the team

Principal investigator

Research assistant

  • Dr. Susanne Rutishauser, Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern (since 02/2024)
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PhD students

  • MA Muntadher Aloda, Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern (since 04/2024)

  • MA Fatemeh Javanmardi, Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern (since 01/2025)
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Student assistants

  • Ansam Albayati, Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern (since 08/2025)

  • Sebastian Balmer, Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern (since 02/2024)

  • Beáta Fässler, Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern (since 02/2024)

  • BA Felicitas Stec, Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern (since 02/2024)

Principal investigator

Research assistant

  • MA Adva Bensoussan, Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern (since 07/2025)

  • MA Nina Gavrilyuk, Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern (since 05/2025)

Principal investigator

Research assistant

PhD student

Student assistant

  • Carla Balmer, Institute of Geography, University of Bern (since 07/2025)

  • BA Marcela Vollmer Quintullanca, Institute of Geography, University of Bern (since 02/2024)

  • Patricia Weber, Institute of Geography, University of Bern (since 08/2025)

Principal investigator

Research assistant

  • MA Sebastian Borkowski, Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern (since 03/2024)
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