Curriculum Vitae
Academic Appointments
2020- present: Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archeology and Provincial Roman Archeology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany.
2018-2020: Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, CaSEs Research Group, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain.
2018: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Archaeological Science, Leiden University.
2017: Teach@Tuebingen postdoctoral fellow in the Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Archeology of the Middle Ages, at the Tübingen University.
2014-2016: Postdoctoral fellow in the Plant Foods in Hominin Dietary Ecology research group, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Education
2009-2015: PhD in Archaeology
Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University and Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
Dissertation: An Experimental, Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Study of Cooking Installations: Case Studies from Iron Age Southern Levant.
Supervisors: Prof. A. M. Maeir of Bar-Ilan University, Dr. R. Shahack-Gross and Dr. E. Boaretto of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
2006-2008: M.A. (Magna cum Laude) in Archaeology
Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
Dissertation: Siege Systems in The Ancient Near East: A Case Study from Tell Es-Safi/ Gath.
Supervisor: Prof. A. M. Maeir
2001-2004: B.A. (Summa cum Laude) in Archaeology
Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
Funded Research Projects Through Competitive Calls (*Declined)
P.I.: Shira Gur-Arieh. Title of the project: PEKULI – Vielfalt und Dynamik der ostmediterranen Ernährung zwischen Bronze- und Eisenzeit. Financing Firm/administration: das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung zur Fördermaßnahme: Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften im Förderbereich: Kleine Fächer - Große Potenziale. Institutions participating: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Amount: 359,991.35 €. Duration: 1.11.2020-31.10.2023. Host scientist: P. Stockhammer.
*P.I.: Shira Gur-Arieh. Juan de la Cierva-Incorporation (1st rank at the thematic area of Study of the Past in Spain) Administration: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spanish government. Institutions participating: Pompeu Fabra University. Amount: 93,000 €. Duration: three years. Host scientist: M. Madella.
P.I.: Shira Gur-Arieh. Title of the project: MapDung: A Multi-proxy Approach to Study Dung as Construction Material During the Emergence of Animal Domestication. Financing Firm/administration: European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 794823. Institutions participating: Pompeu Fabra University, Tübingen University. Amount: 158,121.60 €. Duration: 1.11.2018-30.10.2020. Host scientist: M. Madella.
Fellow at Teach @ Tübingen Program. Administration: Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments. Institutions participating: Tübingen University. Amount: 20,383 €. Duration: Jan 2017-Nov 2017. Host scientist: C. Spiteri
Selected Filed Work Experience
2019: Sampling for phytolith analysis at Ararat 1 Cave for the Ararat Depression Project
2017-2019: Sampling for dung construction materials in Motza (Israel) and Sharara (Jordan)
2014: Sampling for phytolith analysis in Montagu Cave (South Africa).
2012: Ethnoarchaeological survey of cooking installations in Jordan.
2010, 2012: Geo-ethnoarchaeological research of cooking installations in Uzbekistan.
2008-2012: Geoarchaeological sampling of cooking installations at various sites: Tell es Saf/Gath, Tel Megiddo, Qubur al-Walaydah, Tel Beit Shemesh, Nes-Ziona, Ramat- Rahel.
2008: Design and execution of Philistine hearths experimental archaeology project.
2007: Area supervisor, Tell es-Safi/Gath excavations, under Prof. A. M. Maeir.
2005-2006: Assistant area supervisor, Tell es-Safi/Gath excavations, under Prof. A. M. Maeir.
2004: Registrar, Tell es-Safi/Gath excavations, under Prof. A. M. Maeir.
Teaching Experience
2018: Introduction to FTIR analysis (theory and practice), Type of program: Bachelor's and Master degrees Title: Archaeological Science, Body where project took place: Tübingen University.
2017: Introduction to Microarchaeobotany Type of program: Graduate degrees (theory and practice), Title: Archaeological Science Credits: 3 Body where project took place: Tübingen University.
2017: Experimental and Ethnoarchaeology Type of program: Graduate degrees (theory and practice), Title: Archaeology/ Archaeological Science Credits: 4 Body where project took place: Tübingen University.
2015-2016: Microarchaeology Type of program: PhD (theory) Type of subject: Obligatory Title: The International Max Planck Research School “The Leipzig School of Human Origins” (IMPRS LSHO), Body where project took place: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, City: Leipzig