E-Mail: christian.mader(at)uni-bonn.de
Phone: + 49 (0)228/73-7522
Office: Lennéstr. 1, R. 3.004, 53113 Bonn;
Meister-Ekkehart-Str. 9, 50937 Köln
Post address: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Graduiertenkolleg 1878, Lennéstr. 1, D-53113 Bonn
Curriculum Vitae
Professional experience
since 01.10.2018 | Post-doctoral fellow, Universität zu Köln, Research Training Group ‘Archaeology of Pre-Modern Economies’ |
2017 – 2018 | Travel Scholarship of the KAAK |
2013 – 2017 | DFG Research Training Group of the Universities of Cologne and Bonn “Archaeology of Pre-Modern Economies”, Department of Anthropology of the Americas at the University of Bonn Research assistant with the dissertation project “Verticality in the Andes – the economic model of the Paracas society (800 to 200 BC) in southern Peru” |
2013 | Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures (KAAK) of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) Assistant for archaeological excavations in the project “Zentrum und Peripherie: der Siedlungsraum der Paracas-Kultur (800-200 v. Chr.) im Süden Perus” |
2011 – 2013 | Department of Anthropology of the Americas at the University of Bonn Student assistant |
2012 | Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures (KAAK) of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) Assistant for archaeological excavations and settlement surveys in the project “Zentrum und Peripherie: der Siedlungsraum der Paracas-Kultur (800-200 v. Chr.) im Süden Perus” |
2010 – 2011 | Bonner Altamerika-Sammlung (BASA) of the University of Bonn Internship (participation for the exhibition „Faszination Keramik ‒ Die Maya und Teotihuacan“) |
2009 – 2010 | Periodikateam, Humboldt University Library Berlin Student assistant |
2009 – 2010 | Virtual Library of Social Anthropology (EVIFA), Special Subject Collection Folklore Studies and Social Anthropology at the Humboldt University Library Berlin Student Assistent |
2010 | Magdalena de Cao, Peru Ethnological field research for bachelor’s thesis |
2009 | Proyecto Arqueológico Complejo El Brujo and Museo de Sitio Cao, Magdalena de Cao, Peru Internship |
Studies
2010 – 2013 | University of Bonn Anthropology of the Americas, Master of Arts Title of the master’s thesis: Zur Siedlungsgeschichte des Formativums (1700 bis 200 vor Christus) im südlichen Hochland von Peru – eine Bestandsaufnahme |
2007 – 2010 | Freie Universität Berlin Social and Cultural Anthropology with Latin American Studies and Spanish Philology, Bachelor of Arts Title of the bachelor’s thesis: Vienen y se van ‒ Neuinterpretationen einer Moche-Ikonographie und der Tourismus in Magdalena de Cao, Nordperu |
Research Interests
- American archaeology especially in the central Andes
- Economic archaeology
- Exchange relations between different ecological zones
- Paracas
- Processes of the Formative Period
- Settlement archaeology
Publications
- Mader, C., Reindel, M., Isla, J., 2019. The Use of Camelids as Cargo Animals by the Paracas Culture (800–200 BCE) in Southern Peru: Archaeological Evidence from the Palpa Valleys. In: Clarkson, P.B., Santoro, C.M. (Eds.), Caravans: A Global Perspective. Winnipeg, submitted
- Mader, C., 2019. Sea Shells in the Mountains and Llamas on the Coast: The Economy of the Paracas Culture (800 to 200 BC) in Southern Peru. Forschungen zur Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen 16. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, in press.
- Kerig, T., Mader, C., Ragkou, K., Reinfeld, M., Zachar, T. (Eds.), 2019. Social Network Analysis in Economic Archaeology: Perspectives from the New World. Studies on Economic Archaeology 3. Habelt, Bonn.
- Mader, C., Hölzl, S., Heck, K., Reindel, M., Isla, J., 2018. The Llama’s Share: Highland Origins of Camelids during the Late Paracas Period (370 to 200 BCE) in South Peru Demonstrated by Strontium Isotope Analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 20, 257–270, open access. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.04.032
- Mader, C., 2010. Vienen y se van: Neuinterpretationen einer Moche-Ikonographie und der Tourismus in Magdalena de Cao, Nordperu. GRIN, Munich.
Dissertation project
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Nikolai Grube, Prof. Dr. Martin Bentz, Dr. Markus Reindel