Olivia Arkley
Sacrificial bodies: Embodiment theory and ritual violence in the Ancient Near East in 4th to 3rd Millenium BCE
Biography
PhD candidate in Archaeology with a dedicated focus on Southwest Asian research and fieldwork experience in the region from the Epi-Paleolithic to the Bronze Age. Current research is on the topic of embodiment theory applied to ritual violence and sacrificial contexts in the 4th to 3rd millennium BCE. She has excavation experience in Britain, Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia (Iraq and Türkiye).
Research interests
Funerary archaeology, archaeological theory and embodiment theory, Ancient Near Eastern cultures, ritual archaeology, social identity.