Jeremy Alexander Beller

Jeremy Alexander Beller is currently a Research Fellow at the SFF Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour (SapienCE) within the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion at the University of Bergen. His work focuses on understanding human behavioral evolution through geoarchaeological and lithic analysis, particularly in the Levant and southern Africa.

Research Interests:

• Use of geological data to reconstruct ancient human behavior
• Lithic raw material procurement strategies in Paleolithic contexts
• Hominin mobility patterns and resource utilization
• Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Pleistocene refugia
• Integration of archaeometric techniques with traditional field methods

Recent work emphasizes collaborative projects like the Jordan Predictive Palaeoanthropology Project and investigations at Blombos Cave, South Africa. His 2024 publications address Azraq Basin prehistory, Levantine refugia, and Middle Stone Age lithic technology.

Funding: Supported by Research Council of Norway grant 262618. Active in international conferences including European Association of Archaeologists and Society for American Archaeology.

Laboratory Affiliations: Works within SapienCE's multidisciplinary team focusing on early Homo sapiens behavior. Utilizes geochemical and geospatial methodologies in fieldwork.