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Sarah Ann BENDER

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Sarah Bender

Sarah Ann Bender is a University Assistant PraeDoc and doctoral candidate at the Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology in the Faculty Centre of Archaeology at the University of Vienna. Her research project investigates how Gravettian hunter-gatherers strategically organized their activities across large open-air sites in Eastern Central Europe during the increasingly severe climatic conditions leading into the Last Glacial Maximum. Through her work, she aims to better understand how these sites formed, how repeated occupations influence what is interpretable in the archaeological record, and how spatial patterns can inform our understanding of prehistoric behavioural flexibility and human resilience to climatic change.

 

Academic Education:

  • PhD in Palaeolithic Archaeology, University of Vienna (Oct 2026 – present)
  • MSc in Human Paleobiology, The George Washington University (Aug 2024 – May 2026)
  • BA (Honors) in Anthropology; Certification in GIS, University of South Alabama (Aug 2018 – Dec 2023)

 

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