Postdoc opportunities in archaeology

Closing date not specified (ordered by post date)

[posted 3 April 2024]
Columbia University
Olo Be Taloha Lab in the Climate School
Associate Research Scientist
The Associate Research Scientist will focus on interactions between Holocene land use and land cover change in the tropics, with an emphasis on reconstructing interdisciplinary maps of pastoral land use and associated land cover change on Madagascar (c. 2000 BP to present).
https://academic.careers.columbia.edu/#!/130564?keywords=climate%20school&sortKey=keywordScore
Closing date: open until filled (posted 20 December 2023)

[posted 20 September 2023]
ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
Center for Cultural Heritage Technology (CCHT)
‘Bauhaus of the SeaS (BOSS)’ project
Fellow on Digital Twins and CFD/FEA modelling for Cultural Heritage
for modeling the impact of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage monuments and sites located in coastal areas.
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/147190
primary: https://iit.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=2200008S
Closing date: open until filled (review of applications will begin immediately; posted 19 September 2023)

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[posted 9 March 2024]
Academia Sinica
Research Fellow Position in Taiwan Archaeology
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67033
primary: https://www1.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/en/Bulletin/PositionsAvailable/2284/Detail
Closing date: 31 May 2024

[posted 18 February 2024]
Stanford University
Stanford Archaeology Center
postdoctoral position for an archaeobotanist
with experience in analyses of micro- and/or macro-remains (phytolith, starch granules, and seeds) and lab management. The research area is open, but priority will be given to someone working on East Asian materials.
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27164
Closing date: 30 May 2024

[posted 4 April 2024]
Manchester Metropolitan University
Materiality, Antiquity and Archaeology Group
Fellowship
in one or more of the following: the social and cultural meaningfulness of objects and text-inscribed objects; material cultures of the historical home, leisure, and religion; public archaeology, public policy and public classics. We are keen to hear from you if you have a complimentary methodological interest in heritage science or material culture studies.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DGX686/fellowship-opportunity-materiality-antiquity-and-archaeology
primary: https://manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy/research-fellow-materiality-antiquity-and-archaeology-7492-manchester-all-saints-campus/7442/description/
Research Fellow (Design for Heritage and Community)
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DGX677/research-fellow-design-for-heritage-and-community
primary: https://manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy/research-fellow-design-for-heritage-and-community-7494-manchester-all-saints-campus/7444/description/
Closing date: 29 May 2024

NEW [posted 22 April 2024]
Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
Mongol Connections research initiative
postdoctoral fellow
with expertise in histories of the arts of the Mongol era in histories of art relating to West, Central and South Asia (13th-14th centuries)
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DHG291/postdoctoral-fellow-mongol-connections-fixed-term
primary: https://ce0942li.webitrent.com/ce0942li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=7234972FGb&LANG=USA
Closing date: 20 May 2024

NEW [posted 19 April 2024]
La Sapienza
“Cultural Itineraries in Lebanon (CIL). Community engagement, archaeological sites and the accessibility to the cultural landscape in Northern and Southern Lebanon”
The research project focuses on mapping the cultural heritage of the Tyre region in Lebanon
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/226811
primary: https://web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/bando/216863_
“ADigTex. Archaeology, Archaeometry, and Digitalisation of Ancient Textiles. From Pompeii to the Roman Empire”
by integrating data from a broad range of evidence such as fabrics, textile tools, literary sources and archaeological contexts
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/226851
primary: https://web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/bando/216880_
Closing date: 17 May 2024

[posted 12 April 2024]
Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
project “Identity(ies) and representation(s) of Rome and Italy in the Early and Mid-Republican periods (6^th – 3^rd c. BC)”
Post-doctoral fellowship in Classical Studies (historiography and history of pre-Roman Italy)
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/224002
Closing date: 17 May 2024

NEW [posted 18 April 2024]
Università degli Studi della Basilicata
“Research, innovative technologies, communication, and valorisation of the archaeological landscapes of Basilicata”
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/226324
Closing date: 16 May 2024

NEW [posted 17 April 2024]
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
“Studies of geo-archaeology and geo-environmental and anthropic risk in the internal and external area of the buffer zone in the UNESCO site of Arslantepe”
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/225898
Closing date: 16 May 2024

NEW [posted 21 April 2024]
German Archaeological Institute (DAI)
Cairo Department
Research Grant Kairo – “Luxor Grant”
The scholarship is awarded for conducting a well-defined, independent research project linked to the region Luxor/Thebes
https://www.dainst.org/newsroom/noslug/357
Closing date: 15 May 2024

NEW [posted 19 April 2024]
Arizona State University
Postdoctoral Research Scholar – Center for Digital Antiquity
on the Comparative Digital Archaeological Studies sponsored by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), to explore how the management and organization of archaeological data can enhance its search and recovery efforts for missing service personnel.
https://careers.saa.org/jobs/20007894/postdoctoral-research-scholar-center-for-digital-antiquity
primary: https://apply.interfolio.com/144621
Closing date: 15 May 2024 (or open until filled)

NEW [posted 22 April 2024]
Vorderasiatisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin
wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in
im Fach Assyriologie oder Vorderasiatische Archäologie
https://www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de/stellenanzeige/artikel/2024/04/16/wissenschaftlicher-mitarbeiterin-m-w-d-48.html
Closing date: 14 May 2024

[posted 1 April 2024]
Universidade do Algarve
Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and the Evolution of Human Behavior (ICArEHB)
project MATRIX – “Into the Sedimentary Matrix:  Mapping the Replacement of Neandertals by early Modern Humans using micro-contextualized biomolecules”
POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER
conducting experimental research with proteins on sediments/soils and bones; investigate thermal degradation of proteins in burned samples; construct an empirical database on protein preservation on archaeological bones and sediments/soils; extraction of proteins from resin-impregnated sediments from several archaeological contexts.
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/212257
primary: https://www.icarehb.com/post-doctoral-associated-researcher-in-archaeology-molecular-biology-chemistry-biochemistry-environmental-sciences-or-similar-research-fields/
Closing date: 14 May 2024

NEW [posted 22 April 2024]
Politecnico di Milano
“HBIM for the documentation of the surveys of anthropic artefacts on the construction sites of the Naples Metro, Acquisition, processing and analysis of the excavation phases in the investigation areas”
setup of methodological procedures for 3D survey of Cultural Heritage and the development of an integrated system for real-time use of collected data.
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/227283
primary: https://www.polimi.it/personale-docente/lavorare-al-politecnico/bandi-per-assegni-di-ricerca/a-r-19429
Closing date: 13 May 2024

[posted 11 April 2024]
University of Leicester
BODY-POLITICS project
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Osteoarchaeology
Research interest in social theory of the body and/or osteobiographies and taphonomy is desirable, and knowledge of the archaeology of Iron and Viking Age Scandinavia would be advantageous.
https://www.myscience.org/jobs/id2871459-postdoctoral_research_associate_in_osteoarchaeology_on_erc_project_body-politics-university_of_leicester
primary: https://jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/9853/postdoctoral-research-associate-in-osteoarchaeology-on-erc-project-body-politics.html
Closing date: 13 May 2024

[posted 13 April 2024]
MNHN
programme de recherche « ANSOC – Animals and Society in Bronze Age Europe »
Chargé de recherche ERC ANSOC – Biogéochimie isotopique de restes archéozoologiques
Le/La chargé(e) de recherche sera en charge de l’acquisition de données isotopiques relatives à la saison de naissances, l’âge du sevrage et l’alimentation de bovins issus de sites de l’âge du Bronze de trois régions d’Europe offrant des images contrastées d’interaction et de socialité entre l’homme et l’animal: La Grande-Bretagne et l’Irlande ; les Pays-Bas et le sud de la Scandinavie ; le sud de la Pologne.
https://recrutement.mnhn.fr/front-jobs-detail.html?id_job=827
Closing date: 12 May 2024

[posted 15 April 2024]
Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro
“OPERA: Oinotrians and Peucetians: Extensive Research Activities. Archaeology, cultures, relationship (IX – III century BCE)”
(with a specific focus on the settlements of Francavilla for the Enotrians and of Monte Sannace for the Peucetians)
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/224761
primary: https://reclutamento.ict.uniba.it/assegni-di-ricerca/concorsi/2024-pr-10.62
Closing date: 11 May 2024

[posted 12 April 2024]
Università degli Studi di Foggia
“Analysis of Archaeoenvironmental Evidence from the Byzantine Age in Medieval Mezzogiorno. Capitanata, a frontier territory and landscape.”
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/224261
primary: https://www.unifg.it/it/ricerca/opportunita-la-ricerca/assegni-di-ricerca/analisi-di-testimonianze-archeoambientali-di-eta-bizantina-nel-mezzogiorno-medievale
Closing date: 10 May 2024

[posted 4 April 2024]
University of Warsaw
Centre for Research on Ancient Civilizations (CRAC)
postdoctoral researchers
in any field of ancient studies such as history, classics, oriental studies, archaeology, Roman law, religious studies, philosophy or similar
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/213420
Closing date: 10 May 2024

[posted 13 April 2024]
Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin
wissenschaftliche:r Museumsassistent:in in Fortbildung
im Fach Vor- und Frühgeschichte und/oder Archäologie des Mittelalters
https://www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de/stellenanzeige/artikel/2024/04/10/issenschaftlicher-museumsassistentin-in-fortbildung-m-w-d.html
Closing date: 8 May 2024

[posted 11 April 2024]
Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA)
Department of Pleistocene and Early Holocene Archaeology
position in Late Upper Palaeolithic, Late Palaeolithic, and Mesolithic Archaeology (focus on archaeological sciences, quaternary geology)
https://www.leiza.de/ueber-uns/jobs/late-upper-palaeolithic-late-palaeolithic-and-mesolithic-archaeology-1
position in Late Upper Palaeolithic, Late Palaeolithic, and Mesolithic Archaeology (focus on field archaeology)
https://www.leiza.de/ueber-uns/jobs/late-upper-palaeolithic-late-palaeolithic-and-mesolithic-archaeology
Closing date: 8 May 2024

[posted 13 April 2024]
Skulpturensammlung & Museum für Byzantinische Kunst der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin
wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in
wissenschaftliches Betreuen der Abteilung mittelalterliche Skulpturen nördlich der Alpen in der Skulpturensammlung; im Fach Kunstgeschichte/Kunstwissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt mittelalterliche Skulptur in Nord-, West- oder Zentraleuropa
https://www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de/stellenanzeige/artikel/2024/04/09/issenschaftlicher-mitarbeiterin-m-w-d.html
Closing date: 7 May 2024

[posted 8 April 2024]
University of Oxford
School of Archaeology, Research Laboratory for Archaeology
NERC’s National Environmental Isotope Facility (NEIF) programme
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Compound Specific Radiocarbon Dating
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DGZ916/postdoctoral-research-assistant-in-compound-specific-radiocarbon-dating
primary: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=172070
Closing date: 7 May 2024

[posted 10 April 2024]
La Sapienza
“Ancient calendars and measuring time devices and related mithology in Egypt: Textual Evidence”
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/223015
primary: https://web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/bando/216466_ar022024
Closing date: 5 May 2024

NEW [posted 19 April 2024]
UCL
Molecular and Cultural Evolution(MACE) Lab
project ‘COREX: From correlations to explanations: towards a new European prehistory’
Research Fellow
in archaeology, geography or a biological science, and relevant experience in computational modelling, model-based statistical inference and the use of relational databases
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DHF680/research-fellow
primary: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?nPostingId=7413&nPostingTargetId=22368
Closing date: 3 May 2024

[posted 3 April 2024]
Scuola Superiore Meridionale
12 open positions for fixed-term tenure-track researchers
including
ANT/09 Ancient topography
ancient urbanism and history of the city and its monumental expressions; the study of ancient
architectural complexes; heritage enhancement including through processes of philological and
digital reconstruction of ancient monuments and testimonies, such as corpora, virtual restoration
and others; analysis of building sites, production spaces and modus operandi of ancient workshops
ANT/02 Greek history
study of epigraphic evidence from ancient Greece and its colonies; literacy and material culture;
corpora and systematization of epigraphic records; study of institutional aspects of the Greek world
with special reference to the colonial world.
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/212745
primary: https://www.ssmeridionale.it/it-it/la-scuola/bandi-di-concorso/avvisi-pubblici-di-selezione/2024/selezione-pubblica-per-titoli-e-colloquio-per-n-12-ricercatori-tenure-track-a-tempo-39503-1-a7e994133251cf8ab31696f5a7323360
Closing date: 2 May 2024

NEW [posted 19 April 2024]
COMITÉ DES TRAVAUX HISTORIQUES ET SCIENTIFIQUES – CTHS
Prix de thèse CTHS 2024 Sciences de l’Antiquité
dans l’ensemble de ce champ (philologie classique, langues anciennes, histoire des mondes anciens, archéologie et histoire de l’art des civilisations antiques)
https://respatrimoni.wordpress.com/2024/04/19/prix-de-these-cths-2024-sciences-de-lantiquite-dl-30-avril/
Closing date: 30 April 2024

[posted 27 March 2024]
Eötvös Loránd University
project “Tracking changes in climate at the collapse of Neolithic lifestyle in Eastern-Central and South-East Europe (DOMINO-CLIMATE)”
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN LIPID BIOMARKER (brGDGT) ANALYSIS
the postdoctoral fellow will specifically have to analyze lipid biomarkers (brGDGT) from 3 Holocene alpine lake sediment cores (South Carpathians, Pirin Mts, Durmitor Mts) and carry out high resolution (centennial) quantitative annual temperature  reconstructions over the 4000-8500 cal yr BP interval.
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/210771
Closing date: 30 April 2024

[posted 5 March 2024]
Leiden University
Project “Mapping the Archaeological Pre-Columbian Heritage of South America” (MAPHSA)
Postdoctoral Researcher in Machine Learning
primary: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2024/q1/14637-postdoctoral-researcher-in-machine-learning-for-the-project-maphsa
Closing date: 30 April 2024

[posted 13 April 2024]
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter*in
im Bereich der Alten Geschichte. Nachgewiesene Erfahrung in einer der beiden Grundwissenschaften Epigraphik oder Papyrologie
https://www.mommsen-gesellschaft.de/stellenangebote/2549-wissenschaftlichen-mitarbeiters-in-m-w-d
Closing date: 29 April 2024

[posted 10 April 2024]
Università degli Studi di Siena
“Cultural heritage and applied sciences. Definition of multi-scalar archaeometric protocols for the analysis of historical architecture in rural and urban areas, with particular reference to archaeoseismological methodologies”
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/223170
Closing date: 29 April 2024

[posted 10 April 2024]
Università del Salento
ArchMAPP. “Archaeological Mapping for Preventive Archaeology and Planning Policies”
The goal is to develop digital archaeological maps integrated into GIS as tools immediately available for Archaeological Superintendence and Local Administrations during heritage protection works
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/216514
primary: https://www1.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/67105443
Closing date: 29 April 2024

[posted 12 April 2024]
University of Copenhagen
AlpGen project
Researcher in ancient genomics and proteomics at Globe Institute
to investigate the human population history of the Alpine region with a focus on the iconic lake settlements that existed in the region between 5,000 and 500 BCE.
https://www.myscience.org/jobs/id2871558-researcher_in_ancient_genomics_and_proteomics_at_globe_institute-university_of_copenhagen
primary: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=161647
Closing date: 28 April 2024

[posted 27 March 2024]
University of Warsaw
Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology
“Preparation and launching of an interdisciplinary research and teaching project Archeooriental Studies”
postdoctoral researcher / adjunct scientist (1 or 2 positions?)
responsible for developing a research plan aimed at recognizing the ways of constructing knowledge about the past among archaeology specialists, as well as the ways of thinking about the past among the local population in the areas where research is conducted by the PCMA UW
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/211131 (20h/week) = https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/211121 (40h/week)?
Closing date: 28 April 2024

NEW [posted 22 April 2024]
CNR – ISPC
“FORO EMILIANO PROJECT”
“STUDY OF COMPETITIONS FOR URBAN EXCAVATION MATERIALS. Stratigraphic, technological, typological analysis and functional of the archaeological deposits documented during the 2020-2023 excavations of the Forum Emiliano of Terracina. Contextualization of materials in the context of local productions and in definition of short, medium and long-range exchange networks”
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/227266
Closing date: 26 April 2024

[posted 11 April 2024]
Curtin University
Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring Project
Research Associate / Research Fellow
https://www.earthworks-jobs.com/geoscience/curtin24041
Closing date: 26 April 2024

[posted 11 April 2024]
Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Project CHANGES “Climate change driving innovative models of sustainable tourism”
The project aims at the realisation of multimedia supports for the valorisation of the archaeological collections of Venice, the Venetian lagoon and coastline held at the National Archaeological Museum of Venice and for its virtual tour, in preparation for the on-site one.
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/223936
primary: https://www.unive.it/data/28825/
Closing date: 26 April 2024

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[posted 28 March 2024]
University of California, Los Angeles
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Postdoctoral Scholar – Archaeology of the Americas
We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate innovative, methodological expertise in areas such as spatial analysis (GIS), faunal analysis, paleoethnobotanical studies, or ceramics analysis. While a specialization in the archaeology and material culture of California is preferred, we welcome applicants with experience across any region or time period in the Americas.
https://careers.saa.org/jobs/19926554/postdoctoral-scholar-archaeology-of-the-americas
primary: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09134
Postdoctoral Scholar Paleoethnobotany/Ancient Agriculture
with a specialization in paleoethnobotany or a closely related discipline. The appointed postdoctoral fellow will take on a central role in developing and overseeing the programs and activities within our Paleoethnobotany/Ancient Agriculture Laboratory.
https://careers.saa.org/jobs/19926553/postdoctoral-scholar-paleoethnobotany-ancient-agriculture
primary: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09133
Closing date: open until filled (review of applications will begin 15 April 2024; final deadline: 10 May 2024)

[posted 4 February 2024]
Yale University
Postdoctoral Associate in Egyptology
in all its sub-fields, from prehistory to the end of the Coptic period. Field experience, acquaintance with museum collections and practices, and/or teaching experience are all desirable.
primary: https://apply.interfolio.com/140006
Closing date: open until filled (review of applications will begin 1 March 2024)

[posted 24 January 2024]
Arizona State University
project “Osmore Mobilty and Infectious Disease” (OMID)
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
The postdoctoral research scholar will conduct heavy and light isotopic analysis of archaeological material from the Moquegua Valley of Peru in order to better understand the relationship between mobility and the spread of tuberculosis in the past.
primary: https://apply.interfolio.com/139672
Closing date: 22 February 2024 (for first consideration)

[posted 16 January 2024]
Vassar College
postdoctoral position in Bioarchaeology
whose ethical framework prioritizes collaboration with descendant communities. We are particularly interested in applicants working on the bodily effects of social inequality, structural violence, or environmental change, bodily differences as applied to disability or transgender studies, or studies of the skeletal markers of health and illness.
primary: https://employment.vassar.edu/postings/3664
Closing date: 16 February 2024 (for full consideration)