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Profile
I am specialized in ancient Egyptian archaeology and paleoethnobotany. I combine archaeological and life sciences methods including stable isotope biogeochemistry and nano-archaeology to study ancient foodways and ancient food ecology, migration histories related to social-cultural interactions. Particular focus is on the social history of non-elite and under-studied groups of women and children.
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Education
| B.A. Archaeological Tourism | Helwan University |
| M.A. Egyptology | University of Memphis; Interdisciplinary Museum Studies Certification 2015 |
| UCLA Food Studies Graduate Certificate | Hosted by UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability & Fielding School of Public Health, Graduation May 20, 2020 |
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Areas of Interest
- Paleoethnobotany
- Ancient Egyptian diet and foodways
- Egyptian ethnoarchaeology
- Egyptian archaeology
- Cultural heritage site preservation
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Archaeological Field Work
| 2019-2020 | Deir el Ballas excavation project winter 2020, serving as African and eastern Mediterranean paleoethnobotany specialist, December, 18th-2019-Jan 19, 2020. Project Director, Peter Lacovara |
| 2017-2019 | Paleoethnobotany and paleodietary analysis from teeth and hair remains for diet and health reconstruction of the population buried in the TT 16, Theban tomb of Panehsy. (Seasons 2016; 2017-2018; winter 2019). Project Director, Suzanne Onstine |
| 2019 | Paleoethnobotanical analysis of the plant-food remains collection from the Tomb of Kha and Merit, Museo Egizio, Torino, Italy. August, 2019. |
| 2019 | Field excavation and teaching stable isotope applications in bioarchaeology for dietary reconstruction, St. Lucia Roman Villa site, in Aguilafuente, Segovia, Spain July 7-21, 2019. Team supervisor Jesus Herrerin and Natasa Sarkic. |
| 2012,2017,2018 | UCLA Fayum excavation project, University of California field seasons (2012; and 2017, summer 2018). |
| 2013,2014,2015 | Member of the University of Memphis & Université de Montreal à Quebec archaeological mission at the Karnak Hypostyle Hall project in Luxor, Egypt during Summer 2013 & Winter 2014 &2015. |
| 2012 | Team member Italian Archaeological Mission at the tomb of Harwa at Assasif, Luxor, Egypt Fall 2012. |
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Academic Publications
| In press | Shahat, A. & V. Jensen. In press. Social Archaeology of Food at Deir el Ballas: An Archaeobotanical Study of the Non-Elite Cemetery Food Offerings. In: El Dorry, M.-A. Ed. Feeding a Civilisation: Food and Drink in Egypt and Sudan (Bibliothèque d’Étude. Cairo). – Cairo, Institut français d’archéologie orientale |
| 2019 | Chloe Berghausen, Elizabeth Dresser-Kluchman, Natasha Fernandez-Perez, Amr Shahat, Alec Apodaca and Venicia Slotten, UC Berkeley McCown Archaeobotany Laboratory Report #88: Field Starch Extraction from Ground Stone: Experiment and Protocol Recommendations. Lab Report. |
| 2015 | Shahat, Amr and Erika Feleg, 2015, large palimpsest cartouches of Ramesses IV Usurped by Ramesses VI, poster American Research Center in Egypt Annual Meeting, Houston Texas. |
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Academic Awards
| 2020-2021 | Dissertation Year Fellowship, Graduate Division, University of California Los Angeles |
| 2019 | Center for the Study of Women Travel Award, for the project "Social history of Women in Ancient Egypt: Paleoethnobotanical and stable isotope Analysis of Food remains and mummies from non-elite cemeteries" |
| 2018 | UCLA International Institute Fieldwork Fellowship |
| 2018 | UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship |
| 2018 | ARCE Annual Meeting Best Student Poster |
| 2017-2018 | UCLA Cotsen Institute Steinmetz Research Travel Award |
| 2017 | UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship |
| 2016-2017 | UCLA Cotsen Institute Steinmetz Research Travel Award |
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Research/Internships
| UCLA | Urkesh Project Research assistant, my participation includes website management for Ceramic data, and community archaeology collaborator to help Syrian students from the region. |
| Simon Fraser University | Stable isotope in bioarcheology internship at Simon Fraser University, host professor Dr. Michael Richards, Tier 1 Scientist, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Canada, September 10-21, Summer 2019. Funded by UCLA Canadian Institute. |
| University of Groningen | Advanced lab training in Archaeobotany, Food from field to Fork summer lab course, Biology-Archaeology Institute, University of Groningen. Host professor Rene Cappers July 2019. |
| UC Berkeley | Stable isotope in ecology, host department, Integrative biology, Life Sciences building, Todd Dawson Stable Isotope Lab UC Berkeley, Spring 2019 (University of California Intercampus exchange program) |
| UC Berkeley | Paleoethnobotany training in McCown UC Berkeley Archaeobotanical laboratory by Professor Christine Hastorf fall 2018-Spring 2019, University of California Berkeley. |
| University of Utah, Salt Lake City | Stable isotope in Biogeochemistry and ecology, Camp hosted by the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Intensive course and Lab training. Graduation summer 2018. |
| University of Groningen and Leiden University | Paleoethnobotany training in the University of Groningen and Leiden University by Professor Rene Cappers, Netherlands. Summer of 2017. |
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