The Domestic Prospects of Field D, at Tall Jalul, Jordan
Presenter Status
Undergraduate student, Behavioral Sciences, Siegfried H. Horn Institute of Archaeology
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Location
Buller Hall, Room 250
Start Date
23-5-2019 3:00 PM
Presentation Abstract
Household Archaeology, the study of household dynamics, has slowly but surely integrated itself into the larger field of archaeology and has seen development in further understanding the daily lives of older societies. At Tall Jalulin Field D, an unearthed domestic complex has revealed potential for household studies. How can Tall Jalul Field D aid our understanding of household archaeology? Through a preliminary study of ceramic typology in Square 1 of Field D, I have been led to believe that there is large potential in this field to learn more about the daily lives and household dynamics of the Late Iron/Persian Period (539-332 B.C.E.).
Biographical Sketch
My name is Alma Nizaye Cortez Alvarez, and I was born in Montemorelos, Mexico in the year 1998. At the age of three, I moved to Berrien Springs with my family for my father's studies in the seminary. After he obtained his doctorate degree in New Testament Studies, we moved back to Mexico when I was 9 years old. Six years later, I moved here to Berrien Springs from Montemorelos, Mexico with my family in 2013 and I have lived here since then. In 2016, I started to pursue my major in Anthropological Archaeology in the Behavioral Sciences program with a minor in Biblical languages. A year later I added in a second major in French Studies and left to study abroad for year in the ACA program in Collonges-Sous-Salève, France, in order to learn the language and advance my second major. I can speak English, Spanish, and French, and I am able to read in Hebrew, Greek and Latin. My hobbies involve playing the Cello, painting and learning new languages. Since I was very young, I have always been interested in archaeology, and I have been pursuing my career in that field since then. As of now, this is the second year that I have been involved in research with the Siegfried H. Horn Institute of Archaeology thanks to the help of the professors there and the Office of Research and Creative Scholarship who has sponsored my research.
The Domestic Prospects of Field D, at Tall Jalul, Jordan
Buller Hall, Room 250
Household Archaeology, the study of household dynamics, has slowly but surely integrated itself into the larger field of archaeology and has seen development in further understanding the daily lives of older societies. At Tall Jalulin Field D, an unearthed domestic complex has revealed potential for household studies. How can Tall Jalul Field D aid our understanding of household archaeology? Through a preliminary study of ceramic typology in Square 1 of Field D, I have been led to believe that there is large potential in this field to learn more about the daily lives and household dynamics of the Late Iron/Persian Period (539-332 B.C.E.).
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my research advisor, Constance E. Gane, Ph.D who has been working with me on this project and has supported me through this process. I would also like to thank Ph.D, Robert Bates Ph.D, ØysteinLaBianca, Ph.D, and Randall Younker, Ph.D, who have also been heavily involved in this project and have aided me through this process. Finally I would like to acknowledge and thank deeply the Office of Research and Creative Scholarship at Andrews who sponsored my research.