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
Personal Information
Nationality: | South African |
Education | Bishops Preparatory and Westerford Schools (Cape Town, South Africa), University of Cape Town, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPIEVA, Leipzig, Germany). |
Degrees
2016 | PhD:Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. What is Still Bay? Human biogeography reflected in Middle Stone Age point variability in time and space |
2010 | MSc in Archaeology (Masters Dissertation achieved with Distinction), University of Cape Town. Thesis title: Variability in Bifacial Technology at Elandsfontein: Ecological and Techno-economic Perspectives. |
2008 | MPhil in Environmental Law (Masters Dissertation achieved with Distinction), University of Cape Town. Thesis title: Opportunities and Constraints facing Private Sector Biodiversity Conservation: a South African perspective. |
2006 | BA (Honours) in Archaeology, University of Cape Town (UCT). |
2005 | BSSc majoring in Archaeology and Literature (UCT). |
Fieldwork
I have worked in commercial archaeological consultancy and heritage resource management and conservation for a number of years including directing excavations of numerous Pleistocene and Holocene localities in the Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Natal provinces of South Africa. I have also excavated Pleistocene sites in France, Germany, Lesotho, Ethiopia and Kenya and been involved in the associated data capture and analysis phases of all these projects.
I am also involved in a number of community based environmental resource development field projects, and I am interested in the use of archaeological resources as vehicles for job-creation and training in South Africa.
Research Interests
- African Stone Age
- Modern human biogeography
- Origins of modern humans
- Stone artefacts
- Regionalism
- Origins of the genus Homo
- Hominin seasonality
- Aquatic resource use
- Controlled experiments
- Quantitative approaches
- Excavation strategies
- Digital data capture
- Geometric Morphometrics
- Simulations
Awards
2010 | PPI award (publication initiative award) University of Cape Town. |
2009 | PAST (Paleoanthropological Scientific Trust) research grant. |
2009 | NRF (National Research Foundation) research grant. |
2008-2009 | Fox International Fellowship to Yale University USA. |
2008-2010 | Member of Golden Key Honours Society. |
2008 | PAST research grant. |
2008 | NRF research grant. |
2008 | CNRS/NRF Fellowship to CNRS Institute in Valbonne, France. |
Unrelated qualifications and memberships
- Dedicated professional hunter certification (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013).
- Member of Kaapjag and CHASA hunting associations.
- Reviewer for Journal of Archaeological Science.
- Member of Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
- Member of Palaeoanthropology Society.
- Surf Lifesaving Gold Medallion.
- PADI Openwater one and two diving certification.