.b "L'analyse fonctionelle rencontre l'anayse zooarcheologique: l'exemple de Grotta Breuil (Mont Circé, Italie)". Paper presented at the XIII UISPP Congress (Forlì, Italy 1996), in press in t he Proceedings of the Congress

Alhaique F., Tagliacozzo A. "L'interpretazione dei dati faunistici nella ricostruzione delle strategie di sussistenza nel Paleolitico Medio: l'esempio del Lazio". Paper presented at the 2° Convegno Nazionale di Archeozoologia (Asti 14-1 6 Novembre 1997) in press in the Proceedings of the Congress

Alhaique F. "Analisi preliminare dei reperti faunistici associati al Paleolitico superiore del Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, IM): scavi 1995-1996". Paper presented at the 2° Convegno Nazionale di Archeozoologia (Asti 14-16 Novembre 1997) i n press in the Proceedings of the Congress

 

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS (not in press)

Tagliacozzo A., Alhaique F. "Archaeozoology of Neandertal sites in Italy". Paper presented at the Conference: "Palaeoanthropological advances in Eastern and Central Europe " (Bend, Oregon 15-18 Ottobre 1995).

Alhaique F., Lemorini C. "Zooarchaeology and use wear analysis, a fruitful cooperation: the case of Grotta Breuil (Monte Circeo, Latium, Italy)". Paper presented at the 8th International Congress of the International Council for Archaeozoology (Victoria, Canada 23-29 Agosto 1998).