CRC 806 - Project Affiliation:

Project E8
Faunal assemblages and biomes at the anthropological frontier around 50-40 ka BP

Project Z3
Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG)

Scientific Interests:

• Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transition
• Late Neanderthals and Early Modern Humans

• Early Later Stone Age
• MSA to LSA Transition
• Modern Behaviour in the African Middle Stone Age

Education:

Since 2020: Research Associate in CRC 806, Project E8, University of Cologne.

April 2019: M.A. in Prehistory, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

M.A. thesis: The Use of Rock Crystal in the European Paleolithic with special regard to the finds from Burgundy

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Floss

September 2016: B.A. in Classical Archaeology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Research Related Grants:

Master-Scholarship: Dr. Daniel Schuhmann-Foundation, Lörrach

Field Work / Research Assignments:

• May 2019: Marathousa I, Greece, Lower Palaeolithic
• February - March 2016, 2017: Sibudu Rockshelter, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Middle Stone Age
• August - September 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019: Burgundy, France: Germolles, Germolles en Roche, Saint-Martin-sous-Montaigu, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic
• July 2013: Karabournaki, Greece, Archaic

Appointments:

• 2017 - 2019: Research Assistant at the Kohl-Larsen-Collection (Mumba Cave, Tanzania), Department for Early Prehistory and Quaternary, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
• 2018 - 2019: Student Assistant at the public collection, Department for Early Prehistory and Quaternary, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
• 2013 - 2016: Student Assistant in the library, Department for Classical Archaeology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Professional Memberships:

• Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte Blaubeuren - GfU

Publications:

Arlt, S. & Floss, H. 2020 (in prep.). The Use of Rock Crystal in Upper Palaeolithic Southern Burgundy and Its Implication for Symbolic Behaviour.

Conard, N. & Arlt, S. 2020 (in prep.). The Mumba Industry (Bed V) from Mumba Cave, Tanzania.