Cognitive Archaeology Researcher

Submitted: 10/01/2024
Submitted By: Mohamed Sahnouni, CENIEH, Spain
Department: Archaeology
Institution: Spanish National Center for Research on Human Evolution (CENIEH)
Job type: Full time
Apply by: 10/15/2024
Application Email:
Application URL: https://www.cenieh.es/en/about-cenieh/vacancies/112024-invest-arqueolog-cognit

CENIEH is hiring for a full-time permanent research position in Cognitive Archaeology. This person needs to have a PhD and four years of effective postdoctoral experience or the equivalent.

Duties for the position include:

– Developing their own line of research on the origin and evolution of lithic technology during the Pleistocene and on early hominid behavior in general including fieldwork and laboratory work. Researcher should incorporate innovative methodologies using experimental archaeology to test hypotheses about paleolithic cognition as well as interdisciplinary approaches that combine archaeological data with insights from cognitive science, anthropology and evolutionary psychology.

– Direct and/or participate in Paleolithic archaeological excavations as well as competitive research projects in his/her field of expertise. Attract external resources to support its own line of research.

– Participate in the training or supervision of students (PhD, Master…) and teaching activities.

– Supervise and direct the research activities of the Prehistoric Lithic Technology Laboratory and of the Experimental and Taphonomy Laboratory in relation with the LITHO (lithotheque) and CET (traceology) collections or Cognitive Archaeology.

Application deadline is 2pm Central European Time on October 15, 2024.

Please see the "Basis of Cognitive Archaeology Researcher" and "Annex II: Phases and criteria of Cognitive Archaeology Researcher" documents on the application page for more details and instructions on how to apply.