From 2009 to 2015, Martin Riesenberg studied Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. He completed his doctorate in 2023 at the Freie Universität Berlin and its associated Berlin Graduate School for Ancient Studies. During his studies, he was involved in archaeological field campaigns in Germany, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Russia.
Martin Riesenberg has been a research assistent at CEZA since 2024.
Academic and professional background
Since 03/2024
Research assistent at CEZA
2015-2023
PhD at Freie Universität Berlin: “Analysis of stable isotopes on bone material from the Eastern European steppe region of the 4th and 3rd millennium BC”
Doctoral candidate at the Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies
2015-2018
TOPOI/BerGSAS PhD scholarship
2009-2015
Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programme at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Work and research focus
Osteoarchaeological analyses – using isotopes, among other things – of the way of life, in particular subsistence, nutrition and mobility of humans and animals in pre-modern societies. One regional research focus is on the Eurasian steppe region.