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USC College of Arts and Letters

 

 

1999-2009

Eleven Years of Award-Winning Archaeological Research

 

 

Bringing the Past to Life: Recreating an Ancient Egyptian Gilding Technique


First Place in the 2009 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium


Jennifer Crawford

 

Check out the USC College Article for more information...

Jenny09

Illuminating Culture Clash: Material Smashing in Northern Chile

Honorable Mention in the 2009 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium


Jacob Bongers

Jacob09

Revolutionizing Research: The Iconography of Empire

Second Place and Interdisciplinary Award in the 2008 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Jacob Bongers, Sarah Hawley

Rewriting the History of Technology: unique proof of tin bronze manufacture

Interdisciplinary Award in the 2007 Social Sciences Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Ashley Sands

The Spurlock Museum Collection of Cylinder Seals

First Place in the 2007 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Kristin Butler, Carly Dykes, Hannah Marcuson, Georgiana Nikies, Ashley Sands

Check out the Youtube Video for more information...

Khirbet Mazra'a: The Lost Excavation

First Place in the 2006 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Hannah Marcuson, Georgiana Nikias, Kristin Butler

The Lost Shawabti: A Scribe's Ancient Egyptian Funerary Figurine

Honorable Mention in the 2006 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Georgiana Nikias

Andean Dye Project: The Mysteries of Textiles

Interdisciplinary Award in the 2006 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Shaun Lea

 

 

 

Shekel of Israel

First Place in the 2005 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Marcia Ciccone

 

Written in the Pavement

Second Place in the 2005 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Spencer Kassimir and Mu Sun

Remains of an Ancient Roman Archive: Tracking Ancient Symbols

Second Place in the 2004 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Brett Strom, Spencer Kassimir

The City of Troy - Interactive Online Multimedia Research Project -

First Place in the 2003 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Jonathan Vidar, Trevor Muirhead, & Brian Olsen

 

 

Features:

* PBS TeacherSource Online - February 2006
* Houghton / Mifflin. Pocket Keys for Writers. Second Edition - 2005
* Research Consultation: "The Trojan Horse." Unsolved History. Discovery Channel - 2004

Awards:

* Grand Prize - USC Webfest 2004
* First Prize Academic - USC Webfest 2004
* First Prize Humanities - USC Undergraduate Research Symposium 2003
* Research Scholarship - Institute for Multimedia Literacy Spring 2003

Press:

* "Requiem for the Term Paper" USC Trojan Family Magazine - February 1, 2004
* "It's a Multi-Multimedia World" New York Times - November 9, 2003
* "What's New" USC Trojan Family Magazine - August 1, 2003

* Check out the Youtube Video for more information

 

 

Ancient Opium Consumption and Organic Residue Analysis

Honorable Mention in the 2003 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Aaron Bartels

Text without Readers: Egyptian Funerary Texts

 

Second Place in the 2003 Social Sciences 1 Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Joel Walton

Interpreting Political Power in Iron Age Kingdoms in Anatolia

 

Special Interdisciplinary Award in the 2003

USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

 

Steven Hood

Ancient Imports and Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis

 

First Place in the 2002 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Aaron Bartels

 

 

 

 

 

Iron Working at Kenan Tepe

Second Place in the 2002 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Jonathan Schnereger

 

 

 

 

 

Theories of the Pyramid Texts

 

Honorable Mention in the 2001 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Doran B. Barnes, Jr. and Hayley McGuire

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Mosaic Restoration Project

First Place in the 2001 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium


Ina Murdock-Santos, Annie Babcock, John Reifler, Kelle Leber, Ryan Gahagan

 

 

Ancient Andean Textiles - Decorative Paint Exposed

First Place Interdisciplinary Award in the 2001 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Marissa Schleicher

 

 

 

 

 

 

Royal Representations on USC's Ancient Egyptian Scarabs

First Place in the 2000 Humanities Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

First Place Rebecca Zak, Jennifer Campbell and Dara Purvis

 

 

New Discoveries in Ancient Archives


First Place in the 1999 Interdisciplinary Division,

The USC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Amanda Wroblewski and Bekki Singer