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Potential Undergraduate Students

If you are an undergraduate student who is looking for hands-on research experience in archaeology, the Paleoecology and Isotope Geochemistry Lab may be a good fit if you are interested in learning about environmental archaeology. Students must be able to commit to a minimum of 6-10 hours per week during the semester, for at least two semesters. Students should be highly responsible, reliable, motivated, and dedicated to conducting high quality collaborative work. Good attention to detail and the ability to carefully follow directions are also important. Finally, it is important to have the capacity to work independently (while having the judgment to know when to ask for assistance). Please contact Dr. Ebert via email c.ebert@pitt.edu to introduce yourself and to receive more information.

 Potential Graduate Students

I will be accepting graduate students at the Ph.D. level interested in applying environmental archaeology, human ecology, and/or stable isotope analysis to research questions within Mesoamerican archaeology or in other geographic regions focusing on the origins of agriculture and early farming societies. Prospective students should also identify links with other faculty in the department, department thematic clusters, and other relevant university resources.

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If you are interested in working with the Paleoecology and Isotope Geochemistry lab, please contact Dr. Ebert via email c.ebert@pitt.edu to introduce yourself, before applying to the program.

Current projects with potential for graduate student research include:

  • Archaic period settlement and subsistence in western Belize (survey, excavation, lab analyses)

  • Field and lab analyses based at the Preclassic/Classic center of Cahal Pech, Belize

  • Western Belize obsidian exchange and geochemical sourcing

  • Human-landscape interaction in western Belize related to water management

Please note that these are not the only opportunities for research in my lab, and that I encourage students to generate and pursue their own ideas for research.