Şengül Fındıklar
Address:
Hölderlinstraße 12
D-72074 Tübingen
Office: Raum S561
Email: senguel.findiklar @uni-tuebingen.de
Current Position
Since 10/2021: Ph.D. Student in Institute for Natural Scientific Archaeology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
Working in the SFB 1070 A05 Project titled “Land Flowing Milk and Honey” Development and Significance of Agrarian Resources in Bronze and Iron Age Palestine
Main Interests:
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Zooarchaeology
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Animal domestication
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Bronze Ages
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Southern Levant
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Anatolia
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Ichthyofauna
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Animal symbology
Education
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany
Ph.D., Zooarchaeology. Advisor: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Britt STARKOVICH (2021-present)
Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
M.A. Archaeology, specialization in Zooarchaeology. Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Christina LUKE (2019-2021).
Thesis title: Mighty Cattle: Zooarchaeological Analyses of Bos Husbandry Practices in Late Bronze Age Kaymakçı, Western Anatolia
Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
B.A. Archeology and History of Art (2015-2019).
B.A. Specialization Track in Design Studies
Experience
2018-present | Kaymakçı (Gygaia) Archaeological Projects, Manisa, Turkey Zooarchaeology Lab. (Dr. Canan ÇAKIRLAR, Prof. Chris ROOSEVELT, Assoc. Prof. Christina LUKE) Worked with faunal remains recovered from Kaymakçı excavation, labelled, catalogued, and organized faunal data recovered from the project site |
2018-2019 | Sagalassos Archaeological Projects, Burdur, Turkey Excavation Team (Dr. Peter TALLOEN, Prof. Jeroen POBLOME) Excavated “Rock Sanctuary” (RS) and “Southeast Street” (SES) areas |
2017 | VKV Sadberk Hanim Museum, Istanbul, Turkey Archaeology Section (Dr. Senem OZDEN GERCEKER, Hülya BILGI) Acted as a data-logger, assisted the expert of the curation process of exhibitions, helped management of collections, engaged with children-learning center |
2016-2019 | Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey Assistant Student of College of Social Sciences and Humanities (Assoc. Prof. Rana ÖZBAL, and Assoc. Prof. Christina LUKE) Assisted Prof. Özbal by her laboratory works, working with bones, soil chemicals, computer organizational works, and conducted ICP-MS/OES and P-XRF analyses. Assisted Prof. Luke by her zooarchaeology research and laboratory works, bone analysis, database inputs and acted as the zooarchaeology representative of weekly meetings |
Presentations and Workshops
2021 | WANAT Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey Western Anatolia in the 2nd Millennium B.C.E Presented a paper titled “Animal Husbandry in Late Bronze Age Western Anatolia” with Dr. Canan ÇAKIRLAR and Drs. Francesca SLIM |
2020 | American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), Virginia, USA Virtual Annual Meeting 2020 Presented a paper titled “Fortification or Dumpster: A Collaborative Study on Animal Remains along the Fortification Walls of Kaymakçı” with Drs. Ebru KANER |
2019 | Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (RCAC/ANAMED), Istanbul, Turkey Environmental Archaeology Workshop (Dr. Hannah LAU, Dr. Müge ERGUN, Prof. Chris ROOSEVELT) Assisted workshops, helped trainees on hands-on practices, translated presentations |
2019 | Sheffield University Zooarchaeology Short Courses, Sheffield, U.K Understanding Zooarchaeology II (Prof. Umberto ALBARELLA) Focused in-dept methods and theory that can be applied in zooarchaeology studies including taxonomic, morphologic, and pathological analysis as well as database establishment methodologies |