Raven Garvey Carper, M.A., R.P.A. 1 Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis One Shields Ave. Davis, California 95612 Ph. (916) 616-9941 rgcarper@ucdavis.edu Education 2011 (Anticipated) Working towards Ph.D. in Evolutionary Anthropology (Archaeology) University of California, Davis. Major Professor: Dr. Robert Bettinger.
2004 Master of Arts, Anthropology (Archaeology); University of Montana, Missoula.
2000 Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology (Archaeology); Cum Laude, With Distinction, James Madison University; Harrisonburg, VA
2000 Bachelor of Arts, Modern Foreign Languages (Spanish); Cum Laude, With Distinction, James Madison University; Harrisonburg, VA
1996 “COU” College Preparatory Courses, Instituto Bachillerato Ruíz de Alba, San Javier, Murcia, Spain
Honors and Activities University of California, Davis: Editorial Associate, Current Anthropology; Summer Research Fellowship recipient; Center for Archaeological Research in Davis (CARD), board member; Lambda Alpha (National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology).
University of Montana: Lambda Alpha (National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology); National Chancellor’s List; Montana Anthropology Students Association (MASA); Thomas Haberman Scholarship recipient; Graduate Student Travel Award recipient; winner of the 2004 national Student Paper Competition, Plains Anthropological Society; received a mark of “With Distinction” on the comprehensive midterm examinations (“Comps”).
James Madison University: Graduated Cum Laude, With Distinction, from the Honors College; Senior Honors Thesis (¿Sos Voseante?: A study of historical and sociolinguistic aspects of the Spanish American Voseo), nominated as the best thesis in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and recognized by Phi Beta Kappa; President’s List; Dean’s List; Academic All American; Who’s Who Among College Students; Golden Key National Honors Society; Omicron Delta Kappa (National Leadership Honors Society); Phi Sigma Iota (International Foreign Language Honors Society); Clúb Latino, Vice President (9/97-9/99).
Publications and Delivered Papers Carper, R.G. (in progress) A model of lithic raw material procurement. In Strangers No More: Method and Theory in Flaked Stone Studies, edited by C. Berg and C. Ward, University of Alabama Press.
Gil, A., G. Neme, R. Carper, and M. Zárate. (2007) Environmental Variation and Human Occupation During the Middle Holocene: Data and Perspectives from Mid-Latitude South America. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), Cairns, Australia, August, 2007.
.Carper, R.G. (2007) El silencio arqueológico: lithic technology and middle Holocene adaptations in southern Mendoza, Argentina. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas, April, 2007.
Carper, R.G. (2005) On the use of symmetry to assess biface production goals. Lithic Technology: 30(2): 127-144.
Carper, R.G. (2005) Avon’s calling?: An evaluation of lithic artifacts from the Avon site (24PW340). Archaeology in Montana 46(1):77-96.
Carper, R.G. (2004) An introduction to the concept of a "symmetry index" for use in the assessment of biface production goals, illustrated using the lithic material from the Avon Site, Powell County, Montana. Unpublished Master’s Thesis, on file Department of Anthropology, University of Montana.
Carper, R.G. (2004) “A study of the utility of a "symmetry index" in the assessment of biface production goals,” versions of which paper were presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Montreal, Canada, April, 2004; the Montana Archaeological Society annual meeting, Miles City, Montana, May, 2004; and the 62nd annual Plains Anthropological Conference, Billings, Montana, October, 2004, where I was awarded the title of that year’s national Student Paper Competition winner.
Garvey (Carper), R. (2003) “A Sixth Criterion: Demanding Replication and Visibility of Sites of Great Antiquity May Hamstring Our Understanding of the Peopling of the Americas,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Montana Academy of Sciences, Missoula, Montana, April, 2003.
Garvey (Carper), R. (2003) A Sixth Criterion: Demanding Replication and Visibility of Sites of Great Antiquity May Hamstring Our Understanding of the Peopling of the Americas. Student Journal of Anthropology 1:1-8. On file at The University of Montana, Department of Anthropology.
Relevant Experience
Teaching Assistant (January 2006-now)
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis
Responsibilities: preparation, presentation and grading of laboratory activities, discussion sections and field instruction; student consultation; and exam grading for the following courses:
Introduction to Archaeology for: Robert L. Bettinger, John Darwent, Teresa Steele
Archaeological Field School for: Nicole Reich (Jelmer Eerkens, P.I.)
Intro. Human Evol. Biology for: Andrew Marshall
Research Assistant (Fall 2005) Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis Responsibilities: recruitment for and administration of games/surveys pertaining to the study of altruistic behavior among different social groups.
Consultant: Archaeological Field Technician (2000-now; list reflects last 5 years only) Responsibilities: crew supervision; site survey, testing, excavation and mapping; cultural resource evaluation; artifact processing; lithics analysis; data analysis; report preparation and editing for the following companies (field/lab work in); Tremaine and Associates (Redding and Dixon, CA) Tetra Tech, EC (Abilene, TX; western UT; Redmond, OR) Antiquus Archaeological Consulting (South Yale, Shuswap Lake area, and Squilax, British Columbia) HRA Gray & Pape, LLC (Houston, TX; eastern TX/western LA) Department of Anthropology, U of Montana/National Park Service (Deerlodge, MT) EDAW, Inc. (linear project, Blythe, CA to Yuma, AZ; Tracy and Modesto, CA) Moore Archaeological Consulting (multiple locations, eastern TX) Western Cultural Resource Management (linear project, southern AZ) New South Associates, Inc. (Fayetteville, NC) Carper- PAGE 2
