Professor Eleni Asouti MSc, Ph.D.
Professor of Archaeology Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology
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- Work email E.Asouti@liverpool.ac.uk
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- ORCID0000-0002-0905-7594
Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- onliNeolithic: Reading the Western Asian Neolithic Through Differences – Dedicated to the memory of Ofer Bar-Yosef at (Title of paper: "A Prelude to Agriculture? Palaeolithic and Early Aceramic Neolithic Plant Exploitation in the Eastern Fertile Crescent"), by Invitation (Istanbul, 2022)
- Neolithic Plant Management Strategies in Southwest Asia 17–19 September 2021 (Discussant), by Invitation (University of Oxford, 2021)
- Revisiting the Hilly Flanks: the Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic periods in the Eastern Fertile Crescent (Title of paper: "Environment and subsistence in the Zarzian: New evidence from Palegawra cave"), by Invitation (University of Copenhagen, 2021)
- 5th International ANAMED Annual Symposium: Winds of Change: Environment and Society in Anatolia (Title of paper: "Early to Mid-Holocene Vegetation History and Human Settlement in Anatolia"), by Invitation (Koç University, 2021)
- Archaeology Research Seminars Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Title of paper: "A prelude to agriculture? Palaeolithic and early aceramic Neolithic plant exploitation in the Eastern Fertile Crescent"), by Invitation (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2021)
- anthraco2019 - 7th International Anthracology Meeting "Charcoal Science in Archaeology and Palaeoecology" (Presentation title: "Foraging behaviours and fuel wood selection: insights from pre-agricultural habitations in the Eastern Mediterranean") (University of Liverpool Central Teaching Hub, 2019)
- 53o Corso di Cultura in Ecologia - "Tecnologia del Legno: verso il Futuro con Radici nel Passato" ("Wood science: looking to the future with the roots in the past" - Lecture title: "The study of dendroecological features in archaeological wood charcoals: potential and limits"), by Invitation (Centro Studi Ambiente Alpino, San Vito di Cadore (Italy), 2017)
- “The Long Revolution: Becoming Neolithic in Southwest Asia” (Presentation title: "From harvesting to cultivation – from cultivation to farming"), by Invitation (John Templeton Foundation & Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Berlin, 2016)
- “Late Glacial to Early Holocene socio-ecological responses to climatic instability within the Mediterranean Basin” (Keynote lecture title: "The palaeoecology of low-level food production in early Holocene Southwest Asia"), Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, 2016)
- 6th International Anthracology Meeting - "Local to Global Significance of Charcoal Science" (Presentation title: "Franchthi Cave: integrated analysis of late Pleistocene and early Holocene charcoal and archaeobotanical data") (University of Freiburg, Germany, 2015)
- "Prehistoric Networks in the longue durée: Palaeolithic Innovations enabling the Neolithic Revolution” (Presentation title: "Woodland management before the Neolithic revolution"), by Invitation (Freie Universität Berlin, 2015)
- New Perspectives on Agricultural Origins at 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) (Presentation title: "The nature of cultural niche construction in early PPN SW Asia"), by Invitation (San Francisco, California, 2015)
- S4 - Reconstructing Ancient Ecosystems at 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) (Presentation title: "Subsistence Change and Environmental Patterns at Aceramic Chogha Golan (Ilam Province/Iran) )" (Basel, Switzerland, 2014)
- "The Anthropocene in the Longue Durée" (Presentation title: "Early Holocene human impacts on vegetation in Southwest Asia: an archaeobiological view on an old problem"), by Invitation (University of Texas at Austin, 2014)
- "Do foragers adopt agriculture? The expansion of farming in East Asia, Sunda & Sahul" (Presentation title: "Climate instability and information exchange as agents of socioeconomic change: the view from SW Asia"), by Invitation (University of Queensland, School of Social Science, Australia, 2014)
- "Socio-Environmental Dynamics over the Last 12,000 Years: The Creation of Landscapes III" (Presentation title: "Hunter-Gatherer Knowledge Transmission and Environmental Change in Epipalaeolithic/Neolithic Southwest Asia"), by Invitation (Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, 2013)
- Research Seminar, Institute of Prehistory and Early History, University of Tübingen (Presentation title: "Evolution, history and the origin of agriculture in Southwest Asia"), by Invitation (Tubingen, Germany, 2012)
- Neolithic stereotypes: has Southwest Asian archaeology outlived the Neolithic? at 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) (Presentation title: "Concepts of subsistence economy in the Neolithic archaeology of Southwest Asia: a critical overview"), by Invitation (Memphis, Tennessee, 2012)
- Baylor University, Department of Anthropology Seminar Series (Presentation title: "A contextual approach to the Neolithic (plant) economies of Southwest Asia"), by Invitation (Waco, Texas, 2012)
- University College Dublin: School of Archaeology Seminar Series (Presentation title: "The unoriginal origins of agriculture: food production and social life in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of the Middle East"), by Invitation (Dublin, Ireland, 2011)
- 5th International Meeting of Anthracology - "Charcoal as Cultural and Biological Heritage" (Presentation title: "Rethinking human impact on the prehistoric vegetation of SW Asia: socioeconomics and long-term fuel/timber acquisition strategies at Çatalhöyük") (Valencia, Spain, 2011)
- 2009 American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Annual Meeting (Presentation title: "The End Of 'Centres of Origin': domestication and community interactions in SW Asia"), by Invitation (New Orleans, Louisiana, 2009)
- Research workshop "Prehistoric Economies of Anatolia: Subsistence Practices and Exchange" (Presentation title: "Ecology and socioeconomics of woodland exploitation practices in prehistoric Anatolia"), by Invitation (Austrian Academy of Sciences (OAW), 2009)
- "15th International Neolithic Seminar: Climate Anomalies, Population and Culture Dynamics in Prehistory" (Presentation title: "Early Holocene settlement and environmental change in Central Anatolia"), by Invitation (Ljubljana University, Slovenia, 2008)
- "Intercultural Contacts in the Ancient Mediterranean" - Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (Presentation title: "Community identities, interactions and archaeological cultures in the PPN of the Middle East") (Cairo, Egypt, 2008)
- 6th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) (Presentation title: "Beyond the 'Origins of Agriculture'") (Sapienza, Università di Roma, Italy, 2008)
- "Landscapes in Transition: understanding hunter-gatherer and farming landscapes in the early Holocene of Europe and the Levant" - CBRL (Presentation title: "Farmers, gatherers or horticulturalists? Reconstructing landscapes of practice in the Neolithic"), by Invitation (RSCN Eco-lodge, Wadi Faynan, Jordan, 2007)
- 17th International Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeologists (Presentation title: "Vegetation context and wood exploitation in the Southern Neolithic") (Bonn, Germany, 2003)
- 10th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (Presentation title: "Tradition and power: reinterpreting building decoration at Çatalhöyük") (Lyon, France, 2004)
- International CANeW Table Ronde, Istanbul (Presentation title: "Subsistence economy in Central Anatolia during the Neolithic"), by Invitation (Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes, Istanbul, Turkey, 2001)
- 2nd International Meeting of Anthracology - "Charcoal Analysis: Environmental History and Use of Wood in Prehistoric Times" (Presentation title: "Charcoal analysis and the reconstruction of ancient woodland vegetation in the Konya plain, Turkey") (Paris, France, 2000)
Editorships
- Quaternary International (Guest Editor, 2019 - 2021)
- PLOS ONE (Academic Editor, 2018 - present)
- Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (Invited Associate Editor, 2010 - 2019)
- Journal of Archaeological Science (Invited Editorial Board member, 2011 - 2018)
Examination Roles
- University of Valencia, PhD examination (2019)
- University of the Basque Country, PhD Examination (2014)
- University of Strasbourg, PhD Examination (2013)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
- AHRC Peer Review College (Arts and Humanities Research Council)
- AHRC North-West Consortium Doctoral Partnership (NWCDTP) Heritage Pathway lead (2018 - 2022)
- AHRC North-West Consortium Doctoral Partnership (NWCDTP) Archaeology Pathway Lead (2016 - 2017)
- 7th International Meeting of Anthracology (anthraco2019) Chair of the Scientific Committee (2017 - 2019)
- Council for British Research in the Levant Committee of Management & Research Committee (2010 - 2014)
- External Advisory Board of the Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tubingen (2014)
- 6th International Meeting of Anthracology Scientific Committee (2015)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- ACE Director of Postgraduate Research (Department, 2022 - present)
- ACE Research Committee (Department, 2018 - present)
- HLC Postgraduate Research Committee (School / Institute, 2022 - present)
- ACE Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee (Department, 2021 - present)
- EDI Officer (Department, 2021 - present)
- HLC Equality and Diversity Committee (School / Institute, 2018 - present)
- ACE Director of Research (Department, 2021 - 2022)
- ACE REF2021 (Outputs) lead (Department, 2018 - 2021)
- HLC Research & Impact Committee (School / Institute, 2021 - 2022)
Organisations I have been associated with
- Sulaymaniyah Directorate of Antiquities and Heritage (2013 - present)
Professional Body Memberships
- ex oriente e.V. (Member, 2019 - present)
- The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Member, 2014 - present)
- Council for British Research in the Levant (Member, 2009 - present)
- British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology (Member, 2008 - present)
- British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara (Member, 2005 - present)
- Association for Environmental Archaeology (Member, 2004 - present)