CHRISTOPHER H. ROOSEVELT CURRICULUM VITAE Research Center for Anatolian ...

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CHRISTOPHER H. ROOSEVELT CURRICULUM VITAE

Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations
Koç University
İstiklal Cd. No:181, Merkez Han
34433 Beyoğlu İstanbul, Turkey
Tel: [phone]

e-mail: chroosevelt (at) ku.edu.tr
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-4302-4788 / Researcher ID: X-1961-2018

EDUCATION

PhD, 2003, Cornell University, History of Art and Archaeology.
Thesis: Lydian and Persian Period Settlement in Lydia.
MA, 1998, Cornell University, History of Art and Archaeology.
MA, 1997, Cornell University, Archaeology.
Thesis: A Re-Analysis of Iron Age through Hellenistic Pottery from Tabbat al-Hammam, Syria.
BA, 1994, Colby College, Classics and Geology
Honors: Magna Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Foster Prize (Classics), Bove Award (Geology)

RESEARCH

Bronze and Iron Age Anatolian and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology; Classical Archaeology; Lydian,
Persian, and Greek Interaction in Western Anatolia; Landscape Archaeology; Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) in Archaeology; Digital Approaches in Archaeology; Archaeological Heritage Management.

TEACHING

Undergraduate courses: Anatolian Archaeology; Greek Archaeology; Etruscan & Roman Archaeology; Material
Culture & Cultural Identity in the World of Homer; The Archaeology of Classical Civilizations; GIS in
Archaeology; Surface & Subsurface Mapping in Archaeology; Great Discoveries in Archaeology; Core
Humanities: The Ancient World; Archaeological Method & Theory.
Graduate seminars & directed studies: Topics in the Archaeology of Asia Minor; East Greeks & their Neighbors:
From Priam to the Persians; Topics in Economic Archaeology; The Archaeology of Dark Age Greece; Anatolian
Archaeology; Survey & Landscape Archaeology; GIS in Archaeology; Surface and Subsurface Mapping in
Archaeology; Iron Age Greek Ceramics; Bronze Age Anatolian Architecture; Various Topics in Greek and Roman
Archaeology; Neolithic Anatolia; Archaeological Database Design & Mgmt; Archaeological Method & Theory.

EMPLOYMENT

2015–present Koç University, İstanbul, Department of Archaeology and History of Art
Professor (2017–present); Associate Professor (2015–2017)
Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations: Director (2015–present)
2003–2018 Department of Archaeology, Boston University
Associate Professor (2009–2018); Assistant Professor (2003–2009)
2000, 1999, Department of the History of Art and Archaeology, Cornell University
1996 Teaching Assistant. Assisted professor for courses in Introduction to Archaeology,
Introduction to Renaissance and Baroque Art, and Monument of Medieval Art; organized
and led weekly discussion sections and graded papers and exams.
1997, 1995 Department of the History of Art and Archaeology, Cornell University
Instructor. Taught self-standing course in Introduction to the Classical World; designed and
taught self-standing course in Myths and Reality: History and Archaeology in the
Mediterranean.
1992–1994 Colby College, Teaching & Research Assistant. Organized and led discussion sections,
graded in Geology courses and conducted research for Classics faculty.
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GRANTS AND FUNDRAISING

2018–2019 Merops Foundation (Co-PI w. C. Luke): Gygaia Projects
2017–2018 Merops Foundation (Co-PI w. C. Luke): Gygaia Projects
2017–2018 Merops Foundation (Co-PI w. C. Luke): Gygaia Projects: Research & Visitor Center
2013–2017 US National Science Foundation Award BCS-1261363 (PI w. C. Luke co-PI): Cultural
Dynamics and Overlapping Interaction Spheres in the Marmara Lake Basin, Western
Turkey
2013–2017 US National Endowment for the Humanities Award RZ5155613 (co-PI w. C. Luke PI):
Spheres of Influence: Bronze Age Cultural Dynamics, Sustainability, and Landscapes in the
Marmara Lake Basin, Gediz Valley, western Turkey
2016–2017 Merops Foundation (Co-PI w. C. Luke): Gygaia Projects
2015–2016 Merops Foundation (Co-PI w. C. Luke): Gygaia Projects
2014–2015 Merops Foundation (Co-PI w. C. Luke): Gygaia Projects: Research & Visitor Center
2014–2015 Merops Foundation (Co-PI w. C. Luke): Gygaia Projects
2014 Merops Foundation (PI): Gygaia Projects: Research & Visitor Center
2014–2015 Loeb Classical Library Foundation (PI): The Kaymakçı Archaeological Project
2013–2014 Merops Foundation (PI): Gygaia Projects
2013–2014 Institute for Aegean Prehistory (Co-PI w. C. Luke): The Kaymakçı Archaeological Project
2013–2014 Loeb Classical Library Foundation (PI): The Kaymakçı Archaeological Project
2012–2013 Merops Foundation (PI): Gygaia Projects
2012–2013 Institute for Aegean Prehistory (Co-PI w. C. Luke): The Kaymakçı Archaeological Project
2012–2013 Loeb Classical Library Foundation (PI): The Kaymakçı Archaeological Project
2011–2012 The Midas-Croesus Fund for Classical Archaeology, Cornell University (PI): The Kaymakçı
Archaeological Project
2007–2011 US National Science Foundation Award BCS-0649981 (PI w. C. Luke co-PI): Environmental
and Cultural Dynamics in Central Lydia, Western Turkey
2005–2006 Special Program for Research Initiation Grants, Boston University (PI): Landscape
Archaeology and Paleoenvironmental Change in Central Lydia, Turkey
2005–2006 American Research Institute in Turkey / U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs (PI): Archaeological Survey in Lydian Landscapes
2005–2006 Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation (PI): Central Lydia Archaeological Survey Project
2005

FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS

2017 Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Koç University
2016–present Corresponding Member, German Archaeological Institute
2016–present Corresponding Member, Turkish Institute of Archaeology
2013–2016 Young Society Leader, American-Turkish Society.
2014–2015 Kershaw Lecturer in Near East Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America (declined).
2013–2014 Helene J. Kantor Memorial Lecturer in Near Eastern Archaeology, Archaeological Institute
of America.
2012–2013 George M. A. Hanfmann Memorial Lecturer in Classical Archaeology, Archaeological
Institute of America.
2010–2011 Fulbright Senior Scholarship for archaeological research in western Turkey.
2010 National Endowment for the Humanities / American Research Institute in Turkey
Fellowship for archaeological research in western Turkey.
2009–present Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London.
2007–2008 William D. E. Coulson Memorial Lecturer in Classical Archaeology, Archaeological Institute
of America.
2006–2007 Junior Fellowship of The Humanities Foundation, Boston University.
2006–2007 Rodney S. Young Endowed Lecturer in Iron Age Anatolian Archaeology, Archaeological
Institute of America.
2001–2002 Wilde, William and Mary Fellowship, Cornell University.
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2000–2001 Olivia James Traveling Fellowship, Archaeological Institute of America.
2000–2001 Honorary Fellowship, American Research Institute in Turkey-Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
1998–1999 John Williams White Fellowship in Archaeology, American School of Classical Studies at
Athens, Greece.
1998–2000 Graduate Summer Research Fellowship, Cornell University.
1996–1997 Sage Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University.
1996 Hirsch Travel Fellowship, Cornell University.

PUBLICATIONS

Books
Roosevelt, C. H. 2017. Gyges’ten Büyük İskender’e Lydia Arkeolojisi. İstanbul: Koç University Press.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2009. The Archaeology of Lydia, from Gyges to Alexander. Cambridge / New York: Cambridge
University Press.

Articles (peer-reviewed)
Pieniążek, M., C.H. Roosevelt, C. Luke, P. Pavúk. 2019. “Of Networks and Knives: A Bronze Knife with
Herringbone Decoration from the Citadel of Kaymakçı (Western Anatolia).” Archäologisches
Korrespondenzblatt 49(2): 197–214. DOI: 10.11588/ak.2019.2.xxxxx
Roosevelt, C.H., B. Dinçer, C. Luke, and Ç. Çilingiroğlu. 2019. “A Lower Paleolithic Assemblage from Western
Anatolia: The Lithics from Bozyer.” Quaternary International 522: 66–84.
doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.05.016
Çiftçi, A., F.O. Değirmenci, C. Luke, C.H. Roosevelt, J.M. Marston, and Z. Kaya. 2019. “Ancient DNA (aDNA)
Extraction and Amplification from 3500-Year-Old Charred Economic Crop Seeds from Kaymakçı in Western
Turkey: Comparative Sequence Analysis Using the 26S rDNA Gene.” Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
66(6): 1279–1294. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-019-00783-9
O’Grady, C., C. Luke, J. Mokrišová, and C. H. Roosevelt. 2018. “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding
and Preserving Mudbrick Architecture in Regional and Diachronic Contexts.” Cogent Arts & Humanities 5:
1–25 (1553326). DOI: 10.1080/23311983.2018.1553326
Ünlüsoy, S., C.H. Roosevelt, C. Luke. 2018. Gediz Vadisinde Bir Orta ve Geç Tunç Çaği Kalesi: Kaymakçı. Arkeoloji
Dergisi. 13: 1–17.
Roosevelt, C.H., C. Luke, S. Ünlüsoy, C. Çakırlar, J.M. Marston, C.R. O’Grady, P. Pavúk, M. Pieniążek, J.
Mokrišová, C. Scott, N. Shin, and F. Slim. 2018. “Exploring Space, Economy, and Interregional Interaction
at a Second-Millennium B.C.E. Citadel in Central Western Anatolia: 2014–2017 Research at Kaymakçı.”
American Journal of Archaeology 122(4): 645–88. DOI: 10.3764/aja.122.4.0645
Frank, T., C. Luke, and C. H. Roosevelt. 2018. “Archaeo-tectural Translations: New Roles for the Field Architect.”
Technology | Architecture + Design 2(1): 82–93. DOI: 10.1080/24751448.2018.1420967
Luke, C., and Roosevelt, C. H. 2017. “Cup-marks and Citadels: Evidence for Libation in the Second-Millennium
BCE Marmara Lake Basin, Western Anatolia.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 378:
1–23. DOI: 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.378.0001
Luke, C., Roosevelt, C. H., and Scott, C. B. 2017. “Yörük Legacies: Space, Scent, and Sediment Geochemistry.”
International Journal of Historical Archaeology 21(1): 152–77. DOI: 10.1007/s10761-016-0345-6
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2017. “The Story of a Forgotten Kingdom? Survey Archaeology and the Historical
Geography of Central Western Anatolia in the Second Millennium BC.” European Journal of Archaeology
20(1): 120–47. DOI: 10.1017/eaa.2016.2
Luke, C., C. H. Roosevelt, P. Cobb, and Ç. Çilingiroğlu. 2015. “Composing Communities: Chalcolithic through
Iron Age Survey Ceramics in the Marmara Lake Basin, Western Turkey.” Journal of Field Archaeology 40
(4): 428–449. DOI: 10.1179/2042458215Y.0000000009
Roosevelt, C. H., P. Cobb, E. Moss, B. R. Olson, and S. Ünlüsoy. 2015. “Excavation is Destruction Digitization:
Advances in Archaeological Practice.” Journal of Field Archaeology 40 (3): 325–346. DOI:
10.1179/2042458215Y.0000000004
Roosevelt, C. H. 2014. “Mapping site-level microtopography with Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Global Navigation
Satellite Systems (GNSS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Photogrammetry (UAVP).” Open Archaeology 1:
29–53. DOI: 10.2478/opar-2014-0003
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Kersel, M. M., C. Luke, and C. H. Roosevelt. 2008. “Valuing the Past: Perceptions of Archaeological Practice in
Lydia and the Levant.” Journal of Social Archaeology 8 (3): 298–319. DOI: 10.1177/1469605308095007
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2006. “Mysterious Shepherds and Hidden Treasures: the Culture of Looting in
Lydia.” Journal of Field Archaeology 31 (2): 185–198. DOI: 10.1179/009346906791071963
Roosevelt, C. H. 2006. “Tumulus Survey and Museum Research in Lydia, Western Turkey: Determining Lydian-
and Persian-Period Settlement Patterns.” Journal of Field Archaeology 31 (1): 61–76. DOI:
10.1179/009346906791072061
Roosevelt, C. H. 2006. “Symbolic Door Stelae and Graveside Monuments in Western Anatolia.” American
Journal of Archaeology 110 (1): 65–91. DOI: 10.3764/aja.110.1.65

Articles (other)
Roosevelt, C.H., T. Kaner, and C. Luke. 2020. “Kaymakçı Arkeoloji Projesi: 2018 Yılı Kazı ve Araştırma Sonuçları.”
Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı 41.
Roosevelt, C.H., S. Ünlüsoy, and C. Luke. 2019. “Kaymakçı Arkeoloji Projesi: 2016–2017 Yılı Kazı ve Araştırma
Sonuçları.” Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı 40(1): 487–504.
Roosevelt, C.H., S. Ünlüsoy, and C. Luke. 2017. “Kaymakçı Arkeoloji Projesi: 2015 Yılı Kazı Sonuçları.” Kazı
Sonuçları Toplantısı 38(2): 563–586.
Roosevelt, C.H., C. Luke, and B. Sekedat. 2016. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2014 Work at
Kaymakçı and in the Marmara Lake Basin.” Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı 33(2): 251–262.
Roosevelt, C.H., C. Luke, and S. Ünlüsoy. 2016. “Kaymakçı Arkeoloji Projesi: 2014 Yılı Kazı Sonuçları.” Kazı
Sonuçları Toplantısı 37(2): 243–268.
Roosevelt, C. H., C. Luke, P. Cobb, and B. Sekedat. 2015. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2013 Work
at Kaymakçı and in the Marmara Lake Basin.” Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı 32 (2): 239–258.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2015. “Mapping the Past.” Silva–The News Magazine of the Arnold Arboretum Spring/Summer:
8–9.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2014. “Archaeology: The Omnivore’s Delight.” Loomis Chaffee Magazine 76 (3): 42–44.
Roosevelt, C. H., C. Luke, P. Cobb, C. O’Grady, and B. Sekedat. 2014. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey:
2012 Work at Kaymakçı and in the Marmara Lake Basin.” Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı 31 (1): 333–355.
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2013. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2011 Work at Kaymakçı and in
the Marmara Lake Basin.” Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı 30 (1): 237–254.
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2012. “Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2010 Results.” Araştırma Sonuçları
Toplantısı 29 (1): 383–400.
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2011. “Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2009 Results.” Araştırma Sonuçları
Toplantısı 28 (3): 55–74.
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2010. “Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2008 Results.” Araştırma Sonuçları
Toplantısı 27 (2): 1–24.
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2009. “Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2007 Results.” Araştırma Sonuçları
Toplantısı 26 (2): 433–450.
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2008. “Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2006 Results.” Araştırma Sonuçları
Toplantısı 25 (3): 305–326.
Luke, C., and C. H. Roosevelt. 2008. “Research In Western Turkey: The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey
(CLAS).” Context 19 (1–2): 1–7.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2007. “Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2005 Results.” Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı 24
(2): 135–154.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2006. “Bintepeler: Anıtsal Mezarlık.” ArkeoAtlas 5: 116–23.
Roosevelt, C., and C. Luke. 2003. “Turkey, Europe.” Natural History 112.4A: 70.

Book chapters (peer-reviewed and other)
Roosevelt, C.H. 2019. “The Inhabited Landscapes of Lydia.” In A. Berlin and P. J. Kosmin, eds., Spear-Won Land:
Sardis, from the King’s Peace to the Peace of Apamea.” Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 145–
164.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2018. Foreword to L. Bevilacqua and G. Gasbarri, eds., Picturing a Lost Empire: an Italian Lens
on Byzantine Art in Anatolia, 1960–2000 / Yitik İmparatorluğu Resmetmek: İtalyan Merceğinden
Anadolu'daki Bizans Sanatı, 1960–2000. İstanbul: Koç University Research Center for Anatolian
Civilizations, 7–9.
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Swallow, D., and C. H. Roosevelt. 2016. Foreword to A. Eastmond, ed., Byzantium’s Other Empire: Trebizond.
İstanbul: Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, 7.
Luke, C., and C. H. Roosevelt. 2016. “Memory and Meaning in Bin Tepe, the Lydian Cemetery of a “Thousand
Mounds.” In O. Henry and U. Kelp, eds., Tumulus as Sema: Proceedings of an International Conference on
Space, Politics, Culture, and Religion in the First Millennium BC. TOPOI Excellence Cluster series. Berlin: De
Gruyter, 407–428.
Frank, T., C. Luke, and C. H. Roosevelt. 2015. “Envisioning our First-Principles Predecessors: Legacies of
Climatization in Ancient Anatolian Structures.” In Envisioning Architecture: Image, Perception and
Communication of Heritage. Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the European Architectural Envisioning
Association, Lodz, Poland, 23–26 September 2015. Lodz: Lodz University of Technology, 152–164.
Frank, T., C. Luke, and C. H. Roosevelt. 2015. “Thermal Zoning and Natural Ventilation in Vernacular Anatolian
Settlements,” in C. Mileto, F. Vegas, L. García Soriano, and V. Cristini, eds., Vernacular Architecture:
Towards a Sustainable Future. Leiden: CRC Press/Balkema, 305–310.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2012. “Iron Age Western Anatolia: The Lydian Empire and Dynastic Lycia.” In D. Potts, ed., A
Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World.
Malden, MA: Blackwell, vol. 2, 896–913.
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2010. “Painted Tomb Chambers in Lydia.” In L. Summerer, ed., Renklerin Dönüsü
– The Turn of Colours – Rückkehr der Farben. Catalogue of an Exhibit at the Yapı Kredi Vedat Nedim Tör
Museum, İstanbul. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Culture, Art, and Publishing, 342–353.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2010. “Lydia Before the Lydians.” In N. D. Cahill, ed., The Lydians and Their World. Catalogue
of an Exhibit at the Yapı Kredi Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, İstanbul. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Culture, Art, and
Publishing, 37–73.
Luke, C., and C. H. Roosevelt. 2009. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: Documenting the Prehistoric
through Iron Age Periods.” In S. W. Manning and M. J. Bruce, eds., Tree-Rings, Kings, and Old World
Archaeology and Environment: Papers Presented in Honor of Peter Ian Kuniholm. Oxford: Oxbow Books,
199–218.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2008. “Lale Tepe: A Remarkable Late Lydian Tumulus in the Hinterland of Sardis. Introduction,
Excavation, and Finds.” In N. D. Cahill, ed., Love for Lydia. A Sardis Anniversary Volume Presented to
Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr., on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday, June 3, 2007. Archaeological Exploration
of Sardis, Report 4. Cambridge, MA: Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, 1–29.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2008. “Stone Alabastra in Western Anatolia.” In Y. Rowan and J. Ebeling, eds., New Approaches
to Old Stones: Recent Studies of Ground Stone Artifacts. Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology
Series. London: Equinox Publishing, 285–297.
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2006. “Looting Lydia: the Destruction of an Archaeological Landscape in Western
Turkey.” In N. Brodie, M. Kersel, C. Luke, and K. Walker Tubb, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and the
Antiquities Trade. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 173–187.

Book review
Roosevelt, C. H. 2005. Review of Athanassopoulos, Effie F., and LuAnn Wandsnider, eds. 2004. Mediterranean
Archaeological Landscapes: Current Issues. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology. Journal of Field Archaeology 30: 218–22.

CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA, AND LECTURES

Organization
Roosevelt, C. H., F. Gerritsen, and C. Luke. 2017. Publishing Archaeological Data Online; Joint workshop
sponsored by the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Netherlands Institute in Turkey, and Journal
of Field Archaeology; İstanbul, Turkey; December 2017.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2017. Spatial Webs: Mapping Anatolian Pasts for Research and the Public; 12th International
ANAMED Annual Symposium; Keynote: Dr. Elton Barker; İstanbul, Turkey; November 2017.
Roosevelt, C. H. 1998. Taking Stock at the Millennium: Ancient Art and its Legacies; History of Art and
Archaeology Annual Graduate Symposium, Cornell University; Keynote: Dr. Brunilde S. Ridgway; Ithaca,
NY; Spring 1998.
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Presented papers
Scott, C. B. and C. H. Roosevelt. 2020. “Burned Out: Contextual and Volumetric Analysis of Hearths and Ovens
at Bronze Age Kaymakçı, Western Anatolia.” Archaeological Institute of America, Annual Meeting,
Washington, DC; January 2020.
Roosevelt, C. H., T. Kaner, and C. Luke. 2019. “Kaymakçı: Intercultural Interactions at a Second-Millennium BCE
Citadel in Western Anatolia.” Intercultural Interaction: Boundaries, Routes, and Socio-Economic Dynamics,
an archaeological symposium held at Hacettepe University; Ankara, Turkey; November 2019.
Roosevelt, C. H., P. Pavúk, and P. Demján. 2019. “Middle and Late Bronze Age Kaymakçı: New Data for
Chronology and Connectivity in Western Anatolia.” American Schools of Oriental Research, Annual
Meeting; San Diego, CA; November 2019.
Scott, C. B., C. H. Roosevelt, and C. Luke. 2019. “Sediments and Citadels: Using Geochemistry to Explore Spatial
Organization at Kaymakçı, Western Turkey.” American Schools of Oriental Research, Annual Meeting; San
Diego, CA; November 2019.
Kaya, Z., A. Çiftçi, F.O. Değirmenci, Ç. Kansu, C. Luke, C.H. Roosevelt, and J.M. Marston. 2019. “Comparative
Sequence Analysis of 3500-Year-Pld Charred Crop Seeds from Kaymakçı in Western Turkey with their
Contemporary Relatives using Chloroplast and Nuclear Gene Regions.” Seed Science and Archaeobotanical
Research in Anatolia, a symposium held at Ege University, Izmir, Turkey; September 2019.
Kaner, T., and Roosevelt, C. H. 2019. “The Kaymakçı Archaeological Project: 2018 Excavations and Research at
a Bronze Age Center.” 40th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General
Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey;
Diyarbakır, Turkey; June 2019.
Vardar, S., C. H. Roosevelt, C. Luke. 2019. “Marmara Gölü’nün (Manisa) Paleocoğrafyasi
ve Çevresindeki Eski Yerleşimler Üzerine Jeoarkeolojik Değerlendirmeler / The Paleogeography of Lake
Marmara (Manisa) and the Geoarchaeological Interpretation of Surrounding Settlements.” 1. İstanbul
Uluslararası Coğrafya Kongresi / First International Geography Congress, Istanbul University; Istanbul,
Turkey; June 2019.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2018. “The Kaymakçı Archaeological Project: 2017 Excavations and Research at a Bronze Age
Center.” 39th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General Directorate of
Cultural Heritage and Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey; Çanakkale, Turkey;
May 2018.
Moss, E., and C. H. Roosevelt. 2018. “Digital Technology, Digital Practices: Incorporating Digital Techniques
into Archaeological Excavation and Interpretation.” Society for American Archaeology, Annual Meeting,
Washington, DC; April 2018.
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2017. “Publishing Near-Complete Survey and Ongoing Excavation Data Online:
How to Proceed?” Publishing Archaeological Data Online; Joint workshop sponsored by the Research
Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Netherlands Institute in Turkey, and Journal of Field Archaeology;
İstanbul, Turkey; December 2017.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2017. “Welcoming Remarks”, “Introduction”, and “Closing Discussion.” Spatial Webs: Mapping
Anatolian Pasts for Research and the Public; 12th International ANAMED Annual Symposium; İstanbul,
Turkey; November 2017.
Slim, F., C. Çakırlar, C. H. Roosevelt, C. Luke. 2017. “Fauna from a Forgotten Fort: LBA Kaymakçı (western TR).”
Archaeozoology of South-West Asia and Adjacent Areas (ASWA) Biennial Conference; Nicosia, Cyprus; June
2017.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2017. “The Kaymakçı Archaeological Project: 2016 Excavations and Research at a Bronze Age
Center.” 38th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General Directorate of
Cultural Heritage and Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey; Bursa, Turkey; May
2017.
Luke, C., C. H. Roosevelt, and J. Vroom. 2017. “Communities in the Middle Gediz Valley during the Ottoman
Era.” Globalviews & 3D-Perspectives: A New Look at Artefacts, Archaeology and Foodways; Leiden
University, the Netherlands; May 2017.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2017. “Beyond Sardis: The Inhabited Landscapes of Lydia.” Conference on “City and Empire in
Seleucid Asia Minor: Sardis from the King’s Peace to the Peace of Apamea.” Harvard University; February
2017.
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Roosevelt, C. H. 2016. “The Kaymakçı Archaeological Project: 2015 Excavations and Research at a Bronze Age
Center.” 38th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General Directorate of
Cultural Heritage and Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey; Edirne, Turkey; May
2016.
Plekhov, D., C. Luke, and C. H. Roosevelt. 2016. “Application of Architectural Energetics Models to the Iron Age
Tumuli of Bin Tepe in Lydia, Western Turkey.” Society for American Archaeology, Annual Meeting, Orlando,
FL; April 2016.
Plekhov, D., C. H. Roosevelt, and C. Luke. 2016. “Assessment of Iron Age Lydian Tumulus Distributions through
GIS-Based Spatial Analysis.” Archaeological Institute of America, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA;
January 2016.
Frank, T., C. Luke, and C. Roosevelt. 2015. “Envisioning our First-Principles Predecessors: the Legacy of
Climatization within Ancient Anatolian Structures.” 12th Conference of the European Architectural
Envisioning Association. Lodz, Poland; September 2015.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2015. “The 2014 Season of the Kaymakçı Archaeological Project.” 37th International
Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and
Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey; Erzurum, Turkey; May 2015.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2015. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2014 Work at Kaymakçı and in the Marmara
Lake Basin.” 37th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General Directorate
of Cultural Heritage and Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey; Erzurum, Turkey;
May 2015.
Shin, N., J. M. Marston, C. H. Roosevelt, and C. Luke. 2015. “Reconstructing Late Bronze Age Agriculture at
Kaymakçı, Western Turkey.” The 38th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology; Santa Barbara,
CA; May 2015.
Gauthier, N., C. Luke, and C. H. Roosevelt. 2015. “Extreme Weather Events and 10,000 Years of Land-Use
Change in the Gediz River Valley.” Society for American Archaeology, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA;
April 2015.
Frank, T., C. Luke, and C. Roosevelt. 2014. “Thermal Zoning and Natural Ventilation in Vernacular Anatolian
Settlements.” International Conference on Vernacular Heritage, Sustainability and Earthen Architecture,
VerSus 2014; Valencia, Spain; September 2014.
Luke, C., C. H. Roosevelt, N. Gauthier, and K. Egerer. 2014. “Water and People in the Marmara Lake Basin
(Middle Gediz), Western Turkey.” QuickLakeH2014: An international workshop on lakes and human
interactions; Ankara and Konya, Turkey; September 2014.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2014. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2013 Work at Kaymakçı and in the Marmara
Lake Basin.” 36th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General Directorate
of Cultural Heritage and Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey; Gaziantep, Turkey;
May 2014.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2014. “A Comparative Analysis of Mapping Microtopography with Ground-Based and Aerial
Photogrammetric Methods.” Archaeological Institute of America, Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL; January
2014.
Sekedat, B. M., C. Luke, and C. H. Roosevelt. 2014. “One Policy, A Thousand Mounds: A Comparison of Survey
Methods in Bin Tepe, Western Turkey, Under New Turkish Collection Policies.” Archaeological Institute of
America, Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL; January 2014.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2013. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2012 Work at Kaymakçı and in the Marmara
Lake Basin.” 35th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General Directorate
of Cultural Heritage and Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey; Muğla, Turkey;
May 2013.
Besonen, M. R., C. H. Roosevelt, and C. Luke. 2013. “Late Holocene Paleohydrology in Central Western Turkey.”
Geological Society of America, South-Central Section, 47th Annual Meeting; April 2013.
Cobb, P., B. Sekedat, C. H. Roosevelt, and C. Luke. 2013. “A Tale of Three Places: Intensive Survey of Second-
Millennium B.C.E. Sites in Western Anatolia.” Archaeological Institute of America, Annual Meeting, Seattle,
WA; January 2013.
Sekedat, B. M., C. Luke, and C. H. Roosevelt. 2013. “The Tumulus of Alyattes, the Lake of Gyges, and Archaic
Marble Procurement in Central Lydia, western Turkey.” Archaeological Institute of America, Annual
Meeting, Seattle, WA; January 2013.
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Cobb, P., C. Luke, and C. H. Roosevelt. 2012. “The Distribution of Second Millennium Ceramic Forms across the
Landscape of Central Lydia.” American Schools of Oriental Research, Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL;
November 2012.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2012. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2011 Work at Kaymakçı and in the Marmara
Lake Basin.” 34th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General Directorate
of Cultural Heritage and Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey; Çorum, Turkey;
May 2012.
Cooney, K. C., Ç. Çilingiroğlu, C. Luke, and C. H. Roosevelt. 2011. “Results of The Central Lydia Archaeological
Survey Project Investigations of Bozyer: A Paleolithic and Late Prehistoric Site in Central Western Anatolia.”
Annual Meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research; San Francisco, CA; November 2011.
Luke, C., and C. H. Roosevelt. 2011. “Social Networking in Central Lydia: Ceramics and Centralization.”
KERAMOS. An International Symposium on Ceramics: A Cultural Approach; Ege University, İzmir, Turkey;
May 2011.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2011. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2010 Results.” 33rd International Symposium
of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums,
Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey; Malatya, Turkey; May 2011.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2010. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2009 Results.” 32nd International Symposium
of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums,
Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey; İstanbul, Turkey; May 2010.
Luke, C., and C. H. Roosevelt. 2009. “Memory and Meaning in Bin Tepe, the Lydian Cemetery of the ‘Thousand
Mounds’.” Tumulİstanbul: Tumulus as Sema: International Conference on Space, Politics, Culture and
Religion in the First Millennium BC. Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey; June 2009.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2009. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2008 Results.” 31st International Symposium
of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums,
Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey; Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey; May 2009.
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2009. “Middle and Late Bronze Age Strongholds in Central Lydia, Western
Turkey.” Archaeological Institute of America, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA; January 2009.
Luke, C., and C. H. Roosevelt. 2009. “For Sale from “East Greece” or “Persia”: Lydia and the Antiquities Market.”
Archaeological Institute of America, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA; January 2009.
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2008. “New Light on the Archaeology of Central Western Anatolia in the Middle
and Bronze Age.” American Schools of Oriental Research, Annual Meeting, Boston, MA; November 2008.
Besonen, M. R., and C. H. Roosevelt. 2008. “An Abrupt, Late 5th Century AD Desiccation Event Recorded in
Lacustrine Sediments from Central Western Turkey.” Symposium on Climate Extremes During Recent
Millennia and their Impact on Mediterranean Societies, Athens, Greece; 14–16 September 2008.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2008. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2007 Results.” 30th International Symposium
of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums,
Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey; May 2008.
Özgüner, N. P., and C. H. Roosevelt. 2008. “Aerial Photography and High-Resolution Satellite Imagery:
Assessing Landscape and Land-Use Changes in Central Lydia.” Society for American Archaeology, Annual
Meeting, Vancouver, BC; March 2008.
Boulanger, M. T., M. D. Glascock, C. Luke, D. J. Pullen, and C. H. Roosevelt. 2008. “Ceramic Production in Central
Lydia from the Early Bronze Age through the Late Lydian Period: Preliminary Results from Instrumental
Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA).” Society for American Archaeology, Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC;
March 2008.
Vining, B. R., and C. H. Roosevelt. 2008. “Geophysical and Microtopographical GPS Survey at Kaymakçı, a
Regional Capital of the Second Millennium BCE.” Society for American Archaeology, Annual Meeting,
Vancouver, BC; March 2008.
Luke, C., and C. H. Roosevelt. 2008. “Early Bronze through Iron Age Settlement Patterns in Central Lydia.”
Society for American Archaeology, Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC; March 2008.
Besonen, M. R., and C. H. Roosevelt. 2008. “Living in Central Lydia: Changing Environmental Conditions.”
Society for American Archaeology, Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC; March 2008.
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2008. “Introduction: Surveying the Landscapes of Central Lydia.” Society for
American Archaeology, Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC; March 2008.
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Roosevelt, C. H. 2007. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2006 Results.” 29th International Symposium
of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums,
Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey; 28 May–1 June
2007.
Wolff, N. P., and C. H. Roosevelt. 2007. “Micromorphology of Tumulus Sediments from Lydia, Western Turkey.”
Society of American Archaeology, Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas; 25–29 April 2007.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2006. “Constructing Rural Identities in Lydia (Western Turkey) in the Persian Period.” American
Schools of Oriental Research, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC; 16 November 2006.
Roosevelt, C. H., and C. Luke. 2006. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: Preliminary Results and
Prospects.” Poster at the Tree-Rings, Kings, and Old World Archaeology & Environment: Cornell
Dendrochronology-Archaeology Conference in Honor of Peter Ian Kuniholm, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY;
3–5 November 2006.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2006. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: 2005 Results.” 28th International Symposium
of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums,
Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey, Çanakkale University, Çanakkale, Turkey; 29 May–2
June 2006.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2006. “Lydian Landscapes: Interpretations of Development and Significance.” Archaeological
Institute of America, Annual Meeting, Montréal, Canada; 8 January 2006.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2005. “The Archaeology of Augustus’ Imperial Transformation,” Massachusetts Junior Classics
League, Boston, MA; 8 December 2005.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2005. “Şahankaya in Northern Lydia, Turkey.” Society for American Archaeology, Annual
Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT; 1 April 2005.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2005. “Preliminary Work in Bin Tepe, Turkey.” Archaeological Institute of America, Annual
Meeting, Boston, MA; 9 January 2005.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2003. “Looting Lydia: the Destruction of an Archaeological Landscape in Western Turkey.”
World Archaeological Congress, Washington, DC; 22 June 2003.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2003. “Tumulus Tomb Complexes, Distribution, and Significance in Lydian and Persian Period
Lydia.” Archaeological Institute of America, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA; 5 January 2003.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2002. “Lydian and Persian Period Site Distribution in Lydia.” Archaeological Institute of
America, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA; January 2002.

Invited lectures
Roosevelt, C. H. 2019. “’Doubtless Irrelevant’ Introductory Comments.” Prof. Crawford H. Greenewalt Anısına
Hanfmann-Mellink Konferansı / Hanfmann-Mellink Conference in Memory of Prof. Crawford H.
Greenewalt, sponsored by the American Research Institute in Turkey and Istanbul University. Research
Center for Anatolian Civilizations; Istanbul, Turkey, May 2019.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2018. “Kaymakçı Arkeoloji Projesi.” General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums,
Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey; Ankara, Turkey; April 2018.
Roosevelt, C. H., C. Luke, and S. Ünlüsoy. 2018. “The Kaymakçı Archaeological Project: Excavations and
Research at a Bronze Age Center.” Institute for Oriental & European Archaeology, Austrian Academy of
Sciences; Vienna, Austria; February 2018.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2016. “Closing Remarks.” 38th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and
Archaeometry, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism,
Republic of Turkey; Edirne, Turkey; May 2016.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2016. “Archaeology, Technology, and Sustainability: Approaches to the Past in the Gediz
Valley, Western Turkey.” Turkish Cultural Foundation; Istanbul, Turkey; March 2016.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2016. “Lidyalılardan Önce Lidya? M.Ö. İkinci Binyil’da Orta Gediz Havzası.” Türk Eskiçağ
Bilimleri Enstitüsü; Istanbul, Turkey; March 2016.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2016. “A Forgotten Capital in Late Bronze Age Central Western Anatolia: Kaymakçı in the
Marmara Lake Basin.” German Archaeological Institute; Istanbul, Turkey; February 2016.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2015. “Archaeology + Technology: A 21st Century Approach to the Past in the Gediz Valley.”
Board of Trustees, Koç University; Istanbul, Turkey; October 2015.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2014. “Research + Technology: A 21st Century Approach to the Past in the Gediz Valley.” The
American Turkish Society, Young Society Leaders’ Summit 2014; Istanbul, Turkey; June 2014.
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Roosevelt, C. H. 2014. “Between Hittites and Mycenaeans: the Bronze Age Archaeology of the Marmara Lake
Basin in Central Western Anatolia.” Helene J. Kantor Memorial Lecture in Near Eastern Archaeology,
Archaeological Institute of America, Lynchburg, VA; February 2014 (cancelled due to snow).
Roosevelt, C. H. 2013. “Recent (Geo-) Archaeological Work in the Marmara Lake Basin, Western Turkey.”
Geology Department Seminar Series, Colby College, Waterville, ME; September 2013.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2013. “From Survey to Excavation: Recent Work in the Marmara Lake Basin, Western Turkey.”
Boston University Brown Bag Series, Boston University, Boston; September 2013.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2013. “Between Hittites and Mycenaeans: the Bronze Age Archaeology of the Marmara Lake
Basin in Central Western Anatolia.” George M. A. Hanfmann Memorial Lecture in Classical Archaeology,
Archaeological Institute of America, Finger Lakes Society; April 2013.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2013. “Homer and Maeonia: Lydia Before the Lydians?” George M. A. Hanfmann Memorial
Lecture in Classical Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America, Niagara Society; April 2013.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2012. “The ‘State of the Fields’: Regional Archaeology in Turkey.” Brown University Invited
lecture and panel respondent at a symposium on The Archaeology of Turkey: State of the Field 2012,
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University, March 2012.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2011c. “Merkezi Lidya Arkeoloji Projesi ve M.Ö. İkinci Binyil’da Orta Gediz Havzası.” Invited
lecture co-sponsored by the Faculty of Letters and Department of Archaeology, Ege University, May 2011.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2011b. “Lidya Arkeolojisi ve Korunması İçin Eğitimin Önemi.” Invited lecture sponsored by the
Faculty of Education, Celal Bayar University. Demirci, Turkey; April 2011.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2011a. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey and Second-Millennium BCE Western
Anatolia.” Invited lecture co-sponsored by the American Research Institute in Turkey and the Turkish
American Association. Ankara, Turkey; April 2011.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2010. “Probing and Preserving the Past in Western Turkey: The Central Lydia Archaeological
Survey.” Invited lecture co-sponsored by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York
University, and the Turkish American Society, New York; 15 March 2010.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2010. “Beyond Sardis: New Light on the Archaeology of Central Lydia, Western Anatolia.”
Invited lecture sponsored by the Harvard Archaeology Seminar Series; Cambridge, Massachusetts; 3
March 2010.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2008. “Mounds, Monuments, and Museums: Plunder in Western Anatolia.” William D.E.
Coulson Endowed Lecture in Classical Archaeology, Miami and Cincinnati Universities, Ohio; 19 & 20
February 2008.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2008. “The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey: Some Preliminary Results.” Invited lecture to
the Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati; 20 February 2008.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2007. “Mounds, Monuments, and Museums: Plunder in Western Anatolia.” Rodney S. Young
Endowed Lecture in Iron Age Anatolian Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; 10 & 12 April 2007.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2007. “Reconstructing Rural Lydian Life in Western Anatolia.” Rodney S. Young Endowed
Lecture in Iron Age Anatolian Archaeology, University of Pittsburgh, PA; 11 April 2007.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2006. “Constructing Rural Lydian Identities.” History of Art and Archaeology Department,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; 16 March 2006.
Roosevelt, C. H. 2003. “Sardis and Beyond: A Regional Study of Lydia.” Department of Archaeology, Boston
University, Boston, MA; March 2003.
Roosevelt, C. H. 1997. “The Sardis Excavations of 1997.” Finger Lakes Chapter of the Archaeological Institute
of America, Ithaca, NY; December 1997.
Roosevelt, C. H. 1996. “The Sardis Excavations of 1996.” Finger Lakes Chapter of the Archaeological Institute

of America, Ithaca, NY; December 1996.

FIELDWORK, MUSEUM, AND LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

2011–present Director, Kaymakçı Archaeological Project (KAP), Turkey. Coordinate and direct with Dr. C.
Luke a new excavation project in the Marmara Lake basin, Manisa, Turkey.
2011 Museum Researcher, Manisa Museum, Turkey. Documented Bronze Age ceramics for
comparison with other provenienced material from the Turkish province of Manisa.