Joseph (Seppi) Lehner
BS Anthropology University of Wisconsin - Madison 2006
Office: A316
Fax: 310-206-4723
E-mail:
jwlehner@ucla.edu
Subfield
Archaeology
Research Interests
Archaeology of the Near East, Anatolia and Central Asia, Political Economies, Regional Anatolian Highland Economies, Ethnoarchaeology, Experimental Archaeology, Archaeological Chemistry, Ancient Technology
Notes
My research focuses on the socio-economic and political consequences of change or stasis in technological practice. I seek to also develop a better understanding of synchronic and diachronic perspectives on material-use and technology across urban and rural space.
I am currently working at Kerkenes Dag, the site of a 7th-6th century BC urban center in what is now the Yozgat province of central Turkey. I have also worked at other sites in Turkey, such as Tell Tayinat. Recently I worked with Monica Smith (UCLA) and Rabindra Kumar Mohanty (Deccan College, Pune, India) on their project at Sisupalgarh in Orissa, India.
I am also actively pursuing the refinement and elaboration of the chemical identification of inorganic materials such as metal and stone. My current research in this field involves the isolation of the causes of Pb-isotope variation in metal alloys through statistical and heuristic modeling.
Publications
Lehner, J., A. Yener, J. Burton. in press. Lead Isotope Analysis and Chemical Characterization of Metallic Residues of an Early Bronze Age Crucible from Göltepe Using ICP-MS. Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi (TÜBA-AR). Turkish Academy of Sciences Journal of Archaeology.
Lehner, J. 2009. Metal and Landscape at a Short-lived Iron Age Urban Center in Anatolia: Recent Research at Kerkenes Dağ. Backdirt 2009: 92-97.
Grants and Awards
2009 Summer Research Fellowship from the UCLA Institute for Social Research for project "Using Archaeological Research to Understand Producer-Consumer Behavior"
2007-2008 Chancellor’s Prize, UCLA
2007, 2008 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Honorable Mention
Advisors
Conference Presentations
2009 Vanessa Muros, Joseph Lehner & Alma Bardho. The sampling of archaeological metals for lead isotope analysis using EDTA – A "minimally destructive" alternative. Poster presented at the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Annual Meeting, Los Angeles
2008 Joseph Lehner. Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC
"Recent Research at Kerkenes Dağ in Central Turkey," presented in March 2008 at “Ancient Cities in Turkey” session.
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