Birch bark tar has been used as adhesive as far back as the Middle Pleistocene but was commonly used by Holocene (Mesolithic) hunter-gatherers. Small lumps of this substance have been recovered from several Mesolithic archaeological sites in Europe and while their use is still debated, they often ...
The identification of proteinaceous material associated with archaeological ceramics offers much greater resolution in determining vessel contents than lipid based approaches. Their routine analysis would provide an essential tool for understanding the development of early agricultural economies ...
Wooden artefacts from prehistoric sites provide a wealth of information, including on early woodworking technologies and woodland management practices. Wood, however, does not survive well in the archaeological record, with recovery often only possible in waterlogged deposits or arid conditions ...
The Faculty of Faculteit Wetenschappen en Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen, Department Vakgroep Chemie, is looking for a PhD-student. More concretely your work package, for the preparation of a doctorate, contains: LUMIERE - Landscape Use and Mobility in EuRopE - Bridging the gap between cremation and ...
A pre-doctoral position (Praedoc - Assistant Prof. Doneus) is advertised at the Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology in the research field of landscape archaeology and geoarchaeology. The aim is to apply earth science methods in the context of landscape and environmental ...
The Laboratory for Environmental Geochemistry within the framework of the research platform MINERVA (Mineralogical Preservation of the Human Biome for the Depth of Time) of the University of Vienna is looking for a PhD candidate who is interested to investigate the surface processes and ...
The project will study the circulation models of two scarce and highly valued resources in the Iberian Recent Prehistory: amber and bronze. The PhD will be focused on bronze metallurgy addressing three general objectives with special focus on the Argaric Culture: 1) Getting a better chronological ...
Le calcul réglementaire des structures de bâtiments anciens se fonde principalement sur le comportement élastique des matériaux. On cherche par des méthodes de pondérations (approche semi-probabiliste en bureaux d'études) à anticiper les comportements structuraux pouvant mettre en péril ...
