Abigail Ruth Levine
Ph.D. Candidate Anthropology, UCLA 2007; M.A. Anthropological Sciences, Stanford 2005; B.A. Anthropological Sciences, Stanford 2005
Office: Fowler A316
Fax: 310-206-4723
E-mail:
abigail.levine@ucla.edu
Subfield
Archaeology
Research Interests
highland Andean archaeology (Lake Titicaca basin), evolutionary theory for the development of economic specialization, architectural correlates of social change, ceramic analysis, lithic sourcing, multivariate statistics
Publications
i.p. Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology II. Edited by E. A. Klarich, A. R. Levine, and C. S. Stanish. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.
i.p. Levine, Abigail R. “A Case for Local Ceramic Production in the Jequetepeque Valley during the Late Horizon.” In Advances in North Coast Archaeology, edited by C. Donley, I. Johnson-Grant, and W. Sapp. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Univeristy of California, Los Angeles.
Grants and Awards
2009 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
2009 UCLA Latin American Center Doctoral Research Grant
2009 Department of Anthropology Research Grant
2008 Department of Anthropology Conference Travel Grant
2008 Department of Anthropology Research Grant
2007 UCLA Latin American Center Doctoral Research Grant
2006 Friends of Archaeology Summer Research Fellowship
2006 Department of Anthropology Conference Travel Grant
2005-2008 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Advisors
Charles Stanish
Christopher Donnan
Jeffrey Brantingham
Aaron Burke
Conference Presentations
2009 P.R. Williams, L. Dussubieux, A. Levine, and C. Stanish. "Ch'iyar Qala: Basalt Sourcing in the Andean Altiplano." Poster presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta.
2008 Levine, Abigail R. "Competition and Cooperation in the Formative Lake Titicaca Basin: New Insights from Taraco, Peru." Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver.
2007 Stanish, C., C. Chavez, A. Levine, and A. Plourde. "A Reevaluation of Northen Lake Titicaca Basin Archaeology." Paper presented at 47th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Andean Studies, Berkeley.
2006 Levine, Abigail R. "A Case for Local Ceramic Production in the Jequetepeque Valley during the Late Horizon." Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan.
2005 Levine, Abigail R. “The Chimú-Inka Style: The Importance of Hybridization to the Study of Culture Contact.” Paper presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City.
2004 Levine, Abigail R. “Monkeying Around with Pottery Production: A Study of Mold-Made Effigies from the North Coast of Peru.” Poster presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Montreal.
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