About

Lynn Swartz Dodd

Lecturer

Contact Information
E-mail: swartz@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-0266
Office: ACB 335
Office Hours: Monday through Friday : 9:30-5:30pm

LINKS
Personal Website
 

Education
Ph.D. Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
My research centers on ancient innovation and social change with a particular interest on the interaction of technology, communication and ritual in the Ancient Near East and Egypt. I also investigate the uses of the past in ancient and modern societies, especially in connection to processes of social change. As Curator of USC's Archaeology Research Center I am engaged in technical material studies, excavation publication projects, and lasers and new imaging techniques in archaeological research and conservation.
 

Research Specialties
Kenan Tepe Excavations (Tigris River, Turkey) Native American Sacred Landscapes Project Tell al-Judaidah Publication Project (Turkey) Israeli Palestinian Archaeology Working Group (Co-organizer)
 

Other Research
Continuing to develop new research initiative to identify sources of exploitable minerals and sands in coastal Mediterranean (Amuq) and inland river valleys (Upper Tigris River Valley) through geological prospection, in collaboration with Dicle University's Mining and Geological Engineering department and Koc University (Istanbul)., 06/2008-  
Continuing to develop field and lab research effort centered in southern California's Native American Sacred Landscape. This project involves a collaboration with the Chemistry department (Profs. Hannah Reisler, PhD. candidate Blithe Casterline) to research lasers as a culturally sensitive means of removing gang graffiti (modern paint) from ritually-significant sites. Includes training a team of undergraduates to create a geographic information system (a GIS database links landscape data, images, and ancient site information) as a tool for research and preservation. Also includes close oversight of undergraduates using lasers., 08/2007-  
 
 
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