Julia I. Giblin   
                                                Department of Anthropology                                          
                                            The Ohio State University
                                   4034 Smith Lab, 174 West 18th Avenue
                                              Columbus, OH 43210
                                             Phone: (614) 354-1898
                                            Email: giblin.11@osu.edu

Research Interests:

European prehistory, tribal societies, human mobility, diet, domestication, mortuary practices, Neolithic, Copper Age, biogeochemistry, strontium isotopes, carbon and nitrogen Isotopes

Courses Taught at The Ohio State University:

World Prehistory (ANT 201)
                                   

Professional Preparations:

2005        B.A., Anthropology, Florida State University, Tallahassee.

                 Undergraduate honors thesis title: Strontium Isotope and Trace Element Analysis of Copper Age Human Skeletal Material from the Great Hungarian Plain

2007        M.A., Anthropology, The Ohio State University, Columbus.

                 Thesis title: Strontium Isotope Analysis of Neolithic and Copper Age Populations from the Great Hungarian Plain
 

Present  Ph.D. candidate, Anthropology, The Ohio State University, Columbus.

                 Dissertation title:  Isotope Analysis on the Great Hungarian Plain: An Exploration of Mobility and Subsistence Strategies from the Neolithic to the Copper Age.

Appointments:

2006-2009    Instructor of Record, The Ohio State University, Department of Anthropology.
2005              Intern in Physical Anthropology, Panamá Viejo Museum, Panama.
2004              National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates program, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee.
2003-2004    Research Assistant, Florida State University, Dept. of Anthropology.
2003              National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates participant, Körös Regional Archaeological Project Field School, Hungary.
 

Awards:

2007-2008    Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow, The Ohio State University.
2005-2006    University Fellow, The Ohio State University.
2005              National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention
2005              Daniel Hughes Memorial Fund, The Ohio State University
2004              Bess Ward Travel Scholarship, Florida State University 
2001-2005    University Scholarship, Florida State University
2001-2005    Bright Futures Scholarship, Florida State University

Grants:

2006              Office of International Affairs Graduate Student International Dissertation/MA Thesis Research Travel Grant, The Ohio State University
2005              Travel grant from Anthropology Department, The Ohio State University
2005              The Ohio State Chapter of Sigma Xi Student Research Grant, The Ohio State University
2004               Bess Ward Honors Thesis Grant, Florida State University


Publications:
2009   Strontium Isotope Analysis of Neolithic and Copper Age Populations from the Great Hungarian Plain. Journal of Archaeological Science 36: 491–497.

In prep   Burials at Vészto-Bikeri and Körösladány-Bikeri in Parkinson, W. (Eds.), Bikeri: Two Copper Age Villages on the Great Hungarian Plain. Monograph Series, Costen Institute of Archaeology.

2008    Strontium Isotope Analysis of Neolithic and Copper Age Populations from the Great Hungarian Plain. In: Abstracts of the 77th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
 

2008    Strontium Isotope Analysis of Neolithic and Copper Age Populations from the Great Hungarian Plain. In: Abstracts of the 73rd Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
 

2006    Mortuary Analysis of the Early Copper Age Settlement at Körösladány-Bikeri. In: Abstracts of the 71st Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology meeting.
 

2005    Isotope and Trace Element Analysis of Human Skeletal Material from Hungary. In: Abstracts of the 70th Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology meeting.
 

2004    Mortuary Analysis of a Copper Age Settlement at Vészto-Bikeri. In: Abstracts of the 69th Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
 

Synergistic Activities:
2008-present Student Representative, The Ohio State Chapter of Sigma Xi.
2007-2008 Vice-president, Graduate Student Anthropology Association, Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University.
2008 Speaker and Workshop Coordinator, Girls Explore Archaeology Program, COSI Museum, Columbus.
2006-2007 Guest Lecturer on Ohio Archaeology, Piney Elementary School, Columbus.
2005-2006 Excavation Supervisor, Körös Regional Archaeological Project Field School, Hungary.
 

Graduate Advisor:
Richard Yerkes, Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University