This multidisciplinary PhD studentship (ADeCHAR) will investigate the historic application of pesticides to paper-based collections through the development of a novel, simple and effective colourimetric method for their detection in archive collections. ADeCHAR will study the mechanisms used to ...
The aim of the PhD project is to consider the role and importance of different plant food and fuel resources in hunter-gatherer subsistence in Mesolithic Scotland. The project will specifically focus on the plant remains from Rubha Port an t-Seilich, Islay. This is a key site for understanding ...
This PhD project aims to characterise Australian archaeological ochres and identify the origins and movements of these around the arid zone by developing novel minimally destructive and non-destructive techniques. These approaches will help answer significant questions about past human behaviour ...
One of the greatest barriers to accurate and reliable radiocarbon dating of archaeological materials in museum or archival collections is the presence of materials introduced during conservation treatment, consolidants. Focussing on wood and bone primarily, this project will investigate how ...
This fully funded PhD studentship aims to develop prototypes and practical workflows for low-cost high-resolution image-based capture and reconstruction of large textile surfaces, the results of which will contribute to the conservation, analysis, and presentation of historic textile collections ...
