PD Dr. Maria Ivanova - Vita
Education
Habilitation, University of Heidelberg, 2012
PhD, University of Tübingen, 2006 (Prehistoric Archaeology, summa cum laude)
MA, University of Veliko Turnovo, 2001 (History and Archaeology)
2014 |
Professor in Prehistoric Archaeology, replacement position (Prof. Joseph Maran), Institute of Prehistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Heidelberg
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2013- |
Lecturer (Privatdozent) in Prehistoric Archaeology, Institute of Prehistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Heidelberg
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2011-2013 |
Postdoctoral Research Associate, German Archaeological Institute, Frankfurt
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2009-2011 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Prehistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Heidelberg
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2008 |
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, German Archaeological Institute, Frankfurt
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2006-2008 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Prehistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Heidelberg
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2006 |
Research Assistant, Institute of Prehistory, University of Tübingen
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2001-2002 |
Research Assistant, Institute of Prehistory, University of Tübingen
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2014 |
Heidelberg Academy of Sciences: “Social Dimensions of Food in the Prehistory of the Eastern Balkans and Neighbouring Areas”, conference grant
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2013 |
DFG-Förderung: “Food cultures: Interdisciplinary studies of early farming, food technology and palaeodiet in Southeastern Europe”, research grant
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2013 |
Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung: “Balkan Dialogues. Spatial Boundaries and Cultural Identities in the Prehistoric Balkans”, conference grant
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2009 |
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut: postdoctoral research fellowship
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2008 |
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut: Reisestipendium (travel grant)
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2007 |
DFG-Förderung: “Befestigte Siedlungen auf dem Balkan, in der Ägäis und in Westanatolien, ca. 5000-2000 v. Chr.”, publication grant
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2006 |
DFG-Förderung: “The Hospitable Sea. Society and Technology in the prehistory of the Black Sea”, postdoctoral fellowship and research grant
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2014 |
Excavations at the Copper Age site of Avren near Varna (Bulgaria), in collaboration with P. Leshtakov, Institute of Archaeology, Sofia
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2012 |
Field director of the excavations at the Early Bronze Age settlement Vrable (Slovakia), Römisch-Germanische Kommission des DAI and Institute of Archaeology, Nitra
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2011 |
Geophysical prospections at neolithic sites in Sarköz (Hungary). Römisch-Germanische Kommission des DAI
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2011 |
Study season at Troia (Turkey), University of Tübingen
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2009 |
Excavations at the Early Bronze Age settlement Vrable (Slovakia), Römisch-Germanische Kommission des DAI and Institute of Archaeology, Nitra
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2005 |
Excavations at Troia (Turkey), University of Tübingen
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2003 |
Excavations at Troia (Turkey), University of Tübingen
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2002 |
Excavations at Troia (Turkey), University of Tübingen
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2001 |
Excavations at the Late Roman site Dichin (Bulgaria), University of Nottingham
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2000 |
Excavations at the Late Roman site Dichin (Bulgaria), University of Nottingham
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1999 |
Excavations of neolithic sites in Breamish Valley (Northumberland National Park, UK), University of Durham
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1999 |
Excavations at the Late Roman site Dichin (Bulgaria), University of Nottingham
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1998 |
Excavations at the Late Roman site Dichin (Bulgaria), University of Nottingham
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1997 |
Excavations at the Early neolithic site Slatina (Bulgaria), Archaeological Institute, Sofia
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My research background broadly spans the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Anatolia, the Aegean and Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on ancient technology, spheres of exchange and technological transfer, palaeodiet, and the transition to farming. I am a co-director of the excavations at the Copper Age site of Avren in Bulgaria and lead the DFG-funded project „Food cultures: Interdisciplinary studies of early farming, food technology and palaeodiet in Southeastern Europe“. In Food Cultures I collaborate with bioarchaeologists to explore the relationship between palaeodiet, food technology and the spread of farming in Southeastern Europe. The project integrates archaeological studies with organic residue analysis of ceramics, identification of plant microfossils preserved on stone artefacts, and analysis of high-resolution intra-enamel carbon and oxygen isotope profiles of domestic herbivore teeth. I have been teaching European Prehistory since 2006 at both the graduate and undergraduate levels and on variety of topics including prehistoric technology, agricultural origins, pottery, archaeology of violence, and archaeological theory. |