Timothy Matney

Department of Classical Studies, Anthropology & Archaeology

University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-1910

phone (330) 972-6892; matney@uakron.edu

Current Position

Associate Professor of Archaeology, Department of  Classical Studies, Anthropology & Archaeology

Associate Professor, Department of Geology

Education

Ph.D.              1993                University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology

M.A.               1991                University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology

B.A.                1987                Institute of Archaeology, University of London, Department of

                                                Western Asiatic Archaeology

Employment History

University of Akron                    Associate Professor 2002-present; Assistant Professor 2001-2002; Visiting Assistant Professor 1999-2001; Adjunct Professor 1998-1999

Whitman College                         Visiting Assistant Professor 1995-1998

Muhlenberg College                    Lecturer 1993-1995

University of Pennsylvania        Lecturer 1993-1995

Fieldwork Experience

Director, Ziyaret Tepe Archaeological Expedition, Diyarbakır, Turkey (1997-present)

Co-Director, Titriş Höyük Archaeological Expedition, Şanlıurfa, Turkey (1994-1999)

Since 1984, I have participated in twenty other archaeological projects in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Britain and the US.

Selected Recent Publications (selected from 36 articles, book chapters and reviews)

L. Barrett, T. Matney and L. Park (2004) “Teaching Archaeogeophysical Survey and Mapping Any Time of the Year: An Interdisciplinary Course” Journal of Geoscience Education 52(3): 236-244.

T. Matney, J. MacGinnis, H. McDonald, K. Nicoll, L. Rainville, M. Roaf, M.L. Smith and D. Stein (2003) “Archaeological Investigations at Ziyaret Tepe, 2002” Anatolica 29: 175-221.

T. Matney (2002) "Urban Planning and the Archaeology of Society at Early Bronze Age Titriş Höyük" In, D. C. Hopkins, editor, Across the Anatolian Plateau: Readings in the Archaeology of Ancient Turkey. Annals of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Vol. 57, pp. 19-34.

Selected Research Grants (selected from 39 research grants; total awards $872,308)

“Investigating a Late Assyrian Urban Landscape at Ziyaret Tepe, Turkey”

National Endowment for the Humanities Grant No. RZ-50528-04 (co-PI L. Rainville, 2004-2006)

“Role of Human Communities in the Evolution of Landforms, Climates and Biota: Archaeological Perspectives from Southeastern Turkey”

National Science Foundation Grant No. BCS-0301148 (2003-2004)

“Subsurface Archaeogeophysical Survey and Mapping Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement”

National Science Foundation Grant No.DUE-0088017 (co-PI L. Park and L. Barrett, 2001-2002)

Professional Development

I have presented 79 invited lectures, conference papers and workshops.

Since 2002, I have served on the Faculty Senate at the University of Akron.

I have Graduate Faculty Status (Category II) at the University of Akron.