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Trevor Matthew Van Damme

M.A. 2012, Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria. Thesis title: "Remembering the Mycenaeans: How the Ancient Greeks Repurposed their Prehistoric Past";

B.A. 2010, Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria.


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

Subfield

IDP

Research Interests

Bronze Age Aegean archaeology; Archaeological ceramics; Archaeology of memory; Boeotian studies.

Notes

Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project (EBAP)

Publications

(2012) "Reviewing the Evidence for a Bronze Age Silk Industry in the Dodecanese," in R. Laffineur and L. Nosch, eds., KOSMOS: Jewellery, Adornment and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age, 13th International Aegean Conference, University of Copenhagen, April 19-22, 2010, Aegaeum 31, pp. 163-170.

Grants and Awards

2012-2016 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship

Advisors

John Papadopoulos
Sarah Morris

Conference Presentations

"Remembering the Mycenaeans: Ancient Greek Reflections on their Past," Classical Association of the Canadian West Conference, Visualizing Antiquity, Victoria, March 16-17, 2012.

(co-authored with Brendan Burke) "Populating Theban Political Geography in the Euboean Gulf during the Late Bronze Age," 113th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, January 5-8, 2012.

"Reviewing the Evidence for a Bronze Age Silk Industry in the Dodecanese," 13th International Aegean Conference, KOSMOS: Jewellery, Adornment and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age, University of Copenhagen, April 19-22, 2010.
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