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Work with us!

Written by
Amy Richardson
Posted on
17th April 2023

We are advertising for 3 new posts working on the ERC-funded MENTICA project: Post-doc in Archaeology Duration: 16 months Closing date: 2nd May 2023 The primary roles of the PDRA…Read More >

Work with us!

Zooarchaeology articles available now

Written by
Amy Richardson
Posted on
5th April 2023

Dr Donna de Groene (UCC), who completed her PhD with the project in 2022, has published two new articles on her analysis of the zooarchaeological remains. In Journal of Archaeological…Read More >

Zooarchaeology articles available now

New article on the osteoarchaeology from Bestansur

Written by
Amy Richardson
Posted on
21st September 202221st September 2022

  Dr Sam Walsh (UCLAN) has published a new article on the dental wear from the human burials at Bestansur. This paper presents the first evidence of extra-masticatory dental wear….Read More >

New article on the osteoarchaeology from Bestansur

MENTICA contributes to major new ancient DNA research

Written by
Amy Richardson
Posted on
30th August 202230th August 2022

A trio of papers was published last week in the journal Science which report genome-wide data from 727 distinct ancient individuals—more than doubling the amount of ancient DNA data from…Read More >

MENTICA contributes to major new ancient DNA research

The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire

Written by
Amy Richardson
Posted on
11th July 2022

Roger Matthews and Hassan Fazeli Nashli of Tehran University (with Amy Richardson as Illustrations Editor), have just published The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire, which is…Read More >

The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid Empire

Excavations at Bestansur and Zarzi

Written by
Amy Richardson
Posted on
11th July 202211th July 2022

The Iraq-UK Project team conducted a ten-week season of excavations at Bestansur in Autumn 2021. Two days were also devoted to survey and a sounding in the vicinity of Zarzi…Read More >

Excavations at Bestansur and Zarzi

New Publication – CZAP Volume 2 Now Available

Written by
Amy Richardson
Posted on
14th August 202023rd September 2020

The second volume in the CZAP series is now available to order here and for open access download: Matthews, R., Matthews, W., Rasheed Raheem, K. & Richardson, A. (eds). 2020. The Early…Read More >

New Publication – CZAP Volume 2 Now Available

Bestansur – A Neolithic Community

Written by
Amy Richardson
Posted on
6th August 20196th August 2019

The MENTICA team conducted an 11-week season of excavations at the Early Neolithic site of Bestansur between March and June 2019. The season focused on Trench 10 to extend excavations…Read More >

Bestansur – A Neolithic Community

Supporting heritage in Iraq

Written by
Amy Richardson
Posted on
8th January 20198th June 2020

Members of the Department of Archaeology/Mentica Project are proud to support the renovation of the prehistory gallery at the Slemani Museum in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Supported by a…Read More >

Supporting heritage in Iraq

The MENTICA project is now recruiting

Written by
Amy Richardson
Posted on
4th November 20184th November 2018

Two postdoctoral research positions and two funded PhD studentships are available to start on 14 January 2019 to contribute to the ERC-funded MENTICA project. The successful applicants will work with…Read More >

The MENTICA project is now recruiting

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