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Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n

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Blog<\/h4>\n

http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/runnels\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Areas of Interest<\/h4>\n

Prehistoric archaeology of Greece and neighboring regions; early hominin dispersals; lithic technology; history of archaeology<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

Affiliations<\/h4>\n

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
\nSenior Associate Member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens<\/p>\n

Excavations and Fieldwork<\/span><\/h4>\n

Professor Runnels has conducted research in Greece and neighboring regions in the eastern Mediterranean (e.g., Albania and Turkey) since 1973 on a wide range of subjects ranging from the early Palaeolithic occupation of the region, to the origins of agriculture, and the emergence of warfare in the Neolithic.\u00a0 His current research is focused on early hominin dispersals in the Mediterranean basin and around the world.\u00a0 He has recently conducted surveys and laboratory studies on early stone tools as evidence of such dispersals on the island of Crete (Greece) and in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California, amongst other venues.\u00a0 He is also conducting research on prehistoric seafaring.<\/p>\n

Teaching Awards<\/h4>\n

The Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Arts and Sciences, 2003
\nArchaeological Institute of America Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 1997.<\/p>\n

Representative Publications<\/span><\/h4>\n

Thomas P. Leppard and Curtis Runnels, 2017, \u201cMaritime Hominin dispersals in the Pleistocene: advancing the debate,\u201d Antiquity<\/em> 91: 510-519.<\/p>\n

Duncan Howitt-Marshall and Curtis Runnels, 2016, \u201cMiddle Pleistocene sea-crossings in the eastern Mediterranean?\u201d Journal of Anthropological Archaeology <\/em>42: 140-153.<\/p>\n

Curtis Runnels, 2014, \u201cEarly Palaeolithic on the Greek Islands?\u201d Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology<\/em> 27: 211-230.<\/p>\n

Curtis Runnels, Chad DiGregorio, Karl W. Wegmann, Sean F. Gallen, Thomas F. Strasser and Eleni Panagopoulou, 2014, \u201cLower Palaeolithic Artifacts from Plakias, Crete: Implications for Hominin Dispersals,\u201d Eurasian Prehistory<\/em> 11 (1-2): 129-152.<\/p>\n

Brandon R. Olson, Jody M. Gordon, Curtis Runnels, and Steve Chomyszak, 2014, \u201cExperimental Three-Dimensional Printing of a Lower Palaeolithic Handaxe: An Assessment of the Technology and Analytical Value,\u201d Lithic Techno<\/em>logy 39 (3): 162-172.<\/p>\n

Thomas F. Strasser, Curtis Runnels, Karl Wegmann, Eleni Panagopoulou, Floyd McCoy, Chad DiGregorio, Panagiotis Karkanas, and Nick Thompson, 2011, \u201cDating Palaeolithic Sites in Southwestern Crete, Greece,\u201d\u00a0Journal of Quaternary Science\u00a0<\/em>26: 553-560.<\/p>\n

Thomas F. Strasser, Eleni Panagopoulou, Curtis N. Runnels, Priscilla M. Murray, Nicholas Thompson, Panayiotis Karkanas, Floyd W. McCoy, and Karl W. Wegmann, 2010, \u201cStone Age Seafaring in the Mediterranean: Evidence from the Plakias Region for Lower Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Habitation of Crete,\u201d\u00a0Hesperia\u00a0<\/em>79: 145-190.<\/p>\n

Curtis Runnels, Muzafer Korkuti, Michael L. Galaty, Michael E. Timpson, Sharon R. Stocker, Jack L. Davis, Lorenc Bejko, Skender Mucaj, 2009, \u201cEarly Prehistoric Landscape and Landuse in the Fier Region of Albania,\u201d\u00a0Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology<\/em>\u00a022: 151-182.<\/p>\n

Katerina Harvati, Eleni Panagopoulou, and Curtis Runnels, 2009, \u201cThe Paleoanthropology of Greece,\u201d Evolutionary Anthropology<\/em> 18: 131-143.<\/p>\n

Curtis Runnels, Claire Payne, Noam Rifkind, Chantel White, Nicholas Wolff, and Steven LeBlanc, 2009, \u201cWarfare in Neolithic Thessaly: A Case Study,\u201d Hesperia<\/em> 78: 165-194.<\/p>\n

Curtis Runnels, 2002, The Archaeology of Heinrich Schliemann: An Annotated Bibliographic Handlist<\/em>. Archaeological Institute of America, Boston.<\/p>\n

Curtis Runnels and Priscilla Murray, 2001, Greece Before History: An Archaeological\u00a0 Companion and Guide<\/em>. Stanford University Press, Stanford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10500,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/archaeology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/9620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/archaeology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/archaeology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/archaeology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10500"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/archaeology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/9620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20577,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/archaeology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/9620\/revisions\/20577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/archaeology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}