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A Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1352) is available in archaeological geochemistry and dating at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo. The position is part of the project Ecological Archaeologies of the Afrotropics (EcoArch), funded by the European Research Council (ERC Synergy Grant 101224871).

The appointed candidate will work within the overarching goal of the project EcoArch to disentangle the drivers of landscape and climate change in the Afrotropics since the introduction of domesticated food economies. 

Candidates should propose a research project that provides, in one form or another, an examination of landscape transformation in the Afrotropics since the advent of agriculture using high-resolution dated sediment cores recovered from lakes or swamps as well as archaeological sites. The candidate will work in conjunction with the Tandem Laboratory at the University of Uppsala to apply state-of-the-art dating analyses coupled with compound-specific isotope analyses (CSIA) to be interpreted in tandem with biomarker analyses.

Applicants are required to upload/attach a research proposal (hf.uio.no) stating how they intend to address the central research questions and offer theoretical and methodological approaches to attend to the project’s objectives. Preference will be given to independent projects devoted to addressing one or more of these following possible themes: 

• • The roles humans have had over the last 6000 years in shaping ecological baselines. 
• • Landscape changes across the Afrotropics following the introduction of pastoralism and plant cultivation.
• • Potential roles of fire, land clearance, grazing, plant selection and climate variability in shaping landscape complexion.
• • Use of high-precision, dated sediment cores and CSIA to shape our understandings of ecosystem functionality over different time scales.

Proposals will be evaluated based on their relevance to EcoArch, feasibility and application of theoretical and practical knowledge to better understand how humans have changed ecological systems over the last 6000 years. 

For more information and how to apply: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/303752/postdoctoral-research-fellowship-in-archaeological-geochemistry-and-dating