Sarah L. Sterling Address: Anthropology Department 141 Cramer Hall, P.O. Box 751 Portland State University Portland, OR 97207-0751 Email: sster@pdx.edu Telephone: 503.725.3081 Fax: 503.725.3905 CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor, School of Extended Studies and Associated Faculty, Department of Anthropology, Portland State University, Portland, OR Affiliate Faculty, Middle Eastern Studies Center, Portland State University PAST POSITIONS 2006-2011 Consulting geoarchaeologist, Archaeological Services (Vancouver, WA) and Applied Earthworks (Fresno, CA) 2004-2006 Senior staff geoarchaeologist, Larson Anthropological and Archaeological Services (Gig Harbor, WA) EDUCATION 2004- Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Washington. Dissertation title: Social complexity in ancient Egypt: Functional differentiation as reflected in the distribution of apparently standardized ceramics. Dissertation committee chair: Professor Angela Close 1995 - Master of Arts in Anthropology, University of Washington. 1987 - Bachelor of Arts, Barnard College of Columbia University, New York, New York. PUBLICATIONS 2012- Coseismic Subsidence and Paleotsunami Run-up records from latest Holocene Deposits in the Waatch Valley, Neah Bay, Northwest Washington, U.S.A.: Links to Great Earthquakes in the Northern Cascadia Margin, Curt D. Peterson, Kenneth M. Cruikshank, Mark C. Darienzo, Gary C. Wessen, Virginia L. Butler and Sarah L. Sterling, Journal of Coastal Research, in press. 2009 - "Pottery attributes and how they reflect intentionality in craft manufacture and reproduction," In, Studies on Old Kingdom Pottery, edited by Teodozja Rzeuska and Anna Wodzińska. Wydawnictwo Neriton, Warsaw.
PUBLICATIONS (con t) 2004- "The scale of pottery manufacture during the Old Kingdom." Aegyptos, vol. 2(4), pp. 4-9. 2001- "Social Complexity in Ancient Egypt: Functional Differentiation as Reflected in the Distribution of Standardized Ceramics." In, Posing Questions for a Scientific Archaeology, Edited by Terry Hunt, Carl Lipo and Sarah Sterling, pp. 145-175. Greenwood Press, Westport. "Posing Questions for a Scientific Archaeology." In, Posing Questions for a Scientific Archaeology pp. 1-23. By Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo and Sarah L. Sterling Posing Questions for a Scientific Archaeology. Edited by Terry Hunt, Carl Lipo and Sarah L. Sterling 2000- Book review: An Archaeological Investigation of the Central Sinai, Egypt. Edited by Frank Eddy, Fred Wendorf and Associates, the American Research Center in Egypt, Inc. and the University of Colorado, 1999. Reviewed for the Society of Archaeological Sciences Bulletin, vol. 23(1). 1999- "Mortality profiles as indicators of slowed reproductive rates: Evidence from ancient Egypt," Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 18(3):319-343. GRANTS 2012- Collaborative Research: Impacts of Abrupt Environmental Change on North Pacific Human Ecosystem Dynamics using High Resolution Zooarchaeological Records from Coastal Washington," Virginia L. Butler, P.I., and Sarah L. Sterling, co-p.i. A three-year collaborative research award totaling $495,000 from the National Science Foundation, Arctic Social Sciences Program. 2011- Refining the Ancient Seismic Record in the Strait of Juan de Fuca," Sarah L. Sterling, P.I. and Ian Hutchinson (Simon Fraser Univ), co-pi. Portland State University Faculty Enhancement Grant. TECHNICAL REPORTS 2011- Minnehaha Site (45CL846), Clark County, WA. Geoarchaeological assessment of excavation unit depth adequacy for data recovery of a long term use area. Final report prepared for ASCC. 2007- Kern Delta Report, Bakersfield, CA. Geoarchaeological assessment of the impacts of modern farming practices and water recharge activities on cultural resources in the Kern River flood plain. Final report prepared for Applied Earthworks, Fresno, CA. 2006- Landbridge Site (45CL300), Clark County, WA. Geoarchaeological assessment of chemical and textural components of anthropogenic sediments and formation processes for data recovery of a prehistoric to historic period dump deposit associated with Fort Vancouver. Final report prepared for Archaeological Services of Clark County (ASCC), Vancouver, WA. Province Ridge Site (45CL675), Clark County, WA. Geoarchaeological assessment of excavation unit depth adequacy for data recovery of a long term use area. Final report prepared for ASCC. Sterling C.V.-2
TECHNICAL REPORTS con t 2006- Hockinson site (45CL543), Clark County, WA. Geoarchaeological assessment of excavation unit depth adequacy for data recovery of a Cascade era lithic scatter. Final report prepared for ASCC. Geomorphology of Ediz Hook and Port Angeles Harbor. Sarah L. Sterling, Donald E. Tatum and Dennis E. Lewarch, for the Tse-Whit-Zen Data Recovery Report. Final report prepared for Larson Anthropological and Archaeological Services (LAAS), Gig Harbor, WA. Edited by Lynn Larson. Stratigraphy and Geoarchaeology. Sarah L. Sterling, Dennis E. Lewarch, Donald E. Tatum, Jenny L. Dellert, Elizabeth C. Reetz, Stephanie E. Trudel and Nichole Gillis, Tse-Whit-Zen Data Recovery Report. Field Techniques. Elizabeth C. Reetz, Dennis E. Lewarch, Stephanie E. Trudel, Nichole Gillis, Hayley E. Kanipe, Sarah L. Sterling, Donald E. Tatum and Sherry Kekkonen Tse-Whit-Zen Data Recovery Report. PUBLICATIONS IN REVIEW Hutchinson, Ian, Curt D. Peterson and Sarah L. Sterling Palaeotsunami deposits at Salt Creek, Washington, USA, submitted to The Holocene. Sterling, Sarah The Economic Implications of Patterns of Ceramic Vessel Similarity in Ancient Egypt," to be included in Proceedings of the 2009 Plain Pottery Workshop, University College, London. PUBLICATIONS IN PREP Sterling, Sarah Analysis of Ceramic Variation to be included in Kom el-hisn. Edited by Robert Wenke and Tony Cagle. DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS 2011 Portland State University Academic Innovation Grant for hybrid instruction, curricular development. 2010 Heritage Education Award, Willamette Heritage Center, Salem, Oregon 2010- present Board Member, American Research Center in Egypt, Portland Chapter. President 2011-2012 2009-2011 Faculty Senator, Portland State University. Portland State University, Committee on Committees, member 2009 Visiting Scholar, AHRC Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, June 2009. Sterling C.V.-3
DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS con t 2007 Portland State University Academic Innovation Grant for service learning curricular development. 2004 University of Washington Yeager Award for Scholarly Excellence in Archaeology. For the publication "The scale of pottery manufacture during the Old Kingdom," Aegyptos, vol. 2(4), pp. 4-9. 1998-1999 Niles Fellow, University of Washington. INVITED PRESENTATIONS 2012- Paleotsunamis in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Invited lecture, hosted by the Joyce, Washington Grange and sponsored by the Coastal Watershed Institute, Port Angeles, Washington. Oct, 2012 Integrating the seismic and occupational chronologies at Tse-whit-zen, a long term Klallam settlement on the shores of Port Angeles Harbor Invited lecture, sponsored by the Feiro Marine Life Center, Port Angeles, Washington. April, 2012. Integrating the seismic and occupational chronologies at Tse-whit-zen, a long term Klallam settlement on the shores of Port Angeles Harbor, Invited lecture, hosted by the Portland State University Anthropology Department s First Thursdays series. February, 2012. 2011- Vessel similarity in Ancient Egypt, Invited participant; Old Kingdom Pottery Workshop, Chapter 2. Hosted by the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw. July, 2011. 2009- "The Economic Implications of Patterns of Ceramic Vessel Similarity in Ancient Egypt," Invited lecture, sponsored by the AHRC Center for Evolution and Cultural Diversity, Institute of Archaeology, University College, London. June, 2009. 2008- Old Kingdom Pottery and Pyramids: Archaeological clues to society in Ancient Egypt, Invited lecture, sponsored by the American Research Center in Egypt, Portland Chapter. February, 2008. 2001- Pyramids in Old Kingdom Egypt. Invited lecture, hosted by the Seattle Art Museum. Lecture and sponsored by the Ancient Egyptian Study Association of Seattle, Washington CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2012- Integrating the seismic and occupational chronologies at Tse-whit-zen, a long-term K lallam settlement on the shores of Port Angeles Harbor," Paper presented at the 2012 Northwest Anthropological conference, Pendleton, OR. 2011- Beyond the Palimpsest: Using High resolution Excavation Techniques to Evaluate Household Scale Economic Strategies and Disaster Response on the Northwest Coast, Poster presented at the 2011 Society for American Archaeology meetings, Sacramento, CA. Sterling C.V.-4
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS con t 2008- Shoreline changes along the coast of Port Angeles Harbor: Archaeological and geomorphologic data from Tse-whit-zen (45CA523), Paper presented with Dennis Lewarch and Donald Tatum at the 2008 Society for American Archaeology meetings, Vancouver, BC. Structural Features at Tse-whit-zen (45CA523): The Building History of a Large Pre-contact Village in Washington State, Poster displayed with Nichole Gillis (principle author) at the 2008 Society for American Archaeology meetings. 2007- The excavation at Tse-whit-zen: An overview of the building history of a large precontact village in Washington State, Paper presented with Nichole Gillis at the 2007 Society for American Archaeology meetings, Austin, TX. Shoreline changes along the coast of Port Angeles Harbor: Archaeological and geomorphologic data from Tse-whit-zen (45CA523), Paper presented at the 2007 Northwest Anthropological Conference, Pullman, WA. 2005- The economics of social complexity: Centralization and taxation as a means of offsetting environmental unpredictability in Ancient Egypt. Presented for the symposium Applying Biological Principles to Evolutionary Problems in Archaeology, at the 2005 Society for American Archaeology meetings, Salt Lake City, Utah. Organizer (with Diana Greenlee and James Truncer): Applying Biological Principles to Evolutionary Problems in Archaeology. Symposium presented at the 2005 Society for American Archaeology meetings, Salt Lake City, Utah. 2005- Tse-Whit-Zen Site (45CA523) Stratigraphy and Landform Evolution, with Donald E. Tatum, Poster presented at the 2005 Northwest Anthropological Conference, Spokane, WA. 2004- "Similarity in Ancient Egyptian Vessel Forms as a Tool for Measuring Community Interaction." Paper presented at the 2004 Society for American Archaeology meetings, Montreal, Quebec. "Quantifying the Scale of Pottery Production in the Egyptian Old Kingdom." Lecture presented at Portland State University. A presentation of the final results of my dissertation research at the invitation of the Anthropology Department, February 5. 2003- "Digital Imagery in the Assessment of Standardization in Pottery Assemblages: An Example from Old Kingdom Egypt." Paper presented at the 51st International Congress of Americanists, Santiago, Chile. Digital Imagery in the Assessment of Standardization in Pottery Assemblages. Paper presented at the 2003 Society for American Archaeology meetings, Milwaukee, WI. 2002- Applying Evolutionary Theory to Archaeological Problems: Data from Ancient Egypt. Lecture presented to a graduate seminar on anthropological theory at Portland State University, at the invitation of the Anthropology Department, November 21. Sterling C.V.-5
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS con t 2002 Digital Photography and Artifact Analysis: An Example from Old Kingdom Egypt. Poster exhibited at the 2002 Society for American Archaeology meetings, Denver, CO. The Potential Use of Digital Photography in the Analysis of Old Kingdom Ceramic Assemblages. Paper presented at the 2002 American Research Center in Egypt meetings, Baltimore, MD. 2000- Degree of functional differentiation as reflected in the distribution of standardized ceramics. Paper presented at the 2000 Society for American Archaeology meetings, Philadelphia, PA. 1998- Evolutionary implications of increased environmental unpredictability and cultural elaborations in Old Kingdom Egypt. Paper presented at the 1998 Society for American Archaeology meetings, Seattle, WA. Organizer (with Mark Madsen and Kim Kornbacher): Archaeological consequences of evolution in temporally variable environments, Symposium presented at the 1998 Society for American Archaeology meetings, Seattle, WA. 1997- Attribute scale seriation of Old Kingdom ceramics, with Robert J. Wenke. Paper presented at the 1997 Society for American Archaeology meetings, Nashville, TN. 1995- Cultural elaborations in Old Kingdom Egypt: An alternative model, Paper presented at the 1995 Society for American Archaeology meetings, Minneapolis, MN. TEACHING 2000-2012: Portland State University; Extended Studies Assistant Professor, Adjunct Lecturer. Departmental Offerings: Egyptian Archaeology Prehistory of Oceania African Prehistory European Prehistory North American Prehistory Mesoamerican Archaeology Archaeological Method and Theory Introduction to Archaeology Introduction to Biological Anthropology Capstone- The Role of the Museum in the Community, taught in partnership with the Marion County Historical Society. Taught from 2008-2010. 1993-2005: University of Washington; Lecturer, Instructor The Archaeology of Egypt (Lecturer) Old World Prehistory (Instructor) New World Prehistory (Instructor) Sterling C.V.-6
PUBLIC OUTREACH 2008- Mummification in Ancient Egypt, A lecture delivered in conjunction with Mummy Day, at the Burke Museum, Seattle, on Oct. 26 th. 2007- New Kingdom Economics, A lecture sponsored by Elderhostel in conjunction with the Treasures of Ancient Egypt exhibit, March 1 st. Conducting Field Work in Egypt, A lecture sponsored by Elderhostel in conjunction with the Treasures of Ancient Egypt exhibit at the Portland Art Museum, Jan. 30 th 2005- Pyramids in Ancient Egypt, A one-day public workshop sponsored by the American Research Center in Egypt, Portland Chapter, Sept. 25 th. FIELD EXPERIENCE 2006- Geoarchaeologist, Kern Delta Project, Kern County, CA. Geoarchaeological assessment of the likelihood of substantial buried cultural resources in the Kern Delta Water District potentially subject to impact by groundwater recharge. Geological/ soil descriptive information collected for Applied Earthworks, Fresno, CA. 2004-2006 Geoarchaeologist, Tse-whit-zen Data Recovery; 45CL523, Port Angeles, WA. Field description and report preparation of geological features identified, and cultural resources recovered within the APE of Washington Department of Transportation s proposed Hood Canal Graving Dock Facility. Reports prepared for Larson Anthropological and Archaeological Services describing coastal site geomorphology and cultural stratigraphy. 2002- Field Supervisor, Howard Giza Cemetery Project, Giza, Egypt. Principle Investigator: Ann Roth, Howard University and New York University. 1999-2000 Ceramic Analyst, Giza Plateau Mapping Project, Giza, Egypt. Principle Investigator: Mark Lehner, Harvard Semitic Museum. Field Supervisor and interim surveyor, Giza Plateau Mapping Project, Giza, Egypt. 1999- Ceramic Analyst, Institute for the Study of Aegean Prehistory, East Crete, Chrysokamino Excavation. Principle Investigator: Cheryl Floyd, University of Pennsylvania. 1997- Field Instructor, American Research Center in Egypt Field School at Memphis, Egypt. Principle Investigator: Diana Patch, Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1996- Field Instructor, Central Washington University Field School, Department of Anthropology, Ellensburg, Washington. Field Instructor, American Research Center in Egypt Field School at Memphis, Egypt. Sterling C.V.-7
FIELD EXPERIENCE con t 1993, 1994 Field Supervisor, Central Washington University Field School, Department of Anthropology. LABORATORY 1993-1995 Thermoluminescence Analyst, University of Washington TL lab. Dated material using both optical and thermoluminescence. 1991- Laboratory Supervisor, San Juan Island Archaeological Field School of the University of Washington. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Research Center in Egypt Society for American Archaeology Sterling C.V.-8