Person Jana Esther Fries

Since 2007 Dr. Jana Esther Fries is a heritage officer at the Lower Saxony State Service for Cultural Heritage and responsible for the archaeological heritage in the West of Lower Saxony. At the University of Oldenburg she teaches introductory courses in prehistoric archaeology and cultural heritage management. From 1996 to 2006 she worked as director of rescue excavations for different federal states. Her research is focused on Iron Age, gender issues, Settlement archaeology and more recently on late Paleolithic sites and Mesolithic hearth pits.