Dr. SERA YELÖZER KILIÇ
Education
Doctorate
Istanbul University
Prehistoric Archaeology
Master's Degree
Istanbul University
Prehistoric Archaeology
Bachelor's Degree
Istanbul University
History
Research Areas
- Arkeoloji
- Tarihöncesi
- Materyal kültür
- Kimlik
Work Experience
2022 /
2023
University of Bordeaux
Ingénieur de recherche
2024 /
2025
Koç Universitesi Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations
Postdoctoral Researcher
2023 /
2026
National Geographic Society-‘Small things, big stories’ Project
Postdoctoral Researcher
Publications
- Yelözer, Sera; Baysal, Emma (2026), "Invisible archaeologies of decolonisation: Western Asian archaeology, a view from Türkiye", Public Archaeology, 1-24 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14655187.2025.2594804
- Yelözer Kılıç, Sera; Baysal, Emma (2026), "Bodies and behaviours: archaeological material culture and the interpretation of identity at the Neolithic transition", Personal adornment in past societies: weaving and wearing identity, Springer
- Yelözer, Sera; Baysal, Emma (2024), "From prehistoric shores: marine shell ornaments, landscape, interaction and the Neolithic transition in Anatolia", Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Vol.53, No.104312, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104312
- Yelözer Kılıç, Sera; Goring-Morris, Nigel; Munro, Natalie; Özbaşaran, Mihriban; Kayacan, Nurcan; Ergun, Müge; Uzdurum, Melis; Kalkan, Fatma; Duru, Güneş (2024), "Initial processes of sedentism atop the Central Anatolian plateau: recent results from Balıklı.", Antiquity, Vol.98, No.401, 1163 - 1180 DOI: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.100
- Yelözer Kılıç, Sera; Baysal, Emma (2023), "Searching for the individual: characterising knowledge transfer and skill in prehistoric personal ornament making", Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Vol.30, 172–202 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-022-09589-z
- Yelözer Kılıç, Sera; Uzdurum, Melis; Sezgin, Ece (2023), "TAG Türkiye Serisi TAG Türkiye Toplantısı Bildirileri 3", Ege Yayınları
- Yelözer Kılıç, Sera; Kodaş, Ergül; Çiftçi, Yunus; Baysal, Emma (2022), "Symbolism in action: techno-typology, function, and human-artefact dynamics in figures/non-figured bone plaques from Pre-Pottery Neolithic Boncuklu Tarla, Turkey", Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Vol.65, No.101393, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2022.101393
- Yelözer Kılıç, Sera; Özbaşaran, Mihriban (2022), "Entangled at death: beads, gender, and life cycles during the central Anatolian Early Neolithic; Aşıklı Höyük as a case study", The mummy under the bed: essays on gender and methodology in the Ancient Near East, Zaphon
- Yelözer Kılıç, Sera; Duru, Güneş; Özbaşaran, Mihriban; Uzdurum, Melis; Kuijt, Ian (2021), "Space making and home making in the world’s first villages: reconsidering the circular to rectangular architectural transition in the Central Anatolian Neolithic", Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Vol.64, No.101357, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101357
- Yelözer Kılıç, Sera; Alarashi, Hala (2021), "Yaşamda ve ölümde: Akeramik Neolitik Dönem’de boncuklar ve kimlikler, Aşıklı Höyük örneği", Türkiye arkeolojisinde takı ve boncuk: arkeometrik çalışmalar, Ege Yayınları
- Yelözer Kılıç, Sera; Arslan, Aysel (2021), "Materyal kültür ve toplumsal cinsiyet ilişkisi", Materyal kültür ve insan, Bilgin Kültür Sanat
- Yelözer Kılıç, Sera; Christidou, Rozalia (2020), "The foot of the hare, the tooth of the deer and the shell of the mollusc: Neolithic osseous ornaments from Aşıklı Höyük (central Anatolia, Turkey)", Beauty and the eye of the beholder: personal ornaments across the millennia, Cetatea de scaun
- Yelözer Kılıç, Sera (2018), "The beads from Aşıklı Höyük ", The early settlement at Aşıklı Höyük: Essays in honour of Ufuk Esin, Ege Yayınları
Courses Offered
| Course Name | Course Code | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Things do tell tales: an archaeology of objects | KHAS 1378 | 2025/26 Spring |
| Dressing the past: an archaeology of clothing, adornment, and public appearance | KHAS 1380 | 2025/26 Spring |
| Things do tell tales: an archaeology of objects | KHAS1378 | 2025/26 Spring |
| Dressing the past: an archaeology of clothing, adornment, and public appearance | KHAS1380 | 2025/26 Spring |