Submerged Prehistoric Landscapes
University of Geneva

Julien Beck is a Senior Lecturer in Aegean (prehistoric Greek) and Near Eastern archaeology at the University of Geneva. As a field archaeologist, he conducts or has conducted excavations in Cyprus, Greece, Italy, and Switzerland. He has also worked on issues pertaining to methodology and epistemology in archaeology.

Part of his current research is about the Neolithic period in the Eastern Mediterranean. In 2012, he launched a Swiss-Greek research project in the Bay of Kiladha, off the well-known site of Franchthi Cave, to find a submerged prehistoric settlement that could be one of the first villages in Europe. In 2014, he was the scientific leader of the University of Geneva Terra Submersa expedition in the Argolic Gulf.