Curtis Runnels, MA, PhD, FSA
Professor of Archaeology
Department of Archaeology
Boston University
675 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston MA 02215
Tel: (617) 358-1647
Email: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D. (Program in Classical Archaeology: Aegean Prehistory) Indiana University,
Bloomington, 1981. Dissertation: A Diachronic Study and Economic Analysis of
Millstones from the Argolid, Greece (Prof. T. W. Jacobsen, advisor)
M.A. (Aegean Prehistory), Indiana University, Bloomington, 1976
B.A. (Anthropology and Classical Archaeology), University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1972
Academic Positions
Boston University, Department of Archaeology
Chair, 2015-present
Acting Chair, October-December 2014
Professor of Archaeology, 1998 to present
Associate Professor of Archaeology, 1991 to 1998
Assistant Professor of Archaeology, 1987 to 1991
Stanford University
Department of Values, Technology, and Society, Lecturer, 1983 to 1987
Department of Anthropology, Visiting Assistant Professor, 1982 to 1983
Department of Classics, Lecturer, 1981 to 1982
Indiana University
Department of Classics, Lecturer, 1979 to 1981
Department of Fine Arts, Lecturer, 1978 to 1979
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Visiting Senior Associate Member, 1979 to present
Associate Member, 1977 to 1978
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Current Research
Prehistory of Greece and neighboring regions; lithic technology; history of archaeology.
Professional Service
Member, Committee on the Wiener Laboratory, American School of Classical Studies at
Athens, 2015-present
Editor in Chief, Journal of Field Archaeology, 2002-2013
Editor for Book Reviews, Journal of Field Archaeology, 1991 to 1996
Member, Managing Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens,
2006 to present
Member, Excavation and Survey Committee, American School of Classical Studies at
Athens, 1998 to 2002
Delegate for Boston University to the American Research Institute in Turkey, 2004 to
2007
Chair, Committee for the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching,
Archaeological Institute of America, 1998 to 2003; Member, 2003-2006
Member, Search Committee for the Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Archaeology,
1996-97
Member, Archaeological Outreach Committee, Archaeological Institute of America, 1993
to 1996
Member, Committee on Professional Responsibilities, Archaeological Institute of America,
1986 to 1987
Member of the Editorial Board, American Journal of Archaeology, 1998 to 2004
Member of the Editorial Board, Ethnoarchaeological Investigations in Rural Anatolia
2003 to 2006
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology, 1988 to 1999
Member of the Board of Advisors, Shala Valley Archaeological Project, Albania, 2004 to
2006
Advisor, Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) for Archaeology, 1996
Awards
Cotsen Fellowship in Archaeology, School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, New
Mexico, June-July 2013. Topic: Palaeolithic in the Greek Islands
The Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Arts and
Sciences, Boston University, 2003
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Archaeological Institute of America, Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching,
1997
Nominated for Metcalf Prize and Award for Excellence in Teaching, Boston University,
September 2000
Finalist, Metcalf Prize and Award for Excellence in Teaching, Boston University, 2000
Nominated for College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award, Boston University, 1996
Nominated for Metcalf Prize and Award for Excellence in Teaching, Boston University, 1989
Eleventh Annual Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Lecturer, Wellesley College, May 1995
National Lecturer, The College of Lecturers of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society,
1991 to 1993
National Lecturer, Archaeological Institute of America, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000
Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 1990
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to the American School of Classical
Studies at Athens, 2001-2002 (declined: $30,000)
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, England
(Visiting Fellow, 1994)
Junior Fellow in the Society of Fellows, The Humanities Foundation, Boston University,
1990-91
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow, Greece, 1977-78
Edward A. Schrader Fellowship, Indiana University, 1974 -75
Grants
Institute for Aegean Prehistory research grants
2014 Lower Palaeolithic in the Greek Islands, $8000
2011 Analysis of Lithic Artifacts from the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Survey, Plakias,
Crete $6,170
2007 Study of Mesolithic Artifacts from the Southern Argolid Survey, Greece $1,000
2003, Mesolithic Research in Kandia, Greece $18,000
1999, Palaeolithic Research in Thessaloniki, Greece $6,430
1998, Palaeolithic Research, Istanbul (Turkey) and Thessaloniki (Greece) $8,230
1997, Palaeolithic research in NW Turkey, $4343
1996, Palaeolithic research in Albania, $5000
1988 to 1990, annual grants for the Survey of Berbati-Limnes (Greece), $13,700
1984, Palaeolithic study in Corfu (Greece), $1500
Society of Antiquaries of London Research Fund
1995, Mesolithic research in Greece, $1,560
1991, Palaeolithic research in Greece, $2,300
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, England
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1996, Palaeolithic research in Albania, $2600 (declined)
1995, Prehistoric research in Langadas (Macedonia, Greece), $2,301
College of Liberal Arts, Boston University: 1987, Survey of Berbati-Limnes (Greece),
$1,400
National Geographic Society: 1987-88, Palaeolithic research in Thessaly (Greece),
$10,600
National Endowment for the Humanities
1979 to 1983, Survey of the Southern Argolid (M. H. Jameson, P. I.)
1983 to 1986, Study of lithics from Lerna, Greece (M. H. Wiencke, P. I.), $20,000
Stanford University, Provost's Innovation Fund: 1985, Development of course, "Prehistoric
Technology and Culture" (with John W. Rick), $5,000
Indiana University, Grants-in-Aid for travel and basic research, 1979 to 1981, $600
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Curtis Runnels, 2007, The Archaeology of Heinrich Schliemann: An Annotated
Bibliographic Handlist. Second edition. Archaeological Institute of America, Boston.
(Published separately as an ebook by Virgo Books, 2013).
Curtis Runnels, 2002, The Archaeology of Heinrich Schliemann: An Annotated
Bibliographic Handlist. Archaeological Institute of America, Boston.
Tjeerd van Andel and Curtis Runnels, 2002, Archaeology Without a Trowel, translation by
Evangelos Sachperoglou). Kaleidoscope, Athens, Greece.
Curtis Runnels and Priscilla Murray, 2001, Greece Before History: An Archaeological
Companion and Guide. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
Berit Wells and Curtis Runnels, eds., 1996, The Berbati-Limnes Archaeological Survey
1988-1990. Skrifter Utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Athen, Acta Ath-4, Stockholm.
Curtis N. Runnels, Daniel M. Pullen, and Susan Langdon, eds., 1995, Artifact and
Assemblage: The Finds from a Regional Survey of the Southern Argolid, Volume 1:
The Prehistoric Pottery and the Lithic Artifacts. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
Michael H. Jameson, Curtis N. Runnels, and Tjeerd H. van Andel, 1994, A Greek
Countryside: The Southern Argolid from Prehistory to the Present Day. Stanford
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University Press, Stanford.
Donal Evely and Curtis Runnels, 1992, Ground Stone. Well-Built Mycenae: The HellenoBritish Excavations within the Citadel at Mycenae, 1959-1969, Fasicule 27, edited by
W. D. Taylour, E. B. French, and K. A. Wardle. Oxbow, Oxford.
Tjeerd H. van Andel and Curtis Runnels, 1987, Beyond the Acropolis. A Rural Greek Past.
Stanford University Press, Stanford.
Curtis Runnels, 1981, A Diachronic Study and Economic Analysis of Millstones from the
Argolid, Greece. PhD dissertation, Indiana University (Bloomington). University
Microfilms, Ann Arbor.
Other Publications (journal articles, book chapters, popular articles, blogs, etc.)
Curtis Runnels, in preparation, “Why did Palaeolithic research in Greece begin later than
in western Europe?” to be submitted to Journal of Greek Archaeology.
Curtis Runnels and Thomas P. Leppard, in preparation, “Maritime Hominin dispersals in
the Pleistocene: advancing the debate,” to be submitted to Antiquity (2016).
Curtis Runnels and Duncan Howitt-Marshall, submitted, “Palaeolithic Mariners in the
Eastern Mediterranean” PLoS One (2016).
Thomas F. Strasser, Curtis Runnels, and Claudio Vita-Finzi, submitted and under review,
“A possible Palaeolithic biface (handaxe) from Cyprus,” Antiquity Project Gallery
(2016).
Curtis Runnels, 2015, “Out of Africa: Hominin Dispersals into Crete, Greece,”
(professional video hosted/archived on Faculti.net.
Curtis Runnels, 2015, ‘“All Americans must be Trojans at heart”: a volunteer at Assos in
1881 meets Heinrich Schliemann,’ blog entry hosted/archived on Archivist’s Notebook
of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
(http://nataliavogeikoff.com/2015/08/01/all-americans-must-be-trojans-at-heart-avolunteer-at-assos-in-1881-meets-heinrich-schliemann/)
Olson, B. R., J. M. Gordon, C. Runnels, and S. Chomyszak, 2015, “Bringing the Past into
the Present: Digital Archaeology Meets Mechanical Engineering,” in B. R. Olson and
W. R. Caraher, eds., Visions of Substance: 3D Imaging in Mediterranean Archaeology,
107-111. Digital Press: The University of North Dakota.
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Curtis Runnels, 2014, “Response: Where Do We Stand?” Journal of Mediterranean
Archaeology 27: 272-274.
Curtis Runnels, 2014, “Early Palaeolithic on the Greek Islands?” Journal of Mediterranean
Archaeology 27: 211-230.
Curtis Runnels, Chad DiGregorio, Karl W. Wegmann, Sean F. Gallen, Thomas F. Strasser
and Eleni Panagopoulou, 2014, “Lower Palaeolithic Artifacts from Plakias, Crete:
Implications for Hominin Dispersals,” Eurasian Prehistory 11 (1-2): 129-152.
Curtis Runnels, Floyd McCoy, Robert Bauslaugh, and Priscilla Murray, 2014,
“Palaeolithic Research at Mochlos, Crete: New Evidence for Pleistocene Maritime
Activity in the Aegean,” Antiquity Project Gallery 88 (342)
http://journal.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/runnels342
Brandon R. Olson, Jody M. Gordon, Curtis Runnels, and Steve Chomyszak, 2014,
“Experimental Three-Dimensional Printing of a Lower Palaeolithic Handaxe: An
Assessment of the Technology and Analytical Value,” Lithic Technology 39 (3): 162172.
Brandon R. Olson, Jody M. Gordon, Curtis Runnels, and Steve Chomyszak, 2014,
“Bringing the Past into the Present: Digital Archaeology Meets Mechanical
Engineering,” [blog post],
http://mediterraneanworld.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/bringing-the-past-into-thepresent-digital-archaeology-meets-mechanical-engineering/
Curtis Runnels, 2013, “More on Palaeolithic America,” Journal of Field Archaeology 38:
99-100.
Curtis Runnels, 2012, “The Mediterranean Stone Age,” in Neil Asher Silberman et al.,
eds., The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, second edition.
Curtis Runnels and Norman Hammond, 2012, “Palaeolithic America,” Journal of Field
Archaeology 37: 83-85.
Thomas F. Strasser, Curtis Runnels, Karl Wegmann, Eleni Panagopoulou, Floyd McCoy,
Chad DiGregorio, Panagiotis Karkanas, and Nick Thompson, 2011, “Dating
Palaeolithic Sites in Southwestern Crete, Greece,” Journal of Quaternary Science 26:
553-560.
Thomas F. Strasser, Eleni Panagopoulou, Curtis N. Runnels, Priscilla M. Murray, Nicholas
Thompson, Panayiotis Karkanas, Floyd W. McCoy, and Karl W. Wegmann, 2010,
“Stone Age Seafaring in the Mediterranean: Evidence from the Plakias Region for
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Lower Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Habitation of Crete,” Hesperia 79: 145-190.
Thomas F. Strasser, P. Murray, E. Panagopoulou, C. Runnels, and N. Thompson, 2009,
“The Plakias Mesolithic Survey, 2008,” Archaeological Reports for 2008-2009, 55:
98-99.
Curtis Runnels, Muzafer Korkuti, Michael L. Galaty, Michael E. Timpson, Sharon R.
Stocker, Jack L. Davis, Lorenc Bejko, Skender Mucaj, 2009, “Early Prehistoric
Landscape and Landuse in the Fier Region of Albania,” Journal of Mediterranean
Archaeology 22: 151-182.
Katerina Harvati, Eleni Panagopoulou, and Curtis Runnels, 2009, “The Paleoanthropology
of Greece,” Evolutionary Anthropology 18: 131-143.
Curtis Runnels, Claire Payne, Noam Rifkind, Chantel White, Nicholas Wolff, and Steven
LeBlanc, 2009, “Warfare in Neolithic Thessaly: A Case Study,” Hesperia 78: 165-194.
Curtis Runnels, 2009, “Mesolithic Sites and Surveys in Greece: A Case Study from the
Southern Argolid,” Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 22: 57-73.
Curtis Runnels, 2008, “George Finlay’s Contributions to the Discovery of the Stone Age in
Greece” Annual of the British School at Athens 103: 9-25.
Curtis Runnels and Priscilla Murray, 2007, “Between Venice and Istanbul: An Epilogue,”
in Siriol Davies and Jack L. Davis, eds., Between Venice and Istanbul: Colonial
Landscapes in Early Modern Greece, American School of Classical Studies, Princeton,
245-248.
Priscilla Murray and Curtis Runnels, 2007 “Harold North Fowler and the Beginnings of
American Study Tours in Greece, “ Hesperia 76: 597-626.
van Andel, Tj. H., and Curtis N. Runnels, 2005, “Karstic Wetland Dwellers of Middle
Palaeolithic Epirus, Greece ,” Journal of Field Archaeology 30: 367-384.
Curtis Runnels, Eleni Panagopoulou, Priscilla Murray, Georgia Tsartsidou, Susan Allen,
Kevin Mullen and Evangelos Tourloukis, 2005, “A Mesolithic Landscape in Greece:
Testing a Site-Location Model in the Argolid at Kandia,” Journal of Mediterranean
Archaeology 18: 259-285.
E. Panagopoulou, C. Runnels, G. Tsartsidou, P. Murray, S. Allen, K. Mullen, and E.
Tourloukis, 2005, “The Mesolithic Survey in the Kandia Region (Argolid),”
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Arkhaiologika Analekta ex Athenon 35-38 (2002-2005): 23-36 [in Greek].
Curtis Runnels, 2005, “Ethnoarchaeology as a Sub-Discipline of Archaeology,” in Turan
Takaoglu, ed., Ethnoarchaeological Investigations in Rural Anatolia, Volume 2, Ege
Yayinlari, Istanbul, 7-14.
Curtis Runnels, 2005, “A Mesolithic Landscape in Southern Greece,” Context 18 (1): 1-5.
Curtis Runnels, Muzafer Korkuti, Michael L. Galaty, Michael E. Timpson, John C.
Whittaker, Sharon R. Stocker, Jack L. Davis, Lorenc Bejko, and Skënder Muçaj, 2004,
“The Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of Albania: Survey and Excavation at the Site of
Kryegjata B (Fier District),” Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 17: 3-29.
Curtis Runnels, 2004, “The Querns,” in George F. Bass, et al., eds., Serçe Limanı An
Eleventh-Century Shipwreck, Volume 1. Texas A & M University Press, College
Station, 255-262.
Curtis Runnels, 2004, “Eureka in a Box,” Bostonia, Winter 2003-2004: 6-7. (Account of
the acquisition of an archive of J.-J. Champollion paper by the Boston University
Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center).
Curtis Runnels, 2003, “The Lower Palaeolithic of Greece and NW Turkey,” in M.
Özbaşaran, O. Tanındı, and A. Boratav, eds., Archaeological Essays in Honour of
Homo amatus: Güven Arsebük. Ege Yayınları, Istanbul, 195-202.
Curtis Runnels, 2003, “First Farmers in Europe,” in Peter Bogucki and Pam J. Crabtree,
eds., Ancient Europe 8000 B.C.- A.D. 1000: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World.
Charles Scribner’s Sons, Farmington Hills, MI, 218-226.
Curtis Runnels, 2003, “The Origins of the Greek Neolithic: A Personal View,” in Albert J.
Ammerman and Paolo Biagi, eds., The Widening Harvest. The Neolithic Transition in
Europe: Looking Back, Looking Forward. Archaeological Institute of America,
Boston, 121-132.
Curtis Runnels, 2003, “The History and Future Prospects of Paleolithic Archaeology in
Greece,” in John K. Papadopoulos and Richard M. Leventhal, eds., Theory and
Practice in Mediterranean Archaeology: Old World and New World Perspectives.
Cotsen Advanced Seminars 1. The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA, 181-193.
Curtis Runnels and Norman Hammond, 2001, “Editorial Essay,” Journal of Field
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Archaeology 28: 1-2 [copyright date is 2003].
Curtis Runnels and Mehmet Özdogˇan, 2001, “The Palaeolithic of the Bosphorus, NW
Turkey,” Journal of Field Archaeology 28: 69-92 [copyright date is 2003].
Curtis N. Runnels and Tjeerd H. van Andel, 2003, “The Early Stone Age of the Nomos of
Preveza: Landscape and Settlement,” in James Wiseman and Konstantinos Zachos,
eds., Landscape Archaeology in Southern Epirus, Greece. American School of
Classical Studies at Athens, Athens, 47-134.
Curtis N. Runnels, Evangelia Karimali, and Brenda Cullen, 2003, “Early Upper
Palaeolithic Spilaion: An Artifact-Rich Surface Site,” in James Wiseman and
Konstantinos Zachos, eds., Landscape Archaeology in Southern Epirus, Greece.
American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Athens, 135-156.
Britt Hartenberger and Curtis Runnels, 2001, “The Organization of Flaked Stone
Production at Bronze Age Lerna,” Hesperia 70: 255-283.
Curtis Runnels, 2001, “The Stone Age of Greece from the Palaeolithic to the Advent of the
Neolithic with an addendum,” in T. Cullen, ed., Aegean Prehistory: A Review.
Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, 225-258.
Curtis Runnels, 2000, “Anthropogenic Soil Erosion in Prehistoric Greece: The
Contribution of Regional Surveys to the Archaeology of Environmental Disruptions
and Human Response,” in G. Bawden and R. M. Ryecraft, eds., Environmental
Disaster and the Archaeology of Human Response. University of New Mexico Press,
Albuquerque, 11-20.
Curtis Runnels and Tjeerd H. van Andel, 1999, “The Palaeolithic in Larisa, Thessaly,” in
G. Bailey et al. eds., The Palaeolithic Archaeology of Greece and Adjacent Areas.
British School of Archaeology at Athens, Athens, 215-220.
Curtis Runnels, Tjeerd H. van Andel, Kostas Zachos, and Panayiotis Paschos, 1999,
“Human Settlement and Landscape in the Preveza Region, Epirus, in the Pleistocene
and Early Holocene,” in G. Bailey et al. eds., The Palaeolithic Archaeology of Greece
and Adjacent Areas. British School of Archaeology at Athens, Athens, 120-129.
Thomas Tartaron, Curtis Runnels, and Evaggelia Karimali, 1999, “Prolegomena to the
Study of Bronze Age Flaked Stone in Southern Epirus,” in P. Betancourt, et al., eds.,
Meletemata. Studies in Aegean Archaeology Presented to Malcolm H. Wiener as He
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Enters His 65th Year, Aegaeum 20. Universite de Liege, Liege, 819-825.
Curtis Runnels, 1997, Citation for Tjeerd H. van Andel for the Archaeological Geology
Award,” GSA Today: A Publication of the Geological Society of America 8 (3): 19-20.
Curtis Runnels, 1996, “The Mediterranean Pre-Bronze Age,” in Brian Fagan, ed., The
Oxford Companion to Archaeology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 429-430.
Curtis Runnels, 1996, “The Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Remains,” in B. Wells and Curtis
Runnels, eds., The Berbati-Limnes Archaeological Survey 1988-1990. Swedish
Institute in Athens, Stockholm, 23-35.
Curtis Runnels, 1995, “The Stone Age of Greece from the Palaeolithic to the Advent of the
Neolithic,” American Journal of Archaeology 99: 699-728.
Tjeerd H. van Andel and Curtis N. Runnels, 1995, “The earliest farmers in Europe,”
Antiquity 69: 481-500.
Curtis N. Runnels, 1995, “Environmental Degradation in Ancient Greece,” Scientific
American 272 (3): 96-99.
P. Nick Kardulias and Curtis Runnels, 1995, “The Lithic Artifacts: Flaked Stone and Other
Nonflaked Lithics,” in C. Runnels, D. Pullen, and S. Langdon, eds., Artifact and
Assemblage. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 74-139.
Curtis N. Runnels, 1994, “On Lithic studies in Greece,” in P. N. Kardulias, ed., Beyond the
Site: Regional Studies in the Aegean Area. University Press of America, Lanham,
Maryland, 161-172.
Curtis Runnels, 1994, “A Palaeolithic Survey of Thessaly,” in La Thessalie. Quinze années
de recherches archéologiques, 1975-1990. Ministry of Culture, Athens, 55-56.
Curtis Runnels, 1994, “The Place of Book Reviews in the Professional Literature,” Journal
of Field Archaeology 21: 357-360.
Curtis Runnels, 1994, “Tinderflints and Firemaking in the Historical Period,” Lithic
Technology 19: 7-16.
Frank Clover and Curtis Runnels, 1994, “Réflexion africaine de la réforme monétaire
d’Anastase Ier,” Bulletin de la Société Française de Numismatique 49 (3): 754-757.
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Curtis Runnels and Tjeerd H. van Andel, 1993, "The Lower and Middle Paleolithic of
Thessaly, Greece," Journal of Field Archaeology 20: 299-317.
Curtis Runnels and Tjeerd H. van Andel, 1993, "A Handaxe from Kokkinopilos, Epirus,
and Its Implications for the Paleolithic of Greece," Journal of Field Archaeology 20:
191-203.
Berit Wells, Curtis Runnels, and Eberhard Zangger, 1993, "In the Shadow of Mycenae,"
Archaeology 46 (1): 54-63.
Curtis Runnels, 1992, “Periokhi Larissas. IE’ Eforia Proistorikon kai Klassikon
Arkhiotiton. Deltion 42 (1987 Khronika): 291-294.
Curtis Runnels, 1992, "Comment on Phillip V. Tobias, 'Piltdown: An Appraisal of the
Case against Sir Arthur Keith'," Current Anthropology 33: 271-272.
ThomasTartaron and Curtis Runnels, 1991, "The Discovery of a Palaeolithic Handaxe at
Kokkinopilos in Epirus," Context 9: 1-7.
Curtis Runnels, 1990, "North Thessaly: Peneios River," in E. B. French, ed., "Archaeology
in Greece 1989-1990," Archaeological Reports for 1989-1990: 50-51.
Curtis Runnels, 1990, "Walking the Fields of Greece," Newsletter of the Archaeological
Institute of America 6 (2): 1-7.
Curtis Runnels, 1990, "Rotary querns in Greece," Journal of Roman Archaeology 3: 147154.
Berit Wells, Curtis Runnels, and Eberhard Zangger, 1990, "The Berbati-Limnes Valley
Project. The 1988 Season," Opuscula Atheniensia XVIII (15): 207-238.
Curtis Runnels, 1989, "The Neolithic of Arak," in N. David and J. Driver, The Next
Archaeology Workbook. The University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 36-44.
Curtis Runnels, 1989, "Comment on the historical dimension in mortuary expression of
status and sentiment," Current Anthropology 30: 454.
Curtis Runnels, 1989, "Trade models in the study of agricultural origins and dispersals,"
Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 2: 149-156.
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Curtis Runnels, 1989, "Greece Before the Greeks: The Neanderthals and their Fate,"
Archaeology 42 (1): 43-47.
Curtis Runnels, 1989, “Portrait asses of Sextus Pompeius?” Roman Coins and Culture 4
(2): 14-17.
Curtis Runnels, 1988, "The flaked obsidian artifacts," In A. Cambitoglou, A. Birchall, J. J.
Coulton and J. R. Green, Zagora 2. The Excavation of a Geometric Town on the Island
of Andros. The Archaeological Society, Athens, 245-249.
Curtis Runnels, 1988, "The Rotary Querns," In "The Glass Wreck: An 11th-Century
Merchantman," Institute of Nautical Archaeology Newsletter 15: 30-31.
Curtis Runnels, 1988, "A prehistoric survey of Thessaly: new light on the Greek Middle
Paleolithic," Journal of Field Archaeology 15 (3): 277-290.
Curtis Runnels, 1988, "Early Bronze-Age stone mortars from the Southern Argolid,"
Hesperia 57: 257-272.
Curtis Runnels and Tjeerd H. van Andel, 1988, "Trade and the origins of agriculture in the
eastern Mediterranean," Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 1: 83-109.
Curtis Runnels, 1988, "The early prehistory of Greece: new Palaeolithic finds from
Thessaly," Context 6 (3-4): 1-7.
Tjeerd H. van Andel and Curtis Runnels, 1988, "An essay on the 'emergence of
civilization' in the Aegean world," Antiquity 62: 234-247.
Curtis Runnels and Tjeerd H. van Andel, 1987, "The evolution of settlement in the
Southern Argolid, Greece. An economic explanation," Hesperia 56: 303-334.
Curtis Runnels, 1987, “The money supply of Imperial Rome: economic policy and
industry,” Roman Coins and Culture 3 (2): 4-10
Curtis Runnels and Julie Hansen, 1986, "The olive in the prehistoric Aegean: the evidence
for domestication in the Early Bronze Age," Oxford Journal of Archaeology 5: 299308.
Tjeerd H. van Andel, Curtis Runnels, and Kevin Pope, 1986, "Five thousand years of land
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use and abuse in the Southern Argolid," Hesperia 55: 103-128.
Curtis Runnels, 1985, "Lithic studies: some theoretical considerations," Lithic Technology
14: 100-106.
Curtis Runnels, 1985, "The Bronze-Age flaked-stone industries from Lerna: a preliminary
report," Hesperia 54: 357-391.
Curtis Runnels, 1985, "Trade and the demand for millstones in southern Greece in the
Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age," In B. Knapp and T. Stech, eds, Prehistoric
Production and Exchange. The Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, Monograph XX.
Institute of Archaeology, UCLA, Los Angeles, 30-43.
Curtis Runnels and P. Nick Kardulias, 1985, "Lithic artifacts from Southern Greece: a
short report on the Argolid survey," Old World Archaeology Newsletter 9: 6-8.
Kevin Pope, Curtis Runnels, and K.-L. Ku, 1984, "Dating Middle Palaeolithic red beds in
Southern Greece," Nature 312: 264-266.
Judith Shackleton, Tjeerd van Andel, and Curtis Runnels, 1984, "Coastal paleogeography
of the Central and Western Mediterranean during the last 125,000 years and its
archaeological implications," Journal of Field Archaeology 11: 307-314.
Curtis Runnels, 1983, "Trade and communication in prehistoric Greece," Ekistics 50: 417420.
Curtis Runnels and Priscilla Murray, 1983, "Milling in ancient Greece," Archaeology 36:
62-75.
Curtis Runnels, 1983, "Lithic artifacts from surface sites in the Mediterranean area," in D.
Keller and D. Rupp, eds., Archaeological Survey in the Mediterranean Area. British
Archaeological Reports, International Series 155, Oxford, 143-148.
Curtis Runnels, 1983, "The Stanford University archaeological and environmental survey
of the Southern Argolid, Greece," In D. Keller and D. Rupp, eds., Archaeological
Survey in the Mediterranean Area. British Archaeological Reports, International
Series 155, Oxford, 261-264.
Curtis Runnels, 1982, "Flaked-stone artifacts in Greece during the historical period,"
Journal of Field Archaeology 9: 363-373.
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Curtis Runnels, 1981, "On the destruction of archaeological sites," Journal of Field
Archaeology 8: 91-93
Curtis Runnels and R. Cohen, 1981, "The source of the Kitsos millstones," in N. Lambert,
director, La grotte préhistorique de Kitsos (Attique). A.D.P.F., Paris, 233-239.
Curt Runnels, 1976, "More on glass implements from Greece," Newsletter of Lithic
Technology 5: 27-31.
Curt Runnels, 1975, "A note on glass implements from Greece," Newsletter of Lithic
Technology 4: 29-30.
Book Reviews
2012 Journal of Field Archaeology (37: 158-160): Stanford, Dennis and Bruce Bradley,
Across Atlantic Ice.
2011 International Journal of the Classical Tradition (18: 294-299): Cline, Eric H., ed., The
Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean.
2004 International Journal of the Classical Tradition (10: 502-504): S. H. Allen, ed.,
Excavating Our Past: Perspectives on the History of the Archaeological Institute of
America.
2004 “New Research on the Mesolithic Period in Greece,” Cambridge Archaeological
Journal (14: 293-296): N. Galanidou and C. Perlès, eds., The Greek Mesolithic).
1999 Journal of Field Archaeology (26: 367-369): S. L. Dyson, Ancient Marbles to
American Shores.
1997 American Journal of Archaeology (101: 777-778): Paul Mellars, The Neanderthal
Legacy: An Archaeological Perspective from Western Europe.
1997 Journal of Field Archaeology (24: 125-130): David Traill, Schliemann of Troy:
Treasure and Deceit.
1995 Antiquity (69: 418-19): Richard Bradley and Mark Edmonds, Interpreting the Axe
Trade: Production and Exchange in Neolithic Britain.
1995 Journal of Field Archaeology (22: 497-499): D. R. Harris, ed., The Archaeology of V.
Gordon Childe: Contemporary Perspectives.
1992 American Anthropologist (94: 205-206): Bottema, G. Entjes-Nieborg, and W. Van
Zeist, eds., Man's Role in the Shaping of the Eastern Mediterranean Landscape.
1992 Journal of Field Archaeology (19: 92-95): D. A. Hardy, ed., Thera and the Aegean
World III: Proceedings of the Third International Congress, Santorini, Greece, 3-9
September 1989.
1990 Journal of Field Archaeology (17: 341-345): M. Gimbutas, S. Winn, and D.
Shimabuku, Achilleion: A Neolithic Settlement in Thessaly, Greece 6400-5600 BC.
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1990 Current Anthropology (31: 469-471): "From the Study of the Its Past, Optimism
about Archaeology's Future," a review of B. Trigger, A History of Archaeological
Thought.
1990 Echos du Monde Classique/Classical Views (34: 279-281): P. Courbin, What is
Archaeology? An Essay on the Nature of Archaeological Research.
1989 American Journal of Archaeology (93: 145-146): A. Snodgrass, An Archaeology of
Greece. The Present State and Future Scope of a Discipline.
1989 Archaeology (42: 88-93): A. C. Renfrew, Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of
Indo-European Origins, and G. Daniel and A. C. Renfrew, The Idea of Prehistory.
1987 American Journal of Archaeology (91: 339-340): G. A. Wagner et al., Silber, Blei
und Gold auf Sifnos.
1985 American Journal of Archaeology (89: 523-524): A. C. Renfrew, Approaches to
Social Archaeology.
1984 American Journal of Archaeology (88: 268-269): R. Dennell, European Economic
Prehistory. A New Approach.
1983/1984 Humboldt Journal of Social Relations (11: 153-156): R. Cohen and E. Service,
Origins of the State. The Anthropology of Political Evolution.
1983 Phoenix: Echos du Monde Classique (37: 178-180): M. J. Alden, Bronze Age
Population Fluctuations in the Argolid.
1983 American Journal of Archaeology (87: 401-402): S. Daniels and N. David, The
Archaeology Workbook.
1982 American Journal of Archaeology (86: 450): R. Shepherd, Prehistoric Mining and
Allied Industries.
1981 American Journal of Archaeology (85: 342-343): D. Trump, The Prehistory of the
Mediterranean.
Professional Memberships
Society of Antiquaries of London (elected Fellow, 1990)
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Senior Associate Member
Member, Excavation and Survey Committee, 1998 to 2002
Member of Council of Alumni/ae Association, 1981 to 1985
Member of the Managing Committee, 2007 to present
Archaeological Institute of America
National Lecturer, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000
Chair, Committee for the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1998 to 2003,
Member, 2003-present
Member, Editorial Board, American Journal of Archaeology, 1998-2004
Member, Committee on Professional Responsibilities, 1986 to 1987
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Member, Search committee for editor, American Journal of Archaeology, 1996 to 1997
Committee for Archaeological Outreach, 1993 to 1996
Co-Chair, Annual Meeting, Boston, 1989
President and Vice-President, Stanford Society, 1982 to 1987
Session Chair at the Annual Meeting of the AIA (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2004)
American Research Institute in Turkey
Delegate for Boston University, 2004 to 2008
Member, Committee for the Review of Permit Applications for Excavations and
Surveys, 2005 to 2008
British School of Archaeology at Athens, 2005 to present
Field Experience
Lower Palaeolithic in the Greek Islands (2014)
Independent Museum Research, Palaeolithic Crete, in Athens, Greece (2010-2012)
Senior Staff Member, Mesolithic and Palaeolithic Survey of Plakias, Crete (2008-2009)
Co-Director with Eleni Panagopoulou, Ministry of Culture, Greece, Mesolithic Survey of
the Kandia Region, Argolid, Greece (2003)
Staff Member, Mallakastra Regional Archaeological Project, Co-Directed by Jack L. Davis
and Muzaffer Korkuti, Albania (2001-2003)
Independent Research, Palaeolithic Period, Istanbul, Turkey (1997-2000)
Independent Research, Palaeolithic Period, Langadas Survey, Thessaloniki, Greece (1995present)
Senior Staff Member, The Nikopolis Project, Epirus, Greece, directed by James R.
Wiseman (Boston University), 1991-present
Director, Palaeolithic Survey of Thessaly, Greece, 1987 to 1991
Co-Director, with Dr. Berit Wells (Director, The Swedish Institute in Athens), SwedishAmerican Survey of Berbati-Limnes, Greece, 1987 to 1991
Associate Director, with Professor Michael Jameson (Stanford University) and Tjeerd van
Andel (University of Cambridge), Stanford University Archaeological and
Environmental Survey of the Southern Argolid, Greece 1979 to 1983
Staff member, Indiana University excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece (Professor T. W.
Jacobsen, director) 1973 to 1976
Staff member, Indiana University excavations at Halieis, Greece (Professor W. W.
Rudolph, director) 1974 to 1977
Specialist consultant and contributor to the following excavations and projects:
Greece: Asine, Langadas Survey, Lefkas Prehistoric Survey, Lerna, Mycenae, Nemea
Valley Archaeological Project, Pylos Regional Archaeological Project, Torone, Zagora
Turkey: Istanbul University Survey of the Marmara Region, Serce Limani Excavations,
Sinop Survey
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Selected Invited Lectures
2015, Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans, 9 January
2015, “Identifying Lower Palaeolithic Sites on the Greek Islands.”
2013, School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “Stone Age Seafarers in the
Greek Islands.”
2012, Joukowsky Institute, Brown University, “The Acheulean from Crete and Its
Implications for Early Hominin Dispersals.”
2010, Naragansett Society, Archaeological institute of America, Providence, Rhode Island,
“The Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of Plakias, Crete: Evidence for Early Seafaring.”
2009, Trustees of the Gennadius Library, American School of Classical Studies at Athens,
New York City, “Heinrich Schliemann’s books.”
2007, Wooster College, Ohio, Environmental Action and Analysis Lecture Series,
“Environmental Degradation in Ancient Greece.”
2004, Seventh Annual Schliemann Lecture, St. Thomas College, Houston TX, “Heinrich
Schliemann, Archaeologist.”
2002, Stahl Lecturer, Bowdoin College, “The Palaeolithic of Greece and Neighboring
Regions.”
2000, Advanced Research Seminar participant (in honor of Lloyd Cotsen), Cotsen Institute
of Archaeology, University of California-Los Angeles, “The Present State and Future
Prospects of Palaeolithic Archaeology in the Aegean.”
2000, Stanford Workshop on Archaeology, Stanford University, “New Approaches to the
Archaeology of the Stone Age Aegean.”
2000, Archaeological Institute of America, National Lecturer, tour of three societies in
Santa Fe, Houston, and San Antonio, topics: Palaeolithic and Neolithic Research in
Greece.
2000, Isabelle Kelley Raubitscheck Memorial Lecturer, Stanford University, “The
Neolithic of Thessaly: Greece’s First Great Civilization.”
1998, Conference on the Contribution of L. L. Cavalli-Sforza to Neolithic Archaeology
(Venice, Italy), “The origins of agriculture in Greece: the solution to an enigma.”
1996, Dartmouth College, “The Old Stone Age in Greece.”
1995, Eleventh Annual Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Lecture, Wellesley College, “The End
of the Golden Age: Environmental Catastrophes in Ancient Greece.”
1995, Archaeological Institute of America (San Diego, CA), “The Mesolithic of Greece.”
1993, Archaeological Institute of America (Washington, D.C.), “The Palaeolithic of the
Preveza area, Epirus, Greece.”
1991-1993, Sigma Xi, National College of Lecturers, tour of the United States, lecturing
on “The Myth of Eden and Environmental Catastrophes in Ancient Greece,” and
“Greece Before the Greeks: New Evidence for the First Europeans.”
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1989, Archaeological Institute of America, National Lecturer, tour of four universities in
California, lecturing on “The Coming of the Greeks" and "Megaliths and Prehistoric
European Science.”
1989, Archaeological Institute of America (Baltimore, MD, The First Archaeological
Congress), “A Palaeolithic Survey in Thessaly, Greece: The 1987 and 1988 Seasons.”
1989, Trustees of the American School of Classical Studies, Annual Meeting, New York,
“Greece Before the Greeks: New Prehistoric Discoveries.”
1988, Conference on Recent Work on Prehistoric and Early Historic Rotary Querns,
University of Southampton, England, “Ex Oriente Lux? New evidence from Greece
for the origin and evolution of the quern.”
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