Václav Hrnčíř
Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (0) 341 3550 285
e-mail:
vaclav_hrncir@[>>> Please remove the text! <<<]eva.mpg.de
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About me
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution. I am focusing on cross-cultural research using data from eHRAF World Cultures or D-PLACE. So far, I have done research on different topics such as slavery, architecture, weapons, post-marital residence or human mobility in general.
In DLCE, I study production and consumption of alcoholic beverages in non-industrial societies. My main research questions are: 1) Why some societies produce alcoholic beverages, while others do not; and 2) what exactly is the causal relationship between alcohol consumption and social complexity.
Curriculum Vitae
| 2022- present | Postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig |
| 2020-2022 | Postdoctoral researcher at Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology, Prague |
| 2016-2020 | Ph.D. in Prehistoric and Medieval Archeology, Charles University, Prague. Thesis: Mobility of individuals and populations in the prehistoric period. Confrontation of archaeological, ethnological and natural scientific methods |
| 2013-2016 | M.A. in Archaeology, University of Hradec Králové. Thesis (in Czech): Slavery in Preliterate Societies and the Possibilities of Archaeological Research |
| 2010-2013 | B.A. in Applied Technologies in Archaeology, University of Hradec Králové. Thesis (in Czech): Construction and Function of Longhouses in the Ethnographic Context. Applied 3D Reconstruction |
Publications
2022
Hrnčíř, V., & Chira, A.-M. (2022). Why don't they get drunk? Alcoholic beverages in non-industrial societies. Talk presented at Cultural Evolution Society (CES) 2022. Aarhus, Denmark. 2022-09-21 - 2022-09-23.
2021
Květina, P., Hrnčíř, V. & Trampota, F. (2021). Hidden social identity? Neolithic pottery traditions and radiocarbon chronology. Presentation at 27th EAA Virtual Annual Meeting (on-line).
2020
Hrnčíř, V., Květina, P. & Vondrovský, V. (2020) Post-marital residence patterns in Early Neolithic Central Europe: Models beyond the bioarchaeology. Presentation at 26th EAA Virtual Annual Meeting (on-line).
2019
Hrnčíř, V., Duda, P., Květina, P. & Šaffa, G. (2019). Identifying post-marital residence patterns in prehistory: A phylogenetic cross-cultural analysis. Presentation at the 6th International Conference of PTNCE (Prague, Czechia).
Květina, P. & Hrnčíř, V. (2019). Identification of post-marital residence patterns in prehistory. Case from European Neolithic. Presentation at the 84th SAA Annual Meeting (Albuquerque, USA).
2018
Hrnčíř, V. (2018). Childhood Mobility: Strontium Isotope Perspective. Presentation at the 24th EAA Annual Meeting (Barcelona, Spain).
2015
Hrnčíř, V. & Květina, P. (2015). Archaeology of Slavery in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Presentation at the conference Connecting Continents: Archaeological Perspectives on Slavery, Trade and Colonialism (Willemstad, Curacao).