Mihaela ASĂNDULESEI

Mihaela ASĂNDULESEI

PhD CS III

Mihaela Asăndulesei is a CS III at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, ICI-DSU, her main research line being cultural anthropology of salt in the rural world of the Eastern-Carpathian area of Romania.

 

Field: Ethnoarchaeology

Research interests: Anthropology of salt, ethnoarchaeology, experimental archaeology, prehistoric archaeology.

Mihaela Asăndulesei is a PhD student at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Faculty of History, her main research line being the cultural anthropology of salt in the rural world of the Eastern-Carpathian area of Romania.

 

Education

  • 2013 – 2017: PhD student, Faculty of History, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași. Thesis Title: “Cultural anthropology of salt in rural world of East-Carpathian Romania”.
  • 2006–2009: MA in History, Faculty of History, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași.
  • 2002–2006: BA in History, Faculty of History, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași.
  • Jan 2015–Jun 2015: Grantee of a Doctorate mobility within the Erasmus Mundus – IANUS II project Ion Creangă State Pedagogical University, Chișinău (Moldova).
  • May 2014–Jan 2015: POSDRU Scholarship – 159/1.5/S/137832 – Minerva – „Cooperare pentru cariera de elită în cercetarea doctorală și post-doctorală” Romanian Academy – Iași Branch, Iași (Romania).

 

Research history

  • 2011–2016: Member in a CNCS Project, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0825, No. 219/5.10.2011 IDEI grant – „The ethno-archaeology of the salt springs and salt mountains from the extra-Carpathian areas of Romania” (EthnosalRo), coordinated by Associated Professor Dr Marius Alexianu.
  • 2014–2017: Member in a Parteneriate type project, PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-2234, No. 314/01.07.2014, Non-destructive approaches to complex archaeological sites. An integrated applied research model for cultural heritage (PROSPECT), coordinated by Researcher Dr Researcher Andrei Asăndulesei.

Research interests: Anthropology of salt, ethnoarchaeology, experimental archaeology, prehistoric archaeology.

Mihaela Asăndulesei is a PhD student at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Faculty of History, her main research line being cultural anthropology of salt in rural world of the Eastern-Carpathian Romania. By integrating the ethnoarchaeological research in the archaeological interpretation she aims to create a pattern for understanding the past, including the social behaviour and technologies. She has been involved, as a Research Assistant, in two research projects, focused on her area of interest. She participated, alone or in collaboration with other authors, in several international conferences, wrote several articles and was co-editor for a book, published at an international publishing house.

The activity of Mihaela Asăndulesei is related to field research represented by ethnoarchaeological investigations in Eastern Romania places rich in salt resources, but also to a laborious research of literary (ancient, ethnological and general works, diaries of foreign travelers), documentary (medieval) and archaeological (reports and remains from museums) sources.

List of selected publications by Mihaela Asăndulesei

  • Andrei Asăndulesei, Marius Alexianu, Roxana-Gabriela Curcă, Ștefan Caliniuc, Mihaela Asăndulesei, Settling selection patterns in the Subcarpathians areas of Romania. Salt resources as a determining factor for prehistoric occupation. International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference. 17-26 June 2014, Bulgaria. 14th GeoConference on Informatics, Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, Conference proceedings, volume III, Photogrametry and Remote Sensing, Cartography and GIS, 2014, p. 829-839.
  • Marius Alexianu, Felix-Adrian Tencariu, Andrei Asăndulesei, Olivier Weller, Robin Brigand, Ion Sandu, Gheorghe Romanescu, Roxana-Gabriela Curcă, Ștefan Caliniuc, Mihaela Asăndulesei, The salt from the Alghianu beck (Vrancea County, Romania): a multifaceted ethnoarchaeological approach. Archaeology of salt. Approaching an invisible past (eds. R. Brigand, O. Weller), Sidestone Press, Leiden, 2015, p. 47-63.
  • Andrei Asăndulesei, Ionuț-Cristi Nicu, Mihaela Asăndulesei, Archaeological prospection and natural risk management in prehistoric sites from Eastern Romania. A case study: settlement from Costești, Cier, Iași county (Romania). Virtual Archaeology (Methods and benefits). Proceedings of theSecond International Conference held at the State Hermitage Museum 1-3 June 2015, Sankt Petersburg, Rusia, 2015, p. 89-103.
  • Andrei Asăndulesei, Felix-Adrian Tencariu, Radu-Ștefan Balaur, Mihaela Asăndulesei, Prospecțiuni geofizice non-invazive în proximitatea cetății Soroca. Cetatea Soroca – Istorie, memorie și tradiții seculare, Materialele conferinței, Soroca, 4-5 aprilie 2014 (ed. Sergiu Musteaăț), Chișinău, Editura Arc, 2015, p. 48-57.
  • Mihaela Asăndulesei, Symbolism of salt in holidays as expressed in the pioneering works of two Romanian ethnographers. Salt effect. Proceedings of the Second Arheoinvest Symposium — From the Ethno-archaeology to the Anthropology of Salt, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi (Romania), 20-21 April 2012 (eds. M. Alexianu, R.-G. Curcă, V. Cotiugă), BAR 2760, Oxford, Archaeopress, 2015, p. 241-250.
  • Mihaela Asăndulesei, The Toponymy of Salt in Zamfir Arbore’s Geographical Dictionary of Bessarabia. Salt effect. Proceedings of the Second Arheoinvest Symposium — From the Ethno-archaeology to the Anthropology of Salt, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi (Romania), 20-21 April 2012 (eds. M. Alexianu, R.-G. Curcă, V. Cotiugă), BAR 2760, Oxford, Archaeopress, 2015, p. 265-273.
  • Mihaela Asăndulesei, Salt Symbolism in the Work of Elena Niculiță-Voronca. Mirrors of Salt. Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on the Anthropology of Salt, 20-21 August 2015, “Al. I. Cuza” University, Iași, Romania (eds. M. Alexianu, R.-G. Curcă, O. Weller, A. Dumas), Oxford, Archaeopress, in press.
  • Mihaela Asăndulesei, Morphonyms related to ‘slatina’ and ‘slatioara’ in Eastern Romania. Mirrors of Salt. Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on the Anthropology of Salt, 20-21 August 2015, “Al. I. Cuza” University, Iași, Romania (eds. M. Alexianu, R.-G. Curcă, O. Weller, A. Dumas), Oxford, Archaeopress, in press.
  • Marius Alexianu, Olivier Weller, Roxana-Gabriela Curcă, Robin Brigand, Mihaela Asăndulesei (eds.) 2016, White Gold. French and Romanian Projects on Salt in the Extra-Carpathian Areas of Romania, Parthenon Verlag, Archaeologica et Anthropologica III, Kaiserslautern.