Archaeobotany\/paleoethnobotany; Anthracology (charcoal analysis) and macrofloral analysis; Environmental archaeology; Desert and high desert archaeology; Archaeology of the American Southwest and Great Basin; Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean<\/p>\n
I am interested in studying human-landscape interaction in arid and semi-arid environments, through a variety of means, primarily wood charcoal and macrobotanical\u00a0analyses. I have been involved in\u00a0multidisciplinary investigations, analyzing prehistoric human coprolites from Peru and historic privy contexts in California and the North Eastern US, for the reconstruction of diet. I have experience in selecting the most reliable and appropriate specimens for carbon dating in collaborative archaeological and geological projects from across North and South America, the Carribean, and Asia. My previous research largely included analysis of charcoal and other macrofloral remains from North America and Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n I am currently conducting anthracological analysis on charcoal from \u00c7amlibel Tarlas\u0131, a chalcolithic metalworking site in highland central Turkey, to reconstruct woodland vegetation and wood selection during the site use.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c7amlibel Tarlas\u0131, Turkey<\/span><\/p>\n Kov\u00e1\u010dik, Peter\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>and Linda Scott Cummings. 2018. Reconstruction of Woodland Vegetation and Firewood Exploitation in Nine Mile Canyon, Utah, Based on Charcoal and Pollen Analysis. Quaternary International\u00a0<\/em>463(B):312-326.\u00a0Download PDF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Bunch, James, Linda Scott Cummings, Peter Kov\u00e1\u010dik<\/strong>, and Patricia DeBunch. 2015. The Ash Springs Site 26LN2978: New Data from 14C and Macrofloral Analysis.\u00a0 <\/span>Nevada Archaeologist\u00a0<\/em>28:1-27.<\/p>\n Scott Cummings, Linda, Barbara L. Voss, Connie Young Tu, Peter Kov\u00e1\u010dik<\/strong>, Kathryn Puseman, Chad Yost, Ryan Kennedy, and Megan S. Kane. 2014. Fan and Tsai: Intracommunity Variation in Plant-Based Food Consumption at the Market Street Chinatown, San Jose, California. Historical Archaeology\u00a0<\/em>48(2):143-172.\u00a0Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n Horv\u00e1th, Pavol and Peter Kov\u00e1\u010dik<\/strong>. 2007. Jaskynn\u00e9 n\u00e1lezy zo Slovensk\u00e9ho krasu (Cave finds from the Slovak karst). AVANS<\/em> v r. 2005:84-86.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":12697,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ealab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/3902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ealab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ealab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ealab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12697"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ealab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/3902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4480,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ealab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/3902\/revisions\/4480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ealab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Projects<\/h3>\n
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