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Department of Archaeology

 
Read more at: Beasts to Craft: Biocodicology as a new approach to the study of parchment manuscripts

Beasts to Craft: Biocodicology as a new approach to the study of parchment manuscripts

The aim of the ERC project Beasts to Craft (B2C) is to document the biological and craft records in parchment in order to reveal the entangled histories of improvement and parchment production in Europe from 500-1900 AD.


Read more at: Chromatin 3D Structure of Archaic Human Populations and Its Impact on Modern Human Genomes

Chromatin 3D Structure of Archaic Human Populations and Its Impact on Modern Human Genomes

Most people in Eurasia today carry fragments of DNA inherited from ancient hominins such as Neanderthals and Denisovans. This genetic legacy has influenced traits such as immunity, skin pigmentation, and susceptibility to certain diseases, but the ways in which archaic DNA continues to shape human biology are still not fully understood.


Read more at: Promised: Promoting Archaeological Science in the Eastern Mediterranean

Promised: Promoting Archaeological Science in the Eastern Mediterranean

The Promised project forms a network of excellence in Bioarchaeology and Archaeological Materials Science within the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center (STARC) at the Cyprus Institute linked with the advanced research centres in Archaeological Science at KU Leuven and the University of Cambridge.