PD Dr. Maria Ivanova - Vita

2014

Professor in Prehistoric Archaeology, replacement position (Prof. Joseph Maran), Institute of Prehistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Heidelberg

2013-

Lecturer (Privatdozent) in Prehistoric Archaeology, Institute of Prehistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Heidelberg

2011-2013

Postdoctoral Research Associate, German Archaeological Institute, Frankfurt

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Prehistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Heidelberg

Postdoctoral Research Assistant, German Archaeological Institute, Frankfurt

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Prehistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Heidelberg

Research Assistant, Institute of Prehistory, University of Tübingen

Research Assistant, Institute of Prehistory, University of Tübingen

Heidelberg Academy of Sciences: “Social Dimensions of Food in the Prehistory of the Eastern Balkans and Neighbouring Areas”, conference grant

DFG-Förderung: “Food cultures: Interdisciplinary studies of early farming, food technology and palaeodiet in Southeastern Europe”, research grant

Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung: “Balkan Dialogues. Spatial Boundaries and Cultural Identities in the Prehistoric Balkans”, conference grant

Deutsches Archäologisches Institut: postdoctoral research fellowship

Deutsches Archäologisches Institut: Reisestipendium (travel grant)

DFG-Förderung: “Befestigte Siedlungen auf dem Balkan, in der Ägäis und in Westanatolien, ca. 5000-2000 v. Chr.”, publication grant

DFG-Förderung: “The Hospitable Sea. Society and Technology in the prehistory of the Black Sea”, postdoctoral fellowship and research grant

Excavations at the Copper Age site of Avren near Varna (Bulgaria), in collaboration with P. Leshtakov, Institute of Archaeology, Sofia

Field director of the excavations at the Early Bronze Age settlement Vrable (Slovakia), Römisch-Germanische Kommission des DAI and Institute of Archaeology, Nitra

Geophysical prospections at neolithic sites in Sarköz (Hungary). Römisch-Germanische Kommission des DAI

Study season at Troia (Turkey), University of Tübingen

Excavations at the Early Bronze Age settlement Vrable (Slovakia), Römisch-Germanische Kommission des DAI and Institute of Archaeology, Nitra

Excavations at Troia (Turkey), University of Tübingen

Excavations at Troia (Turkey), University of Tübingen

Excavations at Troia (Turkey), University of Tübingen

Excavations at the Late Roman site Dichin (Bulgaria), University of Nottingham

Excavations at the Late Roman site Dichin (Bulgaria), University of Nottingham

Excavations of neolithic sites in Breamish Valley (Northumberland National Park, UK), University of Durham

Excavations at the Late Roman site Dichin (Bulgaria), University of Nottingham

Excavations at the Late Roman site Dichin (Bulgaria), University of Nottingham

Excavations at the Early neolithic site Slatina (Bulgaria), Archaeological Institute, Sofia

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.