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Apologies for re-posting, the contact details were in error on the original. Please do not reply to this e-mail. Contact details are given at the end of the message. PhD Fellowship to be held at University of Bergen, Norway in the field of palaezoology/osteology. Palaeozoology is one of the main research areas at the Natural History Collections at the University of Bergen. The research is in particular focusing on interpretation of the prehistoric environment, biodiversity and humans in the prehistoric landscape. The research fellow will be included in the Palaeoenvironmental Research Group. Within osteology, the interaction between fauna and environment and fauna history are the major areas of interest. The PhD fellow will use bone samples collected at the Hardangervidda high mountain plateau as basis for his/her research. In the interdisciplinary Hardangervidda project http://bergenmuseum.uib.no/forskning/hardangervidda <http://bergenmuseum.uib.no/forskning/hardangervidda> large samples of reindeer bones from Iron Age and Medieval times have been excavated. By means of these bone materials and metrical, molecular and ecological methods, the research fellow will investigate the history of the reindeer at Hardangervidda for the last 2000 years. The appointment is in total four years, and 25% of the time will be museum related work in the Natural History Collections. The successful applicant will be admissible to the Ph.D. programme of the Department of Biology, with an approved plan for doctoral studies with a time frame of three years. Hence, applicants must meet the formal admission requirements for the PhD programme at University of Bergen. Application for admission to the PhD programme, incl. a project plan for the training module, will be worked out in collaboration with the actual supervisor/research group. The principal supervisor for the project must be a scientist with a permanent position at the Natural History Collections. Closing date for application: 03.04.2009 Reference number: 09.1908 Further details are available from https://secure.jobbnorge.no/visstilling2.aspx?stillid=55825 -- Umberto Albarella Department of Archaeology University of Sheffield Northgate House West Street Sheffield S1 4ET United Kingdom Telephone: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 22 943 Fax: (+) 44 (0) 114 27 22 563 http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/albarella.html For Archaeologists for Global Justice (AGJ) see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/global-justice.html "There is no way to peace. Peace IS the way".