FEATURED AUTHOR
Maja Gori
I work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Ruhr-University of Bochum, where I study short and long distance connectivity in the Mediterranean with a focus on the Balkans, Italy and Greece in the 3rd millennium BC. My research interests comprise uses of past in identity building, heritage destruction, pottery technology, gift economy, mobility and connectivity.
Subjects: Anthropology - Soc Sci, Archaeology
Biography
I am working as postdoctoral researcher at the Ruhr-University of Bochum IRISS–CNR on the Pre-and Protohistory of Central Mediterranean. Before this appointment, I worked as postdoctoral fellow at National Research Council (CNR) of Italy (2016–2017). Previously I was postdoctoral fellow at the University of Heidelberg (2015-2016), where I have been working at the project: “Building a new land from ancient shards. Archaeology, Cultural Memory and Politics in Former Yugoslavia”, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Amsterdam (2014), within the project "New Perspective on Ancient Pottery", and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Mainz (2013-2014), where I worked on my project “Archaeology and national identity construction in the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) popular archaeology, its diffusion through the new media and its influence on domestic and foreign policies”.Education
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PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology (Heidelberg – Paris 1)
Master in International Relations (Rome)
Master in European Protohistory (Rome)
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Mediterranean Prehistory, Aegean Prehistory, Italian Prehistory, European Prehistory, Mobility, Connectivity, Pottery Studies, Pottery Technology, Ceramic Petrographic and Chemical Analyses, Technological Transfer, Absolute and Relative Dating, Archaeological Theory, Prehistoric Economies, Social Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Heritage Studies, Public Archaeology.
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