● Personal information
Born in Bulgaria (1959). A resident of the USA since 2001 (Green Card for scientific contributions). My father's picture is at Ask         
Art auction: Peter Nikolov. My brother  Daniel is my favorite artist.

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS

●  International Institute of Anthropology, Founder, Research Professor and Research Director         
(since 2001)
● Past positions

CURRENT PROJECTS

Archaeology and Anthropology

● Archaeological artifacts as sustainable materials
● Archaeology of wealth
● Prehistory and enculturation
● Chronology of Balkan prehistory in Eurasian context
● Pit Grave Culture
● Art and prehistory

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

● Society for Anthropological Sciences (2009-2010)
●American Anthropological Association (2009-2010)
●Human behavioural & evolutionary society (2009)
● Social Psychology Network (2009)
● Society for Personal and Social Psychology (2009).
● Coroplastic Studies Interest Group, Chair: Professor Jaimee Uhlenbrock. (2009)
● Modern Language Association. (2009)
● National Association of Professional Women (since 18 Dec 2008, upon invitation). (2008-2009)
● European Association of Archaeologists.  (2002-2009)
● World Archaeological Congress (2002-2005; 2008-2009)
● Federation of the East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Member (2002-2005).
● American Institute of Archaeology. (2001; 2003)
● Society for American Archaeology. (1998; 2005)
● Prehistory Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria. President (this organization merged with International Institute of Anthropology) (1995-2006)
● American Bibliographical  Institute, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Member of the Professional Women's Advisory Board (2002-2005)


EDUCATION

● Forensic Psychology.  Three semesters at  Argosy University, Draper, Salt Lake City, Utah. (April 2009 - December 2009).
● Penn Foster Career School. Teacher Aide: Introduction to Teacher Aide; Learning Strategies; Child Development and Human Behavior;
Skills for the Effective Teacher Aide (2006)
●  National Archaeological Institute and Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria. Post-graduate student. Ph.D. Degree. Dissertation: Problems of   
Cultural Interrelations between Southeast and Central Europe during the Early Bronze Age. Supervisor: Dr Rumen                         
Katincharov.  (1986-1991)
●  University of Sofia St Kliment Okhridski. Master in History with specialization in Archaeology and second Major Philosophy. Master
paper: The burial wreath in the East Mediterranean. Supervisor: Professor HabDr Lyudmil Getov. (1979-1984).


TEACHING

● GE250 Section A. Anthropology.  & GE132 section A. History of popular culture. Art Institute of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah. 4 credit
classes. (April 2009 - December 2009).
Dean - Allan Murdock
● Anth 1010 Culture and Human experience. Salt Lake Community College. Chair - Dr John Fritz.
Fall 2004; Spring 2005; Summer 2005
● Anth 1030 Introduction to Archaeology. Salt Lake Community College. Chair - Dr John Fritz.
Spring 2005
● English. High school teacher. High School Hristo Prodanov, Karlovo, Bulgaria.
Spring 2000. Ca. 30 hours.  
● English. Private teacher. Karlovo, Bulgaria.
Summer 1999-Winter 2000. A total of ca. 2040 hours. Individual and in group lessons.
● Seminar on Central Balkan Early Bronze Age. University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Host Professor - Professor Joseph Maran.
Winter 1998-1999.
● European Archaeology. International University, Karlovo, Bulgaria (1998-1999)
Winter 1999-2000.  

MUSEUM EMPLOYMENT AND RESEARCH AFFILIATION

Archaeology and anthropology
● Department of Anthropology. University of Utah. Adjunct Assistant Professor. Chair - Professor James F. O'Connell (2002-2007),
Professor Elizabeth Cashdan (2008-2009).
● Research Associate. University of California. Department of Anthropology. Chair - Professor Margaret Conkey. Host Professor - Ruth
Tringham. (1997-1998)
● Museum of History. Karlovo, Bulgaria. Director - Penka Todorova.
Curator-archaeologist. Excavations at Dubene-Sarovka. (1993-1998)

Genealogy
● Universal Genealogy Center, Salt Lake City. Contract-genealogist. Eastern European Genealogy. Research in depth in Family
History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah and field trips. (2001-present).
● Price and Associates, Salt Lake City, (2001-present)


SUMMARY OF SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

● Two monographs, about 30 scientific articles, editor of 5 monographs. Editor and publisher of the Reports of Prehistoric Research  
Project (since 1995). (1992-2009)
● Member of the editorial board of Stratum
● Member of the Advisory Board of the Scientific Journals International (2005-present)
● Participation in about 25 International Symposia on Prehistory in Europe (1989-2007).
● Scientific organizer of International Symposia (Karlovo 1995, Karlovo 1999, Karlovo 2001, Karlovo  2002, Karlovo 2006).
● Scientific director of archaeological excavations (Dubene-Sarovka, 1995-1997, 1999-2000).
● Scientific director of archaeological field practice of undergraduate students. Dubene-Sarovka (1996-1997, 1999-2000).
● Lectures on Balkan Prehistory in the University of Zurich, Switzerland; University of Heidelberg and Free University, Berlin,
Germany; University of California, Berkeley, California; Veliko Turnovo University, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria; Tubingen
University,  Tubingen (Germany); High Anthropological School (Chisinau, Moldova); Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake
City, Utah, etc. (1992-2007)
● Participation in the Neolithic Seminar of Assoc. Prof. Mihael Budja in Ljubljana University, Ljubljana, Slovenia. (1993; 2006)

PARTICIPATION IN RECENT AND COMING SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

● 57th Annual Utah State History Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. 17-18 September 2009. Report: Anthropology of Salt Lake City: Present and
past in our everydayness. (The Program of the Conference)
● Riva del Garda, Trento, Italy. EAA -15. September 17, 2009. Recycling and Secondary Use: Towards the Functional Analysis of the
Archaeological Artifacts and Features (power point, .pdf ppt, text .pdf)
● Riva del Garda, Trento, Italy. EAA -15. September 18, 2009. Community archaeology, academism and humanity (Internal link).
●Riva del Garda, Trento, Italy. The 15th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists. Co-organizer of a session - round
table  "Building museums as protagonists of Virtual reality exhibitions", and Presentation "Internet, archaeology and virtual
museums". 15-20 September 2009. (.pdf)
● Serbian Archaeological Society. 32nd Annual Meeting. Symposium "Archaeology of Banat". Abstract of a presentation delivered by
the  hosts. 5-7 June 2009. (.pdf) (Abstract).
●  Marriage and Family Therapy.  Conference, Park City. Utah. Attendance. 16 May 2009.
● TAG Stanford. Value in Prehistory (With Reference to the Balkans). Attendance, participation in discussions and an abstract for the
session "Archaeologies of the transient and intangible: what gets valued and why?" (cancelled). 1-3 May 2009.
● Round Table: Household Archaeology in the Middle East and Beyond: Theory, Method and Practice. Participation. 21 February 2009.
● 85th Birth Anniversary of Eugen Comsa. Scholar Conference in Bucharest, Romania, organized by the Archaeological      
Institute in Bucharest. Slide-presentation of the book in print "Circumpontica: Western Pontic Studies" (BAR International
Series)  (presented by Barbara Voytek in Bucharest). 7-11 October 2008.
● 14th Annual Meeting of European Association of Archaeologists, Malta, 16th-21st September 2008 (Abstracts). Co-organizer of two
sessions. 16-21 September 2008.
●  6th World Archaeological Congress, 29th June - 4th July 2008. 29 June - 4 July 2008.
●  International Conference:  "The Danube script: Neo-Eneolithic writing in Southeastern Europe," Museum of History, CASA Altemberger,
Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu, Romania May 18-20, 2008.  Presentation:  Balkan Neolithic and Early Copper Networks of
Communication (Abstract). 18-20 May 2008.
● 13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of  Archaeologists. Zadar, Croatia. Presentations. September 2007.
● 12th Annual Meeting of the European Association of  Archaeologists. Cracow, Poland. Presentations. September 2006.
● 71th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Puerto Rico. An organizer of a session. 26-30 April 2006.

GRANTS AND SPONSORING EVENTS

Archaeology

● World Archaeological Congress. Co-grant to attend the 6th WAC in Dublin, Ireland (free lodging and waving of the participation fee).
(2008)
● Fine Arts and Lectures. Salt Lake Community College. Salt Lake City, Utah. A joined project with the Club of Anthropology,
SLCC. A grant for lectures of two Bulgarian scholars on April 4, 2005 at Salt Lake Community College. (2004). Guests - DrHab Vassil
Nikolov and Dr Krum Bacvarov.
● European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, France (2002). A common project with Dr. Elmar Christmann (University of
Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany) for organizing the Conference “Early Symbolic systems for Communication” in Karlovo (Bulgaria),
15-20 April 2002
● German Academy of Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany (1997-1998). Six months grant for teaching and research on Balkan
Prehistory. Host professor: Professor Joseph Maran, Ph.D. (1997-1998)
● UNESCO Grant for Culture, Zurich, Switzerland. One month grant for visiting of museums in Switzerland. Host-museum -
Museum fur  Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen1992
●Institute of Southeast Europe, Zurich, Switzerland. Three months grant for
research on Balkan Prehistory. Host professor: Prof. Margarita Primas, Ph.D. Lecture: Pit Grave Culture in Bulgaria. (1993)

Genealogy field research trips

● Serbia, Ireland, Montenegro, Italy, Slovenia (2008)
● Italy, Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia (2007)
● Italy, Germany, Poland, Croatia and Bulgaria (2006)
● Poland, Bulgaria and Romania (2005)
● Czech Republic and Germany (2004)
● Croatia, Slovenia and Moldova (2003)
● Croatia and Serbia (2002)

PUBLISHING

● Reports of Prehistoric Research Projects. (1995-present). Periodical of Prehistory Foundation and International Institute of Anthropology.
Editor-in-chief. Responsible for collecting, editing and publishing of the issues.
● Scientific Journals International. Member of the Advisory Board.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, WEBSITES and PRESENTATIONS

●1992-2003
Articles
● Art and Prehistory  (Visiting the Gaydarska and Chapman’s Answers to Why were Prehistoric Persons Interested in Rocks, Minerals, Clays
and Pigments?). Acta Terrae Septemcastrensis 8, 2009, 1-14 (.pdf)
● Balkan-Anatolian Cultural Horizons from the Fourth Millennium BC and Their Relations to the Baden Cultural Complex. In: Furholt, M., Szmyt,
M. and Zastawny, A. (Eds.), The Baden Complex and the Outside World, 157-166. Bonn: Dr. Rudolph Habelt GmbH. (.pdf) (2008)
● Toward the development of the Balkan cultural-chronological scheme of the Neolithic and Copper Age. In: Gergova, D. (ed.-in-chief),         
Phosphorion. Studia in honorem Mariae Čičikova, pp. 48-65, in Bulgarian with English Abstract). Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Academic
Publishing House. (2008)
●  Toward Evolutionary Model of Gradual Development of Social Complexity among the Neolithic Pottery Communities in the Balkans (Cultural-
Chronological and Cultural-Anthropological Problems). In: Spataro, M. and Biagi, P.  (eds), "A Short Walk through the                 
Balkans". Società per la preistoria e protostoria della regione Fruili-Venezia Guilia. Quaderno 12 (2007) (.pdf)
●  Village-interments and social reproduction during the Neolithic. In: Gatsov I. & Schwarzberg H. (eds.), Aegean – Marmara – Black
Sea, 95-114. (2006)
● Notes on Theoretical Anthropology and Genealogy as Fields of Anthropology. In: Nikolova L. et al. (eds.) Prehistoric Archaeology,
107-109. (2005)
● Social Changes and Cultural Interactions in Later Balkan Prehistory. Later Fifth and Fourth Millennia cal BCE. In Nikolova L. et al,
eds., Prehistoric Archaeology & Anthropological Theory and Education. International Institute of Anthropology, 87-96. Salt Lake
City & Karlovo.  Reports of Prehistoric Research Projects 6-7. (link to a .pdf file). (2005)
● Notes on the Study of Early Social Reproduction in Thrace (Based on data from Neolithic mortuary practices). In: Nikolov V.,
Bacvarov K. & Kalchev P. (eds.) Prehistoric Thrace, 161-171. (2004)

Abstracts
● Value in prehistory (with reference to the Balkans) [Abstract]. In: Theoretical Archaeological Group. 1st - 3rd May 2009. Stanford         
Archaeological Center. Stanford University. Information and abstracts. Stanford, p. 57 (external link to the online version)
Articles at journey.bg (2009)

Websites and web-publications
● Balkan Prehistoric Periodization-chronological Schemes. International Institute of Anthropology Web Publications. URL: http:
//www.iianthropology.org/balkanprehischronscheme.html (2007)
● Dubene and Troy in light of new discoveries. At: http://www.iianthropology.org/DubeneTroy (2005)
● Dubene and Early Bronze Age in the Balkans in light of new discoveries. International Institute of Anthropology Web Publications.
URL: http://www.iianthropology.org/dubeneebabalkans    (2005)
● From Dubene to Troy, Ur and Harappa. Poster-exhibit with participation of students ANTH 1030, College of Art and Socila
sciences, SLCC, Salt Lake, Utah. Sept 1-23, 2005.
● Dubene - Apsis House No. 1. URL: http://www.iianthropology/org/dubeneapsishouse. (2005)
● Banya – Ploskata mogila and Vaksevo. International Institute of Anthropology Web Publications. URL: http://www.iianthropology.
org/banyavaksevo (2005)
● Approach to Anthropology of Everydayness. Symbols in the Prehistoric Enculturation Preocess. (.pdf) In: Nikolova L. et al., eds,
Prehistoric Archaeology & Anthropological Theory and Education. International Institute of Anthropology, 103-106. Salt Lake City   
& Karlovo. Reports of Prehistoric Research Projects 6-7. (2005)
● The Everyday Life and the Symbolism in the Prehistoric Balkans. In: Criteria of Symbolicity. URL:  http://www.semioticon.
com/virtuals/symbolicity/everyday (2004)

Editor and co-editor
● (with John Fritz and Judith Higgins) (eds.) 2005 Prehistoric Archaeology & Anthropological Theory and Education. International
Institute of Anthropology. Salt Lake City & Karlovo. Reports of Prehistoric Research Projects 6-7. (2005)
Lolita Petrova Nikolova, PhD
Archaeologist, cultural anthropologist and genealogist
The author of "The Balkans in Later Prehistory" (1999),
International Institute of Anthropology
lnikol@iianthropology.org
Books by Lolita Nikolova at WorldCat
Tel. (801) 702 6033