Anneke Janzen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Fowler A222a

Education

Ph.D., U.C. Santa Cruz, 2015

Areas of Interest

Zooarchaeology, stable isotope analysis, African archaeology, pastoralism, seasonality, mobility, origins of food production, taphonomy.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

2014    Monroe, J. C. and A. Janzen. La fête du Dahomey: Politique et les pratiques culinaires des elites en 18e et 19e siècle Afrique Occidental. Afriques (En ligne) 5.

2014    Janzen, A., R.E.B. Reid, A. Vasquez and D. Gifford-Gonzalez. Smaller fragment size facilitates energy-efficient bone grease production. Journal of Archaeological Science 49:518-523.

2014    Monroe, J.C. and A. Janzen. The Dahomean Feast: Royal Women, Private Politics, and Culinary Practices in Atlantic West Africa. African Archaeological Review 31(2):299-337.

2013    Balasse, M., A. Bălăşescu, A. Janzen, J. Ughetto-Monfrin, P. Mirea and R. Andreescu. Early herding at Măgura-Boldul lui Moş Ivănuş (early sixth millennium BC, Romania): environments and seasonality from stable isotope analysis. European Journal of Archaeology 16(2):221-246.

Other Publications: 

2014    Janzen, A. Exploring ancient pastoral mobility through stable isotope analysis: A case study from Kenya. Backdirt: Annual Review.

2009    Janzen, A. and T.D. Schneider. Analysis of fauna from the Thomas Site, a shell mound in Marin County, California. SCA Proceedings 23: 1-9. 

Awards

2014    UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Graduate Student Conference Student Paper Award ($500)

2013    Research grant for dissertation fieldwork, Dept. of Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz ($600) 

2012    Wenner Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, #8630 ($6,727)

2012    National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, BCS-1240332 ($19,370)

2012    Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research ($3,000)

2012    CenTREAD Tropical Research Award, UC Santa Cruz, ($1,000)

2012    Research grant for dissertation fieldwork, Dept. of Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz, ($1,700) 

2012    Outstanding TA Award, UC Santa Cruz Graduate Division

2009    Research grant for pre-dissertation fieldwork, Dept. of Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz, ($2,000)