Peter F. Biehl
office
380 MFAC Ellicott Complex
SUNY Buffalo | Buffalo NY 14261
phone
(716) 645-2414 ext. 142
e-mail
pbiehl@buffalo.edu
title
Associate Director
academic appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
education
July 1995: Ph.D. in Archaeology. Institut für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Department of Prehistory and Protohistory), University of the Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany.
1985--1995: Undergraduate and graduate studies in prehistory, protohistory, history, sociocultural anthropology, German literature and geology at: University of Saarbrücken, Germany; University of Munich, Germany; Sorbonne University and Nanterre University Paris, France.
research interests
Neolithic and Copper Age Europe and Middle East
Archaeological Method and Theory
Cognitive Archaeology and the Social Meaning of Visual Imagery and
Representation
Archaeology of Cult and Religion
Multimedia in Archaeology
current research projects
Neolithic and Chalcolithic West Mound in Çatalhöyük, Turkey.
www.catalhoyuk.com | www.iema.buffalo.edu/Catalhoyuk
Neolithic Circular Enclosure in Goseck, Germany | www.praehist.uni-halle.de/goseck
Leonardo Da Vinci II Lifelong Learning Programme: E-learning as a tool of knowledge transfer in the field of protection and management of archaeological heritage |
www.archeo.amu.edu.pl/archeo/default.htm
Open Knowledge - Archaeology in the Digital Age | www.iema.buffalo.edu/multimedia
positions and previous appointments held
From October 2007
Associate Director of the Institute for European and Mediterranean
Archaeology at SUNY Buffalo
From January 2008
Member of the Steering Committee of the Digital Humanities Initiative at
Buffalo.
January 2006 – August 2007
Director of Studies in Anthropology and Archaeology at Girton College, University of Cambridge
From April 2007
Associate Editor of the Journal of World Prehistory (Springer) http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/anthropology+%26+archaeology/journal/10963?detailsPage=editorialBoard
From May 2006
Member of the Advisory Board of the Journal Archaeological Dialogues (Cambridge
University Press) http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayMoreInfo?jid=ARD&type=eb
October 2005 - August 2007
University Lecturer in Archaeological Theory and the Prehistory of Europe, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
From 2005
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the 12. Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Cracow, Poland
April 2005-July 2005
Guest lecturer at the Department of Prehistory and Protohistory, University of Freiburg, Germany.
December 2000-September 2005
Assistant Professor at the Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
October 2003 – September 2005
Member of the Senate Committee for Information Technology and Multimedia at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
October 2001-October 2003
Member of the Senate Committee for E-Learning at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
May 2000-present
Founding board member of the Center for Black Sea Archaeology, ZAKS.
March 2000-July 2000
Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation research fellow at the Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Oddzia in Krakow, Poland.
October 1998-September 2005
Reviews editor of the European Journal of Archaeology.
May 2000-present
Scientific translator for the Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society.
1999-2000
Guest lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley.
1996-1999
Postdoctoral research associate, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley.
scholarships and awards
2007
D M McDonald Grant of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University
of Cambridge: The West Mound at Catalhöyük project.
2006
D M McDonald Grant of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University
of Cambridge: The West Mound at Catalhöyük project.
2005
Nomination for the Copernicus Award of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) and
the German Research Foundation (DFG) (together with Dr. A. Marciniak).
October 2002- September 2005
Multimedia research grant from the State of Saxony-Anhalt/Germany including 1 full
time PhD position: The Neolithic Circular Enclosure in Goseck/Saxony-Anhalt.
2000
Research fellowship of the Bremer Kulturstiftung.
2000
Foreign research fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt- Foundation.
1996-1998
Feodor-Lynen research scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt- Foundation.
1990-1992
Dissertation Scholarship `Landesgraduiertenstipendium', University Saarbrücken.
1989
Erasmus scholarship for an advanced research seminar at the University of Cambridge, European Community.
publications
books
2003 Studien zum Symbolgut der Kupferzeit und des Neolithikums in Südosteuropa. Saarbrücker
Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, Bd. 64, 534 pp., hbk, (with CD-ROM, 1157 pp.), Bonn: Dr. Rudolt Habelt Verlag.
edited books
2001 Biehl, P.F. & Bertemes, F. (eds.),
The Archaeology of Cult and Religion. 286 pp., hbk,Archaeolingua: Budapest.
2002 Biehl, P.F., Gramsch, A. & Marciniak, A. (eds.),
Archaeologies of Europe. History, Methods and Theories/ Archäologien Europas. Geschichte, Methoden und Theorien. Tübinger Archäologische Taschenbücher 4, 590 pp., pbk, Waxmann Verlag: Münster, New York, München, Berlin.
In press Biehl, P.F. & Rassamakin, J. (eds.),
Import and Imitation in Archaeology. Schriften des Zentrums für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte des Schwarzmeerraumes, Bd. 11, 450 pp., hbk, Weissbach: Beier & Beran.
Forthcoming (scheduled for publication in fall 2008)
Bertemes, F., Biehl, P.F. & Meller, H. (eds.),
Neolithische Kreisgrabenanlagen in Europa / Neolithic Circular Enclosures in Europe. 520 pp., hbk, Veröffentlichungen des Landesamtes für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt - Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte.
articles
1996 Symbolic Communication Systems. Symbols on Anthropomorphic Figurines in Neolithic and
Chalcolithic Southeast Europe. In: Journal of European Archaeology Vol. 4, 1996, 153-176.
1996 Chancen und Gefahren der Analogiebildungen: Back again to Baringo? In: Ethnographisch-Archäologische Zeitschrift 37-2, 1996, 253-262.
1997 Europäische Archäologie und die Grenzen der Kommunikation: Die European Association of Archaeologists und ihr Second Annual Meeting in Riga. In: Ethnographisch-Archäologische Zeitschrift 38-1, 1997, 89-97 (with A. Gramsch).
1997 Overcoming the 'Mother-Goddess-Movement': A New Approach to the Study of Human Representations. In: A. Vasks (ed.), Selected Papers of the Second Annual Meeting European Association of Archaeologists in Riga/Latvia 1996, Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Science, Section A, No. 5/6, 59-67.
1998 Neue Trends in der amerikanischen Archäologie: Ein Bericht von der 63. Jahrestagung der SAA in Seattle. In: A. Gramsch & S. Reinhold (eds.) Rundbrief der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Theorie, 1998, Nr.1, 6-10.
1999 Analogy and Context: A Re-Construction of the Missing Link. In: Linda R. Owen & Martin Porr (eds.), Ethno-Analogy and the Reconstruction of Prehistoric Artefact Use and Production. Urgeschichtliche Materialhefte 14, MoVince Verlag: Tübingen, 13-26.
2000 The Construction of Hierarchy: Rethinking the Copper Age in Southeast Europe. In: Michael W. Diehl (ed.), Hierarchies in Action: Cui Bono? Center for Archaeological Investigations, Occasional Paper No. 27. Southern Illinois University: Carbondale, 181-209 (with A. Marciniak).
2000 Kontextuelle Archäologie: Zur Neubestimmung von Kontext und Analogie in der Vor- und Frühgeschichtsforschung. In: Alexander Gramsch (ed.), Vergleichen als archäologische Methode: Analogien in den Archäologien – mit Beiträgen einer Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Theorie (T-AG) und einer Kommentierten Bibliografie. BAR International Series: Oxford, 101-113.
2000 Neue Untersuchungen zur intentionalen Zerstörung frühkupferzeitlicher Menschenstatuetten Bulgariens. In: Slawomir Kadrow (ed.), A Turning of Ages. Im Wandel der Zeiten. Jubilee Book Dedicated to Professor Jan Machnik on his 70th Anniversary. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences Krakow Branch. Krakow, 25-45.
2000 Das Individuum und die Kommunikationsgemeinschaft in der Vorgeschichte. Zum erkenntnistheoretischen Potential der kontextuellen Merkmalanalyse am Beispiel der frühkupferzeitlichen Menschenstatuetten Bulgariens. In: Ivan Pavlu & Petr Sommer (eds.), Monumentum Jan Rulf, Památky Archeologické Supplementum. Academy of Science and Archaeological Institute: Praha, 39-54.
2001 The Archaeology of Cult and Religion: An Introduction. In: P.F. Biehl & F. Bertemes (eds.), The Archaeology of Cult and Religion, Archaeolingua: Budapest, 2001, 1-11 (with F. Bertemes).
2002 Introduction. In: Biehl, P.F., Gramsch, A. & Marciniak, A. (Hrsg.), Archäologien Europas. Geschichte, Methoden und Theorien / Archaeologies of Europe. History, Methods and Theories. Tübinger Archäologische Taschenbücher 3, Waxmann Verlag: Münster, New York, München, Berlin, 2002, 25-31 (with A. Gramsch & A. Marciniak).
2002 Hypermedia and Archaeology: A Methodological and Theoretical Framework. In: F. Niccolucci (ed.), Multimedia Communication for Cultural Heritage. Proceedings of the Multimedia Conference in Prato, Italy 2001, All'Insegna del Giglio: Florence, 147-153.
2003 Theorien und Methoden der Stilanalyse. In M.K.H. Eggert et al. (eds.) Zwischen Erklären und Verstehen: Beiträge zu den erkenntnistheoretischen Grundlagen archäologischer Interpretation. Tübinger Archäologische Taschenbücher Band 2, Münster: Waxmann, 125-153 (with R. Gleser).
2003 Archäologie Multimedial: Die archäologische Lehrgrabung in Goseck, Kreis Weissenfels. In: H. Hitzel (eds.), Archäologie und Neue Medien. Mitteilungshelft des Deutschen Archäologenverbandes, Bonn, 5-11 (with F. Bertemes & A. Northe).
2003 Die neolithische Kreisgrabenlange in Goseck, Kreis Weissenfels. In: Archäologie in Sachsen-Anhalt Vol. 2., 137-145 (with F. Bertemes, A. Northe & O. Schröder).
2003 The EAA in the Digital Age. In: The European Archaeologist 20, 2003, 12-14 (with A. Marciniak).
2004 The Online E-Reviews Section of the European Journal of Archaeology: In: The European Archaeologist 22, 2004, 5 (with A. Gramsch).
2004 Internationale Archäologische Forschung und der Einsatz von Multimedia-Datenbanken. In: Humoldt Kosmos, Mitteilungen der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, 2004, Nr. 83, 30.
2004 "'Multimedia Archaeology': Potentials and Dangers of Popularising Archaeology" . In: "Archaeology and the Public". M. Kucharik (ed.), Prague (in press) (with F. Bertemes & A. Northe).
2005 Das erkenntnistheoretische Potential einer Kognitiven Archäologie. Kritik zu: Hermann Müller-Karpe, Geschichtlichkeit des paläolithischen Menschen. Fakten und Anschauungen. In: Erwägen, Wissen, Ethik (EWE: former Ethik und Sozialwissenschaften (EuS)), 2005, Heft 1, 99-102.
2005 "Archäologie Multimedial". Die archäologischen Ausgrabungen in Goseck. In: Scientia Halensis 1, 2005, 5-6 (with F. Bertemes).
2005 Archäologie Multimedial: Potential und Gefahren der Popularisierung in der Archäologie. In: Archäologisches Nachrichtenblatt 10, 2005, 240-252.
2005 Goseck: Archäologie geht online. In: Archäologie in Deutschland, Heft 6, 2005, 36-38 (with F. Bertemes).
2005 Zwischen Himmel und Erde. In: Archäologie in Deutschland, Heft 6, 2005, 40-43 (with H. Becker, W. Schier and F. Bertemes).
2006 Figurines in Action: Methods and Theories in Figurine Research. In: Festschrift Peter Ucko: A Future for Archaeology - the Past as the Present. R. Layton, St. Shennan and P. Stone (eds.), UCL Press: London, 199-215.
2006 Materialität, Variabilität und Individualität kommunikativen Handelns in der Vorgeschichte. In: Pontos Euxeinos. Beiträge zur Archäologie und Geschichte des Antiken Schwarzmeer- und Balkanraumes. Festschrift Manfred Oppermann, S. Conrad et. al (eds.), Schriften des Zentrums für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte des Schwarzmeerraumes 10. Weissbach: Beier & Beran, 23-34.
2006 West Mound. Çatalhöyük 2006 Archive Report. http://www.catalhoyuk.com/downloads/Archive_Report_2006.pdf, 122-130 (with B. Erdo?u and E. Rosenstock).
2007 Enclosing Places: A Contextual Approach to Cult and Religion in Neolithic Central Europe. In: Malone, C. (eds.), Cult in Context. Comparative approaches to prehistoric and ethnographic religious practices. Oxford: Oxbow, 173-182.
2007 West Mound. Çatalhöyük 2007 Archive Report.
http://www.catalhoyuk.com/downloads/Archive_Report_2007.pdf (with E. Rosenstock).
In press Import, Imitation or Communication? Figurines from the Lower Danube and Mycenae. In: Biehl, P.F. & Rassamakin, J. (eds.), Import and Imitation in Archaeology. Schriften des Zentrums für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte des Schwarzmeerraumes, Bd. 11, 450 pp., hbk, Weissbach: Beier & Beran.
In press Introduction. In: Biehl, P.F. & Rassamakin, J. (eds.), Import and Imitation in Archaeology. Schriften des Zentrums für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte des Schwarzmeerraumes, Bd. 11, 450 pp., hbk, Weissbach: Beier & Beran (with J. Rassamakin).
In press Theoretical and Methodological Impact of the New Media in Archaeology. In: Proceedings of Computer Applications in Archaeology (CAA) Florence 2004, Budapest: Archaeolingua.
In press Measuring Time in the European Neolithic via Circular Enclosures. In: Renfrew, C. and Morley, I. (eds.), Measuring the World and Beyond. The Archaeology of Early Quantification and Cosmology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Forthcoming 'Poznan revisited'. Communicating archaeologies within Central Europe. In: Harding, A. and Venclova, N. (eds.) Communicating Archaeology. London: Sage (with A. Gramsch & A. Marciniak).
Forthcoming One community in two tells: Rethinking the relationship between Çatalhöyük East and West. In: Hansen, S. (ed.) Life on Tells as Social Practice. Proceedings of a conference held at the German Archaeological Institute Berlin, February 26-28, 2007 (with A. Marciniak).
Forthcoming Religion and Ritual Practice in Neolithic Europe. In: Yorke M. Rowan (ed.) Beyond Belief: Archaeology of Religion and Ritual. Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, AP3A volume 19.
reviews / editorials
1997 Buchbesprechung: Christina Marangou, Figurines et Miniatures du Néolithique Récent et du
Bronze Ancien en Grèce, BAR International Series 576, Oxford 1992. In: Saarbrücker Studien und Materialien zur Altertumskunde, Bd. 4/5, 1995/96, 273-292.
2000 Book Marks. In: European Journal of Archaeology 3.1., 2000, 113-114 (with A. Gramsch).
2000 Book Marks. In: European Journal of Archaeology 3.3., 2000, 407-408 (with A. Gramsch).
2001 Book Marks. In: European Journal of Archaeology 4.1., 2001, 131-132 (with A. Gramsch).
2001 Book Marks. In: European Journal of Archaeology 4.2., 2001, 271-273 (with A. Gramsch).
2002 Book Marks. Recent Publications in Landscape Archaeology. In: European Journal of Archaeology 5.1., 2002, 86-88 (with A. Gramsch).
2002 Book Marks. Communicating Archaeology. In: European Journal of Archaeology 5.2., 2002, 249-250 (with A. Gramsch).
2002 Book Marks. Matters of Identity. In: European Journal of Archaeology 5.3., 2002, 343-344 (with A. Gramsch).
2003 Book Marks. Progress in Archaeology. In: European Journal of Archaeology 6.1., 2003, 89-90 (with A. Gramsch).
2003 Book Marks. Who Owns the Past. In: European Journal of Archaeology 6.2., 2003, 193-194 (with A. Gramsch).
2004 Book Marks. Reflexivity in Archaeology. In: European Journal of Archaeology 7.1., 2004, 81-82 (with A. Gramsch).
2004 Book Marks. Archaeological Potentials. In: European Journal of Archaeology 7.2., 2004, 199-201 (with A. Gramsch).
encyclopedia articles
2002 European Archaeology. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Pergamon, Elsevier Science: Amsterdam, Lausanne, New York, Oxford, Singapore, Tokyo.
2002 The Archaeology of Europe (under the topic World Cultural Heritage). Unesco Eolss Encyclopedia. Oxford (with A. Marciniak)
In press The Archaeology of Europe (under the topic World Cultural Heritage). Unesco Eolss Encyclopedia. Oxford (with A. Marciniak)
professional memberships
American Anthropological Association
Archäologische Gesellschaft in Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.
European Association of Archaeologists
Society for American Archaeology
Theorie-AG Deutschland
Verein zur Förderung des Landesmuseums für Vorgeschichte Halle