The Division of ArchaeoSciences – the Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB) is pleased to announce the 14th ArchaeoSciences Seminar.
These seminars are an original initiative of our division that has the goal of providing a setting for professionals in the Archaeological Sciences field from different parts of the world, to share knowledge, and transmit meaningful information about the latest issues regarding the current methods and approaches used to study the past. It is also a chance for Romanian students to learn more about the various interdisciplinary aspects of archaeology.
This seminar will take place on 6 November 2020, online, and our guest speaker is Professor Petya Georgieva from Sofia University (Bulgaria).
She will give an online presentation entitled “Changes to Ceramic Production during the Eneolithic, First Signs of a Transition to Specialized Production”.
Professor Petya Georgieva hold a PhD in the field of Archaeology at Sofia University in 1987 and in the same year started working as Assistant Professor at the university. Between 2015 – 2019 she was Head of the Archaeology Department of the Sofia University. Her activities at Sofia University are related to teaching and doctoral student supervision in the field of archaeology.
Research interests of Petya Georgieva are mainly in the field of prehistory, particularly to the Copper Age of the Southeast Europe on topics as technology of ceramic production, exploration of ceramics as a source of information about relative chronology and cultural affiliation, but also socio-economic structure and funeral practices of past human populations.
Since 1991, she leading long-term exploration of the archaeological site Kozareva Mogila – settlement and necropolis (Eastern Bulgaria), which includes conducting the summer field practice in prehistory for archaeology students.
Moreover, Petya Georgieva is an author and co-author of many scientific papers, reports, and books, and she was involved in various scientific projects related to the Eneolithic/ Copper Age and the transition to the Bronze Age in the fifth and fourth millennium BC.
Due to the special measures imposed by COVID-19 pandemic, the lecture will be online, on 06/11/2020, starting with 11:00 am, via Google Meet Platform:
https://meet.google.com/cmn-gfdv-ydh
We look forward to exciting discussions!
ArchaeoScience#RO Team
