Laura Coltofean-Arizancu
Laura Coltofean-Arizancu is a DAAD Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Römisch-Germanische Kommission (RGK; Frankfurt am Main) of the German Archaeological Institute. Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher (2018-2020) in the Artsoundscapes ERC Advanced Grant Project at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and a museum curator (2012-2018) at the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu, Romania. Since 2018, she is co-chair of the Archaeology and Gender in Europe (AGE) Community of the European Association of Archaeologists. Her major publications include Interdisciplinarity and archaeology: Scientific interactions in nineteenth- and twentieth-century archaeology (edited with Margarita Díaz-Andreu; Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2021) and Handbook of the History of Archaeology (edited with Margarita Díaz-Andreu; Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
Books by Laura Coltofean-Arizancu
Geschlechterstereotype in der Archäologie
Eine Kurzreflexion in Bild und Text
Edited by Laura Coltofean-Arizancu, Bisserka Gaydarska & Uroš Matić | 2026
Waren Männer der Urgeschichte die einzigen Jäger und haben nur sie Werkzeuge hergestellt? Waren nur Männer Träger von Kunst und Innovationen? Waren Frauen ausschließlich Sammlerinnen, an das Haus gebunden und haben sich um Kinder und…
Gender stereotypes in archaeology
A short reflection in image and text
Edited by Laura Coltofean-Arizancu, Bisserka Gaydarska & Uroš Matić | 2021
Were men the only hunters and producers of tools, art and innovation in prehistory? Were women the only gatherers, home-bound breeders and caregivers? Are all prehistoric female depictions mother goddesses? And do women and men…
