M.l. Brüning
Researcher
Archaeology
Leiden University
Netherlands
Biography
Merel Brüning is Research Assistant with the Landscapes of Survival Project, directed by prof. dr. Peter Akkermans. She is working on the interpretation and publication of the cairn graves of Jebel Qurma in North-Eastern Jordan and on the stratigraphy and architecture of the Middle Assyrian fortified settlement at Tell Sabi Abyad in Syria. She was assistant field director at Tell Sabi Abyad, where she has excavated from 1999-2010, and has been involved in the survey and excavations of the Jebel Qurma Archaeological Landscape Project since 2012.
Research Interest
Archaeology
Publications
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Akkermans P.M.M.G., Brüning M.L., Hammers N., Huigens H., Kruijer L., Meens A., Nieuwenhuyse O., Raat A., Rogmans E.F., Slappendel C., Taipale S., Tews S. & Visser E. (2012), Burning down the house: the burnt building V6 at Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria, Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 43/44: 307-324.
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Akkermans P.M.M.G., Brüning M.L., Huigens H.O. & Nieuwenhuyse O.P. (2014), Tell Sabi Abyad 1994-1999 Campaigns: Late Neolithic Stratigraphy and Architecture. In: Akkermans P.M.M.G., Brüning M.L., Huigens H.O., Nieuwenhuyse O.P. (Eds.) Excavations at Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria: The 1994-1999 Field Seasons. Turnhout: Brepols. 29-86.
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Akkermans P.M.M.G., Huigens H.O. & Brüning M.L. (2014), A landscape of preservation: late prehistoric settlement and sequence in the Jebel Qurma region, north-eastern Jordan, Levant 46(2): 186-205.
