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RESEARCH: Kathryn has been studying the peoples of southern Ethiopia and their material culture for the last 20 years. Her research focuses on exploring how knowledge and technology are learned and embedded in specific cultural constructs such as gender, religion, and caste. In particular, she advocates avenues for revealing in the past the agency of women and historically disenfranchised populations.
FUNDING: Fulbright, Leakey Foundation grant, National Endowment for the Humanities grant, and several National Science Foundation grants
AWARDS: Kathryn recently received the Gordon R. Willey Prize (2012, Archaeology Division American Anthropological Association) and the Exemplary Cross-Field Prize (2011 General Anthropology Division American Anthropological Association) for her article Feminine Knowledge and Skill Reconsidered: Women and Flaked Stone Tools published in American Anthropologist. In addition, she has been awarded USFSP Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research and the Chancellor's Award for Service
JOURNAL: Kathryn co-founded the journal Ethnoarchaeology with Liam Frink.
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Education/Academic qualification
Anthropology, Ph.D., University of Florida
Anthropology, M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Anthropology, B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Disciplines
- African Languages and Societies
- Anthropology
- Archaeological Anthropology
- Social and Cultural Anthropology
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Collaborative Mapping of Sacred Forests in Southern Ethiopia: Canopies Harboring Conflict Landscapes?
Arthur, K. W., Jan 1 2020, 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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The lives of stone tools: Crafting the status, skill, and identity of flintknappers.
Arthur, K. W., Jan 1 2018Research output: Book/Report › Book
Prizes
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2011 Exemplary Cross-Fields Scholarship. American Anthropological Association. General Anthropology Division.
Arthur, K. W. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2012 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Scholarship
Arthur, K. W. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2012 Gordon R. Willey Prize. American Anthropological Association. Archaeology Division
Arthur, K. W. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2014 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Service
Arthur, K. W. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)