Cambridge University

Post-Doc, Archaeology

About

I have just started a three-year post-doctoral position in the McDonald Institute at Cambridge, working as research assistant to James Barrett on the Leverhulme-funded project 'Ancient DNA, Cod and the Origins of Commercial Trade in Medieval Europe'.

This is a departure from my prior research, which concerns the Neolithic and Chalcolithic of South-East Europe and Anatolia. While my PhD addressed human-animal relations and social change in the later Neolithic Balkans, especially Serbia, the geographical focus of my own research has recently shifted to Turkey. I have just concluded a one-year post-doctoral position at Binghamton University, studying the animal remains from the Turkish Halaf site of Fıstıklı Höyük, and have an ongoing commitment as the faunal analyst for the current West Mound project at Çatalhöyük. In the future I hope to maintain active research both in the Balkans and in Anatolia.

Thematically, I am interested in the roles played by animals within prehistoric societies, and especially in processes of social change. My methodological background is in zooarchaeology – I hold an MSc in this subject from the University of York – and I am particularly keen to develop concrete methodologies that bridge the gap between human-animal relations theory and zooarchaeological data.

Contact Information

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Address: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge
CB2 3ER