Gökçe Öztürk

G2 PhD student

I am currently a second-year graduate student in archaeology at the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University. I am a member of the Warinner group and specialize in biomolecular techniques, including protein, lipid and stable isotope analysis, to investigate past human diets, subsistence practices, and the origins of dairying. I particularly focus on the Anatolia region, from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.

Mesa Redonda & Siete Arroyos Fieldwork, Villaverde, Spain

Bio

Originally from Antalya, I moved to Boston 2 years ago to begin my PhD. I hold a B.Sc. in Chemistry and a BA. in Archaeology and History of Art from Koç University, Istanbul. After completing my undergraduate studies, I moved to Germany to study archaeological science. I hold an M.Sc. in Archaeological Science and Human Evolution with a specialization in archaeometry from Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. I have been part of various lab groups since 2017, have joined several archaeological fieldwork projects in Turkey and Spain, and have been a member of the Kayalıpınar (Sivas, Turkey) excavation team since 2021.

In my master’s dissertation, I examined 8,000-year-old animal grazing behaviors in Neolithic Anatolia using stable isotope (carbon and nitrogen) analysis of sheep and goat bones. Following, I continued to work at the Laboratory for Isotopic and Bioarcheological Research (LIBRE) at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, focusing on isotopic analysis (carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and strontium) of human and faunal bone and dental remains.

For my doctoral studies, I focus on protein analysis from dental calculus using tandem mass spectrometry. I am interested in the Mediterranean region with a particular focus on Anatolia during the Epipaleolithic to Bronze Age periods. In addition to my research, I am interested in understanding human-animal-plant interactions; culture-biology relations; gender studies and politics in archaeological practice; and the history of archaeology in Turkey.

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