Dr. Henrike Effenberger, geb. Röhrs




Scientific career

12/2015  Graduation; Doctoral thesis: "Plant utilization and spread of innovations in plant cultivation within the Northern European Bronze Age and adjacent regions"

  • Analysis and assesment of charred and subfossil plant remains out of 23 settlement and burial sites of the Northern European Bronze Age and the Lausitzer culture
  • Supra-regional assessment of cereal spectra by comparison with published and unpublished material of isochronic sites from Europe by the use of a modified version of the Representativeness Index (RI) developed by Stika and Heiss (2013) 


04/2013 – 12/2015 Scientific researcher in the archaeobotanical section of the project "Settlements of the Bronze Age" of the Academy of Science and Literature Mainz


11/2012 – 03/2013 Scientific Assistent for archaeobotany at the Institute for Pre- and Protohistory of the University of Göttingen


10/2012 Master of Science; Master thesis: „Research on the Neolithic economy of the Funnelbeaker settlement Oldenburg-Dannau LA77, Schleswig-Holstein on the basis of charred plant remains “

  • Analysis and assessment of charred plant remains from different contexts and features of the Neolithic settlement site Oldenburg-Dannau LA77
  • Exemplary estimation of land use practises for the settlement and the surrounding area


02/2012 Intensive anthracological training at the Institute for Ecosystem Research at the University of Kiel


09/2010 – 10/2012 Scientific assistent in the project "Agriculture and Environment as Basis for Early Monumentality" of the SSP "Early Monumentality and Social Differentiation"; Activities: Sample preparation, macroremain analysis


09/2010 – 10/2012 Master program of the Insitute for Pre- and Protohistory of the University of Kiel


09/2010 Bachelor of Science; Bachelor thesis: „Archaeobotanical investigations on the Funnelbeaker Culture: Plant remains from the Megalithic tomb "Brutkamp" in Albersdorf, Schleswig Holstein“


11/2009 – 09/2010 Student assistent in the   project "Agriculture and Environment as Basis for Early Monumentality" of the SSP "Early Monumentality and Social Differentiation"; Activities: Sample preparation, macroremain analysis

 

10/2007 – 09/2010 Bachelor program of the Insitute for Pre- and Protohistory of the University of Kiel


Publications

  • Roehrs, H., Klooss, S.,  Kirleis, W., Evaluating prehistoric finds of Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum in north-western and central Europe with emphasis on the first Neolithic finds in northern Germany. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2012. (online-first) DOI 10.1007/s12520-012-0109-0.
  • Röhrs, H., Archäobotanische Untersuchungen zur Trichterbecherkultur: Die Pflanzenfunde aus dem Megalithgrab “Brutkamp” in Albersdorf, Schleswig-Holstein. Starigard – Jahresbericht des Fördervereins des Instituts für Ur- und Frühgeschichte der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 10, 2012, 33-38.
  • Effenberger, H., Zur pflanzlichen Nahrungswirtschaft der frühmittelalterlichen Siedlungen Gönnebek LA 109 und Högersdorf LA 54 im Kreis Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein. OFFA 71/72, 2014/2015 (in press).
  • Effenberger, H., Pflanzennutzung und Ausbreitungswege von Innovationen im Pflanzenbau der Nordischen Bronzezeit und angrenzender Regionen. Studien zur nordeuropäischen Bronzezeit 4, Neumünster 2017.
  • Effenberger, H., The plant economy of the Northern European Bronze Age - more diversity through increased trade with adjacent cultures, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany; DOI 10.1007/s00334-017-0621-3.
  • Effenberger, H., Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum revisited - a practical approach to understanding the frequent occurence of bulbs in prehistoric and historic context (in prep.).


Achievements

  • Archaeological Award 2011 of the Archaeological Society Schleswig-Holstein


Presentations on Conferences and poster

  • 4. – 9.07.2016 17th Conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany (IWGP) in Paris; Poster: "The Plant Economy of the Northern European Bronze Age - more than just Emmer and Barley -".
  • 15.11.2015 Tag der Archäologie an der Universität Kiel; Vortrag: "Auf den Teller geschaut: Pflanzliche Nahrungsmittel der Nordeuropäischen Bronzezeit".
  • 22. – 24.05.2015 Jahrestreffen der Arbeitsgruppe Archäobotanik der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft; Vortrag: "Neue Erkenntnisse zur Nahrungswirtschaft der Nordeuropäischen Bronzezeit mit Fokus auf Norddeutschland".
  • 06.05.2015 Bronze Age Round Table Universität Kiel; Vortrag: "What´s on the menu? - Regional aspects of the Northern European Bronze Age plant diet".
  • 27. – 29.09.2013 Autumn Conference of the Association for Environmental Archaeology (AEA) in Kiel; Vortrag: "The economy of the Northern European Bronze Age in Schleswig-Holstein..-29.06.2014 Jahrestreffen der Arbeitsgruppe Archäobotanik der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft; Vortrag: "Zur Wirtschaftsweise zweiter frühmittelalterlicher Siedlungen im Kreis Segeberg".
  • 27. – 29.09.2013 Autumn Conference of the Association for Environmental Archaeology (AEA) in Kiel; Vortrag: "The economy of the Northern European Bronze Age in Schleswig-Holstein.
  • 17. – 22.06.2012 16th Conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany (IWGP) in Thessaloniki; Poster: "Prehistoric finds of Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum in north-western and central Europe".
  • 27. – 29.05.2011 Jahrestreffen der Arbeitsgruppe Archäobotanik der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft; Vortrag: "Die Pflanzenfunde aus dem Megalithgrab "Brutkamp" in Albersdorf, Schleswig-Holstein".


Unpublished work on macroremains:

  • Analysis of material from the roman period settlement sitm Neustadt 2013-169