Contact
Department of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (341) 3550 - 350
fax: +49 (0341) 3550 - 399
e-mail: streiber@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2007-2012 | Ph.D. at the University of Leiden/ MPI-EVA; entitled:"Refining 14C dating of bone >30,000 BP: Establishing an accurate chronology for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in France" Supervisors:Mike Richards& Jean-Jacques Hublin |
1994-2001 | Master (Laurea) in Scienze Naturali (Natural Science) |
Professional Experience
2015- | Senior research scientist in Radiocarbon: Head of the radiocarbon team and laboratory at MPI-EVA Leipzig, Germany |
2012-2014 | PostDoc (Radiocarbon dating), Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA), Leipzig, Germany |
2002-2007 | Scientific researcher (Radiocarbon Laboratory Projects), Heidelberg Akademie der Wissenschaften, Heidelberg, Germany |
Training
2015 | Chronomodel Workshop: Bayesian chronology training day at Roscoff (Bretragne). The focus of the workshop was on new model using Bayesian to a better chronological resolution in an archaeological site using 14C and OSL dates |
2012 | INTIMATE Workshop: Bayesian chronology training day at Oxford. The focus of the workshop was on Bayesian depositional modeling and discussing different approaches, dataset types and software options (OxCal & Bacon) |
Professional Service
Occasional referee for a number of journals including:
- Journal of Archaeological Science
- Radiocarbon
- PNAS
- Journal of Human Evolution
- PLOS ONE
Teaching Experience
2013- | Introductory classes on Radiocarbon in Archaeology to postgraduates and first year doctoral students, as part of the courses of “The Leipzig School of Human Origins”, an International Max Planck Research School by the University of Leipzig and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Germany). |
Supervision of Graduate Students
2015- | PhD student at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA), in Leipzig, Germany |
Languages
- Italian
- English
- French
- German
Invited Lectures
2016 | Neanderthals meet Anatomically Modern Human? Radiocarbon vis-a-vis Rolex clock; ETH Zurich. |
2016 | The radiocarbon approach to Neanderthals in a carnivore den site. A well-defined chronology for Teixoneres cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain); IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Tarragona, Spain. |
2014 | The integrity of the Grotte du Renne (Arcy-sur-Cure, France) Châtelperronian sequence. A radiometric perspective; Amphithéâtre de l'Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, Paris. |
2012 | Neanderthals Re-evaluation; Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University. |
2012 | Comparison of Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition sites in Central France. An accurate chronology; IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Tarragona, Spain. |
Research Grants
2016- | INQUA: Cross checking of stratigraphic data (CROSSTRAT) |
Conference Presentations
2016 | ESHE European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Madrid: S. Talamo, M. Hajdinjak, M. A. Mannino, L. Fasani, F. Welker, F. Martini, F. Romagnoli, R. Zorzin, M. Meyer, J.-J. Hublin. Lifting the veil over the ‘Neanderthal’ mandible from Riparo Mezzena (Monti Lessini, Italy) using direct radiocarbon dating and genetic analyses. |
2016 | ESHE European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Madrid: H. Fewlass, S. Talamo, T. Tuna, Y. Fagault, B. Kromer, H. Hoffmann, C. Pangrazzi, J.-J. Hublin, E. Bard. Size matters: new frontiers in radiocarbon bone dating |
2016 | ESHE European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Madrid: F. Welker, M. Hajdinjak, S. Talamo, K. Jaouen, M. Dannemann, F. David, M. Julien, M. Meyer, J. Kelso, I. Barnes, S. Brace, P. Kamminga, R. Fischer, B. Kessler, J.R. Stewart, S. Pääbo, M.J. Collins, J.-J. Hublin. Palaeoproteomic evidence identifies archaic hominins associated with the Châtelperronian at the Grotte du Renne |
2016 | ESHE European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Madrid: M. Hajdinjak, M. Petr, U. Stenzel, H. Rougier, I. Crevecoeur, P. Semal, M. Soressi, S. Talamo, J.-J. Hublin, I. Gušić, Ž. Kućan, R. Pavao, L. V. Golovanova, V. B. Doronichev, C. Posth, J. Krause, P. Korlević, S. Nagel, B. Nickel, K. Prüfer, J. Kelso, Q. Fu, M. Meyer, S. Pääbo. Genetic analyses of five late Neandertals |
2016 | ESHE European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Madrid: Q.Fu,…. Population genetic history of Upper Palaeolithic Europe |
2015 | ESHE European Society for the study of Human Evolution, London: S. Benazzi, V. Slon, S. Talamo, F. Negrino, M. Peresani, S. Bailey, S. Sawyer, D. Panetta, G. Vicino, E. Starnini, M. A. Mannino, P. A. Salvadori, M Meyer, S. Pääbo, J.-J. Hublin. The makers of the Protoaurignacian and implications for Neandertal extinction |
2013 | Hugo Obermaier-Gesellschaft, 55. Jahrestagung Wien: S. Talamo; J.-J. Hublin; M. Julien, F. David, N. Connet, P. Bodu, B. Vandermeersch, M. Richards. Testing the integrity of the Grotte du Renne (Arcy-sur-Cure, France) Châtelperronian sequence: a radiometric perspective |
2013 | ESHE European Society for the study of Human Evolution,Vienna: S. McPherron, M. Soressi, M. Lenoir, T. Dogandžić, P. Goldberg, Z. Jacobs, Y. Maigrot, N. Martisius, C. E. Miller, W. Rendu, M. P. Richards, M. M. Skinner, T. E. Steele, S. Talamo, J.-P. Texier. New Data on the Context of the Middle Paleolithic Bone Tools from Abri Peyrony and Pech-de-l’Azé I (France) |
2012 | ESHE European Society for the study of Human Evolution,Bordeaux: S. Talamo, M.P. Richards, M. Roussel, M. Soressi, J.-J. Hublin. Comparison of Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition sites in Central France. An accurate chronology |
2012 | 21st International Radiocarbon Conference; Paris: S. Talamo, M.P., Richards, M. Roussel, M. Soressi, J.-J. Hublin. Comparison of Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition sites in Southwest France. An accurate chronology |
2013 | ESHE European Society for the study of Human Evolution,Vienna: S. McPherron, M. Soressi, M. Lenoir, T. Dogandžić, P. Goldberg, Z. Jacobs, Y. Maigrot, N. Martisius, C. E. Miller, W. Rendu, M. P. Richards, M. M. Skinner, T. E. Steele, S. Talamo, J.-P. Texier. New Data on the Context of the Middle Paleolithic Bone Tools from Abri Peyrony and Pech-de-l’Azé I (France) |
2009 | 20th International Radiocarbon Conference, Hawaii: S. Talamo and M.P. Richards. AMS sample comparison close to the limit of the method. A limit or challenge? |
2007 | ESF (European Science Fondation), Heidelberg: S. Talamo, B. Kromer, M. Friedrich, F. Kaiser, M. Schaub. Radiocarbon sequences from floating European Late Glacial pines – implications for radiocarbon calibration |
2004 | SCIEM 2000, Wien:B. Kromerand S. Talamo Regional 14C gradients between Central Europe and Anatolia – Evidence, Limits and Mechanisms |
Conference Posters
2016 | ESHE European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Madrid: A. Balzeau, V. Aldeias, L. Bruxelles, L. Chiotti, I. Crevecoeur, C. Daujeard, H. L. Dibble, P. Goldberg, A. Gómez-Olivencia, G. Guérin, S. Madeleine, S. J.P. McPherron, D. Sandgathe, C. Schwab, S. Talamo, J.-J. Hublin, A. Turq. New Data on the Context of the La Ferrassie 8 Neandertal child skeleton (Grand Abri of La Ferrassie, Dordogne, France) |
2016 | ESHE European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Madrid: P. Goldberg, V. Aldeias, A. Balzeau, L. Bruxelles, L. Chiotti, I. Crevecoeur, H. L. Dibble, A. Gómez-Olivencia, G. Guérin, J.-J. Hublin, B. Maureille, S. J.P. McPherron, S. Madeleine, D. M. Sandgathe, T. E. Steele, S. Talamo, A. Turq. On the context of the Neanderthal Skeletons at La Ferrassie, France: new evidence on old data |
2015 | ESHE European Society for the study of Human Evolution, London: G. Guérin, M. Frouin, C. Lahaye, N. Mercier, P. Goldberg, V. Aldeias, A. Turq, H. L. Dibble, S. P. McPherron, D. Sandgathe, J.-J. Hublin, B. Maureille, A. Balzeau, I. Crèvecoeur, A. Gómez-Olivencia, S. Talamo. First chronometric ages for La Ferrassie Neanderthals LF1 and LF8 and a comparison with the age of LF2. |
2014 | ESHE European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Florence: C. Verna, A. Rosas, L. Perez-Criado, J.-P. Faivre, S. Talamo, S. Sawyer, B. Voeltzel, S. Soriano. The "forgotten" Palaeolithic human remains from the site of Roc-en-Pail (France). Reassessment of the archaeological context and taxonomical diagnosis: a new Neandertal humerus |
2014 | 1839èmes journées scientifiques de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, Montpellier (France): C. Verna, J.-P. Faivre, B. Voeltzel, S. Talamo, S. Soriano. Les restes humains du site paléolithique de Roc-en-Pail (Chalonnes-sur-Loire, 49): 60 ans dans l'oubli |
2013 | ESHE European Society for the study of Human Evolution,Vienna: N. Zwyns; S. Gladyshev; B. Gunchinsuren; T. Bolorbat; A. Tabarev; T. Dogdanzic; N. Dörschner; K. Fitzsimmons; D. Flas; C. Gillam; A. Khatsenovich; S. McPherron; D. Odsuren; C. Paine; K.-E. Purevjal; M. Richards; J. Steward; S. Talamo. The Upper Paleolithic of the Ikh Tulberin Gol (Northern Mongolia) |
2008 | 3rd International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA3), University of York, York, U.K.: S. Talamo and M.P. Richards. Testing pretreatment methods for the radiocarbon dating of bone collagen. |
2008 | 3rd International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA3), University of York, York, U.K.: M. Mannino, S. Talamo, R. Di Salvo, V. Schimmenti, M. Piperno, S. Tusa, A. Tagliacozzo, and M.P. Richards. Preliminary results of C and N isotope analyses and 14C dating of prehistoric humans and animals from the Mesolithic-Neolithic site of Grotta dell’Uzzo, Sicily, Italy |
2004 | AGU Fall-session, San Francisco: S. Talamo, B. Kromer, M. Schaub, S. Remmele, K. F. Kaiser: Atmospheric Radiocarbon fluctuations in the Late Glacial obtained from tree-ring chronologies - aspects of rapid climate change |
2004 | Archeometria, Bressanone: S. Talamo, B. Kromer, M. Friedrich. Absolute time frame for the Early and middle Bronze age lake settlements in Northern Italy - combining the strength of Dendrochronology and Radiocarbon |
2004 | SCIEM 2000, Wien: S. Talamo, B. Kromer, P. Kuniholm. Bronze Age time scale in the Eastern Mediterranean |
2003 | 18th International Radiocarbon Conference, Wellington: S. Talamo and B. Kromer. No evidence of systematic regional 14C differences between Central Europe and Eastern Mediterranean |
Field Experience
2015 | Sampling missions for 14C dating: Cavallo cave; Prof. Fabio Martini in Italy |
2014 | Sampling missions for 14C dating: Grotta dei Santi cave, Dr. Adriana Moroni, in Italy Gorhams cave with Prof. Clive Finlayson, in Gibraltar |
2013 | Sampling missions for 14C dating: Vale Boi site, Prof. Nuno Bicho, in Portugal La Ferrassie site, Dr. Shannon McPherron, in France Stajnia, Hallera and Komarova caves, Prof. Mikolaj Urbanowski, in Poland |
2012 | Sampling missions for 14C dating IPHES for Teixoneres cave in Spain |
2011 | Sampling missions for 14C dating: University of Ferrarra for Rio Secco, Grotta Reali and Riparo Tagliente, Prof. M. Peresani and Prof. C. Peretto, in Italy |
2008-2009 | Sampling missions for 14C dating: Le Cottés site, Prof. Marie Soressi, in France |
2004-2007 | Sampling missions for 14C dating in France, Italy, Rumania, and Hungary during ESF Project of Euroclimate to extend the radiocarbon calibration by tree rings and to study climate event in the Late Glacial |
2003 | Sampling missions for 14C dating in Peru to establish a radiocarbon chronology of Nasca sites |
1996-1998 | 1) Field work at Castellaro Lagusello, Verona, Italy: Director, Leone Fasani. 2) Field work at Grotte du Lazaret, Nice, France: Director, Henry De Lumley |