Chiara G. M. Girotto

Prehistoric Osteoarchaeologist & Archaeological Data Scientist

Curriculum Vitae Memberships

2021 – Present: Laboratory for Prehistoric Osteoarchaeology

Osteoarchaeological analyses and field services
Archaeological services
Data science consulting and visualisation for archaeological and other projects

2015 – 2025: Field Experience at Excavation Companies

Employed as archaeologist and anthropologist in Hesse and Bavaria
Experience in urban core and area excavations – Neolithic to early modern period
Specialised in burial sites, particularly those with complex stratigraphies
Excavation supervision, management, field technique, documentation and classical fieldwork

2020 – Present: PhD at LMU Munich

Transdisciplinary research at the Archaeobiocenter, network analysis and complex systems theory
Modelling Urnfield burial communities of the lower Main region
Supervised by Prof. Dr. C. Metzner-Nebelsick

2012 – 2018: Academic Foundations

2018: MA Prehistoric Archaeology, Goethe University Frankfurt (1.4)
2016: MSc Palaeopathology, Durham University (Distinction)
2015: BA Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Tübingen (1.4)

Osteoarchaeology

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anthropologie (GfA)
- Working Group: Freelance Osteoarchaeologists
- Working Group: Forensic Anthropology
British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (BABAO)
Cranfield Recovery and Identification of Conflict Casualties team (CRICC)

Archaeology

Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA)
European Association of Archaeologists (EAA)
Computer Applications & Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA)

Certifications

Anthropological State Collection Munich (2023)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anthropologie – certified freelance osteoarchaeologist (2019)
Chartered Institute for Archaeologists – Associate Member ACIfA (2019)

Facts & Figures

700+ skeletal finds analysed

25+ excavations

10+ years experience

30+ reports

5+ publications

4 languages

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