University of Sheffield PhD studentship to start October 2004 Project title: Statistical tools for investigating issues of contemporaneity in palaeo-environmental and archaeological records Jointly supervised by: Dr Caitlin Buck (Probability and Statistics) and Dr Paul Pettitt (Archaeology) Student required: We have funding to cover the tuition fees and stipend of an MSc, MMath or good BSc level mathematics or statistics graduate from the UK/EU (overseas students might be considered, but they would need some of their own funding to cover overseas tuition fees). Training in archaeology and palaeo-environmental issues will be offered at Sheffield. Infomal enquiries may be made to Dr Caitlin Buck Department of Probability and Statistics University of Sheffield Hicks Building Hounsfield Road Sheffield S3 7RH Tel: +44 114 222 3715 Fax: +44 114 222 3759 Email: [log in to unmask]