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Yasemin Menemenli is a Ph.D. student in archaeology at Umeå University, focusing on the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Turkey. She completed her BA in Art History and Archaeology at the University of Hull in 2017, followed by an MA in Mesolithic Studies at the University of York in 2019. Her undergraduate thesis investigated early farming communities in the Marmara region dated back to 6000-5400 cal. BC, while her MA thesis centered on Mesolithic watercraft in North-West Europe. Currently, her doctoral research explores the origins of agriculture in the Near East and its spread into Europe, emphasizing the social and chronological contexts of these transitions. Her research interests encompass archaeological theory, World Prehistory, mortuary studies, material culture, human-landscape interactions, early belief systems, isotopes, radiocarbon dating, ancient DNA, cognitive archaeology, as well as wetland and underwater archaeology. Menemenli adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to understand the socio-cultural characteristics of Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic communities in Anatolia through comprehensive analysis of archaeological reports and modern archaeological paradigms.
Requirements are standard for Master's programs across Social Sciences and Humanities at Umeå. English 6 proficiency is the general rule.