The Graduate School 'Human Development in Landscapes' which has been established as part of the DFG Excellence-Initiative at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany, invites applications for a two plus one year *PhD fellowship* for the following project: *Habitat Harz: The Environmental History of a Mountain Area and its Foothills** * The project will focus on palaeobotanical study (*pollen analysis, archaeobotany, anthracology*) of the environmental history of the Harz mountains area, Germany. Aims of the project include reconstruction of the landscape history of the Harz mountain area in (pre-) medieval und modern times with focus on the impact of mining, ore dressing and metal production on the development of the present landscape. For more details please check the attached announcement. Further information about the Graduate School is available at http://www.uni-kiel.de/landscapes/ Questions should be addressed to Prof. Dr. Wiebke Kirleis ([log in to unmask]). Application deadline is the 25th October 2008. -- Prof. Dr. Wiebke Kirleis Juniorprofessor for Environmental Archaeology Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel Graduate School Human Development in Landscapes/ Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology letters: Olshausenstrasse 40 | D-24098 Kiel | Germany parcels: Olshausenstrasse 40 | D-24118 Kiel | Germany office: Johanna-Mestorf-Strasse 2-6 | D-24118 Kiel | Germany Phone: 0049 (0)431/880-3173 Fax: 0049 (0)431/880-7300