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Jana Eger studied archaeology of Western Asia between 2006 and 2013 with a focus on the application of archaeozoological and bioarchaeological methods. In 2020, she completed her doctorate at the Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin as part of the Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies. During her academic career, she participated in field projects in Iraqi Kurdistan, Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan and Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jana Eger has been a research assistant at CEZA since 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic and professional background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since 03\/2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research assistant at CEZA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023-2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postdoc at the Institute for Prehistory and Early History at Kiel University and at the Institute for Near Eastern Archaeology at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022-2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postdoc at the Institute for Prehistoric Archaeology at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021-2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postdoc at the German Archaeological Institute, Eurasia Department<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014-2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD at the Free University of Berlin: “Human-animal relations in Monjukli Depe. An analysis of social coexistence in a Neolithic-Eneolithic settlement in Turkmenistan” Doctoral candidate at the Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015-2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsa Neumann scholarships for doctoral students<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PROMOS-Stipendiatin, Graduate Course: Zooarchaeological Interpretation, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008-2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ERASMUS exchange programme at La Sapienza University in Rome, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2006-2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master’s and Bachelor’s degree programme in Southwest Asian Archaeology at the Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work and research focus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Isotope analyses and archaeo(zoo)logical analyses to investigate ways of life, in particular subsistence practices, eating habits and mobility patterns of humans and animals and how these shaped past societies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5360,"menu_order":50,"template":"","meta":{"editor_notices":[]},"team_category":[],"class_list":["post-5365","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nDr. Jana Eger - CEZA EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ceza.de\/english\/about-us\/team\/dr-jana-eger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr. Jana Eger - CEZA EN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jana Eger studied archaeology of Western Asia between 2006 and 2013 with a focus on the application of archaeozoological and\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ceza.de\/english\/about-us\/team\/dr-jana-eger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CEZA EN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum-Arch%c3%a4ometrie\/100067599853568\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-19T15:31:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ceza.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/CEZA_260324_4470.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1467\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceza.de\\\/english\\\/about-us\\\/team\\\/dr-jana-eger\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceza.de\\\/english\\\/about-us\\\/team\\\/dr-jana-eger\",\"name\":\"Dr. Jana Eger - 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