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About
Dr. John W. Arthur is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. He is the author of Living with Pottery: Ethnoarchaeology among the Gamo of southwest Ethiopia (Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry Series, Utah), as well as numerous journal articles in archaeology related to social stratification, craft specialization, and household diet. Since 2005, he and his colleagues Kathy Arthur and Matthew Curtis have received three National Science Foundation grants and one National Endowment for the Humanities grant to continue their work in Ethiopia. He also has a research project excavating the Weedon Island site in Pinellas County, Florida focusing on ecological changes Tampa Bay has undergone over the last millennia.
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Education/Academic qualification
Anthropology, Ph.D., University of Florida
Anthropology, B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Anthropology, M.A., University of Texas at San Antonio
Disciplines
- Anthropology
- Archaeological Anthropology
- Social and Cultural Anthropology
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Estimating crown conch (Melongena corona) tissue weight from archaeological shell measurements: An allometric methodology for coastal historical ecological research
Arthur, J. W., Jan 1 2019, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Geomorphology, soils and palaeosols of the Chencha area (Gamo Gofa, south western Ethiopian Highlands)
Arthur, J. W. & Arthur, K. W., Jan 1 2019, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Food Production in the Gamo Highlands of Southern Ethiopia
Arthur, J. W., Curtis, M. C., Arthur, K. W., Coltorti, M., Pieruccini, P., Lesur, J., Fuller, D., Lucas, L., Conyers, L., Stock, J., Stretton, S. & Tykot, R. H., Jan 1 2019, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seniority through ancestral landscapes: Community archaeology in the highlands of southern Ethiopia.
Arthur, K. W., Tocha, Y. E., Curtis, M., Lakew, B. & Arthur, J. W., Jan 1 2018, Seniority through ancestral landscapes: Community archaeology in the highlands of southern Ethiopia..Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Hide and meat among Boreda hideworkers: Ethnoarchaeozology of consumption and craft practices in Gamo (southwest Ethiopia).
Lesur, J., Arthur, J. W., Arthur, K. W. & Curtis, M. C., Jan 1 2017, In: Default journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review