古代人类和动物饮食、迁移和殡葬习俗研究博士职位

Starting date: March 1, 2027

We offer a four-year PhD position within the NWO-funded AMASZINC (Analysing and MApping Strontium and Zinc IN Cremations to reconstruct diet, mobility, and funerary practices of ancient human and animal populations) project, which aims to develop new ways of studying mobility, diet, and funerary practices from cremated human and animal remains. The project combines cutting-edge laser ablation techniques with Sr and Zn concentration and isotope ratio analysis to unlock information preserved in burnt bone. The project is carried out in close collaboration with Prof. Christophe Snoeck at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Dr. Klervia Jaouen at Observatoire Midi Pyrénées/CNRS, Toulouse, France, offering opportunities to work across institutions and research fields.

Your duties • investigating mobility and dietary histories as well as funerary practices of Iron Age and Roman populations from the Netherlands, Belgium, Slovenia, and Portugal • performing laser ablation mapping of cremated bone • conducting high-precision ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and δ⁸⁸Sr analyses using TIMS and MC-ICP-MS • developing and testing new approaches for Zn concentrations and isotope ratio analysis of cremated bone • presenting findings at national and international scientific conferences • publishing research findings in international peer-reviewed journals • completing a paper-based PhD thesis and defending it at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam • participating in the training programme of the SENSE graduate school