The research line will be focused on the reconstruction of Middle and Late Pleistocene environments in the central interior of South Africa, using sediments and fossils as proxies. As a trainee researcher, the person will be expected to participate actively in the activities of PEOPLE, including: research stays in South Africa (up to two months per year) and other collaborating centers, laboratory analyses, synthesis and interpretation of results, drafting scientific papers, dissemination of scientific activity. The PhD student will be trained in micro-geoarchaeological methods (infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, magnetic susceptibility, micromorphology of sediments) and will study the formation and post-depositional processes of the sites investigated in the PEOPLE project under the supervision of the PI.
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