This project brings the organization of ancient pigment production into focus to investigate trade networks and their response to economic and political change. To address this, project the ERC StG HUE aims to establish a physical and digital pigment-specific reference database paired with a toolset for pigment analysis: least invasive sampling strategies, key pigments and geochemical tools. This includes petrographic-mineralogical and geochemical analysis and reference data mapping for different areas and periods. We will investigate Mediterranean trade networks through several well-constrained sub-projects from late Bronze Age contexts to the 1st century CE. New tracers will be tested, and a dedicated MC-ICP-MS (Neoma/Thermo) is available. The successful applicant for this DOC position enrolls as PhD student and is expected to contribute to the project goals, specifically to improving sampling strategies and working on a sub-project in the Aegean and is encouraged to develop own research ideas while finalizing a PhD thesis. The tasks for this project include fieldwork, sample processing and analysis by mass spectrometry (ICP-MS, MC-ICP-MS, TIMS) and integrating the results with other types of analysis (e.g., XRD, SEM-EDS, XRF).
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