ChemArch - ESR15: Alice Di Muro

ESR 15: Tracking the role of marine resources to food security and livelihoods in colonial and postcolonial South America through chemical analysis of artefacts (Barcelona/York)

Alice Di Muro

I am a biomolecular archaeologist who focuses on environmental sustainability, interested in the application of biomolecular techniques aimed to explore past and current anthropogenic impacts on the environment. I have a wide experience on a range of laboratory procedures and settings, in particular regarding stable isotopes analysis of bone collagen for palaeodietary reconstruction and the reconstruction of past environmental conditions.

My PhD Project

During my PhD project at the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona and at the University of York I will try to establish the degree marine resources contributed to food security and livelihood of early colonial and postcolonial populations in south-eastern South America

CV

I have a BSc in Bioarchaeology (University of York), and I graduated with a laboratory-based dissertation where I analysed stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) of bone collagen from a North African Late Antique cemetery (Bulla Regia, Tunisi) in order to reconstruct past dietary patterns and social dynamics. I have a MSc (University of York) in Sustainable Science (in archaeological context), where I assessed the usefulness of the analysis of deuterium isotopes (δD) from archaeological remains as proxies for understanding past climate changes.

Supervisor

Andrè Carlo Colonese (ICTA- UAB)

Co-supervisor

Oliver Craig (UoY)

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