Southern Levant; Eastern Mediterranean; Iberia; paleoethnobotany\/archaeobotany’ agricultural economy; arboriculture; foodways and food traditions; fuel use; political economy; Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader periods; recovery techniques; sampling strategies; intrasite and context-based analysis<\/p>\n
Kathleen studies ancient agriculture and human-landscape\/plant interactions through the lens of archaeobotanical remains. Her dissertation project focused on the agricultural economy in the Levant during the Early Islamic period (c. 636-1099 CE). Specifically, she is investigating how access to and organization of plant resources is impacted by a site\u2019s architectural configuration as well as by its location in the geographic and socio-cultural landscapes. Kathleen is currently analyzing the macrobotanical remains (seeds, fruits, plant parts, wood charcoal) recovered from 4 sites in Israel: Ashkelon, Caesarea Maritima, Tel Shimron, and Neby Zakaria.<\/p>\n
As an expansion of her doctoral research, Kathleen has begun field work in Menorca, Spain, where she is reconstructing the agricultural economy of a 13th-century Islamic settlement. She is working on a regional comparison of agricultural systems in the Islamic Levant and Islamic Iberia.<\/p>\n
Kathleen has been involved in archaeobotanical work in southern Europe, specifically the analysis of Late Bronze Age assemblages from Greece and Albania, and maintain an interest in low-level food production in the North American Prehispanic Southwest with professors at the University of Cincinnati.<\/p>\n
Caesarea Maritima Excavations<\/a><\/p>\n TERRSOC: ‘Reading’ Ancient Landscapes<\/a><\/p>\n Menorca Archaeological Project: Torre d’en Galm\u00e9s<\/a><\/p>\n Tel Shimron Excavations<\/a><\/p>\n Expedition to Ashkelon<\/a><\/p>\n various collaborations with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)<\/p>\n See Kathleen’s profile on Academia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cExploring the Woods in the City\u201d<\/a> on the Forage!<\/em> Blog, Society of Ethnobiology, June 2020.<\/p>\n \u201cReflections from the Field: Food in the Lower Galilee, Israel<\/a>\u201d on the Forage!<\/em> Blog, Society of Ethnobiology, August 2020.<\/p>\n Symposium organizer<\/em><\/p>\n 2021 \u201cCultivating Cities: Perspectives from the New and Old Worlds on Wild Foods, Agriculture, and Urban Subsistence Economies\u201d, co-chair with Maria C. Codlin, Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n Presentations <\/em><\/p>\n 2021 K.M. Forste<\/strong> and Deirdre Fulton. \u201cA Specialized City: Fatimid-era agriculture at Ashkelon\u201d. Presentation at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n 2020 K.M. Forste<\/strong>, Susan Allen, Nikki Berkebile, and Martha Wendel. \u201cSeeds and Stems on the Edge of Splendor\u201d. Presentation at Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting. *cancelled due to COVID19 pandemic<\/em><\/p>\n 2020 Linda Seminario, Samantha Kelly, Catherine West, K.M. Forste<\/strong>, and Joe Bagley. \u201cDown in the Dumps: An Introduction to Feature 7 of the Pierce-Hichborn House.\u201d Presentation at Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n 2018 K.M. Forste.<\/strong> “Archaeobotanical evidence of orchard production at Early Islamic Ashkelon.” Presentation at American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n 2018 K<\/strong>.M. Forste<\/strong>. “New archaeobotanical evidence of Early Islamic agricultural economy at Ashkelon and Caesarea Maritima.” Presentation at the European Association of Archaeology (EAA) Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n 2016 John M. Marston, K.M. Forste<\/strong>, and Deirdre Fulton. “The Animal and Plant Economies at Islamic and Crusader Ashkelon.” Presentation at American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n 2015 John M. Marston and K.M. Forste<\/strong>. ” Investigating Changes in Production and Consumption and their Economic and Social Impacts at Islamic Ashkelon.” Presentation at American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n 2015 Tracy Hoffman, John M. Marston, and K.M. Forste<\/strong>. “New Evidence for Agriculture and Economy at Crusader Period Ashkelon.” Presentation at American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n 2015 K.M. Forste<\/strong> and John M. Marston. “Paleoethnobotanical Investigations of the Economy of Islamic Ashkelon.” Presentation at Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n 2015 Susan E. Allen and K.M. Forste<\/strong>. “On the Periphery of Collapse: An Archaeobotanical View from the Mycenaean Hinterland at Tsoungiza.” Presentation at Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n 2011 K.M. Forste<\/strong> and Susan E. Allen. \u201cFireside Stories: Archaeobotanical Investigations of Bronze Age Combustion Features at Sovjan, Albania.” Presentation at Society of Ethnobiology 34th Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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