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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lisa-Marie Shillito <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:47 PM Subject: Archaeobotany PhD studentship To: [log in to unmask] Call for Application for AHRC Studentship Competition at the Department of Archaeology, University of Reading We would like to invite those interested in commencing doctoral research from October 2011, to investigate the full range of plant macrofossils, including charcoal, recovered from Teutonic Order castle sites in north Poland, Latvia and Estonia (medieval Prussia and Livonia) within the framework of the Ecology of Crusading research project (http://www.ecologyofcrusading.com/). The primary aim will be to identify plants which may have been economically and culturally important to the process of colonisation following the crusades, contributing to an understanding of changing dietary regimes, provisioning networks, broader European trade networks, and landuse. This study would benefit from broader research into the changing environment of the medieval eastern Baltic provided by the project. The PhD would be based at the Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, and would be supervised by Dr Alex Brown and Dr Aleks Pluskowski. If you are interested in pursuing doctoral work on the palaeobotany of Iron Age and Medieval sites in the Baltic, and would like to apply to the AHRC studentship competition then please get in touch as soon as possible with either Dr Brown ([log in to unmask]) or Dr Pluskowski ([log in to unmask]) with a full CV. The application form can be found online at: http://www.reading.ac.uk/research/res-pgr-degrees/FundingOpportunities/res-pgstudarts.aspx (see applying for a studentship). AHRC studentships are highly competitive, and candidates with a first class honours at undergraduate level and a distinction at MSc level will have the best chance of securing this funding. Previous experience of fieldwork and plant macrofossil analysis is desirable. -- Dr. Lisa-Marie Shillito AHRC Research Associate BioArCh (S-Block) Department of Archaeology University of York YO10 5DD http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/research-staff/lisa-shillito/ 00447872349504 (UK Mobile) 01904 328824 (Office) -- Dr. Lisa-Marie Shillito AHRC Research Associate BioArCh (S-Block) Department of Archaeology University of York YO10 5DD http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/research-staff/lisa-shillito/ 00447872349504 (UK Mobile) 01904 328824 (Office)