{"id":42379,"date":"2026-02-06T16:59:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaw.uni-mainz.de\/univ-prof-dr-maria-ivanova-bieg\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:42:56","slug":"univ-prof-dr-maria-ivanova-bieg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iaw.uni-mainz.de\/en\/univ-prof-dr-maria-ivanova-bieg\/","title":{"rendered":"Univ.-Prof. Dr. Maria Ivanova-Bieg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Maria Ivanova-Bieg is Professor of Prehistory at the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and head of the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology at the Institute of Ancient Studies. After completing her doctorate at the University of T\u00fcbingen, she worked at the Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute in Frankfurt, at the University of Heidelberg, and at the University of Vienna. Her research focuses on the European Neolithic. She studies material culture and social processes using an interdisciplinary approach that combines archaeology, cultural anthropology, and natural sciences. Her main research interests include the emergence and spread of early agro-pastoral societies, the development of social complexity in the Copper Age, and the formation of transregional exchange and communication networks across the Black Sea and Mediterranean regions. Current projects also address the earliest spread of ceramic technology in Central America and the associated economic and social changes. From 2023 to 2028, she is a fellow of the Gutenberg Research College of JGU Mainz.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-heading>\n\n\n\n