ESR 7: Tracking cereal processing in Neolithic pottery (York/Barcelona)
Jonica Doliente
My research interests are lipidomics, lipid residue analysis, stable isotopes, and paleodiet and paleoenvironmental reconstructions.
My PhD Project
My research revolves around the identification of a cereal-specific biomarker - alkylresorcinol (AR) - in archaeological pottery. Alkylresorcinols are amphiphilic phenolic lipids characterised by a nonpolar odd-numbered alkyl chain attached to a polar resorcinol ring. Recently, they have been recovered from potsherds dating from the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age demonstrating their potential for investigating prehistoric pottery use. Their detection in archaeological contexts is valuable as it can help explain the uptake and spread of cereal processing of past communities in particular regions especially when botanical remains are poorly preserved on archaeological sites or were not adequately collected during excavation. Due to ARs’ inherently low content in cereals and high susceptibility to degradation, their detection becomes difficult resulting in an obvious lack of cereal presence in analysed Neolithic ceramics. The overall aim therefore of my PhD project is to better detect alkylresorcinols in archaeological pottery using a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)-based protocol.
CV
I have a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of the Philippines - Diliman, a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Daegu University, and an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Archaeological Materials Science (ARCHMAT) awarded by the Universidade de Évora, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Sapienza Università di Roma.
Publications
Kim, Y., Doliente, J.E., and Choi, Y. (2017). A study on the application of mill scale-derived magnetite particles for adsorptive removal of phosphate from wastewater. Journal of the Korean Society of Water and Wastewater. 31(4):281-287.
Doliente, J.E., Kim, Y., Nam, H., and Choi, Y. (2017). Mill Scale-Derived Magnetite Particles: Effective Adsorbent for the Removal of Phosphate in Aqueous Solutions. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 143(12):04017076.
Lee, M., Doliente, J.E., Nam, H., Kim, Y., and Choi, Y. (2016). Effects of alkali species and concentration on the size distribution of the co-precipitated magnetite particles used for phosphate adsorption. Journal of the Korean Society of Water and Wastewater. 30(4):409-415.
Choi, Y., San, P., Doliente, J.E., Maeng, M., Dockko, S., and Choi, E. (2016). Adsorptive removal of arsenate using inorganic magnetite particles. Desalination and Water Treatment. 57(60):29448-29456.
Supervisor
Kirsty Penkman (UoY)
Co-supervisor
Oliver Craig (UoY)
Co-supervisor
Andre Colonese (UAB)