Ellery Frahm
Marie Curie Experienced Research Fellow
Department of Archaeology
University of Sheffield

    
     
 

Michele

Above: Michele explores a career in charioteering after collecting archaeomagnetic samples all day under the hot sun

Master's Advising

Michele Stillinger, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota — 2011-2013
  Co-advisor: Katherine Hayes, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota
  Project: Developing archaeomagnetic dating techniques for ceramic sherds from Tell Mozan (ancient Urkesh), Syria and contrasting the results to traditional Near Eastern chronologies
  Presentations: Michele Stillinger, Joshua Feinberg, and Ellery Frahm. Archaeointensity dating of pottery sherds from the ancient city of Urkesh, Tell Mozan, Syria. Topics in Geoarchaeology: Reconstructions of Ancient Landscapes and Paleoenvironments. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 9-12 October 2011.
    Michele Stillinger, Joshua Feinberg, and Ellery Frahm. Archaeointensity Dating of Syrian Bronze-Age Ceramics. Students in Archaeology: Presentations of Recent Fieldwork. Archaeological Institute of America-Minnesota Chapter and AIA Society Outreach. Macalester College, 22 October 2011.
  Awards/Grants: Richard Hay Student Paper/Poster Award, Archaeological Geology Division, Geological Society of America — 2011
    Student Research International Travel Award, Society for Archaeological Sciences — 2012
    Student Research Grant, Geological Society of America — 2012
    American School of Oriental Research Heritage Fellowship — 2012

Undergraduate Mentoring

Giselle Conde, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire — 2008-2012
  Co-mentor: Phillip Ihinger, Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
  Program: UWEC Faculty and Undergraduate Student Research Collaboration program
  Project: Obsidian hydration and geochemistry for archaeological and paleoclimatological studies. The depth of the hydration rim on the surface of an obsidian artifact is frequently used to date its manufacture. Additionally, these hydration rims have been recently used as paleoclimate indictors. The infiltration rate of this rim depends on the original water content of the obsidian. We measured the water content of obsidian specimens to investigate the cooling rates of the flows, which have implications for raw-material quality and accessibility for stone toolmakers.
  Presentations: Giselle Conde, Phillip D. Ihinger, and Ellery Frahm. Chemical Effects of Glass Hydration in the Natural Environment. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Student Research Day, 31 April-2 May, and Provost’s Symposium, 4 May 2012.
    Giselle Conde, Phillip D. Ihinger, and Ellery Frahm. Chemical Exchange Accompanying Obsidian-Perlite Transition in the Natural Environment. Session: Volcanology. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 9-12 October 2011.
    Giselle Conde, Ellery Frahm, and Phillip D. Ihinger. Effects of Low-Temperature Hydrous Alteration on the Chemistry of Natural Obsidian from the Near East. Session: Petrology. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 31 October-3 November 2010.
    Giselle Conde with advisors Phillip D. Ihinger and Ellery Frahm. Geochemistry of Anatolian Obsidian: Implications for Sourcing and Dating of Artifacts. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Student Research Day, 26-28 April 2010.
    Giselle Conde, Phillip D. Ihinger, and Ellery Frahm.  Water in Anatolian Obsidian: Factors Influencing Hydrous Species Concentrations with Implications for Sourcing and Dating of Artifacts.  Session T157/216: Obsidian from Magma to Artifact: Geological and Archaeological Perspectives.  Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 18-21 October 2009.
    Giselle Conde, Phillip D. Ihinger, and Ellery Frahm. Water Speciation in Anatolian Obsidian: Quenched Magmatic Water versus Low Temperature Hydration. Session #07G: Isotopic and Chemical Tracers in Archaeometry - New Approaches and Applications.  The 19th V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, 21-26 June 2009.
    Giselle Conde with advisors Phillip D. Ihinger and Ellery Frahm. Water Speciation in Anatolian Obsidian: Quenched Magmatic Water versus Low Temperature Hydration. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Student Research Day, 27-29 April 2009.
    Giselle Conde and Jenny Sisko with advisors Phillip D. Ihinger and Ellery Frahm. Obsidian Hydration Dating of Archaeological Artifacts from the Middle East: Characterizing Compositional Variations of Potential Volcanic Sources. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Student Research Day, 28-29 April 2008.
  Awards/Grants: Fulbright Scholarship, United States Fulbright Student Program and the University of Iceland — 2012
    First Place, Earth and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Student Research Day — 2012
    Michael F. Fredrich Science Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire — 2011
    First Place, Physical, Mathematical and Earth Sciences category, UWEC Student Research Day — 2010
    American Chemical Association, Supplementary Grant for Underrepresented Minority Research — 2009


Steven Newman, University of Minnesota — 2011
  Co-mentor: Joshua Feinberg, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota
  Program: Archaeology Laboratory Internship, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota
  Project: Sourcing obsidian artefacts using magnetic properties; focus: Glass Mountain, California


Amy Hillis, Macalester College — 2010
  Co-mentor: Joshua Feinberg, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota
  Program: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program, National Science Foundation
  Project: Sourcing obsidian artefacts using magnetic properties; focus: Turkey and the Caucasus
  Presentations: Amy Hillis with advisors Joshua Feinberg and Ellery Frahm. Magnetic Sourcing of Bronze-Age Obsidian Artifacts. University of Minnesota NSF-REU Earth Sciences Internship Poster Session and University of Minnesota Summer Undergraduate Research Expo, 12 August 2010.
    Joshua Feinberg, Ellery Frahm, Amy Hillis, and Charissa Johnson. Magnetic Sourcing of Obsidian Artifacts: Successes and Limitations. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 13-17 December 2010.


Charissa Johnson, University of Minnesota — 2008-2010
  Co-mentor: Joshua Feinberg, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota
  Program: Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Minnesota
  Project: Sourcing obsidian artefacts using magnetic properties; focus: Turkey and the Caucasus; Glass Buttes, Oregon
  Presentations: Joshua Feinberg, Ellery Frahm, Amy Hillis, and Charissa Johnson. Magnetic Sourcing of Obsidian Artifacts: Successes and Limitations. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 13-17 December 2010.
    Charissa Johnson, Joshua Feinberg, and Ellery Frahm.  Comparing Magnetic Properties and Geochemical Measurements of Obsidian.  Session T157/262: Obsidian from Magma to Artifact: Geological and Archaeological Perspectives (Posters).  Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 18-21 October 2009.
    Joshua Feinberg, Charissa Johnson, and Ellery Frahm.  A Database of Obsidian Magnetic Properties for Archaeological Sourcing.  Session T157/216: Obsidian from Magma to Artifact: Geological and Archaeological Perspectives.  Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 18-21 October 2009.
  Award/Grant: Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Award — 2009


Below: Charissa has found the first of 320 obsidian specimens collected at Glass Buttes in Oregon

Charissa in Oregon

Updated: April 2013