MELC   UC Berkeley.

Carol Redmount, Ph.D. (University of Chicago, 1989)
Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology.
redmount@berkeley.edu Ph: 510-642-3757
242 Social Sciences Bld
Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

U.C. Berkeley Excavations at El Hibeh

About Professor Redmount:

Education:      
Ph.D. with distinction, University of Chicago, March 1989; Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, dissertation "On an Egyptian/Asiatic Frontier: An Archaeological History of the Wadi Tumilat"
M.T.S. Harvard Divinity School, 1976; Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Studies B.A. with Highest Honors in Religion, Oberlin College, 1974; Anthropology and Religion Double Major; Phi Beta Kappa

Selected Professional Positions:
University of California, Berkeley; Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology, Near Eastern Studies Department, 1998-present (Assistant Professor 1992-1998; Lecturer 1990-1992); Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, Joint Program in Near Eastern Religions, Religious Studies Program, Archaeological Research Facility
Curator of Egyptian Archaeology, Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, 1998-present
Chair, Near Eastern Studies Department, UC Berkeley, 2007-present
Vice-Chair, Near Eastern Studies Department, UC Berkeley, 2000-2007
Acting Chair, AHMA Program, UC Berkeley, 1999-2000
American Research Center in Egypt; President Ex-Officio—Advisory Capacity (2007-2009); President (2004-2007); Vice-President (2002-2003); Executive Committee (2002-2003); Board of Governors (1999-2002, 2009-present); Long-Range Planning Committee Member (1999-2003, chair 2003); Archaeological Research and Expeditions Committee Chair (1999-2003); Finance Committee (2007-present); Major Gifts Committee and Finance Committee (2007-present)
Technical Writer and Editor, International Development Organization, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1986-1987
Technical Writer and Editor and Director of Report Production, Environmental Quality International, Cairo, Egypt, 1984-1986

Selected Fieldwork:
El-Hibeh Project, Egypt, 2001-present; Principal Investigator and Director
Tell el-Muqdam Project, Egypt, 1997-2000; Principal Investigator and Director
Tell el-Muqdam Project, Egypt, 1992-1997; Principal Investigator and Co-Director
Palouse Canyon Archaeological Project, Washington, U.S.A., 1994; Object Registrar
Tell Irbid, Jordan, 1989-90; Ceramic Analyst
Ashkelon Excavations, Israel; 1988; Grid Supervisor
Wadi Tumilat Project, Tell el-Maskhuta, Egypt; 1985, 1983, 1981, 1979, 1978; Field Supervisor, Core Staff Member, and Ceramic Analyst
Wadi Tumilat Survey, Egypt; 1983; Co-Director and Field Director Kamo Project, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, U.S.A.; 1980; Staff Member Carthage, Tunisia; 1978; Area Supervisor Tell el-Hesi, Israel; 1977,1975,1973,1971; Area Supervisor Idalion, Cyprus, 1974; Area Supervisor

Selected Grants and Fellowships:
Mellon Library Teaching Fellow, UC Berkeley, 2004-2005
U.C. Berkeley Committee on Research Grant (1997, 2001, 2004) for Archaeological Fieldwork
Stahl Foundation Grants, UC Berkeley (1993-96, 2000) for Archaeological Work
Hellman Family Faculty Fund Award (Junior Faculty Research Grant), UC Berkeley, 1996
NEH Institutional Grant (1993-1996); Tell el-Muqdam Project, Egypt
Bioanthropology Foundation Grant, Field Work at Tell el-Muqdam, Egypt (1992, 1993)
NEH Individual Grant (1992); Tell el-Muqdam Project, Egypt
American Research Center in Egypt Fellowship; 1988-89, 1983-84
Shell Fellowship in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, 1989 and 1982

Selected Publications:
Overview of the Current State of the Dynasty 21 Amun Temple at el-Hiba, in Servant of Mut: Studies in Honor of Richard A. Fazzini, edited by Sue H. D'Auria, Probleme der Agyptologie Band 28, Leiden: Brill, 2008 (with M. Morgenstein): 204-207

El Hibeh: A Brief Overview, pp. 303-311 in The Archaeology and Art of Ancient Egypt: Essays in Honor of David B. O'Connor, Vol. II, edited by Zahi A. Hawass and Janet    Richards. CASAE 36 (Cairo, 2007): 303-311

Using Portable Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) Analysis for On-Site Study of Ceramic Sherds at El-Hibeh, Egypt, Journal of Archaeological Science 32 (2005): 1613-1623 (with M.E. Morgenstein) Egyptian Pottery: Proceedings of the 1990 Pottery Symposium at the Unversity of California,
Berkeley, Number 8, University of California Publications in Egyptian Archaeology, Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley: 2003 (edited with C.A. Keller)

The Egyptian Modern Pottery Project: Pilot Phase Findings, pp. 153-322 in Egyptian Pottery, Proceedings of the 1990 Pottery Symposium at the University of California Berkeley, ARF: 2003

Ceramics. In D.B. Redford, ed., The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Vol. I (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), pp. 248-256

Lower Egypt. In D.B. Redford, ed., The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), pp. 305-309 Tell el-Muqdam. In Kathryn Bard, ed., Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. PP- 789-91 (New York: Routledge, 1999)

Mudbrick Typology, Sources, and Sedimentological Composition: A Case Study from Tell el-Muqdam, Egyptian Delta, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 35 (1998): 129-46 (with M.E. Morgenstein)

Bitter Lives: Israel In and Out of Egypt. In M.D. Coogan, ed., The Oxford History of the Biblical World, pp. 79-122 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998)

Tales of a Delta Site: Preliminary Report on the 1995 Field Season at Tell el-Muqdam, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 34 (1997): 57-83 (with R.F. Friedman)

Major and Trace Element Analysis of Modern Egyptian Pottery, Journal of Archaeological Science 23 (1996): 741 -762 (with M. Morgenstein)

Pots and Peoples in the Egyptian Delta: Tell el-Maskhuta and the Hyksos, Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 8 (1995): 61-89

Ethnicity, Pottery, and the Hyksos at Tell el-Maskhuta in the Egyptian Delta, Biblical Archaeologist 58 (1995): 182-190 (solicited article)

Of Silts and Marls and Mixes: Analysis of Modern Egyptian Pottery, Gottinger Miszellen 147 (1995): 93-101

The Wadi Tumilat and the Canal of the Pharaohs, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 54 (1995): 127-135

Museum Exhibition:
Sites Along the Nile: Rescuing Ancient Egypt, The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 2000-2001
(with C.A. Keller and undergraduate and graduate students)