Peter Biehl

Professor
Associate Dean of International Education and Enrollment
Office: 380 MFAC
Phone Number: (716) 645-0407
Email Address: pbiehl@buffalo.edu

PhD, University of the Saarland

Archaeology of Europe and the Near East; Climate Change in the Past and Present; Method and Theory; Social Meaning of Visual Imagery and Representation; Art, Symbolism and Religion; Digital Humanities; Museum Studies and Management; Cultural Heritage.

West Mound at Çatalhöyük: Culture and Climate Change in Central Anatolia  

The Colonization of Europe: The Podgori Research Project in Albania

Cravens World Open Knowledge

Performing Art and Archaeology

European Association of Archaeologists, Oscar Montelius Foundation  

German Archaeological Institute (DAI)

Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology (IEMA)

North American Theoretical Archaeology (TAG-USA)

Society for American Archaeology, Climate Change Strategies Task Force  

Society for American Archaeology, International Government Affairs Committee  

Undergraduate Courses
APY 238 | Near and Middle Eastern Prehistory
APY 353 | Old World Prehistory
APY 414 | Museum Management

Graduate Courses
APY 514 | Museum Management
APY 587 | Archaeology in the Digital Age, Human Representations in Prehistory
APY 652 | Graduate Survey of Archaeology

In press   Biehl, P.F. & Rosenstock, E. (eds.), Times of Change: 6,000 BC in the Near East and Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

In press   Müller, J. & Biehl, P.F. (eds.), The Archaeology of Pollution: Learning from the Past for the Present. Proceedings of the international conference at Kiel Graduate School Human Development in Landscapes, March 29.-31. 2013 Kiel. Monograph Series Kieler Universitätsforschungen. Habelt: Bonn.

2016      Biehl, P.F. & Nieuwenhuyse, O. (eds.), Climate and Cultural Change in Prehistoric Europe and the Near East. Distinguished Monograph Series of the Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology. New York: SUNY Press.

2014       Biehl, P.F., Comer, D., Prescott, C. & Soderland, H. (eds.), Identity and Heritage. Contemporary Challenges in a Globalized World. New York: Springer.In press. Biehl, P.F. & Rosenstock, E. (eds.), 6,000 BC: Times of Change in the Near East and Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

2013      Biehl, P.F. & Prescott, C. (eds.), Heritage in the Context of Globalization. Europe and the Americas. New York: Springer.

2010      Biehl, P.F. (ed.), Cravens World. The Human Aesthetic. University at Buffalo Art Galleries.

2008      Biehl, P.F. & Rassamakin, J. (eds.), Import and Imitation in Archaeology. Schriften des Zentrums für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte des Schwarzmeerraumes, Vol. 11. Weissbach: Beier & Beran.

2003      Studien zum Symbolgut der Kupferzeit und des Neolithikums in Südosteuropa. Saarbrücker Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, Bd. 64. Bonn: Dr. Rudolt Habelt Verlag. 

2002      Biehl, P.F., Gramsch, A. & Marciniak, A. (eds.), Archaeologies of Europe. History, Methods and Theories/ Archäologien Europas. Geschichte, Methoden und Theorien. Tübinger Archäologische Taschenbücher 4. Waxmann Verlag: Münster, New York, München, Berlin.

2001      Biehl, P.F. & Bertemes, F. (eds.), The Archaeology of Cult and Religion. Archaeolingua: Budapest.

in press Orton, D., Gibson, C., Last, J., Rosenstock, E., Rogasch, and Biehl, P.F., Dating the West Mound at Çatalhöyük and the Anatolian Early Chalcolithic. Antiquity.

in press Biehl, P.F, Crate, S., Gardezi, M., Hamilton, L., Harlan, S.L, Hritz, C., Hubbell, B., Kohler, T.A., Peterson, N., and Silva, J., Social Science Perspectives on Climate Change: Innovative Tools, Methods, and Analysis. WIRES Climate Change.

2016     Willett, P., Franz, I.*, Kabukcu, C., Orton, D., Rogasch, J., Stroud, E., Rosenstock, E., and Biehl, P.F., The aftermath of the 8.2 Event: Cultural and Environmental Effects in the Anatolian Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic. In: Biehl, P.F. & Nieuwenhuyse, O. (eds.), Climate and Cultural Change in Prehistoric Europe and the Near East. Distinguished Monograph Series of the Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology. New York: SUNY Press, 95-115.

2016      Nieuwenhuyse, O. and Biehl, P.F., Climate Change and Archaeology: An Introduction. Climate and Culture Change in Archaeology In: Biehl, P.F. & Nieuwenhuyse, O. (eds.), Climate and Cultural Change in Prehistoric Europe and the Near East. Distinguished Monograph Series of the Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology. New York: SUNY Press, 1-10.

2015     Biehl, P.F., Climate and Social Change during the Transition between the Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic in Central Anatolia. In: S. Kerner, R. Dann and P. Bangsgaard Jensen (eds.), Ancient Society and Climate. Copenhagen: Copenhagen University Press, 113-136.

2014     Biehl, P.F. & Harrison, L., University Museums in the Digital Age. In: G. Farnell (ed.), 10 Must Reads: Inclusion - Empowering New Audiences. New York: MuseumsEtc,  36-63.

2014     H. Soderland, Biehl, P.F., Comer, D. & Prescott, C., Introduction. In: Biehl, P.F., Comer, D., Prescott, C. & H. Soderland (eds.), Identity and Heritage: Contemporary Challenges in a Globalized World. New York: Springer.

2014     Comer, D., Biehl, P.F., Prescott, C.H. & Soderland, H. , Outlook. In: Biehl, P.F., Comer, D., Prescott, C. & H. Soderland (eds.), Identity and Heritage: Contemporary Challenges in a Globalized World. New York: Springer.

2013     Biehl, P.F., Teaching Cultural Heritage in Europe and the US. In: P.F. Biehl and C. Prescott (eds.), Cultural Heritage and Identity in the Americas and Europe. Springer, 45-50.

2013     Biehl, P.F. & Prescott, C., Introduction: Coming to grips with archaeology and heritage in a transformed world. In: P.F. Biehl and C. Prescott (eds.), Cultural Heritage and Identity in the Americas and Europe. Springer, 3-8.

2013     Biehl, P.F. & Prescott, C., Outlook: Heritage in a Globalized World. In: P.F. Biehl and C. Prescott (eds.), Cultural Heritage and Identity in the Americas and Europe. Springer, 117-121.2012 Biehl, P.F., "Rapid vs Long-Term Social Change during the Neolithic-Chalcolithic Transition in Central Anatolia". Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica – Natural Sciences in Archaeology, 105-113.

2012      Biehl, P.F., Rapid vs Long-Term Social Change during the Neolithic-Chalcolithic Transition in Central Anatolia. Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica - Natural Sciences in Archaeology, 105-113.

2012     Biehl, P.F. & Harrison, L., "University Museums in the Digital Age: The Cravens World Open Storage Teaching Collection of the University at Buffalo". In: S. Jandl and M. Gold (eds.), Academic Museums: Campus and Community. New York: MuseumsEtc, 617-638.