Elissa A. Bullion Curriculum Vitae Department of Anthropology Washington University in St. Louis One Brookings Drive, CB 1114 Phone: (508) 498-8013 St. Louis, MO 63130 Email: elissa.bullion@wustl.edu EDUCATION 2012-Present PhD Candidate, Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis Adviser: Prof. Michael Frachetti 2014 M.A., Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis Adviser: Prof. Michael Frachetti 2011-2012 Post-Baccalaureate, Washington State University 2010 B.A., Sociology/Anthropology, Middlebury College GRANTS AWARDED 2017 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award, The Role of Urbanization in Shaping Social Identity, National Science Foundation ($21,794, BCS-1724495) 2017 CIAC Grant for Short-term Research Travel, Association for Asian Studies, China and Inner Asian Councils ($2,000) 2016 Barakat Doctoral Student Grant, The Barakat Trust ( 1,500) 2016 Lambda Alpha Graduate Research Grant, Lambda Alpha National Honors Society ($2,000) 2015, 2016 George Throop Endowment Research Fund, Washington University in St. Louis ($2,800) 2009 Rohatyn Center for International Affairs Research Grant, Middlebury College ($2,000) 2008, 2009 Undergraduate Collaborative Research Fund, Middlebury College ($2,000) FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS 2012-present Mr. and Mrs. Spencer T. Olin Fellowship for Women in Graduate Studies, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 2012 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Honorable Mention 2010 Lank Prize in Sociology and Anthropology, Middlebury College 2010 Highest Honors for Undergraduate Thesis, Middlebury College 1
RESEARCH AND FIELD EXPERIENCE Academic 2017 Project Field Director, Archaeological Research of the Qarakhanids (ARQ) Project Washington University in St. Louis and Institute of Archaeology in Samarkand, 2015-present Bioarchaeology Field Director, Archaeological Research of the Qarakhanids (ARQ) Project Washington University in St. Louis and Institute of Archaeology in Samarkand, 2015-2016 Archaeology Labs Manager, Department of Anthropology Washington University in St. Louis 2014 Field School Student, Bioarchaeology and Human Osteology Field School Kampsville, IL; Arizona State University (Director: Jane Buikstra) 2013-2014 Graduate Researcher, MALGUZAAR Project Washington University in St. Louis and Institute of Archaeology in Samarkand, 2012 Survey team leader, Targan Nuur Archaeological Project (TNAP) Hovsgol Province, Mongolia; University of Pittsburgh and National Museum of Mongolia (PIs: Julia Clark and Bayarsaikhan Jamsranjav) 2012 Research Intern, Zooarchaeology Lab Department of Anthropology, Washington State University (Director: Karen Lupo) 2011-2012 Laboratory Assistant, Kemp DNA Lab Department of Anthropology, Washington State University (Director: Brian Kemp) 2011 Graduate Intern, Rock Art and Archaeology Project in Mongolia Bayan Olgii Province, Mongolia; Smithsonian Institute, East Tennessee State University, and National Museum of Mongolia (Directors: William Fitzhugh and Bayarsaikhan Jamsranjav) 2010 Volunteer Researcher, Arctic Studies Center National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. (Director: William Fitzhugh) 2010 Volunteer, Mongol-American Khovd Archaeology Project, Khovd Aimag, Mongolia National Museum of Mongolia (Directors: Bryan Miller and Bayarsaikhan Jamsranjav) 2008-2009 Crew Member, Programa Arqueologico San José de Moro, San José de Moro, Peru Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru (Director: Luis Jaime Castillo) Professional 2011 Archaeological Technician, Hoffman Bridge Project, Albany, NY, Amec Inc. Archaeological Technician, Ruby Pipeline Project, Lakeview, OR, Amec Inc. 2010 Archaeological Technician, Ultra Leidy Pipeline Project, Potter County, PA, Amec Inc. 2
PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles Spengler Robert N., Michael D. Frachetti, Paula N. Doumani, Lynne M. Rouse, Barbara Cerasetti, Elissa Bullion, and Alexei N. Mar yashev 2014 Early agriculture and crop transmission among Bronze Age mobile pastoralists of Central Eurasia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20133382. Book Chapters Frachetti, Michael D. and Elissa A. Bullion In press Bronze Age Participation in a Global Ecumene: Mortuary Practice and Ideology across Inner Asia. In Ancient Globalization and the People Without History, edited by Boivin, N and M. Frachetti, Cambridge University Press. Maksudov, Farhod, Elissa Bullion, Edward R. Henry, Taylor Hermes, Ann M. Merkle, and Michael D. Frachetti In press Nomadic Urbanism at Tashbulak: A New Highland Town of the Qarakhanids. In Proceedings of the Urban Culture of Central Asia Conference, Society for the Exploration of Eurasia. Bern, Switzerland. Manuscripts in Review Hermes, Taylor, Elissa A. Bullion, Michael Frachetti, Farhod Maksudov, Samiridin Mustafakulov, and Cheryl Makarewicz Isotopic Niche Modelling Reveals Urban and Nomadic Dietary Breadth along the Medieval Silk Roads. Article submitted to Nature: Scientific Reports. Manuscripts in Preparation Bullion, Elissa A. and Jason King Returning to Ray: A Reexamination of Cultural and Genetic Boundaries in the Illinois River Valley. Article to be submitted to American Antiquity. Bullion, Elissa A., Farhod Maksudov, and Michael Frachetti Examining the Spread of Islam through Burial Practice in Medieval Uzbekistan. Article to be submitted to Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. Merkle, Ann M. and Elissa A. Bullion Dynastic Politics and Burial Practice in the Qarakhanid State. Article to be submitted to Journal of Islamic Archaeology. 3
PAPERS AND POSTERS PRESENTED Selected Conference Presentations 2017 Bullion, Elissa A. Enlarge for him his grave and shed light upon him in it: Burial Practice and the Spread of Islam in Central Asia. Paper presented at the Eurasian Archaeology Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Bullion, Elissa A. Biological Diversity in Medieval Uzbekistan: Examining Community Expression under Early Islamic States. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC. 2016 Bullion, Elissa A. Mortuary Practice in Qarakhanid Communities: Differential Expression of Religious and Imperial Ideologies in Early Medieval Central Asia. Paper Presented at Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Frachetti, Michael D. and Elissa A. Bullion Nomadic Urbanism: New discoveries of highland cities of the Kharakhanid Empire. Paper Presented at the Urban Culture of Central Asia Conference, Society for the Exploration of Eurasia. Bern, Switzerland. 2015 Bullion, Elissa A. and Jason L. King, Relatedness and Social Organization at the Ray Site (11BR104): A Biological Distance Analysis of a Middle Woodland Ridge Top Cemetery in the Illinois Valley. Poster Presented at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) Annual Conference, St. Louis MO. 2014 Bullion, Elissa A., Frachetti, M.D., Hermes, T. Landscapes of Participation: Spatial Analysis of Burial, Settlement, Ritual, and Economic Site Distribution in the Bayan-Zherek Valley, Kazakhstan. Poster Presented at the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Annual Conference, Austin TX. 2012 Clark, J., Bullion, E.A. Getting More from Less: An Approach to Investigating Late Prehistoric Occupation areas in Northern Mongolia. Paper Presented at the Eurasian Archaeology Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2017 Primary Instructor, Introduction to Human Evolution, Washington University in St. Louis 2014-2016 Teaching Assistant, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Anthropology Introduction to Human Evolution (Fall 2016) Introduction to Archaeology (Spring 2016) Human Osteology (Spring 2015) Anthropological Genetics (Fall 2014) 4
2014-present Mentor and Research Supervisor Marinda Hanson (Undergraduate-Washington University in St. Louis) Siena Dixon (Undergraduate-Washington University in St. Louis) Alfred Baldenweck (Undergraduate-Saint Louis University) David Hansen (Masters Student-Nazerbaev University) Megann Phillips (Masters Student-George Washington University) 2013-present Guest Lecturer, Washington University in St. Louis Introduction to Archaeology ( Bioarchaeology: Theory and Methods ), Social Landscapes ( Nomadic Cities, Landscapes of Death ) 2012 Field School Instructor, Targan Nuur Archaeological Project (TNAP) Field School, Hovsgol Province, Mongolia 2009 Field School Instructor, Programa Arqueologico San José de Moro (PASJM) Field School, San José de Moro, Peru SERVICE Academic 2017 Session Chair and Organizer (Territoriality, Politics, and Religion: Intersections of Meaning in Eurasian Mortuary Practice), Eurasian Archaeology Conference, Cornell U. 2016-present Graduate School Peer-Mentor Committee Member, Washington University in St. Louis 2014-2016 Anthropology Department Peer-Mentoring Coordinator, Washington University in St. Louis 2013-2016 Organizer, Spencer T. Olin Fellowship annual conference 2013-2014 Coordinator and organizer, Friday Archaeology Lecture Series, Washington University in St. Louis Volunteer 2014-present Volunteer Archaeological Technician, Fremont-Winema National Forest, USDA National Forest Service 2013 Volunteer Archaeological Technician, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, USDA National Forest Service SKILLS AND LANGUAGES Software: R Studio, JMP (SAS), GIS (ArcGIS), Agisoft Photoscan, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop Russian (speaking, reading, writing), moderate French (speaking, reading, writing), moderate PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 2011-present 2014-present 2015-present 2016-present Society for American Anthropology American Association of Physical Anthropologists Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honor Society of Anthropology (Beta Chapter) Association for Asian Studies 5