Zeynep Kuşdil Sak

PhD Student
zeynep.kusdil@mail.utoronto.ca

Fields of Study

  • Near Eastern Archaeology

Areas of Interest

  • Iron Age
  • Bronze Age
  • Anatolian Archaeology
  • Built Spaces
  • Monumental Architecture
  • Space Syntax

Biography

Zeynep is interested in studying Iron Age settlements in Southeastern Turkey and Northern Syria. Her research interests mainly focus on spatial organization of settlements and how the use of imagery and architecture shapes narratives presented within these built spaces. She holds a Hal Jackman Foundation Fellowship, Computational Research on the Ancient Near East (CRANE) Fellowship and has been awarded various other scholarships and grants to support her throughout her studies.
She has taken part in various archaeological projects in Turkey and currently is part of the Tayinat Archaeological Project where she is the second assistant director and director of Field 8.

Education

  • M.A. in Archaeology and Art History, Koç University (2018)
  • B.A. in Archaeology, Bilkent University (2014)

Current Supervisor(s)

Timothy P. Harrison

Publications

  • Denel, E., T. Harrison, Z. Kuşdil Sak “Tayinat Arkeoloji Projesi 2019, 2020 ve 2021 Sezonları Raporu” Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı 42 (in press)
  • Klassen, S., L. Welton, S. Batiuk, Z. Kuşdil Sak, T. Harrison, E. Denel “Tell Tayinat Archaeological Project (TAP): Seasons 2017-2019” The Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies 14: 45-51 (2022)

Publications