The project will investigate the environmental history of montane heath in the Carneddau mountains, North Wales. This fragile landscape is classified as being in an unfavourable condition, affected by over-grazing and climate change. Plans to diversify grazing regimes and increase woodland are ...
The shift during human evolution from quadrupedal locomotion in a pronograde position to bipedalism in an upright, orthograde position is associated with the fragmentation of wooded habitats. Standing and moving in an upright posture on two legs requires a number of adaptations to maintain ...
Since prehistoric times our ancestors have been searching for methods to protect themselves from rain and humid environments. Crucial to our environmental adaptation and survival was to find cover and protection against enduring contact with wet and moist conditions. Consequently, the surge for ...
The aim of the project is to apply a multi-proxy approach that combines zooarchaeological and multi-isotope analytical techniques, to provide a more nuanced understanding of the human-animal-environment interactions that enabled key religious houses to function in Late Medieval Ulster. The Church ...
Understanding genetic adaptations to climatic and land-use change has important implications for both current and future environmental and conservation management strategies. Small mammal populations provide an ideal taxonomic group to study land-use, environmental and climatic changes, but many ...
Understanding diet and spawning behaviour is critical for developing ecosystem-oriented conservation strategies for saving vulnerable fish species. It allows authorities to target key times and locations for protection, thus helping to balance the economic needs of fisheries with those of ...
Petrography – the optical microscopic analysis of thin sections of materials – is the fastest and most cost-effective tool for investigating the mineralogy and microtexture of rocks, ceramics, and other solid materials. Rock, soil and archaeological thin sections have been studied for over 150 ...
As part of a new research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), we seek one PhD candidate for our Project "The wheel of time". The aim of the project is to establish OSL rock surface dating on firm grounds as a novel way of constraining the age of archaeological and geological rock ...
