Andrea Santamaria

Dr. Andrea Santamaria serves as a Researcher at the Institute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology within Kiel University, actively contributing to the ROOTS Cluster of Excellence. Her institutional affiliation centers on interdisciplinary research examining ancient societal transformations through material culture and environmental contexts.

Her scholarly focus spans foundational and specialized archaeological domains, structured as follows:

• Core discipline: Archaeology
• Period specialization: Prehistoric Archaeology, Protohistoric Archaeology
• Thematic concentrations: Social Archaeology, Environmental Archaeology, Cultural Heritage

Within the ROOTS Cluster framework, her work integrates cross-disciplinary methodologies to analyze connectivity patterns in past human societies, emphasizing socio-ecological dynamics and cultural evolution across Eurasian landscapes during formative historical periods.