Dr. Dennis Mario Beck

Dennis Mario Beck studies different forms of dependency in the archaeological data and literary sources in the Punic, Greek and Roman world in the entire Antiquity. His research mainly deals with the ancient economy and network systems, based on several forms of personal and institutional dependencies, in extracting, dealing and trading of resources, in particular stones. Research into the exploitation and operation of ancient quarries, e.g. the marble quarries in Simitthus/Chimtou (Tunisia) and Luni (Italy), taking into account various socially hierarchically structured networks of different social groups regarding their collaboration and interaction. The different actors in economic processes working together in networks of exploitation, trade, and completion as well as the methodological framework for investigating these actors, for example by showing production chains, are two of his current research topics.

Monographs (one in preparation), 12 articles, 2 reviews. 18 national and 8 international lectures, 2 Bachelor theses as second review.

2015–2018
Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology, Free University of Berlin, Germany

2009–2015
Magister Artium (M.A.) in Classical Archaeology, Archaeology of the Roman Provinces and Religious Studies, University of Munich (LMU), "Sapienza", University of Rome, Italy, and the University of Cambridge, UK

2019–present
Assistant Professor (Akademischer Rat), Department of Classical Archaeology, University of Bonn, Germany          

2018–2019
Research Assistant, Department of Classical Archaeology, University Bonn, Germany

2014–present
Member of the TransArea Network Africa (TANA) of the German Archaeological Institute²

2015–present
Member of Berliner Antike Kolleg³

2020–present
TRA 5: Past Worlds and Modern Questions. Cultures Across Time and Space⁴, University of Bonn, Germany

since 2019Joint excavation project "Die Nekropole von Monte Abatone in Cerveteri"; Department Classical Archaeology, University of Bonn, Germany, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli" Naples and University of Tuscia Viterbo, Italy

since 2012
Joint excavation project "Simitthus/Chimtou, Tunisia", German Archaeological Institute² and the
National Heritage Institute Tunis⁵

since 2015
Joint excavation project "Urban area and surroundings of a Roman metropolis: Meninx/Djerba", University of Munich (LMU) and the National Heritage Institute Tunis⁵

2019–2020
One-year travel grant, German Archaeological Institute

2015–2018
PhD scholarship in Classical Archaeology, Free University of Berlin, Cluster of Excellence TOPOI, Berliner Antike Kolleg, member of BerGSAS