The ‘Rewilding” project is trialling a new mode of industry-led cross-sector research in exploring later prehistoric wildlife and its relevance to contemporary ecological debates. The project is led by Oxford Archaeology (OA) in partnership with the Universities of Oxford, Exeter and Toulouse, the Archaeology Data Service, Historic England and Knepp Castle Estate. The current nature conservation concept of “rewilding” will be recast for archaeological purposes in order to reveal the “wonder and enchantment” of wildlife in the Bronze and Iron Ages – a key period in the transition from ‘wild’ to “farmed” landscapes in Britain. The ‘blank spaces’ study is one of a series of studies which will build an original multi-stranded toolkit for investigating archaeological wildlife. The postholder – a palynologist with strong computational skills – will work with lead investigator Dr Anwen Cooper, palaeoenvironmental experts at OA, and Professor Mike Charles, University of Oxford. They will also assist in the management of this study. The postholder will be based at OA and will have access to lab space and equipment at the School of Archaeology, Oxford.
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[Website Oxford Archaeology]
Cette offre d'emploi s'inscrit dans le cadre du projet ANR STEPABILITY (Steppe Sustainability in a Changing World) visant à comprendre la résilience des écosystèmes steppiques de la région circum-Caspienne face à l'intensification des pratiques agro-pastorales au cours de l'Age du Bronze. Dans ce cadre, les études archébotaniques viseront à reconstituer l'évolution des écosystèmes steppiques, des pratiques agricoles et des dynamiques de peuplement de la région.
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[Site web CNRS]
Radical changes in the Earth’s biome have occurred over the past 30,000 years, with consequent changes in species ranges and connectivity. How can we best model species dynamics over thousands of years of ecological change? And what are the main environmental drivers underlying these dynamics? There is now a wealth of historic and prehistoric records documenting these processes, including pollen and fossil records, ancient genomes and sedimentary DNA, but a lack of tools limit the insights that can be derived from these records. Our ERC-funded research project - called Spatiotemporal Analytical Modelling for Paleobiology (STAMP) – will serve to link these disparate types of paleobiological records with the methodological tools of spatiotemporal process analysis. As proof of principle, we will analyze various types of paleobiological datasets from northern Eurasia and northwest North America. The postdoctoral fellow will work on one of the first work packages of this project, particularly focusing on megafauna range dynamics in the Arctic and taiga. The first year of the postdoctoral project will involve a period of co-supervision with Dr. Yucheng Wang (University of Cambridge) – an expert in sedimentary genomics. The first focus of the postdoctoral fellow job will involve computationally collecting and assembling a database of paleobiological records from select megafauna species of the Arctic and taiga.
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[Website University of Copenhagen]
Applications are invited for a Research Assistant in Cultural Heritage with a particular emphasis on the impact of climate change on historical sites in Istanbul in Turkey as part of the UKRI Arts and Humanity Research Council (AHRC) project entitled "Developing a novel Climate change Risk Assessment Framework for cultural heritage in Turkey- Phase II (CRAFT2)". The successful applicant will be expected to will design and carry out a survey to measure the public's level of awareness about climate change-related impacts on heritage sites where they live and the level of knowledge of the value of the surrounding cultural heritage. The study will also assess the views on the relationship between vulnerability level and the conservation measures of the cultural heritage. The study will include both qualitative and quantitative methods of research. The quantitative data will be analysed via Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, and the qualitative data will be analysed using inductive data analysis. The spatial distribution will be mapped by using GIS programs. The survey results will be used to inform discussion on policymaking.
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[Website Durham University]
The School of Natural and Built Environment (NBE) at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint an ambitious and collaborative postdoctoral researcher to join the PIPES (Pollutants in Peatlands: From Sink to Source) research project working on data collection, analysis, synthesis and preparation of papers for publication. The post is a critical role, and as such, the successful applicant will have responsibilities in independent research, day to day lab management, collaborations, writing academic publications, and outreach. The project will involve field and laboratory work, including analysis of peat cores and overseeing a manipulative experiment.
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[Website Queen’s University Belfast]
The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance, housing a collection of over 2.8 million objects that document 5,000 years of human creativity from across six continents. As Conservation Scientist you will have the exciting opportunity to work in our newly-refurbished laboratory, where a AHRC £2.3 million grant has enabled the purchase and upgrade of a wide range of microscopes, spectrometers and X-radiography equipment. With experience in the analysis of materials from cultural heritage contexts, as Conservation Scientist you will undertake the analysis of both traditional and modern materials in museum objects, using FTIR, X-ray fluorescence, SEM-EDX, UV-vis-nIR, optical and digital microscopy, Raman microscopy and other appropriate techniques. You will undertake scientific analysis, enabling the delivery of the museum’s Public Programme and strategic objectives in care of collections and research.
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[Website V&A museum]
L'ingénieur recruté travaillera sein du pôle scientifique Textile du Laboratoire de recherche des monuments historiques (LRMH). Il / elle participera aux missions de service et de recherche de l'établissement en effectuant des analyses techniques, scientifiques et/ou des activités expérimentales dans le cadre de procédures définies à la demande du responsable de pôle. L'ingénieur recruté sera occasionnellement amené à se déplacer pour se rendre sur des lieux de présentation, de conservation ou de restauration des textiles (musées, réserves, MH, ateliers privés et publics...). Il / elle participera à des programmes de recherche et d'études sur différents aspects scientifiques et techniques des textiles en adaptant et/ou en développant des techniques instrumentales selon le besoin et le contexte (in-situ, en laboratoire, avec ou sans prélèvements) : identification de fibres, étude de filés métalliques, diagnostic de leur état d'altération, conseil en conservation préventive, évaluation de traitements de restauration. Il/elle rédigera des notes et rapports d'études sur les cas qui lui seront confiés. Il/elle participera à des tâches courantes telles que la gestion des stocks liés aux activités du pôle textile ; la maintenance et l'entretien des matériels et instruments du laboratoire ; et il/elle veillera à l'application et au respect des règles d'hygiène et de sécurité. Une bonne sensibilité à la conservation du patrimoine ainsi que des notions élémentaires sur les techniques de conservation seraient nécessaires.
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[Site web CNRS]
The successful applicant will play an active role in developing a vibrant research program and laboratory facilities dedicated to compositional and characterization techniques (X-Ray Fluorescence, X-Ray Diffraction, Fourier transform Infrared Spectroscopy), microscopy (Stereo, scanning electron and/or transmission), collagen mass fingerprinting (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry- ZooMS) and multi element stable isotope applications to modern and archaeological faunal remains and datasets. The applicant must be highly self-motivated, independent, and interested in working within interdisciplinary teams consisting of archaeologists and diverse scientists to investigate and reconstruct past human-animal interactions.
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[Website Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar]
The Institute of Human Origins (IHO) at Arizona State University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in early hominin postcranial anatomy and functional morphology under the supervision of Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie. The postdoctoral research scholar will be contributing to a collaborative project studying mid-Pliocene hominin postcrania from Woranso-Mille (Ethiopia), with particular emphasis on their anatomy and functional morphology.
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[Website Arizona State University]
Cette offre d'emploi s'inscrit au sein d'un projet d'exploration de l'oasis d'Al Ula en Arabie saoudite, le projet ArcAgr-Au, dirigé par Louise Purdue. Ce projet vise à comprendre l'histoire de cette oasis, et notamment le lien entre les populations humaines et la gestion des ressources en eau et en sol. Le projet repose sur une approche géoarchéologique et géomorphologique notamment et s'appuie sur des études de terrain et de laboratoire. Le chercheur assurera la prospection, l'observation et l'échantillonnage des archives paléoenvironnementales alluviales et dunaires avec un focus sur les dynamiques hydro-sédimentaires et climatiques au cours du Pleistocène et de la transition avec l'Holocène.
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[Site web CNRS]