Elif Ünlü is an associate professor of archaeology at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009. She is a ceramic specialist of Anatolian Bronze Ages and her research focuses on gastro-politics, economies of food production, and interactions in the Eastern Mediterranean. She has been affiliated with several projects in Turkey, including Fasıllar Monument and its Environs Survey in Beyşehir-Konya, Hacimusalar Archaeological Project in Elmalı, Tell Tayinat Archaeological Project in Hatay, and is currently the Assistant Director of Tarsus-Gözlükule Archaeological Project in Mersin.