1 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (R2) IN SPATIAL ANALYSIS

Dr. Nohemi Sala is the Lead Researcher (henceforth, "IP") for the project DEATHREVOL: The roots and evolution of the culture-of-death. A taphonomic research of the European Paleolithic record, which has been selected to receive financing from the European Research Council (ERC) within the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program (Grant Agreement no. 949330). These funds stand at €1,494,486 and her project will take place over 5 years starting on 01/04/2021, at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH).

This project, DEATHREVOL, is pursued through an interconnected network of researchers from different fields of paleoanthropology, taphonomy, the geosciences and other related disciplines, where some participants will work at the CENIEH and be led directly by the IP, and the rest are external collaborators from different European and American research centers.

The Grant Agreement signed with the European Commission (no. 949330) includes a specific allocation for hiring 1 postdoctoral researcher (R2) in topography, spatial analysis and Geographical Information Systems, full-time, so that this hire will be 100%-financed by the funds of the DEATHREVOL Project, within the cited agreement.

The selection process will be carried out through the competitive merit system, with respect to the constitutional principles of equality, merit, capacity and transparency, with the evaluations and scores specified below, in the corresponding section and annex.

The overall purpose of this contract is to carry out the research work envisaged as part of the European project “DEATHREVOL” (GA no. 949330) directed at spatial analysis for integrating the study of the archaeological contexts analyzed in the project. This person will also furnish technical support for the results obtained.

More specifically, the duties to be discharged shall be:

• Data acquisition (field data and bibliographic data) for the sites analyzed in DEATHREVOL. Documentation and search for data of sites excavated in the past, and acquisition of data during current excavations.
• Postprocessing of data, obtaining plans, sections, photogrammetry, 3D reconstructions, etc.
• Spatial analysis (intersite / intrasite) for each of the sites: relationship between the paleoanthropological remains and the other findings. Analysis of the formation processes of paleoanthropological sites. Relationships among the different sites in terms of time and space.
• Statistical processing of the data by means of spatial statistics. Experience using advanced statistical techniques such as Machine Learning will be specifically assessed.
• Excavation and management of spatial data.
• Contribute to the scientific communication and outreach of DEATHREVOL making the mapping accessible for the dissemination plans during the project.

The term of this contract shall be for two years. The start date is envisaged to be May 1st 2024.

This temporary position will report to the IP of the DEATHREVOL project which will finance the entirety of the salary costs of this contract (gross salary, employer's Social Security contribution, raises and incentives, if applicable, and the appropriate severance pay).

This temporary position falls within the Research Functional Area, Professional Group II, level B.2, professional category of Postdoctoral Researcher, with a tier 3 complement in conformance with the professional classification and salary tables in force of the First Collective Agreement of the Consorcio CENIEH published in the Boletín de la Provincia de Burgos, No. 8, on January 12th 2012.

The employment contract to be formalized shall be a Scientific-Technical activity contract linked to the needs and budget for the cited project, in accordance with article 23 bis of the Act 14/2011, of June 1st, on Science, Technology and Innovation, full-time, for 38.5 hours per week, so that according to the tables for 2023 the gross annual remuneration stands at approximately €27,945.