ESR 6: Exploring the function of grinding stones using old and new methods (York/Copenhagen)
Alice Cao
I have a bachelor's degree in biology, speciality Ecology at the university of Tours (France & Germany). Followed by a master’s degree in archaeology at the university of Paris 1, Pantheon Sorbonne (France). I worked at the building identification in archaeology context using chemistry tools and specifically studying feacal lipid biomarkers.
My PhD Project
My phD project is about determination of griding stones function’s using chemistry tools. The period studied will be at the boarders between the late hunter-gatherers and the first sedentary. Two parts will be conducted: microwear analysis and chemical analysis to link the grinding stones to a specific process (processing food for example). Protein, ancient DNA, should be look at. The samples will come from Ness of Brodgar site. This project is in collaboration with ESR 9 and 11.
CV
Bachelor in Biology (France and Germany)
Master in Archaeology (France)
Internships :
UMR 7619, using chemistry tool in archaeological context
Digging field Mandrin site, France.
Supervisor
Aimee Little (UoY)
Co-supervisor
Tobias Richter (UCPH)