54 E. Mohawk St Oswego, New York 13126 Phone #: 602-448-7273 Alanna.ossa@oswego.edu Alanna E. Ossa Educational History 2011 PhD in Anthropology/Archaeology, Arizona State University, Title: Given, Borrowed, Bought, Stolen: Exchange and Economic Organization in Postclassic Sauce and its Hinterland in Veracruz, Mexico 2000 M.A. in Anthropology/Archaeology, Arizona State University, Title: Questioning Ethnicity in the Huasteca 1996 B.A. in Anthropology with General Honors, University of Chicago Research Interests Mesoamerican archaeology; Postclassic period south-central Veracruz Hohokam archaeology; Sedentary and Classic period economies Long-term human/environment interactions and settlement studies Imperial and colonial political economies Urbanism Agency informed approaches to modeling human/environment interactions, exchange, and urbanism using computer simulations and GIS Network analysis applications Practical application and pedagogy of relational database technology Scholarships and Fellowships Visiting Scholar, Center for Comparative Archaeology at the University of Pittsburgh, 2011-2012 Dean s Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Academic Year 2009-2010 Graduate College Academic Tuition Waiver-GCAT, Spring 2004 Regents Academic Scholarship, 1997-1998, 2001-2002 Regents Graduate Tuition Scholarship, 1997-1998, 1998-1999 Grants Early Start Competitive Grant Program- Research Foundation SUNY Oswego, $5,000 Summer 2016 National Science Foundation- Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, BSC-0742324, December 2007 November 2008 Name: Economic Organization of a Postclassic Center and its Hinterlands in Veracruz, Mexico Amount: $15,000 PI: Dr. Barbara L. Stark, Co-PI: Alanna Ossa GPSA Conference Travel Grant 2010, ASU, $500 Research and Development Grant 2008, SHESC, ASU, $1000 GPSA Conference Travel Grant 2006, ASU, $500 Alanna E. Ossa - Curriculum Vitae - 1 of 10
SHESC Conference Travel Grant 2006, ASU, $250 GPSA Conference Travel Grant 2005, ASU, $500 Summer Research Grant 2002, Center for Latin American Studies at ASU, $500 Professional Positions Academic Positions: Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Anthropology, State University of New York-Oswego Alanna E. Ossa 2016-present Visiting Scholar for the Center for Comparative Archaeology, University of Pittsburgh 2011-2012 Cultural Resource Management Positions: Senior Project Manager, Senior Ceramic Analyst, Lab Manager, Archaeological Consulting Services 2012-2016 As a senior project manager for ACS, I ran CRM archaeological projects from the proposal to the curation phase including every aspect of permitting, staffing, and running the fieldwork, reporting, and cultural compliance consultation stage of multiple projects. In my capacity as a lab manager, I was responsible for obtaining burial agreements, repository agreements, and applying the mandate of NAGPRA as it pertains to archaeological collections obtained during compliance work. As the senior ceramic analyst, I am responsible for the design and undertaking of ceramic analyses for sites from the all over the Greater Southwest as part of data recovery CRM projects. I use ceramic petrographic methods to identify production and provenance of ceramics based on temper sand and schist inclusions. I also carry out ceramic analyses and reports on a contract basis for local CRM firms (such as the Gila River Indian Community CRM program) through ACS. I am currently experimenting with statistical applications for identifying exchange mechanisms and the scale of exchange for Hohokam communities from CRM datasets. Finally, I am also responsible for the management of the running of the laboratory for ACS including the management and oversight of staff and equipment. Teaching Positions: Faculty Associate for Mesa Community College 2010-2011 I was the instructor of record for ASB 222 Buried Cities, Lost Tribes: Old World for three individual courses in the Fall of 2010, Spring 2011, and Summer Session I 2011. Faculty Associate for the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, ASU 2010 I was the instructor of record for an online class, ASB 102 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology. Teaching Assistant for the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, ASU 2011 My class assignment was ASM 104 Bones, Stones, and Human Evolution (Introduction to Physical Anthropology). I taught a lab section twice weekly as a sole instructor. Teaching Assistant for the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, ASU 2009 My class assignment was ASB 222 Buried Cities, Lost Tribes: Old World Teaching Assistant for the Department of Anthropology, ASU 1999 My class assignment was ASB 337 Prehispanic Civilizations of Middle America with Dr. Ben Nelson. Research Positions: Research Associate, Archaeological Research Institute, ASU 2001-2009 Alanna E. Ossa - Curriculum Vitae - 2 of 10
An important part of ARI s mission is public archaeology, including public outreach campaigns, web-based archaeology resources, public open house tours, providing public lectures to adults on Arizona archaeology, and yearly participation in the Arizona Archaeology Expo. My digital public archaeology duties included the design, testing, and development of a web accessible relational database application using PHP web scripting language and MySQL relational database technology in support of ArchNet, a searchable website of registered archaeological website links now housed at the Archaeological Research Institute. The other mission of ARI is to house the physical and digital archaeological collections of the Roosevelt Dam projects for the Bureau of Reclamation. I was responsible for some maintenance and data retrieval for the Roosevelt project and related datasets archived at the Institute. Finally, in concert with Dr. Arleyn Simon, I drafted an outline for database pedagogy for archaeological research based on my experiences with collections management at ARI. Archaeological Database Consultant, Gila River Indian Community Cultural Resource Management 2001-2008 My duties include basic data retrieval and analysis of the Cultural Resources main database. I was also responsible for some aspects of Database design/repair, including the creation of analysis data entry forms, independent query forms and reports. I was also involved in the analysis of the ceramic surface collections from the survey and participated in write-up of the data analyses. As part of my consulting work, I also designed the inventory/accessions database for the Huhugam Heritage center. Vice-President, External Affairs, Graduate and Professional Student Association, ASU 2005-2006 My duties included drafting graduate student legislative agenda items for the state legislature of Arizona, Arizona s national delegation, and local Tempe council affairs. I created an outreach program aimed at maintaining a student presence in legislative affairs and ran a graduate student financial aid campaign for the state and national legislatures in concert with the undergraduate student representation at ASU s campus. I supervised and participated in drafting position papers and student documents in support of university funding and student aid and grants programs. Additionally, I also served as a board member and liaison with ASA (Arizona Students Association) in meetings with ABOR (Arizona Board of Regents) on refining student concerns and issues. In addition, I was licensed as an official state lobbyist and interacted directly with state and local government legislators and officials on behalf of GPSA. Director for State Relations, Graduate and Professional Student Association, ASU 2004-2005 My duties included drafting graduate student legislative agenda items for the state legislature of Arizona and a graduate student position paper detailing the impact and role of graduate student education and research within higher education and regional economies. I also served as a board member and liaison with ASA (Arizona Students Association) in meetings with ABOR (Arizona Board of Regents) on refining student concerns and issues. In addition, I was licensed as an official state lobbyist and interacted directly with state and local government legislators and officials on behalf of GPSA. Assistant Director for Lot 44 Biodesign Building Testing Project for OCRM, ASU Winter 2002 Research Associate for the Department of Anthropology, ASU 2000-2001 This position was funded through the NSF grant, Ensuring the Long-term Viability of the Teotihuacan Mapping Project Database, co-authored by Dr. Peter McCartney, Ian Robertson, and Dr. George Cowgill (Professor, Anthropology). My duties under the direction of Ian Robertson included programming work in Visual Basic on a prototype mapping database browser in MS Access (created by Ian Robertson), designing and updating the TMP Inventory database in MSAccess, and scanning and registering contour maps as searchable images through a mapping browser graphical user interface. Research Assistant for the Department of Anthropology, ASU 1999-2000 Alanna E. Ossa - Curriculum Vitae - 3 of 10
This position was funded through the Archaeological Research Institute under the direction of Dr. Peter McCartney (affiliated with the Center for Long Term Environmental Studies) at ASU. My duties included programming an uploading application in MS Access for the COPAR (Council for the Preservation of the Anthropological Record) database project to make anthropological archives accessible through electronic files and web applications. Research Assistant for the Center for Long Term Environmental Studies at ASU 1998-1999 My duties included designing and building a relational database in MS Access for the zoology collections in the Biology Department as part of LTER s web grant. As part of my assistantship, I also worked under the auspices of the Archaeological Research Institute translating the legacy Shoofly database files into current relational database format. Technology Intern for the Information Technology Department, Library of Congress, Washington DC Summer 1998 My duties included teaching a nine-week intensive course in SQL (Structured Query Language) to IT professionals. For the purposes of the course I wrote a brief SQL Tutorial and introduction to Rapid Application Design products (such as MS Access), which is still being published for internal use by the Library of Congress. I also created a Report and Query Application using Visual Basic in MS Access for the Acquisitions Department of Library of Congress for over 200 catalogers. I was also responsible for testing the new integrated library system (standard library program) purchased for the Library of Congress. Publications, Michael E. Smith, and José Lobo (Accepted with Revisions December 2016) The Size of Plazas in Mesoamerican Cities and Towns: A Quantitative Analysis and Social Interpretation. Latin American Antiquity. PDF available upon request. Watts, Joshua and Alanna Ossa (equal co-authors) 2016 Exchange Network Topologies and Agent-based Modeling: Economies of the Sedentary period Hohokam. American Antiquity 81(4) 623-644. 2014 Plazas in Comparative Perspective in South-Central Veracruz from the Classic to the Postclassic period (A.D.300-1350). In Mesoamerican Plazas: Negotiating Social Relations in Public Performance, edited by Kenichiro Tsukamoto and Takeshi Inomata, pp 130-148. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona. 2013 Using Network Expectations to Identify Multiple Exchange Systems: A Case Study from Postclassic Sauce and its Hinterland in Veracruz, Mexico. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 32:. 415-432. Stark, Barbara L. and Alanna Ossa 2010 Origins and Development of Mesoamerican Marketing: Evidence from South-Central Veracruz, Mexico. In Archaeological Approaches to Market Exchange in Ancient Societies, edited by Chris Garraty and Barbara L. Stark, pp. 145-178. University Press of Colorado. Stark, Barbara L. and Alanna Ossa 2007 Ancient Settlement, Urban Gardening, and Environment in the Gulf Lowlands of Mexico. Latin American Antiquity 18 (4):385-406. Stark, Barbara L. and Alanna Ossa 2006 Los Asentamientos Urbanos Huertos-jardines en la Planicie Costera de Veracruz. Anales de Antropología, Vol. 39, I, UNAM, Mexico. Alanna E. Ossa - Curriculum Vitae - 4 of 10
Publications in Review Alanna E. Ossa and Andrea Gregory (In Revision Fall 2016) Life Between Two Rivers: A Study of the Sedentary to Early Classic Transition on the Queen Creek Delta, Arizona. This paper has been tentatively accepted for a special Queen Creek edition and is currently being revised for the Journal of Arizona Archaeology. PDF available upon request. Eschbach, Krista and Alanna Ossa (In Review 2011) Archaeological Data Curation and the Use of Legacy Databases. In From the Ground Up: Best Practices for Balancing Usability with Theoretical Utility in Archaeological Databases. The Polis Center and Indiana University Press, Bloomington. PDF available upon request. Publications in Preparation (In Preparation) Pottery Exchange and Economic Organization at the Postclassic center of Sauce in south-central Veracruz, Mexico. This paper is currently being prepared for submission to Latin American Antiquity. PDF available upon request. (In Preparation) Chipped Stone and the Organization of Exchange at Postclassic Sauce and its Hinterland in Veracruz, Mexico. This paper is currently being prepared for submission to Ancient Mesoamerica. Short format available only. Professional Reports and Monographs for CRM 2015. Cave Buttes Ceramic Analysis. Results of the Cave Buttes Data Recovery for the Maricopa County Flood Control District. Archaeological Consulting Services, Tempe. 2014. Santan Ceramic Analysis. Results of the Santan Reaches Data Recovery for the PIMA Canal project by the Gila River Indian Community. Archaeological Consulting Services, Tempe. 2013. Coolidge Ceramic Analysis. Results of Blackwater Reaches Data Recovery for the PIMA Lateral Canal project by the Gila River Indian Community. Archaeological Consulting Services, Tempe. 2012. Ceramic Analysis. In Results of Phased Data Recovery for the Arizona State University Block 12 Development Project, Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona, edited by Kristin L. Fangmeier, pp. 79 96. Archaeological Consulting Services, Tempe. 2012. Ceramic Analysis. In Results of Phased Data Recovery for the 43 rd Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road Paving and Storm Drain Project, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, edited by Kristin L. Fangmeier, pp. 85 114. Archaeological Consulting Services, Tempe. 2012. Ceramic Analysis. In Final Report of Monitoring for the Southwest Gas 24 th and Oak Streets 2" Steel Main Replacement Project, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, edited by Glennda Gene Luhnow, pp. 52 60. Archaeological Consulting Services, Tempe. Alanna E. Ossa - Curriculum Vitae - 5 of 10
Media/Journalism Published Articles Roder, Dolma, Jaime Holt, and Alanna Ossa 2014. Academic Sparring Partners. Advice Column on Dissertation Reviews.org, http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/8967 Alanna E. Ossa Professional Paper Presentations and Andrea Gregory 2016 Life Between Two Rivers: A Study of the Sedentary to Early Classic Transition on the Queen Creek Delta, Arizona, Paper presented at the Arizona Archaeological Council Meetings in November 2016, 2013 Using network expectations to compare ceramic exchange systems at La Plaza and Pueblo Grande. Paper presented at the Arizona Archaeological Council Meetings in October 2013, Current Perspectives: Methodological, Technological, and Theoretical Advancements in Arizona Archaeology in Mesa, Arizona. 2012 Chipped Stone and the Organization of Exchange at Postclassic Sauce and its Hinterland in Veracruz, Mexico. Paper presented at an invited symposium at the 2012 Internacional Congreso de Americanistas in Vienna, Austria. Wilson, Nate and Alanna Ossa 2012 Highland-Lowland Interaction on the Gulf Coast: Revisiting Stark s Models in the Tuxtlas. Paper presented at an organized symposium in Dr. Barbara Stark s honor at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Memphis, TN, 2012. 2011 Plazas in Comparative Perspective in South-Central Veracruz from the Classic to the Postclassic (A.D. 300-1350). Paper presented at an organized symposium at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Sacramento, CA 2011. Eschbach, Krista and Alanna Ossa 2011 Archaeological Data Curation and the Use of Legacy Databases. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Sacramento, California 2011. 2010 Pottery Network Analysis of Sauce and its Hinterland: Results and Methods for Describing Exchange. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings in St. Louis, Missouri 2010. and Arleyn Simon 2006 Developing a Database Pedagogy for Archaeology. Paper presented at the Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference in Fargo, ND April 2006. and Destiny L. Crider 2005 The Eternal City, Exploring Civic Identity of Rome and Teotihuacan. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Salt Lake City, Utah 2005. Stark, Barbara L. and Alanna Ossa 2004 Ancient Garden Cities in the Gulf Lowlands of Mexico. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Montreal, Canada 2004. Alanna E. Ossa - Curriculum Vitae - 6 of 10
Vonarx, A. J. and Alanna Ossa 2003 Surface Visibility, Modern Occupation, and the Interpretation of Lithic Survey Collections in the Western Lower Papoalapan Basin, Veracruz. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Milwaukee 2003. 2002 Using Monte Carlo Methods to Assess Suburbia in the Mixtequilla, Veracruz. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Denver 2002. Stark, Barbara L. and Alanna Ossa 2001 The Low-down Lowlands: Environment and Settlement in South-central Veracruz, Mexico. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings in New Orleans 2001. 2001 Questioning Ethnicity in the Huasteca. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings in New Orleans 2001. A version of this paper was also presented at the RMCLAS (Rocky Mountain Conference on Latin American Studies) meetings held in Tucson, Arizona 2001. Professional Poster Presentations and C. Michael Barton 2000 Preserving the Legacy of Shoofly: Relational Databases and Research Design. First author on a poster co-authored with Dr. C. Michael Barton (ASU). Poster presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Philadelphia 2000. Courses Taught SUNY-Oswego ANT 337 Archaeology, Historic Preservation, and Cultural Resource Management ANT 230 Introductory Archaeology ANT 111 Archaeology and Human Evolution (Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Biocultural Evolution) University of Pittsburgh Graduate Seminar in Comparative Archaeology: Identifying Exchange Systems and Comparing Economic Development Scenarios in Ancient Veracruz and Beyond Mesa Community College ASB 222 Buried Cities, Lost Tribes: Old World (three semesters) Arizona State University ASM 102 Bones, Stone, and Cultural Evolution (Intro to Physical Anthropology) ASB 102- Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology Field Experience Project Director Spring 2008 I directed the Sauce Archaeological Project in Veracruz, Mexico as my dissertation project. I directed a 4-6 person crew in the intensive surface collection of 65 residential mounds from the Postclassic period center of Sauce and its hinterland in an area covering roughly 12.5 sq km. Project Member Fall 2004 I participated in the San Jose 520 Archaeological Project under the direction of Oralia Cabrera (ASU) in Teotihuacan, Mexico for part of the 2004 field season for her dissertation project. I participated in the sketch mapping, surface collecting and initial excavations of the site. Alanna E. Ossa - Curriculum Vitae - 7 of 10
Project Member Winter 2003 I participated in the Chacalilla Archaeological Project under the direction of Dr. Michael Ohnersorgen (ASU) in Nayarit, Mexico for the 2003 field season. I was responsible for supervising excavation and writing up the excavation summaries of two midden units of the four units excavated this season. I also aided in preliminary analyses of the ceramics recovered from the site. Assistant Director December 2002 I was Assistant Director for the Lot 44 Biodesign Testing Project through the Office of Cultural Resource Management at ASU. Chris Garraty was the Director and the project was overseen by Dr. Glen Rice, OCRM. I was responsible for mapping and profiling test trenches in Parking Lot 44 in preparation for construction. Project Director Summer 2002 I designed and completed a successful pilot survey of Tlalixcoyan, Veracruz with a summer grant from CLAS (Center for Latin American Studies) at Arizona State University. The major focus of the project was to carry out a survey of the main town blocks, mapping the prehispanic settlements, and ascertaining the extent of an identifiable Postclassic component through observing chronologically diagnostic archaeological materials. Project Member 2000-2002 I participated in the PALM II (Proyecto Arqueologico de la Mixtequilla) for the 2000-2002 Field seasons under the direction of Dr. Barbara Stark in the Mixtequilla region of south central Veracruz, Mexico. I had direct experience in archaeological survey and was responsible for using a GPS system to create digital maps of fields and mounds during the process of the survey. In addition to survey and mapping, I participated in artifact analyses (mostly ceramics) of the items collected during survey. Graduate Student Summer 1999 I attended a Field School in Southwestern Prehistory with Arizona State University at the Pueblo IV site of Pueblo Blanco in New Mexico, USA. I had direct experience in the excavation process and artifact analyses (ceramics and lithics) and was responsible for producing a preliminary report on the distribution of obsidian artifacts excavated during the field season. Undergraduate Student Summer 1994 I attended a Field School in Spanish Prehistory with the University of Chicago at the Magdalenian site of El Juyo in Cantabria, Spain. I had direct experience in the retrieval process and was responsible for using soil analysis, flotation, and the use of surveying equipment for mapping and identifying artifacts excavated from the site. Other Professional Activities and Positions Member of Editorial Panel: Editorial Panel/Occasional Reviewer for the Journal of Arizona Archaeology Reviewer: Anonymous Reviewer for the journal Ancient Mesoamerica Grant Reviewer for the Graduate and Professional Student Association of ASU s annual research grants competition in 2003, 2004, 2008 Organizer/Chair: Co-Chair and co-organizer of an Organized Session titled: Insights from Small State Dynamics and Settlement Patterns: Papers in honor of Barbara L. Stark for the Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Memphis, Tennessee 2012. Alanna E. Ossa - Curriculum Vitae - 8 of 10
Co-Chair and co-organizer of an Organized Session titled: Regional and Interregional Implications of Archaeology on the Mexican Gulf Coast for the Society for American Archaeology Meetings in St Louis, Missouri 2010 Chair of a General Session on Mesoamerican Topics for the Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Salt Lake City, Utah 2005 Instructor for Graduate Workshop on Database Pedagogy and Management for Anthropological Datasets Sponsored by Graduate Student Association of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, ASU 2007 3-day course and 1 day lab workshop on Database Management and Design for Anthropologists, the course included the construction of a database pedagogy manual which is available upon request. Professional Development Took EDU 250: Teaching and Learning the Community Colleges in Arizona as a full 3 credit hour semester course at Rio Salado college to fulfill my teaching contract with Mesa Community College in Summer 2011. Attended a weeklong (15 hours total) course LTE 598: Active and Cooperative Learning taught by the Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence at ASU in Summer 2007. I designed an outreach program and financial aid campaign for graduate and professional student advocacy at the state and national legislatures. Professional Service Awards Founders Award, 2005-2006, ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association Caulkins Communications Award, 2004-2005, ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association Public Archaeology and Outreach Docent for the Archaeological Research Institute for See ASU and Open House, multiple years Invited talk on Arizona s prehistory (People of the Salado) for a Senior Community Group in Buckeye, AZ Invited speaker and teacher on public archaeology in AZ for ARI for elementary schools, multiple years Invited co-teacher and presenter on archaeology (for ARI) at Deer Valley Rock Art center summer school, multiple years Co-presenter, Archaeological Research Institute public booth at the annual Archaeology Expo in AZ, multiple years Community Service I have provided pro bono database design and data management consulting to Project Hope, located in Tempe, Arizona. Project Hope is a part of the Phoenix Salvation Army that assists homeless families and individuals with case management, benefits assistance, and other basic needs. Professional Memberships Society for American Archaeology Arizona Archaeological Council Phi Beta Delta Honor Society (International Studies) Alanna E. Ossa - Curriculum Vitae - 9 of 10
Research and Professional Skills Alanna E. Ossa Analytical experience: ceramics (pottery, spindle whorls, figurines, incense burners), ceramic binocular microscopy temper identification (Gila and Phoenix Petrofacies from Desert Archaeology, and modal temper analysis), chipped stone (obsidian, chert), groundstone. Laboratory: ceramic temper analyses, artifact curation, and materials collection management. Computer skills: database design, development, and data management using any SQL driven product, examples: MS_Access, MySQL, SQL Server, basic programming (Basic, Java), web-related programming (MySQL, PHP scripting language, Javascript), web-interface (basic HTML), word processing (Word, Corel, WordPerfect, Endnote), Statistics (Systat, Statistica, SPSS), and GIS (MapInfo, ArcINFO, ArcGIS). Teaching and Communication: Tutor: I tutored general subjects as a volunteer for Chicago public middle schools as an undergraduate. As a graduate student I have tutored basic statistics for a college level course. Instructor: I taught Buried Cities, Lost Tribes (Old World) at Mesa Community College for three semesters, ASB 101 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology online course at ASU, a Comparative Archaeology graduate seminar at the University of Pittsburgh, and a basic seminar on SQL (Structured Query Language) to Library and Information Technology professionals at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Languages: Reading and speaking proficiency in Spanish and reading proficiency in German. I have a reading knowledge of Old Norse and some exposure to reading Nahuatl. References Dr. Barbara L. Stark (Committee Chair) Arizona State University, SHESC P.O. Box 872402 Tempe, AZ 480-965-6215 blstark@asu.edu Dr. George L. Cowgill Arizona State University, SHESC P.O. Box 872402 Tempe, AZ 480-965-6215 Cowgill@asu.edu Dr. Michael E. Smith Arizona State University, SHESC P.O. Box 872402 Tempe, AZ (480)727-9520 Michael.E.Smith.2@asu.edu Alanna E. Ossa - Curriculum Vitae - 10 of 10