You will examine the utility of stable isotope ratios of hydrogen (δD) of individual fatty acids extracted from a series of Neolithic ceramic vessels from sites in Northern and Southern Europe. You will develop a new cutting-edge technique for improving the resolution of determining pottery use ...
Beyond their nutritional values, plants have played a central role for the production of artefacts in prehistoric societies. Specific plants and their anatomical parts may have been selectively used for the production of baskets and wooden containers, among others, which in turn could have been ...
In Europe, birch bark tar is considered as a universal adhesive during prehistory but archaeological data is scarce and scattered. Assessing the role of adhesive substances in prehistoric technology requires cross-institutional training and access to samples from different archaeological contexts ...
Animal hard tissues were highly valuable resources in prehistoric technology. Spears, points and beads made of bone, ivory and antler, for example, are usually recovered in archaeological deposits associated with a range of activities, from dietary to ideological contexts. It is not clear whether ...
Archaeobotanical analysis is well established in archaeological scientific research and has been applied to a range of prehistoric hearths. In comparison, chemical and molecular analysis of hearths is far less established, with doubts regarding the preservation, origin of organic molecules and ...
This project will unite the artefactual and biological evidence for prehistoric wine consumption. You will examine DNA present in wine vessels and archaeobotanical remains that have been recovered from archaeological sites and test the assumption that grape domestication is associated with ...
You will get to work on materials from the Ness of Brodgar UNESCO world heritage site. The site lies at the heart of one of the largest Neolithic ceremonial complexes in Britain, and is likely to have been a prominent place in the political landscape of the time. Distinctive Grooved Ware pottery ...
Cereals were the backbone of Neolithic agriculture in Europe, but their relative contribution to regional culinary practices is a matter of debate. Ceramic vessels are the most widely available cultural archives for addressing the importance of cereals in early food production systems. However ...
