Şengül Fındıklar

Address:

Hölderlinstraße 12

D-72074 Tübingen

Office: Raum S561

Email: senguel.findiklarspam prevention@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:

Zooarchaeology
Animal domestication
Bronze Ages
Southern Levant
Anatolia
Ichthyofauna
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

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