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My main research has been focussing on the study of lipids preserved in archaeological artefacts, in order to reconstruct past exploitation of natural resources by ancient populations, using the molecular composition of extracts and compound-specific C isotope composition of fatty acids. I have been particularly interested in developing and validating new biomarker and compound-specific stable isotope proxies to investigate subsistence practices.
My Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship recognises the untapped potential of archaeological pottery vessels to serve as a novel proxy for palaeoprecipitation and explores the link between climate change and human responses in the past, and will be held in the Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, in collaboration with Professor Paul Valdes (climate modeller, BRIDGE, UoB), Professor Michael Lee (ruminant dietician, Bristol Veterinary School, UoB and North Wyke Farm Platform), Dr Marie Balasse(isotopic archaeozoologist, MNHN, Paris), Professor Arek Marciniak (archaeozoologist, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland) and Dr Olivier Nieuwenhuyse (Humboldt Fellow at the Institut für Vorderasiatische Archäologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany).
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NERC New Investigator - Resolving the fisher-farmer conundrum in Prehistoric Europe using biomolecular approaches
1/08/22 → 31/07/25
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Direct 14C dating of equine products preserved in archaeological pottery vessels from Botai and Bestamak, Kazakhstan
Casanova, E. J. A., Knowles, T. D. J., Outram, A. K., Stear, N. A., Roffet-Salque, M., Zaibert, V., Logvin, A., Shevnina, I. & Evershed, R. P., 12 Jul 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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A call for caution in the analysis of lipids and other small biomolecules from archaeological contexts
Whelton, H. L., Hammann, S., Cramp, L. J. E., Dunne, J., Roffet-Salque, M. & Evershed, R. P., Aug 2021, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 132, 105397, 20 p., 105397.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Dating the emergence of dairying by the first farmers of Central Europe using 14C analysis of fatty acids preserved in pottery vessels
Casanova, E. J. A., Knowles, T. D. J., Bayliss, A., Roffet-Salque, M., Heyd, V. M., Pyzel, J., Claβe, E., Domboróczki, L., Ilett, M., Lefranc, P., Jeunesse, C., Marciniak, A., van Wijk, I. & Evershed, R. P., 8 Oct 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review