Contrats doctoraux

Dans de nombreuses îles des Caraïbes, les vestiges de crabes terrestres sont fréquemment observés lors des premières occupations de la période céramique (de 400 av. J.-C. à 1500 apr. J.-C.). Cependant, ces ressources alimentaires sont rapidement remplacées dans la diète par des mollusques ...

Papyri preserved by the dry climate of Egypt are an unparalleled source of information about the Ancient World. However, their large number, diversity and current dispersion have impeded a comprehensive grasp of their nature and content. In particular, palaeography, the study of handwritings ...

Wetlands play a disproportionate role across almost all categories of ecosystem services, from flood attenuation to carbon sequestration and are thus seen as the ‘low-hanging-fruit’ for many restoration programmes. They are also among the most sensitive and highly anthropogenically altered ...

The project involves the investigation of ancient DNA of small mammals with the aim of reconstructing their evolutionary histories and identifying their responses to climate change during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. Genomic analyses of small mammals are supplemented with metagenomic ...

The project forms one strand of the Leverhulme Funded Research Leadership Award, A New History of Bronze. This project explores how the emergence and use of copper and bronze metalworking in this period created new possibilities for crafting, leadership and violence. The emergence of metal ...