Arranz Otaegui, Amaia

Amaia Arranz Otaegui (Tolosa, Gipuzkoa, 1987) has a degree in History (2009) and a PhD in Archaeobotany from the University of the Basque Country-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (2015). A specialist in Prehistory, she has carried out much of her research in Southwest Asia (Syria, Jordan and Iran). Her research includes, among other aspects, the study of plant diet during prehistoric times, and the use of wild plants and their subsequent domestication process. She has worked as a researcher at the University of Copenhagen (2015-2020) and led a Marie Sklodowska-Curie project at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris (2020-2021), to study the remains of food consumed by the last hunter-gatherers and early peasant communities in Southwest Asia. She has worked at the Institute of History of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) with a Juan de la Cierva Incorporation contract. She is currently an Ikerbasque researcher affiliated to the UPV/EHU, and is a recipient of an ERC Starting Grant. Her research has mainly contributed to the understanding of the plant basis of subsistence of the last hunter-gatherers and early farmers of Southwest Asia, providing new ideas and hypotheses through archaeobotany, ethnoarchaeology and experimental archaeology.

Amaia Arranz Otaegui was elected Jakiunde young corresponding member on 17 November 2023.