Mail: henrikebackhaus(at)gmail.com
Phone: +49 (0)228-73-7205
Office: Lennéstr. 1, Raum 3.002, 53113 Bonn
Post address: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Graduiertenkolleg 1878, Lennéstr. 1, D-53113 Bonn
Curriculum Vitae
Education
since 2015 | PhD-student at the Institute for Pre- and Protohistory, University of Cologne, Germany “Working Title: Economic Structures and Processes in Early Bronze Age City-States. A Household-Centered Perspective” in the DFG Research Training Group 1878 “Archaeology of Pre-Modern Economies” |
2014 | Master of Science: Landscape Archaeology, HTW – University of applied sciences, Berlin, Germany Thesis: The Controlled Surface Collection at Surezha, Iraq |
2012 | Bachelor of Arts: Near Eastern Archaeology, Heidelberg University, Germany Thesis: Der Terrakotta-Sarg im Bronzezeitlichen Mesopotamien |
Stipends and Awards
since 2015 | Member of a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne
Member of German Research Foundation (DFG) Research Training Group 1878: Archaeology of Pre-Modern Economies |
2014 | awarded top of the year in Landscape Archaeology at HTW – university of applied sciences, Berlin, Germany |
2013 – 2014 | Germany Scholarship (Deutschlandstipendium) |
Professional Experience
2014 – 2015 | Project Staff: Uruk-Project; German Archaeological Institute, Orient-Department, Berlin |
2014 | Field Supervisor: excavation project Surezha, Erbil, Iraq; Oriental Institute of Chicago |
2013 | Field Work Assistant: Geophysical Survey at Müden, Lower Saxony; HTW Berlin and Arcontor GmbH (Lower Saxony, Germany)
Project Staff: Survey of the High Mound of Surezha, Erbil, Kurdistan/Iraq; Oriental Institute of Chicago |
2012 | Field Work Assistant: Geophysical Survey in Sirkeli Höyük, Cilicia/Turkey; University Bern, Switzerland / University Çanakkale, Turkey
Technical Assistant (project-oriented): Geophysical Surveys, Southern Germany; Posselt & Zickgraf Prospektionen, GbR |
2011 | Field Supervisor Assistant: excavation project Dra’ Abu el-Naga Luxor / Thebes, Egypt; German Archaeological Institute, Department Cairo |
2010 – 2011 | Student Assistant: Institute for Pre- and Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, Heidelberg University, Germany |
2010 | Field Supervisor Assistant: Area C (Neo-Assyrian palace); Tell Halaf Excavation Project
Field Excavator: excavation project “Gumpenloch” – Roman vicus; Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz |
2009 | Field Work Assistant: archaeological survey in the province of Sulaimaniya, Kurdistan/Iraq; Sulaimaniya Survey Project, Iraq |
2008 – 2009 | Field Excavator: Ramat Rahel Archaeological Project |
Teaching Experience
2014 – 2015 | Tutor: Excavation Technology (Grabungstechnik) and Landscape Archaeology, HTW – University of applied sciences, Berlin, Germany |
2012 | Teaching Assistant: “Field Course Earth Surface Processes: Quantitative Methods – Surveying and Mapping in Lumbrein”, University Bern, Switzerland |
Talks and Lectures
07/2014 | Workshop “Periphere Wirtschaftszonen in Siedlungen”, Research Training Group 1878: Archaeology of Pre-Modern Economies, Universities of Cologne and Bonn; Talk: Defining a Site’s “Periphery” by Means of Controlled Surface Collection |
Research Interests
- Frühbronzezeitliches (Nord-)Mesopotamien
- Geo- und Feldarchäologie
- Landschaftsarchäologie
- Vermessungskunde
- Wirtschafts- und Sozialarchäologie
Publications
- Stein, G.J. – Alizadeh, A. – Ahmadzadeh, L. – Alden, J. – Backhaus, Henrike – Coutouraud, B. – Fahimi, H. – Harris, S. – Lieber, K. – Omidfar, M. – Price, M.: Preliminary Report on the First Season of Excavations at the Chalcolithic site of Surezha in the Erbil Governate Kurdistan Region, Iraq, 2013, in: Iranian Archaeology, Vol. 4, Winter 2013
Dissertation project
Economic Structures and Processes in Early Bronze Age City-States. A Household-Centered Perspective.
supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Zimmermann, Prof. Dr. Jan-Waalke Mayer, Prof. Dr. Susan Pollock