Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia MEISTER

upon request

Garbe, P.; El-Raouf, A.; Es-Senussi, A.; Lange-Athinodorou, E.; Meister, J. (2024): Lost and potentially found: The location of the ’Temple of Hermes’ at ancient Bubastis in the Nile Delta (Egypt). E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 73(1), 95-99. https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-73-95-2024

Leceta, F.; Binder, C.; Mader, C.; Mächtle, B.; Marsh, E.; Dietrich, L.; Reindel, M.; Eitel, B.; Meister, J. (2024): The impact of agriculture on tropical mountain soils in the western Peruvian Andes: a pedo-geoarchaeological study of terrace agricultural systems in the Laramate region (14.5°S). SOIL, 10, 727–761. https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-727-2024

Mader, C.; Viteri Toledo, T.; Conrad, C.; Schubert, H.; Mauricio Llonto, A.C.; Isla, J.; Reindel, M.; Meister, J. (2024): Arqueología de las dependencias en América Latina: una introducción. Boletín de Arqueología PUCP, 34. https://doi.org/10.18800/boletindearqueologiapucp.202401.000

Mader, C.; Godde, P.; Behl, M.; Binder, C.; E. Hägele; Isla, J.; Leceta, F.; Lyons, M.; Marsh, E.; Odenthal, R.; Fernengel, E.; Stryjski, P.; Weber; A.K.; Reindel, M.; Meister, J. (2024): An integrative approach to ancient agricultural terraces and forms of dependency: the case of Cutamalla in the prehispanic Andes. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, 3.  https://doi.org./10.3389/fearc.2024.1328315

Garbe, P., El‐Raouf, A. A., Es‐Senussi, A., Lange‐Athinodorou, E., & Meister, J. (2024). Holocene landscape reconstruction in the surroundings of the Temple of Pepi I at ancient Bubastis, southeastern Nile Delta (Egypt). Geoarchaeology, 39, 17–34. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21981

Qader, W.; Mir, S.; Meister, J.; Dar, R.A.; Madella, M.; Rashid, I. (2023): Sedimentological perspective on phytolith analysis in palaeoecological reconstruction. Earth-Science Reviews, 244, 104549 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104549

Meister, J.; von Suchodoletz, H.; Zeeden, C. (2023): Preface: Quaternary research from and inspired by the first virtual DEUQUA conference. E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 72, 185–187, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-72-185-2023

Mader, C.; Reindel, M.; Isla, J.; Behl, M.; Meister, J.; Hölzl, S. (2023): In the land of the apu: Cerro Llamocca as a sacred mountain and central place in the pre-Columbian Andes of southern Peru. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 49, 104045, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104045 

Garbe, P.; Lange-Athinodorou, E.; Meister, J. (2023) : Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen im altägyptischen Nildelta. Geographische Rundschau, 75 (5), 10–16, https://www.westermann.de/anlage/4654308/Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen-im-altaegyptischen-Nildelta

Ullmann, T.; Möller, E.; Baumhauer, B.; Lange-Athinodorou, E.; Meister, J. (2022): A new Google Earth Engine tool for spaceborne detection of buried palaeogeographical features – examples from the Nile Delta (Egypt). E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 71, 243–247, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-71-243-2022

Hermann, N.; Stadtmann, R.; Meister, J.; Kirchner, A. (2022): Importance of substrate genesis for Mediterranean soil evolution – An example from a limestone hillslope in the Estremadura (W-Portugal). Catena, 218, 106566, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106566

Kirchner, A.; Hermann, H.; Madras, P.; Müller, I.; Meister, J.; Schattner, T. (2022): A pedo-geomorphological view on land use and its potential in the surroundings of the ancient Hispano-Roman city Munigua (Seville, SW-Spain). E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 71, 123–143, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-71-123-2022

Dietrich, L., Dietrich, O., Meister, J. (2022): Hermetic Cereal Storage in the Bronze Age: Evidence from the Gáva Culture Settlement at Rotbav, Transylvania. Documenta Praehistorica, 49, 2–10, https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.49.1

Heckmann, T.; Meister, J.; Dietze, E.; Krautblatter, M. (2022): Special Issue Editorial: German Society for Geomorphology. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47(7), 1686–1697, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5392

Trappe, J.; Büdel, C.; Meister, J.; Baumhauer, R. (2022): Combining geophysical and geomorphological data to reconstruct the development of the relief of a medieval castle site in the Spessart low mountain range, Germany. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47(1), 228–241, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5242  

El-Raouf, A.; Iqbal, I.; Meister, J.; Abdelrahman, K.; Alzahrani, H.; Badran, O.M. (2021): Earthflow reactivation assessment by multichannel analysis of surface waves and electrical resistivity tomography: a case study. Open Geosciences, 13, 1328–1344, https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2020-0310

Meister, J.; Garbe, P.; Trappe, J.; Ullmann, T.; Es-Senussi; A.; Baumhauer, R.; Lange-Athinodorou, E.; El-Raouf, A. (2021): The sacred waterscape of the Temple of Bastet at ancient Bubastis, Nile Delta (Egypt). Geosciences, 11, 385, https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11090385

Meister, J.; Lange-Athinodorou, E.; Ullmann, T. (2021): Preface: Special issue “Geoarchaeology of the Nile Delta”.- In: E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 70(2), 187–190, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-187-2021

Scherer, S.; Höpfer, B.; Deckers, K.; Fischer, E.; Fuchs, M.; Kandeler, E.; Lechterbeck, E.; Lehndorff, E.; Lomax, J.; Marhan, S.; Marinova, E.; Meister, J.; Poll, C.; Rahimova, H.; Rösch, M.; Wroth, K.; Zastrow, J.; Knopf, T.; Scholten, T.; Kühn, P. (2021): Middle Bronze Age land use practices in the north-western Alpine foreland – A multi-proxy study of colluvial deposits, archaeological features and peat bogs. SOIL, 7, 269–304, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-269-2021

Kraushaar, S.; Konzett, M.; Kiep, J.; Siebert, C.; Meister, J. (2021): Suitability of phytoliths as a quantitative process tracer for soil erosion studies. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46(9), 1797–1808, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5121

Näser, C.; Gussone, M.; Kennedy, W.; Klein, T.; Knitter, D.; Krause, J.; Meister, J.; Schmid, S.G.; Schütt, B.; Bebermeier, W.; Gerlach, I.; Kohlmeyer, K.; Marzoli, D.; Müller-Neuhof, B.; von Rummel, P.; Sack, D.; Wulf-Rheidt, W. (2021): Investigating Marginality within the Framework of Socio-Ecological Interaction Models.- In: Knitter, D.; Schier, W.; Schütt, B. (Hrsg.), Berlin: Edition Topoi, 74, DOI: 10.17171/3-7, https://www.edition-topoi.org/books.

Ullmann, T., Nill, L., Schiestl, R., Trappe, J., Lange-Athinodorou, E., Baumhauer, R., and Meister, J. (2020): Mapping buried paleogeographical features of the Nile Delta (Egypt) using the Landsat archive, E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 69, 225–245, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-69-225-2020

Dietrich, L.; Götting-Martin, E.; Hertzog, J.; Schmitt-Kopplin, P.; McGovern, P.E.; Hall, G.R.; Petersen, W.C.; Zarnkow, M.; Hutzler, M.; Jacob, F.; Ullman, C.; Notroff, J; Ulbrich, M.; Flöter, E.; Heeb, J.; Meister, J.; Dietrich, O. (2020): Investigating the function of Pre-Pottery Neolithic stone troughs from Göbekli Tepe – An integrated approach. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 34, 102618 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102618).

Lüthgens, C.; Sauer, D.; Zech, M.; Briant, B.; Brown, E.; Dietze, E.; Fuchs, M.; Klasen, N.; Lukas, S.; May, J.-H.; Meister, J.; Reimann, T.; Rixhon, G.; Ruszkiczay-Rüdiger, Z.; Salcher, B.; Sprafke, T.; Unkel, I.; von Suchodoletz, H.; and Zeeden, C.: Editorial: E&G Quaternary Science Journal – a community-based open-access journal, E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 68, 243–244, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-68-243-2020, 2020.

Lehnhardt, E.; Błażejewski, A.; Madera, P.; Meister, J. (2019): Pielgrzymowice - An iron smelting site of the Przeworsk culture from the Roman period in Silesia. Przegląd Archeologiczny, vol. 67: 177-230, PL ISSN 0079-7138.
https://doi.org/10.23858/PA67.2019.009

Lange-Athinodorou, E.; Abd el-Raouf, A.; Ullmann, T.; Trappe, J.; Meister, J.; Baumhauer, R. (2019): The Sacred Canals of the Temple of Bastet at Bubastis (Egypt): New Findings from Geomorphological Investigations and Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 26, 101910, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101910

Dietrich, L.; Meister, J.; Dietrich, O.; Notroff, J.; Kiep, J.; Heeb, J.; Beuger, A.; Schütt, B. (2019): Cereal processing at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe, southeastern Turkey. PLoS ONE, 14(5): e0215214. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215214

Meister, J.; Knitter, K.; Krause, J.; Müller-Neuhof, B.; Schütt B. (2019): A pastoral landscape for millennia: Investigating pastoral mobility in northeastern Jordan using quantitative spatial analyses. Quaternary International, 501, 364-378, https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.08.038

Meister, J.; Rettig, R.; Schütt B. (2018): Ancient runoff agriculture at Early Bronze Age Jawa (Jordan): Water availability, efficiency and food supply capacity. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, vol. 22: 359-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.06.033

Meister, J.; Krause, J.; Müller-Neuhof, B. (2018): Early Bronze Age Jawa – an artificial Oasis in the Basalt Desert. In: Berking, J. & Schütt, B. [Eds]: Water Harvesting in Drylands – Water Knowledge from the Past for our Present and Future. 40-47, München, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. ISBN: 978-3-89937-238-0

Meister, J. (2017): Human-Environmental Interactions in Northeastern Jordan (Dissertation). http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/diss/receive/FUDISS_thesis_000000105316

Meister, J.; Krause J.; Müller-Neuhof B.; Portillo M.; Reimann T.; Schütt B. (2017): Desert agricultural systems at EBA Jawa (Jordan): Integrating archaeological and paleoenvironmental records. Quaternary International, vol. 434 (Part B): 33–50. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.12.086

Bebermeier, W.; Meister, J.; Withanachchi, C. R.; Middelhaufe, I.; Schütt, B. (2017): Tank cascade systems as a sustainable measure of watershed management in South Asia, In: Water, 9(3), 231: 1-16. doi:10.3390/w9030231

Bebermeier, W.; Beck, D.; Gerlach, I.; Klein, T.; Knitter, D.; Kohlmeyer, K.; Krause, J.; Marzoli, D.; Meister, J.; Müller-Neuhof, B.; Näser, C.; von Rummel, P.; Sack, D.; Schmid, S. G.; Schütt, B.; Wulf-Rheidt, U. (2016): Ancient Colonization of Marginal Habitats. A Comparative Analysis of Case Studies from the Old World. eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies, Special Volume 6: Space and Knowledge. Topoi Research Group Articles. 1–44. http://journal.topoi.org/index.php/etopoi/article/view/250/258

Schütt, B.; Bebermeier, W.; Meister, J.; Withanachchi, C. R. (2013): Characterisation of the Rota Wewa tank cascade system in the vicinity of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Die Erde, vol. 144 (1): 51-68. doi:10.12854/erde-144-4

Berking, J.; Meister, J.; Ullrich, B.; Schott, M.; Kaufmann, G.; Schütt, B. (2011): Geoarchaeological Methods for Landscape Reconstruction at the Excavation Site of Naga, Central Sudan. Die Erde, vol. 142 (3): 289-313. doi:10.12854/erde.v142i3.37

Rixhon, G; Meister, J.; Unkel, I.; eds (in preparation): Special Issue Quaternary research in times of change – inspired by INQUA Roma 2023. E&G Quaternary Science Journal (EGQSJ).

Meister, J.; von Suchodoletz, H.; Zeeden, C.; eds (2023): Special Issue Quaternary research from and inspired by the first virtual DEUQUA conference. E&G Quaternary Science Journal (EGQSJ).

Heckmann, T.; Meister, J.; Dietze, E.; Krautblatter, M.; eds. (2022): Special Issue ‘German Society for Geomorphology’. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (ESPL).

von Suchodoletz, H.; Dietze, E.; Dietze, M.; Meister, J.; Wrozyna, C.; Zeeden, C.; Kreutzer, S.; eds (2021): Book of Abstracts, virtual DEUQUA 2021, Deutsche Quartärvereinigung e.V. (German Quaternary Association). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5526214

Meister, J.; Lange-Athinodorou, E.; Ullmann, T.; eds. (2021): Special Issue Geoarchaeology of the Nile Delta. E&G Quaternary Science Journal (EGQSJ).

• since 2023: Board member of the Hanna Bremer Foundation (HBS)
• since 2023: Advisory Board Member of the DEUQUA
• since 2022: Advisory Board Member of the German Society for Geomorphology (DGGM)
• since 2022: Editorial Advisory Board member of the journal Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
• since 2019: Associate editor of the journal `E&G Quaternary Science Journal (EGQSJ)', Copernicus
• since 2018: Member of the Würzburger Altertumswissenschaftliches Zentrum
• 2018-2020: Board member of the German Working Group for Geomorphology (representative of the German Young Geomorphologists)
• 2013 - 2015: Board member of the German Young Geomorphologists, 2015 - 2019 Co-speaker of the German Young Geomorphologists

• Lehrstuhl für Ur- und Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie, Universität Würzburg
• Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Athen
• Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Kommission für Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen
• Exzellenzcluster Beyond Slavery and Freedom: Asymmetrical Dependencies in Pre-Modern Societies, Universität Bonn
• Frobenius-Institut für kulturanthropologische Forschung und Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
• Vor- und Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg
• Lehrstuhl für Ägyptologie, Universität Würzburg
• Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Berlin
• Institut für Geographische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin
• Max-Planck-Institut für Menschheitsgeschichte, Jena
• Department of Geography and Regional Research, Universität Wien
• Institut für Geographie, Universität Hildesheim
• Department of Botany und Department of Earth Sciences, University of Kashmir

Phytolith-Laboratory

• 2023: Science Award for Physical Geography of the Prof. Dr. Frithjof Voss Foundation, September 2023, Frankfurt
• 2022: Postdoc Award of the German Society for Geomorphology (DGGM), November 2022, Munich.
• 2017: Dissertation Prize: Meister, J. (2017): Human-Environmental Interactions in Northeastern Jordan.  6-month travel scholarship of the German Archaeological Institute (8500 €), May 2017, Berlin
• 2016: Best Poster Award: Meister, J.; Krause, J.; Müller-Neuhof, B.; Portillo, M; Reimann, T.; Rettig, R.; Schütt, B. (2016): Desert agricultural terrace systems at EBA Jawa (Jordan) - Layout, water availability and efficiency. Annual meeting of the German Working Group for Geomorphology, October 2016, Jena
• 2014: Young Scientist Award (1st price, oral presentation): Meister, J.; Krause, J.; Müller-Neuhof, B.; Schütt, B. (2014): Water Management Systems of Jawa, Jordan. 3rd International Landscape Archaeology Conference, September 2014, Rome

present student assistants

• Martin Behl (since 2022)
• Franziska Füller (since 2023)
• Elena Hägele (since 2023)
• Konstantin Schulte (since 2023)
• Chris-Samuel Wandsleb (since 2023)

former student assistans

• Moritz Bergmann (2022-2023)
• Christoph Binder (2019-2021)
• Jessica Chmiela, B.Sc. (2019-2020)
• Nico Döring, B.Sc. (2020-2021)
• Philipp Garbe, B.Sc. (2018-2020)
• Laura Grüner (2022)
• Iris Müller, B.Sc. (2018-2020)
  Pia Neuburger (2022-2024)
• Milo Nürnberger (2022-2023)
• Lilly Schell (2022-2023)
• Jana Scherg (2022)
• Ann-Kristin Weber (2022-2023)
• Tom Wolf (2021)

Please register in advance with Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Meister (julia.meister@uni-wuerzburg.de).

The international workshop "Geoarchaeology of the Nile Delta: Current research and future perspectives" will be held from November 29 to 30, 2019 at the University of Würzburg, organized by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Meister (Physical Geography) and Dr. Eva Lange Athinodorou (Egyptology). In order to investigate human-environmental interactions in the Nile Delta, the workshop will focus on the following topics:

• Sediment analyses (e.g. geochemistry, microfossils, dating) to understand landscape dynamics in the vicinity of archaeological sites
• Archaeological surveys; spatial analyses using geographical information systems, remote sensing data, historical maps and geophysical prospection
• Reconstruction of the Holocene landscape development in the Nile delta (e.g. Nile branches)
• Interactions between fluvial dynamics of the Nile, Holocene landscape development and settlement history
• Reconstruction of local water management systems (e.g. canals, lakes)

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