Max-Planck-InstitutDepartment of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Daniel Richter
Associate Researcher
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Department of Human Evolution
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
Germany
e-mail: drichter@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Research Interests
Daniel Richter set up and installed the luminescence dating laboratory at the MPI-EVA. The major subject of his studies was hunter gatherer archaeology at the University of Tübingen (Germany) and archaeology at University College London (Great Britain). For his Master thesis he excavated a Mesolithic open air site (Rottenburg-Siebenlinden II) in southern Germany.
Initially trained as a Palaeolithic archaeologist, he switched to luminescence dating methods for his PhD to the Forschungsstelle Archäometrie der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften at the MPI for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg. During that time he received the major part of his training in luminescence at the LSCE at the CEA-CNRS in Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Subsequent to the PhD he became a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Geology at the McMaster University in Hamilton (Canada), where he received training in ESR-dating. Following his postdoctorate, he set up a luminescence dating laboratory at the Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear in Sacavèm (Portugal). Fieldwork for numerous dating projects was performed in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Morocco, Portugal, Spain and Syria.
Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
| 2004 | Scientist Luminescence Dating Laboratory |
| 2003-2000 | Scientist responsible for setting up and running a new Luminescence Dating Laboratory. |
| 1999-1997 | Postdoctoral Fellow at the luminescence laboratory |
| 1994-1993 | Guest Scientist for a total of 7 months at the Thermoluminescence Dating Laboratory Centre de Faibles Radioactivité (C.E.A.), C.N.R.S. in Gif-sur-Yvette, Paris, France |
| 1996-1993 | Scientist |
Education & Degrees
| 07/2009 | Privatdozent in Prehistory of the University of Leipzig |
| 07/2009 | Dr. phil. habil. of the University of Leipzig venia legendi for Prehistory Title of habilitation: "Fire, light and minerals: Application and development of dosimetric dating methods at the transition of Middle to Upper Palaeolithic |
| 1998 | Dr. rer nat University of Tübingen, Germany “Thermolumineszenzdatierungen erhitzter Silices aus mittel und jungpaläolithischen Fundstellen. Anwendung und methodische Untersuchungen”. |
| 1990-1989 | Archaeology University College London, Great Britain |
| 1997-1985 | Geology major subject: Prehistory of Hunter-Gatherers and Quaternary Ecology minor subjects: European Pre- and Protohistory; University of Tübingen, Germany |
Scientific Interests
- Multi-chronometric dating of archaeological sites (TL, OSL, ESR), with an emphasis on luminescence methods in the palaeolithic period, while incorporating palaeoclimate data.
- Development of dating methods and fundamental research in the luminescence of flint.
- Chronometric dating of archaeological transitions, especially from the Middle to the Upper Palaeolithic.
- Palaeoclimatology and human evolution.
- Calibration of glacial 14C data.
- Additional archaeometric interests in the sourcing of raw material
Publications
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