Summary
Zoë Levit is the Assistant Collections Manager at the Â鶹´«Ã½AV’s Museum of People, Place, and Time, with collections management and archaeological expertise. She is passionate about creating collaborative, community-driven spaces that engage diverse audiences and uphold ethical stewardship practices.
Zoë Levit is an archaeologist by training, with interests in California coastal archaeology and museum collections management. Her thesis addressed the Orphaned Collections phenomenon through the development of a data collection methodology for coastal archaeological assemblages that encourages museum accession rather than improper housing and retention. Zoë received her B.A. in Anthropology and Geography from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2023.
Research interests
- Archaeological collections management
- Museum methodologies
- Exhibit curation and fabrication
- California coastal archaeology
Selected publications
- Levit, Zoe M, Terry L Jones, and Brian F Codding. 2023. . Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 52:104213.
- Jones, Terry L, Christina Hornbaker, Kate Knox, Zoe Levit, Sierra Lyman, Jake Wanzenreid, and Brian F Codding. 2023. Anarchy Meets Hierarchy: Sociopolitical Implications of Diachronic Variation in Exchange Indices from Central California’s Pecho Coast. California Archaeology:1–32. DOI: 10.1080/1947461X.2023.2174760.
Education
- M.A., Anthropology, Â鶹´«Ã½AV, 2025
- B.A., Anthropology and Geography, California State Polytechnic University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, 2023