Applicants must hold a Master’s or equivalent degree in archaeological sciences, genetics, microbiology, biology, bioinformatics or a related field. The ideal applicant will have knowledge in molecular biology, microbial genetics and a genuine interest in human history. Previous experience in the ...
The interaction between organic matter and mineral surfaces is critical to the preservation of biomolecules associated with artefacts yet this process is poorly understood. This is particularly relevant to more polar compounds such as organic acids and proteins that are notoriously difficult to ...
Our shared cultural heritage comes in many forms and environments, not all of which are conducive to their long-term preservation. For example, salts are inevitably present in porous building materials like masonry, or natural limestone or sandstone walls. The way salts can migrate through these ...
The lifeways of modern humans as hunter-gatherers in between the final Palaeolithic (Late Glacial) and Mesolithic (Early Holocene) is a crucial phase for better understanding the permanent re-colonization of northern Europe after the last ice age. The Belgian middle-Meuse valley is an ideal ...
In the project “From correlations to explanations: towards a new European prehistory (COREX)” geneticists and archaeologists from University College London (led by Mark Thomas and Stephen Shennan) join forces with archaeologists from Gothenburg (led by Kristian Kristiansen and Karl Göran ...
In the project “From correlations to explanations: towards a new European prehistory (COREX)” geneticists and archaeologists from University College London (led by Mark Thomas and Stephen Shennan) join forces with archaeologists from Gothenburg (led by Kristian Kristiansen and Karl Göran ...
The project will research new analytical methodologies for investigating parasites from museum and archaeological collections to understand diet and life history signals from the past. The student will use standard insect identification techniques together with isotopic, DNA and other analytical ...
Petrographic analysis has traditionally required an appropriate optical microscope, access to the physical thin section samples, and an expert user to classify, measure and interpret the specimen. Samples could be viewed, and thus analysed, only one-at-a-time. Expert users can obtain qualitative ...
