Vana Kalenderian

Vana Kalenderian trained in Human Osteoarchaeology at the University of Edinburgh and Mortuary Archaeology at the University of Groningen. She specialises in the interdisciplinary analysis of ancient mortuary practices with a focus on the Roman period. Her research integrates the archaeological sciences – including osteology, isotope analysis, and radiocarbon dating – with the contextual study of funerary material culture. Experienced in all stages of burial archaeology – from fieldwork to laboratory analysis – Vana remains actively engaged in Lebanese archaeology, and her work has been published in both local and international journals. She currently serves as the human bone specialist on a rescue excavation in northern Lebanon with the National Council for Scientific Research and the Directorate General of Antiquities. She is also a lecturer in archaeology at the American University of Beirut.