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1 LEVENT ATICI Department of Anthropology University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box Las Vegas, Nevada Phone: (702) PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Associate Professor 2013-present University of Nevada, Las Vegas Assistant Professor Harvard University Research Assistant Harvard University Teaching Fellow Ankara University Research Assistant EDUCATION Ph.D. Harvard University Anthropology 2007 M.A. Harvard University Anthropology 2003 M.A. Ankara University Archaeology 1997 B.A. Ankara University Prehistory 1994 PUBLICATIONS Books 1) Atici, L Before the Revolution: Epipaleolithic Subsistence in the Western Taurus Mountains, Turkey. British Archaeological Reports International Monograph Series Oxford: Archaeopress. Special journal volumes or issues edited as guest editor 1) Atici, L., F. Kulakoglu, G. Barjamovic, and A. Fairbairn. Editors Journal of Cuneiform Studies Supplement Series 4. Current Research at Kültepe-Kanesh: An Interdisciplinary and Integrative Approach to Trade Networks, Internationalism, and Identity. Atlanta, GA: Lockwood Press (the American Schools of Oriental Research). 2) Arbuckle, B. S., C. Makarewicz, and L. Atici. Editors Anthropozoologica. Vol. 44/1. Zooarchaeological contributions to reconstructing cultural systems: Case studies from the Old World. 3) Atici, L., and N. Munro. Editors Before Farming. Vol. 1, 2, 3. Specialization, Intensification, and Diversification in Animal Exploitation Strategies during the Late Pleistocene in the Mediterranean Basin. Articles in refereed journals 1) Arbuckle, B. S., S. W. Kansa, E. Kansa, D. Orton, C. Çakırlar, L. Gourichon, L. Atici, A. Galik, A. Marciniak, J. Mulville, H. Buitenhuis, D. Carruthers, B. De Cupere, A. Demirergi, S. Frame, D. Helmer, L. Martin, J. Peters, D. Pöllath, K. Pawlowska, N. Russell, K. Twiss, and D. Würtenberger Data Sharing Reveals Complexity in the Westward Spread of Domestic Animals across Neolithic Turkey. PLoS One 9:e doi: /journal.pone ) Atici, L., Kulakoglu, F., Barjamovic, G., and Fairbairn, A Introduction: Integrating Current Research at Kültepe-Kanesh. Journal of Cuneiform Studies Supplement Series 4: ) Atici, L Food and Ethnicity at Kültepe-Kanesh: Preliminary Zooarchaeological Evidence. Journal of Cuneiform Studies Supplement Series 4:

2 4) Arbuckle, B.S., and Atici, L Initial diversity in sheep and goat management in Neolithic Southwestern Asia. Levant 45(2): ) Fairbairn, A., F. Kulakoglu, and L. Atici Archaeobotanical evidence for trade in hazelnut (Corylus sp.) at Middle Bronze Age Kultepe (c B.C.), Kayseri Province, Turkey. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. DOI /s ) Atici, L., S. Kansa, J. Lev-Tov, and E. Kansa Other People s Data: A Demonstration of the Imperative of Publishing Primary Data. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 20: ) Atici, L Specialization & diversification: animal exploitation strategies in the terminal Pleistocene, Mediterranean Turkey. Before Farming: ) Atici, L Implications of Age Structures for Epipaleolithic Hunting Strategies in the Western Taurus Mountains, Southwest Turkey. Anthropozoologica 44: ) Munro, N., and L. Atici Human subsistence change in the Late Pleistocene Mediterranean basin: the status of research on faunal intensification, diversification & specialisation. Before Farming: ) Arbuckle, B. S., C. Makarewicz, and L. Atici Zooarchaeological Contributions to Near Eastern Prehistory. Anthropozoologica 44: ) Atici, A. L Middle Range Theory in Paleolithic Archaeology: The Past and the Present. Journal of Taphonomy 4: Book chapters or parts of books (Peer reviewed) 1) Çakırlar, C., and L. Atici. In press. "Patterns of animal exploitation in western Turkey from Palaeolithic molluscs to Byzantine elephants," in The Oxford Handbook in Zooarchaeology. Edited by U. Albarella, H. Russ, K. Vickers, and S. Viner. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2) Atici, L "Tracing Inequality from Assur to Kültepe/Kanesh: Merchants, Donkeys, and Clay Tablets," in Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World. Edited by B. S. Arbuckle and S. A. McCarty. Pp Boulder: University Press of Colorado. 3) Atici, L "The Secondary Products Revolution in Light of Textual Evidence from Kültepe/Kanesh, Central Turkey," in Animal Secondary Products: Domestic Animal Exploitation in Prehistoric Europe, the Near East and the Far East. Edited by H. Greenfield. Pp Oxford: Oxbow Books. 4) Atici, L Commingled Bone Assemblages: Insights from Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy of a Bonebed at Karain B Cave, SW Turkey. In Commingled and Disarticulated Human Remains: Working Towards Improved Theory, Method, and Data. Edited by Anna J. Osterholtz, Kathryn M. Baustian and Debra L. Martin, pp Springer Press. Book chapters or parts of books (Non-peer reviewed) 1) Atici, L "Epipaleolithic archaeology in Turkey," in Studies in Honour of Işın Yalçınkaya, pp Ankara: Bilgin Kultur Sanat. 2 L e v e n t A t i c i

3 2) Atici, A. L., and A. J. Stutz "Mortality Profile Analysis of the Ungulate Fauna from Okuzini: A Preliminary Reconstruction of Site Use, Seasonality, and Mobility Patterns," in La Grotte d'okuzini: Evolution du Paleolithique Final du Sud-Ouest de l'anatolie (Okuzini: Final Paleolithic Evolution in Southwest Anatolia). ERAUL 96. Edited by I. Yalcinkaya, M. Otte, J. Kozlowski, and O. Bar-Yosef, pp Liège: Universite de Liège. 3) Yalçınkaya, I., M. Otte, A. L. Atici, and M. B. Kosem "La Grotte D'Okuzini: L'Industrie Osseuse [Okuzini Cave: The Bone Industry]," in La Grotte d'okuzini: Evolution du Paleolithique Final du Sud-Ouest de l'anatolie (Okuzini:Final Paleolithic Evolution in Southwest Anatolia. ERAUL 96. Edited by I. Yalcinkaya, M. Otte, J. Kozlowski, and O. Bar-Yosef, pp Liège: Universite de Liège. Articles published in non-refereed journals 1) Özkaya, V., A. Coşkun, M. Benz, Y. S. Erdal, L. Atici, and F. S. Şahin "Körtik Tepe 2010 Kazısı [The 2010 Excavations at Körtik Tepe] " in Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, vol. 33/1, pp Ankara: T.C. Kultur ve Turizm Bakanligi Eski Eserler ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu. 2) Atici, A. L Who let the dogs out? Bone destruction and its broader implications in interpreting the Bronze Age pastoral economies at Kaman Kalehöyük. Anatolian Archaeological Studies XV: ) Atici, A. L Centralized or decentralized: the mode of pastoral economy at Early Bronze Age Kaman Kalehöyük. Anatolian Archaeological Studies XIV: ) Atici, A. L Early Bronze Age fauna from Kaman Kalehöyük (Central Turkey): a preliminary analysis. Anatolian Archaeological Studies XII: ) Atici, A. L Zooarkeoloji: amaci, yontemleri ve arkeolojideki onemi [The aims, methods and significance of zooarchaeology in archaeology]. D.T.C.F. Dergisi 1-2: Electronic/Online Publications 1) Benjamin S. Arbuckle, David Orton, Hijlke Buitenhuis, Arek Marciniak, Levent Atici, Canan Çakırlar, Alfred Galik, Denise Carruthers, Sarah Whitcher Kansa (Ed). (Released ) EOL Computational Data Challenge: Primary Zooarchaeology Dataset, Open Context. < DOI /M75H7D6D 2) Nerissa Russell, Katheryn Twiss, Hijlke Buitenhuis, Sheelagh Frame, Lisa Yeomans, Louise Martin, Arek Marciniak, Kamilla Pawlowska, Claire Christensen, David Orton, Arzu Demirergi, Benjamin S. Arbuckle, Stephanie Meese, Levent Atici, Canan Çakırlar, Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Liz Henton, Banu Aydinuloglu, Alfred Galik, Adam Watson, Denise Carruthers, Ian Cameron, Rhian Mayon-White, Amanda Erwin, Vesna Dimitrijevic, Rebecca Daly, Nobs Symmons, Serkan Yeni, Chris Hills, Hijlke Buitenhuis, Leola Leblanc, Dusan Boric, Adrienne Powell ( ) EOL Computational Data Challenge: Primary Zooarchaeology Dataset, Benjamin S. Arbuckle, David Orton, Hijlke Buitenhuis, Arek Marciniak, Levent Atici, Canan Çakırlar, Alfred Galik, Denise Carruthers, Sarah Whitcher Kansa (Ed). Open Context. < DOI /M75H7D6D 3 L e v e n t A t i c i

4 3) Atici, L. (Released ). Zooarchaeology of Öküzini Cave: (Overview). Levent Atici (Ed.). Open Context. < DOI: /M73X84KX. [Peer reviewed]. 4) Atici, L. (Released ). Zooarchaeology of Karain Cave B: (Overview). Levent Atici (Ed.). Open Context. < DOI: /M7CC0XMT. [Peer reviewed]. 5) Atici, L., J. Lev-Tov, and S. W. Kansa. (Released ). Chogha Mish Fauna (Overview). Open Context. < Edited by L. Atici, J. Lev- Tov, and S. W. Kansa. 6) Wheeler Pires Ferreira, J., L. Atici, J. Lev-Tov, and S. W. Kansa. (Released ). Chogha Mish Fauna" in Table generated by: Open Context Editors. Open Context. < California Digital Library Archival Identifier <ark:/28722/k2c824d31> Edited by L. Atici, J. Lev-Tov, and S. W. Kansa. Excavation or Survey Reports 1) Yalçınkaya, I., H. Taskiran, M. B. Kosem, K. Ozcelik, and A. L. Atici "2000 yili Karain kazisi [The 2000 Excavations at Karain]," in XXIII. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi I, pp Ankara: T.C. Kultur ve Turizm Bakanligi Eski Eserler ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu. 2) Yalçınkaya, I., H. Taskiran, A. L. Atici, M. B. Kosem, K. Ozcelik, M. Kartal, and C. M. Erek "1999 yili Karain kazisi [The 1999 Excavations at Karain]," in XXII. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi I, pp Ankara: T.C. Kultur ve Turizm Bakanligi Eski Eserler ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu. 3) Yalçınkaya, I., M. Kartal, K. Ozcelik, M. B. Kosem, A. L. Atici, H. Taskiran, and C. M. Erek "1999 yili Okuzini kazisi [The 1999 Excavations at Okuzini]," in XXII. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi I, pp Ankara: T.C. Kultur ve Turizm Bakanligi Eski Eserler ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu. 4) Yalçınkaya, I., M. B. Kosem, A. L. Atici, K. Ozcelik, C. M. Erek, and M. Kartal "1998 yili yuzey arastirmalari ve Hatay Paleolitigi [The 1998 Survey of Hatay]," in XVII. Arastirma Sonuclari Toplantisi, pp Ankara: T.C. Kultur ve Turizm Bakanligi Eski Eserler ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu. 5) Yalçınkaya, I., M. Otte, H. Taskiran, K. Ozcelik, A. L. Atici, M. B. Kosem, C. M. Erek, and M. Kartal "1998 yili Karain kazisi [The 1998 Excavations at Karain]," in 21. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi I, pp Ankara: T.C. Kultur ve Turizm Bakanligi Eski Eserler ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu. 6) Yalçınkaya, I., M. Otte, M. Kartal, A. L. Atici, K. Ozcelik, M. B. Kosem, C. M. Erek, and H. Taskiran "1998 yili Okuzini kazisi [The 1998 Excavations at Okuzini]," in 21. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi I. Cilt, pp Ankara: T.C. Kultur Bakanligi Anitlar ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu. 7) Yalçınkaya, I., M. Kartal, M. B. Kosem, C. M. Erek, A. L. Atici, K. Ozcelik (Ceylan), H. Taskiran, and M. Otte "1997 yili Okuzini kazilari [The 1997 Excavations at Okuzini]," in XX. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi I. Cilt, pp Ankara: T.C. Kultur Bakanligi Anitlar ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu. 4 L e v e n t A t i c i

5 8) Yalçınkaya, I., H. Taskiran, M. Kartal, M. B. Kosem, K. Ceylan, C. M. Erek, A. L. Atici, and M. Otte "1995 ve 1996 yillari Karain kazilari [The 1995 and 1996 Excavations at Karain]," in XVIX. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi I, pp Ankara: T.C. Kultur ve Turizm Bakanligi Eski Eserler ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu. 9) Yalçınkaya, I., M. Kartal, C. M. Erek, A. L. Atici, M. B. Kosem, K. Ceylan, J.-M. Leotard, and M. Otte "1995 ve 1996 yillari Okuzini kazilari [The 1995 and 1996 Excavations at Okuzini]" in XIX. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi I, pp Ankara: T.C. Kultur Bakanligi Anitlar ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu. 10) Yalçınkaya, I., J.-M. Leotard, M. Kartal, M. Otte, C. M. Erek, A. L. Atici, and I. Lopez " Okuzini kazilari (Tardiglasiyer yerlesimleri) [The Excavatios at Okuzini--Tardiglacier Settlements]," in XVIII. Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi I, pp Ankara: T.C. Kultur Bakanligi. GRANTS/AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS External Grants/Awards/Fellowships 1) National Geographic Society grant (PI; $22,000; Grant# ) for the project Neolithization of Europe: New Zooarchaeological and Stable Isotope Evidence from Uğurlu Höyük, Gökçeada, Turkey, Jul 2015-Jul ) Wenner-Gren Foundation grant (Sole PI; $17,500; Grant# 8811) for the project Zooarchaeology of Urban Animal Exploitation in Light of Textual Record from Kültepe/Kanesh, Turkey, Jul 2014-Dec ) National Geographic Society grant (Sole PI; $19,625; Grant# ) for the project Zooarchaeology of Kültepe/Kanesh with an Emphasis on Urban Animal Exploitation and Ethnicity, Jul 2011-Jul ) Research Center Award, Harvard University, ($8,000) 5) Cora Du Bois Dissertation Writer Fellowship, June-December 2006 ($10,000) 6) Summer Research Grant, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, 2006 ($3,750) 7) Summer Research Grant, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, 2005 ($3,000) 8) Summer Research Grant, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, 2004 ($4,000) 9) Teschmacher Funds, Harvard University, 2001 ($1,500) 10) Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology Grant, ($60,000) 11) James N. Snitzler Scholarship, Harvard University, ($5,000) 12) French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Scholarship (# /10), 2000 (6,045 FFr/1.475 USD) 13) Liege University (Belgium), Prehistory Department, Summer Research Grant, 1997 (30,000 BF/650 USD) 14) Liege University (Belgium), Prehistory Department, Summer Research Grant, 1994 UNLV Grants/Awards/Fellowships 1) Barrick Scholar Award (UNLV Top Junior Scholar), UNLV, 2015 ($2,500) 2) University Faculty Travel Committee (UFTC) Travel Award, UNLV, 2014 ($1,000) 3) UFTC Travel Award, UNLV, 2013 ($500) 4) UFTC Travel Award, UNLV, 2012 ($1,000) 5) College of Liberal Arts Summer Stipend Research Award, UNLV, 2010 ($1,500) 6) College of Liberal Arts Summer Stipend Research Award, UNLV, 2008 ($6,400) SYMPOSIA ORGANIZED/CHAIRED 1) Atici, L Invited Session Chair. American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Annual Meetings. ASOR-Sponsored Archaeology of Anatolia Sessions I, II, and III. 5 L e v e n t A t i c i

6 2) Atici, L Invited Session Chair. 2 nd International Kültepe Meeting (KIM). Resources, Movement, and Interaction: Reports on Ongoing Work 2, Kayseri, Turkey, July 29, ) Atici, L. and Arbuckle, B Session Co-organizer and Chair. International Council of Archaeozoology (ICAZ) Meeting. Food Provisioning in Complex Societies, San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, September ) Atici, L Session Organizer and Chair. ASOR Meeting. Current Research at Kültepe/Kanesh: An Interdisciplinary and Integrative Approach to Trade Networks, Internationalism, and Colonialism in the Near East during the Middle Bronze Age, Chicago, IL, November ) Atici, L Session Chair. 76 th Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Meeting. "Fauna, Tools, and Food: Zooarchaeological Analyses Throughout the World," Sacramento, CA, March 31, ) Atici, L. and Munro, N Session Co-organizer and Chair. 73 rd SAA Meeting. Specialization, Intensification, and Diversification of Animal Resources during the Terminal Pleistocene in the Mediterranean Basin, Vancouver, Canada, March ) Arbuckle, B., Makarewicz, C., and Atici, L Session Co-organizer and Co-chair. 71 st SAA Meeting. Zooarchaeological Contributions to Reconstructing Cultural Systems, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 1) MacIntosh, S., Atici, L., and Omura, S Paper Presentation. 81 st SAA Meeting. The Relationship between Smallholders, their Textiles, and their bone tools: a Case Study at the Central Anatolian site of Kaman-Kalehӧyük, Orlando, FL, April ) Atici, L Paper Presentation. 2 nd Kültepe International Meeting (KIM). Feeding Cities: Revisiting Fundamental Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Urban Zooarchaeology in Light of Research at Kanesh, Kayseri, Turkey, July 28, ) Atici, L Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. Continuity and Disruption in the Zooarchaeological Record in Central Anatolia during the Early-Middle-Late Bronze Age Transitions, San Diego, CA, November 21, ) Atici, L Paper Presentation. ICAZ Meeting. Rethinking Food Provisioning in a Middle Bronze Age Urban Center: Animal Bones vs. Cuneiform Tablets, San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, September 23, ) MacIntosh, S. and Atici, L Paper Presentation. ICAZ Meeting. A Regional and Comparative Approach to Antler Working in Southeastern Anatolia during the Early Holocene, San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, September 27, ) MacIntosh, S. and Atici, L Paper Presentation. 10 th ICAZ Work Bone Research Group Meeting. Taphonomic Insights into Worked Antler Working Tools at Körtik Tepe, Southeastern Anatolia, Beograd, Serbia, August L e v e n t A t i c i

7 7) Kansa, S., Atici, L., Meadow, R.H., and Kansa, E Paper Presentation. 79th SAA Meeting. Current Issues in Zooarchaeological Sampling and Methodology, Houston, TX, April ) MacIntosh, S. and Atici, L Paper Presentation. 79th SAA Meeting. An Experimental Approach to Antler Working at Körtik Tepe (SE Turkey) during Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), Houston, TX, April ) Atici, L. and Erdoğu, B Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. Neolithization of Europe: New Evidence from Uğurlu Höyük, Gökçeada, Turkey, Baltimore, MD, November ) Atici, L. and Erdoğu, B Paper Presentation. 78 th SAA Meeting. Neolithization of Europe: New Archaeological and Zooarchaeological Evidence from Uğurlu Höyük, Gökçeada, Turkey, Honolulu, HI, April ) MacIntosh, S. and Atici, L Paper Presentation. 78 th SAA Meeting. Antlerworking at Körtik Tepe (SE Turkey) during Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), Honolulu, HI, April ) Atici, L Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. Food and Ethnicity at Kültepe/Kanesh: New Zooarchaeological Evidence, Chicago, IL, November 15, ) Atici, L Paper Presentation. 77th th SAA Meeting. Commingled Bone Assemblages: Contributions from the world of Zooarchaeology, Memphis, TN, April ) Bobik, A. and Atici, L Paper Presentation. 77 th SAA Meeting. After the Collapse: Rethinking Continuity and Disruption in the Zooarchaeological Record in Central Anatolia during the Early Iron Age, Memphis, TN, April ) Atici, L Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. "Subsistence intensification during the Pleistocene- Holocene transition in Anatolia," San Francisco, CA, November 19, ) Atici, L Paper Presentation. 76 th SAA Meeting. "Zooarchaeology at Körtik Tepe, SE Turkey: Preliminary Results on Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) Subsistence," Sacramento, CA, March 31, ) Lev-Tov, J., Kansa, S., Atici, L., Kansa, E Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. "Animal Bones from Choga Mish, Iran and the Fruits of Cooperative Zooarchaeology," San Francisco, CA, November ) Kansa, S., Atici, L., Lev-Tov, J., Kansa, E Paper Presentation. 76 th SAA Meeting. "Other People s Data: Blind Analysis and Report Writing as a Demonstration of the Imperative of Data Publication," Sacramento, CA, April 2, ) Atici, L Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. Patterns of Animal Exploitation and Sociopolitical Organization: Animal Bones from Kültepe/Kanesh and Kaman-Kalehöyük, Central Anatolia, Atlanta, GA, November 20, ) Atici, L., Lev-Tov, Justin, and Sarah Kansa Poster Presentation. 11 th ICAZ Meeting. Other People s Data: Blind Analysis and Report Writing as a Demonstration of the Imperative of Data Publication, Paris, France, August 29, L e v e n t A t i c i

8 21) Atici, L Paper Presentation. 75 th SAA Meeting. Animal Bones vs. Clay Tablets: Zooarchaeology of the Kültepe/Kanesh and Kaman-Kalehöyük, Turkey, St. Louis, MO, April 15, ) Atici, L Paper Presentation. ASOR Meeting. Assyrian merchants, Anatolian wives, and animal bones: Zooarchaeology at Kültepe/Kanesh, New Orleans, LA, November 19, ) Atici, L Paper Presentation. 73 rd SAA Meeting. Specialization, Intensification, and Diversification of Animal Resources during the Terminal Pleistocene in Mediterranean Turkey, Vancouver, Canada, March 27, ) Atici, L Paper Presentation. 71 st SAA Meeting. Epipaleolithic Caprine Hunting at Karain B, SW Turkey: Implications of Mortality Data, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 29, INVITED TALKS & WORKSHOP/PANEL PRESENTATIONS 1) Atici, L Invited Talk. If Animal Bones Could Only Talk: Integrating Ecofacts, Artifacts, and Facts, An Interdisciplinary Conference entitled Textual Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: Are We Doing it Wrong? Sponsored by the MacDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge University, U.K. December 12, ) Atici, L Invited Talk. Turkey: The Crossroads of People, and Cultures, Spotlight on Turkey, Clark County School District Literacy K-12 Social Studies, Clark High School, Las Vegas, NV, March 6, ) Atici, L Invited Talk. Resource Use Intensification during the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition in Anatolia, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., February 21, ) Atici, L Invited Talk. Meet Turkey: Where Continents, Peoples, and Cultures Meet, Spotlight on Turkey, Clark County School District Literacy K-12 Social Studies, Canarelli Middle School Library, Las Vegas, NV, January 25, ) Atici, L Invited Talk. Rethinking Ancient Urban Food Provisioning Systems in Light of Textual Evidence from Kanesh, Interdisciplinary Archaeology Workshop (sponsored by the Council on Advanced Studies and the Oriental Institute), The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, October 18, ) Atici, L Invited Workshop Participant. Sheep and Goat Management in Neolithic Anatolia: Epiphyseal Fusion and Dental Data, an Encyclopedia of Life (Smithsonian Institution) funded workshop entitled Socio-Environmental Dynamics over the Last 12,000 Years: The Creation of Landscapes. Kiel, Germany, April 17-18, ) Atici, L Invited Workshop Participant. Phenoscape Collaboration Workshop, a National Science Foundation funded NESCent (National Evolutionary Synthesis Center) project, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, February 7-10, ) Atici, L Invited Talk. Rethinking Food Provisioning in Complex Societies and Urban Centers, Colloquium Series of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, May 18, L e v e n t A t i c i

9 9) Atici, L Invited Talk. Zooarchaeology of Complex Societies with an Emphasis on Settlement Hierarchy: Bones from Kültepe/Kanesh and Kaman-Kalehöyük, Colloquium Series of the Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, April 5, ) Atici, L Invited Workshop Key Participant. Blind Data Analysis and Report Writing Study Group, a National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute for Museum and Library Studies funded project, School of Information at UC Berkeley and The Alexandria Archive Institute, CA, February 6-7, ) Atici, L Invited Talk. The Garden of Eden or a Garden in Eden: Archaeology of the Neolithic Revolution before and after Göbekli Tepe, sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS), Friends of the Turkish Studies Colloquium (TSC), Department of Near Eastern Studies, Museum of Anthropology, and the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology (IPCAA), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 23, ) Atici, L Invited Talk. From Assur to Kanesh: Merchants, Donkeys, and Tablets, sponsored by the CMENAS, TSC, IPCAA, Department of Near Eastern Studies, and Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 23, ) Atici, L Invited Talk. (Is there a) Relationship between Patterns of Sociopolitical Organization and Animal Exploitation (?): Bones from the Old Hittite "Palace" at Kaman-Kalehöyük, sponsored by the Middle East Culture Center in Japan (MECCJ), Tokyo, Japan. April 20, ) Atici, L Invited Panelist. Start Now to Land a Great Academic Job, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Career Options Panels 2007, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 26, ) Atici, L Invited Talk. Who Let the Dogs Out? Bone Destruction and its Broader Implications in Interpreting the Bronze Age Pastoral Economies, 10th Annual Anthropology Day, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, September 15, ) Atici, L Invited Talk. Terminal Pleistocene Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations in the Taurus Mountains, SW Turkey, Department of Anthropology Faculty Seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, November 2, ) Atici, L Invited Talk. Early Bronze Age Animal Exploitation Patterns at Kaman Kalehöyük, sponsored by the MECCJ, Tokyo, Japan. April 16, TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Fall 2007-Present COLA 100LA Feast and Famine in a Global World (College of Liberal Arts freshman seminar) Anthro 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Anthro 102 Introduction to Physical Anthropology Anthro 105 Introduction to World Archaeology Anthro 441C/641C Peoples and Cultures of Ancient Near East Anthro 449D/649D Zooarchaeology Laboratory Anthro 458/658 Origins of Inequality: A Cross-cultural Perspective Anthro 751 Food Provisioning in Complex Societies (Ph.D. Seminar) 9 L e v e n t A t i c i

10 Anthro 751 Anthro 751 Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy Seminar (Ph.D. Seminar) Computer Applications for Anthropologists (Ph.D. Seminar) Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology, Turkey Zooarchaeology Summer Field School (Summer 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007) Harvard University, Core Program, Teaching Fellow Social Analysis 50 Urban Revolutions and Archaeology of Early States (Spring 2006, 2004; Fall 2004) Quantitative Reasoning 34 Counting People (Spring 2005) Harvard University, Department of Anthropology, Teaching Fellow Anthro 100 Introduction to Archaeology (Fall 2005) Anthro 266 Osteoarchaeology Laboratory (Fall 2004, 2002) RESEARCH INTERESTS The origins of inequalities and the emergence of state-level, complex societies in Southwest Asia The evolution of pastoral economies in Southwest Asia The origins of animal domestication and the emergence of farming in Southwest Asia Foraging economies Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy FIELD EXPERIENCE Kaman-Kalehöyük (Bronze and Iron ages) excavation, Kırşehir, Turkey, 1998-present Uğurlu Höyük (Neolithic) excavation, Gökçeada, Turkey, 2011-present Kültepe-Kanesh (Bronze Age) excavation, Kayseri, Turkey, 2008-present Körtik Tepe (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A) excavation, Diyarbakır, Turkey, 2008 Karain Cave (Middle, Upper, and Epipaleolithic) excavation. Antalya, Turkey, Çatal Höyük (Neolithic) excavation, Konya, Turkey, 2002 Öküzini Cave (Epipaleolithic) excavation. Antalya, Turkey, Arago Cave (Lower Paleolithic) excavation. Tautavel, Perpignan, France, 2000 Lazaret Cave (Lower Paleolithic) excavation. Nice, France, 2000 Paleolithic survey around Hatay Province, Syrian Border, Turkey, 1998 Scladina Cave (Middle Paleolithic) excavation. Sclayn, Andenne, Belgium, 1994 Brno Cave (Upper Paleolithic) excavation. Dinant, Belgium, 1994 Abri-du-Pape Rock Shelter (Mesolithic) excavation. Dinant, Belgium, 1994 RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS Assistant Director. Kültepe-Kanesh Excavation Project, Kayseri, Turkey, 2014-Present Invited Key Participant. Central and Western Anatolian Neolithic Economies Working Group, present Invited Key Participant. Biogeography of Early Domestic Animals Using Linked Open Data Project, Funded by Smithsonian s Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), ( Invited Key Participant. Phenoscape Project, Funded by NSF, conducted by National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) and California Academy of Sciences ( L e v e n t A t i c i

11 Near East Community Liaison and Invited Key Participant, Enhancing Humanities Research Productivity in a Collaborative Data Sharing Environment Project, ( funded by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute for Museum and Library Studies (IMLS), conducted by School of Information at UC Berkeley and The Alexandria Archive Institute, California, Principal zooarchaeologist. Uğurlu Höyük excavation, Gökçeada, Çanakkale, Turkey, 2011-present Principal zooarchaeologist. Körtik Tepe excavation, Diyarbakır, Turkey, Principal zooarchaeologist & bioarchaeology coordinator. Kültepe excavation, Kayseri, Turkey, present Coordinator. Zooarchaeology Laboratory of the Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology, Kaman, Kırşehir, Turkey, 2005-present Principal zooarchaeologist. Kaman Kalehöyük excavation, Kırşehir, Turkey, 2000-present Principal zooarchaeologist. Karain Cave excavations, Antalya, Turkey, Principal zooarchaeologist. Öküzini Cave excavations, Antalya, Turkey, RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Attended Undergraduate Retention, Progression, and Completion Workshop. UNLV. November 15, Attended Academic Assessment Retreat. UNLV. May 16-17, Attended First Year Experience Institute as a part of the new UNLV General Education Requirements, Undergraduate Student Learning Outcomes, and Assessment Tools and Rubrics. UNLV. April 2-4, Attended Academic Assessment Workshop. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. May 13-14, 2010.Attended a National Science Foundation (NSF) Workshop. UNLV. February 8, Conducted laboratory research on zooarchaeological and paleontological collections at the European Prehistoric Research Center (Centre Européen de Recherches Préhistoriques de Tautavel) in Tautavel, Perpignan, France. Spring Conducted laboratory research on zooarchaeological and paleontological collections at the Institute of Human Paleontology (Institut de Paléontologie Humaine) in Paris, France. Spring Conducted laboratory research on zooarchaeological and paleontological collections at the Lazaret Prehistory Laboratory in Nice, France. Spring Participated in the field course on "Human Osteology." The course was taught by Professor Katayama of Kyoto University, Primate Research Institute (Japan) in Kaman, Turkey. June Participated in the field course on "Zooarchaeology." The course was taught by Professor Meadow of Harvard University in Kaman, Turkey. June Conducted laboratory research on zooarchaeological and paleontological collections at Liege University, Liege, Belgium. Spring Conducted laboratory research on zooarchaeological and paleontological collections at Gent University, Gent, Belgium. Spring PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Academic Field Invited Scientific Committee Member, International Council of Archaeozoology (ICAZ) 2018 Meeting Invited Series Reviewer, Cambridge Scholars Press, Anatolian Archaeology Series, 2014-present Invited Editorial Board Member, SUBARTU, Brepols Publishers, 2014-present Invited Organizing Committee Member, Kültepe International Meetings (KIM) 2013-present 11 L e v e n t A t i c i

12 Elected Member, Committee on Archaeological Research and Policy (CAP), American Schools of Oriental Research, 2012-present Invited Member, CAP Internationalization Committee, American Schools of Oriental Research, 2014-present Invited Editorial Board Member, Open Context, the Alexandria Archive Institution (2010-present) Treasurer of the Archaeological Institute of America, Southern Nevada Branch (2007-present) Ad hoc (as needed) reviewer for the National Science Foundation Archaeology Program Ad hoc reviewer for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Ad hoc reviewer for the French National Research Agency Ad hoc reviewer for the Israel Science Foundation Ad hoc reviewer for the Oxford University Press Ad hoc reviewer for the Oxbow Books Ad hoc reviewer for the Routledge Books Ad hoc reviewer for the W.W. Norton & Company Press Ad hoc reviewer for the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, UCLA Ad hoc reviewer for the Springer in the Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Archaeological Science Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Ad hoc reviewer for Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Ad hoc reviewer for International Journal of Osteoarchaeology Ad hoc reviewer for Anthropozoologica Ad hoc reviewer for Quaternary International Ad hoc reviewer for Environmental Archaeology Ad hoc reviewer for Ethnoarchaeology Ad hoc reviewer for Arabian Archeology and Epigraphy University of Nevada, Las Vegas Faculty Senate Program Review Committee Member (elected) 2012-present Faculty Senate Admission Committee Member (elected) Graduate and Professional Student Research Forum Judge 2012 OISS Assistant Director Hiring Interviewer 2009 College of Liberal Arts, UNLV Course and Curriculum Committee (elected) 2014-present Retention, Progression, and Completion Committee Member Academic Standards Committee Member (elected) 2013 Morris Excellence in Scholarship Award Selection Committee Member 2008 Department of Anthropology, UNLV Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Member 2014-present Assistant Professor Hiring Committee Member Undergraduate Program Coordinator Anthropology Society Faculty Advisor Student Learning Assessment Committee Member Friends of World Anthropology Committee Member 2010-present Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Chair Scholarship Committee Member L e v e n t A t i c i

13 Archaeological Collections and Curation Committee Member Department Website and Brochure Committee Chair Department of Anthropology, Harvard University Graduate Student Representative 2005 Community Volunteer teacher for the Massachusetts Archaeology Week, Zooarchaeology Lab Open House ( ) Volunteer teacher for Bartlett Elementary School, Henderson, NV (May 7, 2014) Volunteer teacher for Bartlett Elementary School, Henderson, NV (February 22, 2013) Volunteer teacher for Bartlett Elementary School, Henderson, NV (June 3, 2011) GRADUATE ADVISORY COMMITTEES Ph.D. Committee Chair Sarah Macintosh Department of Anthropology, UNLV (In progress) Virginia Lucas Department of Anthropology, UNLV (In progress) Jessica Colton Department of Anthropology, UNLV (In progress) Ph.D. Committee Co-Chair Cheryl Anderson Department of Anthropology, UNLV (In progress) Ph.D. Committee Member AnnMarie Jones Department of Geosciences, UNLV (In progress) Katelyn Dibenedetto Department of Anthropology, UNLV (In progress) Doss Powell Department of Anthropology, UNLV (Completed, 2012) Josh Bonde Department of Geosciences, UNLV (Completed, 2012) M.A. Committee Member Shelly Volsche Department of Anthropology, UNLV (Completed, 2015) Lauren Falvey Department of Anthropology, UNLV (Completed, 2014) Chris Brosman Department of Anthropology, UNLV (Completed, 2012) Megan Melson Department of Anthropology, UNLV (Completed, 2010) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AIA (Archaeological Institute of America) ASOR (American Schools of Oriental Research) ASWA (Archaeozoology of the Southwest Asia) ICAZ (International Council for Archaeozoology) SAA (Society for American Archaeology) 13 L e v e n t A t i c i