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Alexis E North

B.A. New York University, Double Major: Anthropology and Classics (2006)


Fax: 310-206-4723
E-mail: alexisnorth@ucla.edu

Subfield

Conservation of archaeological and ethnographic materials

Research Interests

Conservation and storage of human remains, Greek/Roman/Late Antique archaeology, mortuary traditions, imaging and documentation techniques.

Thesis: The Use of Hydroxyapatite as an Inorganic Consolidant for Archaeological Bone and Calcified Tissue

Grants and Awards

FAIC George Stout Grant, 2013
Steinmetz/Friends of Archaeology Summer Travel Grant, 2012

Advisors

Dr. Ioanna Kakoulli

Conference Presentations

2012 UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Graduate Student Conference, "The Challenges in Retreating Previously Conserved Archaeological Ceramics: A Case Study from Bolivia."

2012 ANAGPIC Conference, Conservation Center at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, Dolph, B., Griswold, G., Mallinckrodt, C., Fuentes, A., Mahony, C., Neiman, M., North, A., Tzadik, C. "The Significance of Surface in Central African Masks: Pigment Identification of Polychrome Wood Masks from the Congo."

2013 (forthcoming) American Institute for Conservation, 41st Annual Meeting, North, A.*, Kakoulli, I. "Beyond the Visible: Macro and Forensic Imaging for the Documentation and Investigation of Archaeological Objects."


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The Construction of Value

Scholars from Aristotle to Marx and beyond have been fascinated by the question of what constitutes value. The Construction of Value in the Ancient World makes a significant contribution to this ongoing inquiry, bringing together in one comprehensive volume the perspectives of leading anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, linguists, philologists, and sociologists on how value was created, defined, and expressed in a number of ancient societies around the world. Based on the basic premise that value is a social construct defined by the cultural context in which it is situated, the volume explores four overarching but closely interrelated themes: place value, body value, object value, and number value. The questions raised and addressed are of central importance to archaeologists studying ancient civilizations: How can we understand the value that might have been accorded to materials, objects, people, places, and patterns of action by those who produced or used the things that compose the human material record? Taken as a whole, the contributions to this volume demonstrate how the concept of value lies at the intersection of individual and collective tastes, desires, sentiments, and attitudes that inform the ways people select, or give priority to, one thing over another.

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