The Bronze Age Körös Off-Tell Archaeology (BAKOTA) project is studying a Bronze Age cemetery population in Eastern Hungary, and aims to understand how this region intensified farming, craft production, and trade without corresponding increases in social inequality.
Benefits Include:
- A stipend (total: $3,000)
- Room and board
- Travel expenses
Chemical Analysis of Burials from Early and Middle Bronze Age Cemeteries: For this project a student will learn how to prepare previously excavated archaeological samples from cemeteries throughout the Carpathian Basin for FTIR, trace element and isotopic analysis.
Recommended interests/skills: Chemistry, human osteology
Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Burned Human Bone: Aims to better understand Bronze Age cremation practices using quantitative and qualitative techniques.
Recommended interests/skills: Human osteology, math & statistics
Ceramic Provenance: Aims to understand patterns of trade through the movement of fine ceramics in prehistory.
Recommended interests/skills: Chemistry, math & statistics, ceramic analysis.
Ceramic Stylistic Analysis: Aims to develop an understanding of patterning of stylistic elements on mortuary ceramics.
Recommended interests/skills: ceramic analysis, math & statistics, archaeological comparison, Hungarian and German language skills.
Application Deadline: MARCH 2, 2018
If you have any questions about finding summer research or you need assistance with your application, please contact Dr. April Householder, aprilh@umbc.edu.
Many more research opportunities can be found here using this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14-Gu0u8aTdq3AplVtVuaeur0OYjRdTVdrjXWGjzP1fI/edit?usp=sharing