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We are currently looking for a PhD candidate to join our Australian Anthropocene research team to examine changes in biodiversity in northern Australia through a unique multidisciplinary approach that draws on fossil, ecological and rock art data, as well as Indigenous knowledge. The project will draw upon multi-proxy datasets to explore changes through time, from the Late Pleistocene to the present, in species distributions and artistic depictions, including evidence for species extirpations, extinctions and introductions. It will collect palaeobiological data, but also examine rock art depicting animal species from palaeobiological, archaeological and Indigenous perspectives. The aim is to draw on the rich and unique corpus of northern Australian rock art to inform on issues of ecosystem change, conservation, and ecological restoration. Success in this role requires collaboration with interdisciplinary experts in archaeology and palaeobiology, as well as with Indigenous communities to ensure the ethical and respectful use of cultural heritage and Indigenous knowledge.
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[Website Griffith University]
The establishment of firm causal links between societies and climatic fluctuations requires detailed and accurate archaeological/historical and climatic/environmental datasets. As team member of the recently funded ERC Consolidator Grant SSE1K “Science, society and environmental change in the first millennium CE”, the advertised PhD position will examine both environmental and archaeological data from the eastern Mediterranean region. He/She will gather existing and new paleoclimate reconstructions from the region and evaluate their chronological uncertainties. In addition, he/she will be also given the opportunity to develop new climatic reconstructions from stalagmites in order to obtain the most suitable records for investigating human-climate relationships during the first millennium CE. The PhD-student will focus on both long-term climatic changes and extreme events, such as multi-year droughts. Supported by SSE1K project members, he/she will compare the climate reconstructions with land-use data, archaeological and textual evidence to better understand the impact of climate on past population trends and food production systems at a variety of spatial and temporal scale
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[Website Universität Basel]
Cette offre d’emploi s’inscrit dans le cadre du programme de recherche PepT*ID - Peptide analyses for Taxa IDentification in ancient Mediterranean - subventionné par la fondation A*MIDEX d’Aix-Marseille Université. Le/la ingénieur(e) de recherche sera impliqué(e) dans toutes les tâches du programme, en particulier celles consacrées à la préparation des échantillons, l’analyse protéomique et l’interprétation des résultats. A ce titre, il/elle travaillera en collaboration étroite avec le directeur scientifique, le responsable de la plateforme « Marseille Protéomique (MaP) » et les responsables des quatre Workpackages. L’IGR sera à l'interface de tous les WPs et se consacrera exclusivement au projet (100% de son temps). Les missions de l’ingénieur(e) de recherche recruté(e) sont : 1) D’effectuer, sur des séries ciblées, des synthèses bibliographiques sur les études archéozoologiques, taphonomiques et chronologiques pour mettre en évidence les problématiques spécifiques ; 2) Construire des plans d’échantillonnages raisonnés par rapport aux questionnements scientifiques ; 3) Procéder aux échantillonnages et aux analyses protéomiques ZooMS ; 4) Participer à la construction et l’implémentation d’un Plan de Gestion de Données ; 5) Communiquer les résultats dans des articles évalués par des pairs, dans des congrès internationaux ; 6) Participer aux activités de diffusion vers le grand public ; 7) Participer à la formation des étudiants par le biais d'une série d'ateliers et d’un encadrement de master, en collaboration avec les enseignants-chercheurs du programme.
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L'assistant-e ingénieur-e soutiendra la réalisation de recherches innovantes concernant différents types de données bi et tri-dimensionnelles dans les domaines de la Préhistoire (paléoanthropologie, archéologie, archéozoologie, ...) et de l'anthropologie évolutive, biologique et culturelle. Il/Elle participera à la production et à l'analyse de données issues de recherche préhistoriques et anthropobiologiques. Il/Elle réalisera la modélisation 2D/3D, l'analyse et l'archivage de formes d'objets variés en natures et en dimensions, intégrant également les modèles comparatifs actuels.
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[Site web CNRS]
Southern Cross University, in collaboration with Agilent technologies, is offering a fully funded PhD scholarship to work in the field of archaeo-geochemistry, in particular improving our understanding of hominid exposomes using LA-ICPMS/LA-MC-ICPMS on fossil remains. The PhD will contain both robust methodological and palaeoanthropological components. Several projects are available and shortlisted candidates will be offered specific projects, depending on skills and interests. We welcome candidate with particular human evolution interest to develop their own PhD proposal.
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[Website Southern Cross University]
Sur la base des données halieutiques actuelles et archéo-ichtyologiques recueillies, la personne recrutée devra (1) évaluer puis comparer statistiquement entre la période actuelle et le passé (préhistoire-antiquité), les niches écologiques des principales espèces halieutiques et (2) modéliser la distribution géographique passée (paléogéographie) de ces espèces. La personne recrutée devra dans un premier temps récolter et préparer les données nécessaires aux modèles de distribution d'espèces (données de présence paléoichtyologiques et cartes paléo-environnementales). Ensuite, la personne recrutée devra modéliser les niches écologiques passées des différentes espèces d'intérêt halieutiques et les comparer statistiquement aux niches actuelles. Finalement, il/elle devra modéliser la distribution passée de ces espèces (période romaine, voir périodes plus anciennes si les données sont disponibles).
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[Site web CNRS]
In the study of past humans, few finds are more telling than the remains of humans themselves. Bone and teeth have always been important evidence for archaeologists and have only become more central following the development of new methods for analysing ancient DNA and proteins. Such biomolecules tell stories of individuals and populations through time. Unfortunately, the material is sensitive to decay and contamination. This can create challenges for analytical work and can limit the possibilities for reconstructing past life. Therefore, it is essential to understand how organic remains degrade or are preserved. This is not easy. These are complex materials buried in a complex environment over hundreds and thousands of years. Biomolecules such as DNA and proteins, furthermore, are invisible to the naked eye. Which factors influence the preservation of archaeological biological remains from macro to molecular level? To investigate this, the Future Past project is carrying out both an excavation in a medieval cemetery in Stavanger, and analysis of skeletal remains in the collections of the Museum of Archaeology (UiS), recovered from Stavanger and the surrounding areas. The project uses a multi-proxy approach to describe both environmental conditions (soil geochemistry, palynology, entomology, soil lipid analysis), and skeletal preservation (bone histology and chemistry, stable isotope analyses and ancient DNA) at different scales, in- and ex situ. The project combines traditional archaeology with environmental science and molecular biology, using state-of-the-art methods for the analysis of biological remains and environmental conditions. The overall goal of the project aim is to contribute to the improvement of methods to secure and store this type of valuable but fragile source materials. Another aim is to carry out detailed bioarchaeological analyses of a subset of the skeletal collections under study. The archaeological remains and bioarchaeological analyses have the potential to provide new insights into who the first inhabitants of Stavanger were and how the city developed in relation to the surrounding areas. The project will illustrate the value of the bioarchaeological archive, depending on environmental conditions and nature of preservation.
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[Website University of Stavanger]
The research project concerns a period of prehistory, the Neolithic, which developed between 5500 and 2200 BC in Western Switzerland and which saw great changes in the way of living and the functioning of its societies. These were the first swiss agro-pastoral communities, for which there is a relatively complete and well-documented sequence of burial practices. A significant number of individuals have been the subject of research studies, which have made it possible to draw a partial portrait of these ancient populations. The dietary behavior, lifestyles and mobility of these first farmer-breeders will be studied. Only a few specific studies on these questions have been conducted to date. The aim here is to acquire a broad and complete vision to understand how these Neolithic communities of Western Switzerland lived and evolved between the 5th and 3rd millennia. Within the framework of the post-doctorate, the aim is to contribute to this major theme by carrying out the paleopathological analysis of the individuals included in the project. The paleopathological contribution will allow not only to identify the environment in which the individuals lived (pathogenic environments, vitamin or oligo-element deficiencies), but also to complete the general picture of their bio-cultural environment (differentiated access to resources or care). Previous studies have already been conducted among the Neolithic populations of Western Switzerland. However, they need to be completed, either because they require an update of the analysis methods, or because they require additional observations - on oral and dental evidences and metabolic disorders, in particular. A complete paleopathological study will be carried out for individuals belonging to recently discovered sites. The aim is to evaluate the prevalence and frequency of the observed diseases, in order to establish a general health profile of these populations. They will then be linked with data from isotopic geochemistry to address the issues of socio-cultural behavior, both in terms of access to resources and their exploitation.
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[Website University of Geneva]
The Dynamic Collections project at Lund University aims to implement a novel 3D web infrastructure to support higher education and research in archaeology. By using state-of-the-art 3D web visualisation technology and by studying the way researchers and students use and interact with archaeological objects, this project aims to define novel 3D web archives capable of fostering large-scale knowledge production and data reuse.
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[Website Lund University]
Adapter, développer et mettre en œuvre des méthodes et techniques de caractérisation structurale, mécanique, physique, physico-chimique des matériaux, en partie dans le cadre du projeteuropéen IPERION HS. Activités : Mettre en œuvre une ou plusieurs techniques expérimentales conduisant à l'obtention de connaissances sur la nature et les propriétés du matériau étudié ; Définir et mettre au point les préparations d'échantillons pour les adapter à la technique de caractérisation ; Préparer et conduire les expériences de caractérisation ; Traiter, interpréter et mettre en forme les données expérimentales, exploiter les résultats avec les demandeurs ; Assurer le bon fonctionnement et la maintenance courante des équipements.
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[Site web CNRS]
Dr. Leslea Hlusko is the Lead Researcher of the project TIED2TEETH: “Expanding our understanding of human evolution through pleiotropy” whose objective is to study the influence of the genes acting on dental variation upon aspects of human anatomy, and to apply this to the fossil record of the Iberian Peninsula and eastern Africa. The project TIED2TEETH will be pursued through an interconnected network of researchers from different fields of paleoanthropology, quantitative genetics, dental anthropology, paleoclimatology, archaeology, and similar disciplines, some of whom will work at the CENIEH and be led directly by the PI, while the rest are external collaborators from different European, American, and African research centers. The overall purpose of the contract will primarily be to conduct research tasks within the project TIED2TEETH, directed at analysis and modeling of dental anthropology data in association with genetic, climatological, and cultural parameters.
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[Website CENIEH]
The School of Chemistry of the University of Bristol is seeking to appoint an open ended fixed funding for a Research Technician. The post-holder will contribute to research by applying pre-agreed analytical approaches to biogeochemically characterise archaeological and modern samples. The post holder will also provide technical support in the routine running of laboratory operations including the use of specialised equipment, risk assessment, safe handling, storage and waste disposal of chemicals. The role holder will fully support research laboratory activities, ensuring that the laboratories are prepared for experimentation and are compliant with relevant Health and Safety and other legislative or policy requirements. They will carry out specialised techniques (including GC, GC-MS, HT-GC-MS, GC-C-IRMS and GC-TC-IRMS) and train others in these and essential core functions.
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[Website University of Bristol]