About
Shannon Martino is an archaeologist and art historian living in Chicago, Illinois, who specializes in archaeological ceramic illustration and ceramic analysis. Shannon graduated from the University of Chicago with an honors BA in Anthropology and earned her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in Art History. Her work focuses on Chalcolithic ceramics and clay figurines from the eastern Balkans and Turkey and she is currently a member of the Yalburt Yaylasi archaeological team and a faculty member of Morton College in Cicero, IL. In addition to her illustration work she has edited several articles, journals, and a few books including: Bulgarian Folklore, Bulgarian Ethnology, Pietrele Lithics, and Yabalkovo. (CV) If you wish to request illustrating or editing services, please fill out a Contact Form. To see more examples of my work go to the Pottery Illustration Gallery page.
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