Eger, Jana (Dr.)
Jana Eger is an archaeologist specialized in zooarchaeological and isotopic analysis of animal remains to understand how the social coexistence of humans and non-human species contribute to the formation of communities of people and (other) animals in past societies. While pursuing a B.A. and M.A. at the Institute of Near Eastern Archaeology at the Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, she spent study visits in Rome (ERASMUS at La Sapienza) and at Cornell University in Ithaca (N.Y., US:A) with a grant from the PROMOS program. She completed her doctorate at the FU Berlin within the framework of the Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies (BerGSAS) in the program: Landscape Archaeology and Architecture. During her academic career she participated in various field projects, i.e., in Turkmenistan, Iran and Germany. Currently, she is working as a post-doctoral researcher in the DFG-Project ISOSIBERIA based at the Eurasia Department of the German Archaeological Institute.
Emmerich Kamper, Theresa (Dr.)
Dr. Theresa Emmerich Kamper is an avid practitioner of traditional living skills and primitive technology of all kinds, and has tanned skins using traditional technologies for over twenty five years. She holds a Masters Degree in Experimental Archaeology from the University of Exeter, as well as a PhD on the microscopic analysis of prehistoric processed skin artefacts. She is currently an honorary research fellow with the University of Exeter and teaches practical courses across Europe, North America and the Near East on various tannage technologies as well as continuing to engage in research projects with a broad array of museum and academic institutions.
Espersen, Ryan (Dr.)
Ryan Espersen is an historical archaeologist, cultural heritage consultant, and public educator. Following his Research Masters in Archaeology at Leiden University in 2009, he obtained a Bachelor of Education (2011) to teach high school on the island of Saba, Dutch Caribbean as a means to start a local archaeological education program for both youth and adult residents. He co-founded the Saba Archaeology Center (SABARC) on Saba in 2012 and with government and NGO support, it expanded to include an archaeology office, lab, and museum. In 2012 he joined the European Transatlantic Slave Trade (EUROTAST) research group as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie early stage researcher for his PhD, hosted by Leiden University. He obtained his PhD in 2017 and have been consulting in heritage management and archaeology across the Netherlands and north-eastern Caribbean.
He is currently a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at the University of Cambridge, as the experienced researcher for project “No dollar too dark: free trade, piracy, privateering and illegal slave trading in the northeast Caribbean, early 19th century’”.
Fábrega-Álvarez, Pastor MA (MA)
Pastor Fábrega-Álvarez (Ourense, 1978; MA, 2003, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain). Technical staff member at the Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio (Institute of Heritage Sciences) (Incipit), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spanish National Research Council) (CSIC) in Spain. His fields of interest are the design of methodologies for analyzing and managing archaeological heritage from a geographic and landscape perspective.
Falconer, Steven E. (Prof. Dr.)
Steve Falconer is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. His archaeological studies focus on the rise and collapse of civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. His work particularly explores the roles of rural communities during the growth and periodic abandonment of Bronze Age cities. Steve has authored nearly 80 publications and served as a Fulbright Scholar in Cyprus during 2023-2024.
Fall, Patricia L. (Prof. Dr.)
Pat Fall is a Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. As a paleoecologist, her landscape studies investigate local and regional shifts in vegetation and land use triggered by climate change and human impacts. She conducts research in Polynesia and the Caribbean, as well as the Mediterranean and Middle East. Pat has authored nearly 100 publications, including articles in the Proceedings of the United States Academy of Sciences and in Nature Ecology and Evolution.
Fast, Kerry (Dr.)
Kerry Fast holds a PhD from the Centre for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto. Her doctoral research was a historical-anthropological study of Canadian women’s religious lives. In more recent years, she has focused her research attention on traditional, distinct Mennonite groups, which has taken her to Bolivia, Mexico, and across Canada where she has conducted ethnographic research in Mennonite communities.
Eger, Jana (Dr.)
Jana Eger is an archaeologist specialized in zooarchaeological and isotopic analysis of animal remains to understand how the social coexistence of humans and non-human species contribute to the formation of communities of people and (other) animals in past societies. While pursuing a B.A. and M.A. at the Institute of Near Eastern Archaeology at the Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, she spent study visits in Rome (ERASMUS at La Sapienza) and at Cornell University in Ithaca (N.Y., US:A) with a grant from the PROMOS program. She completed her doctorate at the FU Berlin within the framework of the Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies (BerGSAS) in the program: Landscape Archaeology and Architecture. During her academic career she participated in various field projects, i.e., in Turkmenistan, Iran and Germany. Currently, she is working as a post-doctoral researcher in the DFG-Project ISOSIBERIA based at the Eurasia Department of the German Archaeological Institute.
Emmerich Kamper, Theresa (Dr.)
Dr. Theresa Emmerich Kamper is an avid practitioner of traditional living skills and primitive technology of all kinds, and has tanned skins using traditional technologies for over twenty five years. She holds a Masters Degree in Experimental Archaeology from the University of Exeter, as well as a PhD on the microscopic analysis of prehistoric processed skin artefacts. She is currently an honorary research fellow with the University of Exeter and teaches practical courses across Europe, North America and the Near East on various tannage technologies as well as continuing to engage in research projects with a broad array of museum and academic institutions.
Espersen, Ryan (Dr.)
Ryan Espersen is an historical archaeologist, cultural heritage consultant, and public educator. Following his Research Masters in Archaeology at Leiden University in 2009, he obtained a Bachelor of Education (2011) to teach high school on the island of Saba, Dutch Caribbean as a means to start a local archaeological education program for both youth and adult residents. He co-founded the Saba Archaeology Center (SABARC) on Saba in 2012 and with government and NGO support, it expanded to include an archaeology office, lab, and museum. In 2012 he joined the European Transatlantic Slave Trade (EUROTAST) research group as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie early stage researcher for his PhD, hosted by Leiden University. He obtained his PhD in 2017 and have been consulting in heritage management and archaeology across the Netherlands and north-eastern Caribbean.
He is currently a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at the University of Cambridge, as the experienced researcher for project “No dollar too dark: free trade, piracy, privateering and illegal slave trading in the northeast Caribbean, early 19th century’”.
Fábrega-Álvarez, Pastor MA (MA)
Pastor Fábrega-Álvarez (Ourense, 1978; MA, 2003, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain). Technical staff member at the Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio (Institute of Heritage Sciences) (Incipit), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spanish National Research Council) (CSIC) in Spain. His fields of interest are the design of methodologies for analyzing and managing archaeological heritage from a geographic and landscape perspective.
Falconer, Steven E. (Prof. Dr.)
Steve Falconer is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. His archaeological studies focus on the rise and collapse of civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. His work particularly explores the roles of rural communities during the growth and periodic abandonment of Bronze Age cities. Steve has authored nearly 80 publications and served as a Fulbright Scholar in Cyprus during 2023-2024.
Fall, Patricia L. (Prof. Dr.)
Pat Fall is a Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. As a paleoecologist, her landscape studies investigate local and regional shifts in vegetation and land use triggered by climate change and human impacts. She conducts research in Polynesia and the Caribbean, as well as the Mediterranean and Middle East. Pat has authored nearly 100 publications, including articles in the Proceedings of the United States Academy of Sciences and in Nature Ecology and Evolution.
Fast, Kerry (Dr.)
Kerry Fast holds a PhD from the Centre for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto. Her doctoral research was a historical-anthropological study of Canadian women’s religious lives. In more recent years, she has focused her research attention on traditional, distinct Mennonite groups, which has taken her to Bolivia, Mexico, and across Canada where she has conducted ethnographic research in Mennonite communities.
