Jwana Chahoud

Jwana Chahoud

SpécialitéBioarchaeology
GradeProfesseur Associé
SectionSection 4
Emailjwana.chahoud@ul.edu.lb

Résumé de carrière

- Academic Experiences
o Since October 2014: Assistant Professor, Archaeology department: Branch III & IV.
o Since 2016: Head of department of Arts and Archaeology, Branch IV, Zahle

- Research Experiences
o Since 2018: Coordiantor of Research team ‘ArcheoSciences: Interaction, Homme
animal et environement’.
o Since 2017: coordinator in EVOSHEEP project (French National Academy of
Research/CNRS.)
o Since 2013: Associate researcher, French National Centre for Scientific Research,
Archéorient (UMR 5133), Lyon.
o Member of International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) and international
workgroup ASWA (Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and adjacent areas).

- Field Archaeology
o In charge of archaeozoological studies of
• Prehistoric sites from Lebanon (Jezzine, Labwe, Bchara El Khoury, Tabarja,
Koubba, Byblos), Jordan, Iran, Georgia and Armenia.
• Bronze and Iron Age sites from Lebanon (Sidon, Arqa, Fadous, Kamed EL-Loz,
El Hourriyeh), Syria (Kazel, Ougarit) and Armenia.
• Roman and medieval sites from Lebanon (Sidon, Ej Jaouze, Andaket, Beirut).
o In charge of Surveys and excavations in Oudine Valley AkKar
o In charge of Surveys and excavations in Majdel Anjar-Bekaa.
o In charge of excavations in Qannoubine Valley (Mar Aboun).

- International conferences
o 2017: Co-Organizer of the 13th International meeting of ASWA: Archaeozoology of
Southwest Asia and adjacent areas, Nicosia University-Cyprus.
o 2015: Co-Organizer of the 12th International meeting of ASWA: Archaeozoology of
Southwest Asia and adjacent areas, Groningen University-Netherlands.
o Since 2008: 15 international conferences, 5 seminars, 3 workshops, 1 roundtable.

- Selected Publication
o Chahoud J. & Vila E., 2019, Food for the Dead, Food for the Living, Food for the Gods According to Faunal Data from the Ancient Near East. In M. L. ARNETTE (éd.) « Religion et alimentation en Égypte et Orient anciens », Institut Français D’Archéologie Orientale RAPH 43, pp. 465-524, Le Caire.
o Chahoud J. 2018, Faune : Étude préliminaire de la faune d’Ej-Jaouzé. In L. Nacouzi, Ej-Jaouzé (Metn). Rapport sur les travaux menés en 2014, 2015 et 2016, Bulletin d’Archéologie et Antiquités Libanaises vol. 18 : 257-261.
o Chahoud J. 2017, Étude des restes fauniques de l’hypogée à Ashrafiyeh - Liban, In Nassar et al. Données nouvelles sur les nécropoles antiques de Beyrouth: l’hypogée d’Ashrafiyeh 1598, Bulletin d’Archéologie et Antiquités Libanaises vol. 17 : 131-135.
o Chahoud J. 2017, Animal Remains from the Sidon Medieval Ditch,‘College Site’, Lebanon, Berytus vol. LVI: 131-135.
o Chahoud J., Vila E., Balasescu A., Crassard R. 2015,The diversity of Late Pleistocene and Holocene wild ungulates and kites structures in Armenia. QuaternaryInternational 05/2015.
o Chahoud J., 2015, Reconstruire les pratiques alimentaires liées aux animaux dans les lieux de cultes Levantins au Bronze récent. Bulletin d’archéologie et d’architecture libanaise, BAAL Hors-série X :5-32.
o Chahoud J., Vila E., Crassard R. 2015, Zooarchaeologicalapproach in understanding the desert kites. ArabianArchaeology and Epigraphy 26: 236-244.
o Chahoud J. 2014, l’aspect archéozoologique des pratiques funéraires à l’âge du Bronze au Liban. Archaeology and History in Lebanon 40-41:74-90.
o Chahoud J. & Vila E. 2011, The role of animals in ancient Sidon: an overview of the ongoing zooarchaeological studies. Archaeology and History in Lebanon 34-35: 259-284.

Axes de recherche

Bioarchaeology, Animal diversity, Animal ethology, Paleo- environmental study, Pleistocene and Holocene, Ancient diet and husbandry practices, offerings and mortuary practices, fishing and hunting activities, Economy and lifestyle, Resources exploitation, Territory and settlement, New technologies in archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology.