Laura Waldvogel is an archaeologist specialized in the study of European Neolithic social structures based on funerary data. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratoire d’archéologie préhistorique et anthropologie (LAP) of the University of Geneva, and is conducting ethnoarchaeological research in Sumba (Indonesia) focusing on the expression of megalithism in the context of “segmented” societies. Her work is part of the project Specialized craftspeople on the move: a holistic approach to Bell Beaker societies in the Alps and in Europe (SNSF adv grant #216492, PI Marie Besse).
Laura Waldvogel
This study re-evaluates Neolithic funerary practices in the Alsace plain (5300–4000 BC), using an expanded burial corpus and comparative analysis rooted in social anthropology. It challenges assumptions of egalitarianism by identifying differentiated burial wealth and proposes socially segmented groups with male-dominated economic roles. READ MORE
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