We are looking for several student employees for the excavation and research project in Tell Saq / Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, in the Orient Department of the German Archaeological Institute

(Students of archeology or excavation technology) for on-site research work that will take place in autumn 2024 and spring 2025, as well as from the next possible date for processing at the Berlin location. Participation in excavations and participation in the reprocessing in Berlin can be linked.

 Areas of responsibility:

 • Participation in the archaeological excavation and documentation on site in the period late September - early December 2024 or February - April 2025 (shorter participation may be possible)

• Database entry or photographic or graphic documentation of artifacts

• Participation in conservation tasks (cleaning, packaging)

• Participation in English-language reporting on site

• Participation in the processing in Berlin (database, research data management, science administration)

requirements

• Enrollment at a university or college (BA or MA degree); In order to participate in the processing in Berlin, a residence in Berlin is required

• Reliability, ability to work in a team, flexibility

• Good to very good language skills in English

Requested

• Excavation experience and basic knowledge of the objectives and methodology of interdisciplinary archaeological research

• Interest in acquiring basic knowledge of the Arabic language

We offer

• Remuneration according to the DAI guidelines and (in Berlin) different working time models

• Working in an international team in an intercultural context

• Interdisciplinary research project (archaeology, geoarchaeology and hydrology) of the Bronze and Iron Ages (3rd - 1st millennium BC) in one of the large oases of northwest Arabia

• Stratigraphic excavations & application of innovative digital documentation technologies

• Induction to taking on scientific tasks independently:

Please send a meaningful CV and a short letter of motivation stating your interests to the project management by July 19, 2024 at the latest: PD Dr. Arnulf Hausleiter (arnulf.hausleiter@dainst.de). The local excavation managers Alina Zur MA and Julia Schönicke MA (alina.zur@dainst.de, julia.schoenicke@dainst.de) will be happy to answer questions about the individual tasks. We are looking forward to your contact.