Alice Mathea Choyke
Associate Professor
egyetemi docens
Building:
Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower Room:
FT 505 Phone number:
(+36-1) 327-3801 Qualifications:
PhD, Department of Anthropology, S.U.N.Y. Binghamton, USA
MA, Department of Anthropology, S.U.N.Y. Binghamton, USA
BA, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Academic/Professional experience, and Achievements:
I have worked in the field of bioarchaeology for thirty years, particularly in the field of achaeozoology and the study of worked osseous materials from animals. I am involved with a number of projects concerned with the way people in the past used material culture, especially objects derived from the animal body, in various forms of social discourse. Related to this, I am also generally interested in multiple and often contradictory attitudes towards animals in the medieval past.
Since 1988, I have been the chief faunal analyst at the Aquincum museum, a branch of the Budapest History Museum. I have run the archaeozoology/archaeobotany laboratory since 2000 and this year was made co-director of bio-archaeology studies at the Budapest History Museum for all archaeological departments. In addition to teaching research methodologies to first year PhDs at the medieval department I have begun to offer courses introducing concepts in bioarchaeology to students in the department. As part of the environmental and landscape specialization I also am involved in the development of the Medieval Animal Data-networks or MAD. This WIKI based projects seeks to gather data from various multi-disciplinary sources such as texts, images and archaeozoology. The intention is to bring a more complex approach to animal sudies in the mediaval period.
I am perhaps best known internationally, however, for my work on worked osseous materials, primarily from the Bronze Age but also from Roman and medieval contexts. I am liaison officer for the Worked Bone Research Group, a working group for ICAZ (International Council for Archaeozoology) and run the mailing list for this group which was co-ounded by me in 1998. I have published numerous articles and edited two volumes (to date) on how this class of material culture was exploited and fit into various social narratives in the past.
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Academic/research topics:
Bioarchaeology. archaeozoology in Central Europe
Material Culture Studies
Academic/Research Areas:
History and Medieval Studies External links:
Courses taught by Alice Mathea Choyke
| SHS-Presentation Skills (for medievalists) | 2011/2012 |
| SHS: Human Animal Interactions in the Middle Ages | 2011/2012 |
| Climatic and Environmental Impacts in European History | 2010/2011 |
| Landscape and Environmental History | 2010/2011 |
| Medieval Studies Doctoral Colloquium |
2010/2011 2011/2012 |
| Environmental and Landscape History | 2009/2010 |
| Advanced Research Methods |
2009/2010 2010/2011 |
Projects with involvement of Alice Mathea Choyke
Theses supervised by Alice Mathea Choyke
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The Socio-Economic Integration of Medieval Cumans in Hungary. An Archaeozoological Approach. Thesis author: Kyra Lyublyanovics Year of enrollment: 2008/2009 |
Publications
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BAR international series. Vol. 1977. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2009.
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BAR International Series, Edited by A. M. Choyke, S. Olsen, S. Grant and L. Bartosiewicz. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2006.
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Medium Aevum Quotidianum. Sonderband, Edited by G. Jaritz and A. M. Choyke. Vol. 16. Krems: Medium Aevum Quotidianum, 2005.
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BAR International series, Edited by A. M. Choyke and L. Bartosiewicz. Oxford England: Archaeopress, 2001.
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"Grandmother’s Awl: Individual and Collective Memory through Material Culture." In Materializing Memory, Archaeological Material Culture and the Semantics of the Past, edited by I. Barbiera, A. M. Choyke and J. Rasson, 21-40. BAR International Series , no. 1977. Oxford: Archeopress, 2009.
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"African Bone Tool Technology." In Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology, and medicine in non-western cultures, edited by H. Selaine, 406-412. Vol. 2. Berlin: Springer, 2008.
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"Shifting Meaning and Value through Imitation in the European Late Neolithic." In Import and imitation in archaeology, edited by P. F. Biehl. Langenweissbach: Beier & Beran, 2008.
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"Objects for a lifetime--tools for a season: the bone tools from Ecsegfalva 23.--The Early Neolithic on the Great Hungarian Plain. Investigations of the Koros Culture Site of Ecsegfalva 23, County Bekes." In Varia Archaeologica Hungarica, edited by A. Whittle, 641-666. Vol. XXI. Budapest: MTA, 2007.
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"Prehistoric Bone Tools: Research in Central Europe." In Bones as tools : current methods and interpretations in worked bone studies, edited by C. Gates and R. Walker, 51-65. BAR International Studies , no. 1622. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2007.
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"The various voices of medieval bones." In Animal Diversities, edited by A. M. Choyke and G. Jaritz, 25-30., 2005.
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"Osseous projectile points from the Swiss Neolithic: taphonomy, typology and function." In Violent interactions in the Mesolithic : evidence and meaning, edited by M. Roksandic, 75-88. BAR International Series , no. 1237. Oxford England: Archaeopress, 2004.
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"Levels of social identity expressed in the refuse and worked bone from the Middle Bronze Age Százhalombatta-Földvár, Vatya culture, Hungary." In Behaviour behind bones : the zooarchaeology of ritual, religion, status and identity, edited by S. Jones and A. Ervynck, 177-189. Oxford: Oxbow, 2004.
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"Neolithic Lake dwellings in the Alpine region." In Ancient Europe 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1000: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World, vol. 1, edited by P. Bogucki and P. J. Crabtree, 385-392. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004.
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"A lake dwelling on the Lake of Constance." In Ancient Europe 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1000: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World, edited by P. Bogucki and P. J. Crabtree. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004.
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"Backward reflections on ancient enviornments: what can we learn from bone tools?" In People and nature in historical perspective, edited by J. Laszlovszky and P. Szabó, 139-156. CEU medievalia , no. 5. Budapest Hungary: Central European University Dept. of Medieval Studies & Archaeolingua, 2003.
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"Late Neolithic red deer canine beads and their imitations." In Crafting bone : skeletal technologies through time and space, edited by A. Choyke and L. Bartosiewicz, 251-266. BAR International Series , no. 937. Oxford England: Archaeopress, 2001.
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"Bronze Age antler and bone manufacturing at Arslantepe (Anatolia)." In Archaeozoology of the Near East IVA, edited by A. M. Choyke, H. Buitenhuis and M. Mashkour, 170-183. ARC Publication , no. 32. Groningen: Centre for Archeological Research and Consultancy, 2000.
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"Refuse and modified bone from Százhalombatta-Földvár.Some preliminary observations." In SAX: Százhalombatta Archaeological Expedition. Annual Report 1 – Field Season 1998, edited by I. Poroszlai and M. Vicze. Százhalombatta: Matrica Múzeum, 2000.
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"Camelid bone implement from Incarracay, Cochabamba Valley, Bolivia." In The chacaras of war an Inka state estate in the Cochabamba Valley, Bolivia, edited by J. Gyarmati and A. Varga, 111-113. Budapest: Museum of Ethnography, 1999.
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"Polgár-Csőszhalom-dűlő lelőhely csont-, agancs- és agyartárgyainak vizsgálata." In Utak a múltba : az M3-as autópálya régészeti leletmentései, edited by P. Raczky, 157-159. Budapest: Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum ;Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem Régészettudományi Intézet, 1997.
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"Archaeometry at the Aquincum Museum." In Aquincum: Excavations and Rescue Work at the Aquincum Museum in 1997, 13-18. Aquincumi füzetek , no. 4. Budapesti: Budapesti Történeti Múzeum, 1997.
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"Worked animal bone at the Sarmatian site of Gyoma 133." In Cultural and landscape changes in south-east Hungary, edited by S. Bökönyi, 365-446. Budapest: Archaeolingua alapítvány, 1996.
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"Die Tierreste aus Iatrus-Krivina (Ausgrabung 1970-1972)." In Iatrus-Krivina : spätantike Befestigung und frühmittelalterliche Siedlung an der unteren Donau, 117-121. Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike , no. 17. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1995.
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"Travail de l'os et de l'ivoire á Kerma." In Kerma, royaume de Nubie. Mission archéologique de l'Université de Genéve au Soudan, edited by C. Bonnet, 140-141. Geneva: Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, 1990.
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"Modified animal bone." In The Roman Fort at Ács-Vaspuszta (Hungary) on the Danubian limes, edited by D. Gabler, 624-632. BAR International Series , no. 531. Oxford: BAR,, 1989.
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"Patterns in the use of cattle and sheep/goat metapodials in Bronze Age Hungary." In Animals and archaeology : 4. Husbandry in Europe, edited by C. Grigson and J. Clutton-Brock, 57-66. BAR International Series , no. 227. Oxford: B.A.R., 1984.
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"Cut to fit: comparing Roman Period and medieval bone workshop debris from urban areas." In Csontvázak a szekrényből Válogatott tanulmányok a Magyar Archaeozoológusok Visegrádi Találkozóinak anyagából 2002–2009, edited by L. Bartosiewicz and E. Gál, 235-250. Budapest: Martin Opitz Kiadó, 2009.
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"Csonteszközvizsgálatok a régészetben." In .), Oktatónapok Százhalombattán 2, Elöadások a környezetrégészet, az örökségvédelem és az információs technológia régészeti alkalmazása köréből, edited by E. Jerem, Zs. Mester and F. Cseh. Budapest: Matrica Múzeum, 2008.
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"Archaeozoology of the Near East VIII." In Travaux de la Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, edited by A. M. Choyke, H. Buitenhuis and E. Vila. Lyon: Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée-Jean Pouilloux, 2008.
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"Bone tools for a lifetime: experience and belonging." In Normes techniques et pratiques sociales : de la simplicité des outillages pré- et protohistoriques : actes des rencontres, 20-22 octobre 2005, edited by L. Astruc, 49-60. Antibes: APDCA. Association pour la promotion et la diffusion des connaissances archéologiques, 2006.
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"Archaeozoology of the Near East IV." In ARC Publication, edited by A. M. Choyke, H. Buitenhuis, L. Bartosiewicz and L. Martin. Groningen: Centre for Archeological Research and Consultancy, 2006.
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"Bronze Age bone and antler working at the Jászdózsa-Kápolnahalom tell." In From hooves to horns, from mollusc to mammoth : manufacture and use of bone artifacts from prehistoric times to the present, edited by H. Luik and A. M. Choyke, 129-156. Tallinn: University of Tartu, 2005.
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"From hooves to horns, from mollusc to mammoth : manufacture and use of bone artefacts from prehistoric times to the present.", edited by A. M. Choyke and H. Luik. Tallinn: University of Tartu, 2005.
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"Archaeozoology and the transition from socialism to capitalism: the case of Roman Aquincum." In The future from the past : archaeozoology in wildlife conservation and heritage management, edited by R. Lauwerier and I. Plug, 141-149. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2004.
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"Animals and Roman lifeways in Aquincum." In Forschungen in Aquincum, 1969-2002. Aquincum Nostrum II/2, edited by K. Póczy and P. Zsidi, 210-232. Budapest: Budapesti Történeti Múzeum, 2003.
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"Archaeozoology of the Near East VA." In ARC Publication, edited by A. M. Choyke, H. Buitenhuis and M. Mashkour. Groningen: Centre for Archeological Research and Consultancy, 2002.
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"A quantitative approach to the concept of quality in prehistoric bone manufacturing." In Animals and man in the past : essays in honour of Dr. A.T. Clason, emeritus professor of archaeozoology, 59-66. ARC-Publicatie , no. 41. Groningen: Archeological Research and Consultancy, 2001.
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"Archaeozoology of the Near East IVA." In ARC Publication, edited by A. M. Choyke, H. Buitenhuis and L. Bartosiewicz. Groningen: Centre for Archeological Research and Consultancy, 2000.
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"Bone skates: raw material, manufacturing and use." In Pannonia and beyond : studies in honour of László Barkóczi, 148-156. Antaeus , no. 24. Budapest: Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1999.
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"Bronze Age animal keeping in Western Hungary." In Archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Age : experimental archaeology, environmental archaeology, archaeological parks, edited by E. Jerem and I. Poroszlai, 239-249. Archaeolingua Series. Budapest: Archaeolingua Alapítvány, 1999.
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"Archaeozoology of the Near East III : proceedings of the third international symposium on the archaeozoology of southwestern Asia and adjacent areas." In ARC Publication, edited by A. M. Choyke, L. Bartosiewicz and H. Buitenhuis. Groningen: Centre for Archeological Research and Consultancy, 1998.
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"Bronze Age red deer: case studies from the Great Hungarian Plain." In Man and the animal world : studies in archaeozoology, archaeology, anthropology and palaeolinguistics in memoriam Sándor Bökönyi, edited by P. Anreiter and L. Bartosiewicz, 157-178. Budapest: Archaeolingua Foundation, 1998.
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"Angling with bone." In Fish exploitation in the past, edited by W. Neer, 177-182. Annalen, Zoologische Wetenschappen , no. 274. Tervuren: Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, 1994.
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"Taxonomie und Typologie der Knochenartefakte von St. Blaise." In Beiträge zur Archäozoologie und prähistorischen Anthropologie, edited by M. Kokabi and J. Wahl, 263-268. Stuttgart: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg, Kommissionsverlag K. Theiss Verlag, 1994.
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