Research Interests
Prehistoric technology, rise of social complexity, prehistoric economies, craft specialization, organization of production, household studies

Education
PhD, 2003, Archaeology, Boston University.
Dissertation entitled: A Study of Craft Specialization and the Organization of Chipped Stone Production at Early Bronze Age Titris Höyük, Southeastern Turkey.
MA, 1999, Archaeology, Boston University.
BA, 1995, Anthropology Major / History Minor, Kalamazoo College, MI.

Teaching Experience
•Introduction to Archaeology. Fall 2007 and Spring 2008. Undergraduate course in the Department of Anthropology, Western Michigan University.
•Rise of Civilization: the Near East. Spring 2008. Undergraduate and graduate course in the Department of Anthropology, Western Michigan University.
•Lost Worlds. Fall 2007. Undergraduate course in the Department of Anthropology, Western Michigan University.
•Great Discoveries in Archaeology. Spring 2007. Undergraduate course in the Department of Anthropology, Yale University.
•Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics. Spring 2007. Undergraduate and graduate laboratory course in the Department of Anthropology, Yale University.
•Analysis of Lithic Technology. Fall 2006. Undergraduate and graduate laboratory course in the Department of Anthropology, Yale University.
•Origins of Agriculture. Fall 2006. Undergraduate seminar in the Department of Anthropology, Yale University.

•Introduction to Archaeological Methods and Ground and Chipped Stone Analysis. June 2005, August 2005, and February 2006.
Presentations at archaeology education workshops for high school teachers, sponsored by the AIA, ASOR, and MFA, Worcester and Boston, MA.

•Introduction to Archaeology (AR101). Fall 1998. Department of Archaeology, Boston University. Directed laboratory sessions, helped create exams, and corrected term papers and exams for a class of 20 students.
•Great Discoveries in Archaeology (AR100). Spring 1998. Department of Archaeology, Boston University. Lectured, created exams, and corrected papers and exams for a course on major archaeological discoveries with 140 students.
•Prehistoric Technology (AR206). Spring 1997. Department of Archaeology, Boston University. Lectured, created exams, and corrected papers and exams for a course on theory, methods and aims of archaeological research with 90 students.

Research and Field Experience
•Lithics Analyst, Ziyaret Tepe Project, Turkey. Summer 2004, 2005.
•Lithics Analyst, Kazane Project, Turkey. Summer 2005.
•Lithics Analyst, Titris Höyük Project, Turkey. Summer 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004.
•Independent Lithics Research, Lerna collections, Argos Museum, Greece. Summer 1998.
•Area Supervisor, Tell Qarqur, Syria. Summer 1997.
•Trench Supervisor, Polis tis Chrysochous, Cyprus. Summer 1996.
•Student Intern, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL. Fall 1994.
•Research Intern, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC. Spring 1993.
•Archaeological Crewmember, Fort Michilimackinac, Mackinaw City, MI. Summer 1992.

Employment History
•Interim Publications Manager, American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston, MA. Jan. 2006 to July 2006.
•Program Coordinator, American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston, MA. 1999 to Dec. 2005.
•Journal Exchange Coordinator and Graduate Assistant, American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston, MA. 1997 to 1999.

Service
•President, Graduate Student Association, Archaeology Department, Boston University. 1 year.
•Vice President, Graduate Student Association, Archaeology Department, Boston University. 1 year.
•Lecture Committee, Archaeology Department, Boston University. 2 years.
•Conference Committee, 4th Annual Forum for Graduate Students, Archaeology Department, Boston University. 1 year.
•Program Committee, Hightower Symposium, Kalamazoo College. 1 year.

Honors and Awards
•American Schools of Oriental Research, Heritage Fellowship. Summer 2008.
•American Research Institute in Turkey / U.S. State Dept. Fellow. Summer 2000.
•Mesopotamian Fellowship, ASOR. Summer 2000 (declined).
•Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research. Summer 2000 (declined).
•Humanities Foundation Award, Boston University. Spring 2000.
•Lindstrom Foundation Travel Scholarship. Fall 1998.
•Dean's Fund Travel Grant, Boston University. Summer 1996.
•Graduation with Honors in the Major of Anthropology. Spring 1995.
•Kalamazoo College Honors Scholarship. 1991-1995.

Publications
Hartenberger, Britt. under review. "Organization of Utilitarian Craft Production at a Bronze Age Workshop in southeastern Anatolia," for Current Anthropology.

Zettler, R. and B. Hartenberger. 2003. "A History of the Baghdad School of ASOR, Part I," ASOR Newsletter 53(3):5-6.

Hartenberger, B. 2002. "Organization of Flint Sickle Blade Production at an Early Bronze Age Workshop in Anatolia" in Vandiver, P.B., Goodway, M., Druzik, J.R., and Mass, J.L., eds. Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology VI: Symposium held Nov. 27-28, 2001, Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings vol. 712. pp. 185-191.

Hartenberger, B. and C. Runnels. 2001. "The Organization of Flaked Stone Production at Bronze Age Lerna," Hesperia 70:255-83.

Hartenberger, B. 2001. 'Lithic Analysis of the Suburb 1 Materials,' in Algaze, G., G. Dinckan, B. Hartenberger, T. Matney, J. Pournelle, L. Rainville, S. Rosen, E. Rupley, D. Schlee, and R. Vallet, "Excavations at Titris Höyük in Southeastern Turkey: A Preliminary Report of the 1999 Season," Anatolica 27:23-106. pp. 41-44.

Rosen, S. and B. Hartenberger. 2001. 'Mid EBA Remains in Suburb 1: The Canaanean Blade Workshop,' in Algaze, G., G. Dinckan, B. Hartenberger, T. Matney, J. Pournelle, L. Rainville, S. Rosen, E. Rupley, D. Schlee, and R. Vallet, "Excavations at Titris Höyük in Southeastern Turkey: A Preliminary Report of the 1999 Season," Anatolica 27:23-106. pp. 37-40.

Hartenberger, B., S. Rosen and T. Matney. 2000. "The Early Bronze Age Blade Workshop at Titris Höyük: Lithic Specialization in an Urban Context," Near Eastern Archaeology 63(1):51-8.

Rosen, S., S. Aricanli and B. Hartenberger. 1999. 'Suburbs,' in Matney, T., G. Algaze and S. Rosen, "Early Bronze Age Urban Structure at Titris Höyük, Southeastern Turkey: the 1998 Season," Anatolica 25:185-201. pp. 190-194.

Papers Presented
The Canaanean Blade Workshop at Titris Höyük, invited presentation to the ARCANE Workshop on Lithic Chronologies Across the Near East, Blaubueren (Germany), April 13-16, 2008.

Flint Use in Specialized and Domestic Chipped Stone Production at EBA Titris Höyük, paper presented at the Archaeology of Anatolia II session of the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, November 17, 2001.

The Early Bronze Age Blade Workshop at Titris Höyük: Lithic Specialization in an Urban Context, paper presented at the Ancient Technology session of the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, November 20, 1999.

Lithic Craft Specialization at Bronze Age Lerna: Investigating Social Complexity through Craft Production, paper presented at Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Using Specialist Studies in Archaeological Interpretation, Graduate Student Conference, Boston University, October 31, 1998.

An Analysis of Temper in Glazeware from the Northern Rio Grande region, NM: Implications for Trade during the Protohistoric Period (1450-1680 AD), undergraduate thesis presented at the Raymond Hightower Symposium at Kalamazoo College, May 1995.

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