Prehistoric Archaeology

Prehistoric Archaeology at Aberdeen is a diverse research theme, encompassing a variety of temporal, geographical and thematic foci.

Emerging strengths include:

• Wickham-Jones:
  • the study of submerged prehistoric landscapes
• Dobney, Britton:
  • colonisations and migrations, and the reconstruction of human and animal palaeodiet and palaeoecology through the application of bioarchaeological and biomolecular methods

Our research currently spans from:

• the Middle Palaeolithic, to the Mesolithic and Neolithic
• to the later prehistoric and protohistoric periods

Regional specialisms include:

• North-West Europe (Noble, Britton, Wickham-Jones)
• late prehistoric Western Alaska (Knecht) and Japan (Gibbs)

• Dr Gordon Noble
• Dr Kate Britton
• Dr Rick Knecht

• Al-Basatîn Excavations (Wadi Ziqlab Project)
• Archaeological Field School in Quinhagak, Alaska
• Dietary Change and Maritime Adaptations in Prehistoric North-West Alaska
• Palaeobiogeography and Palaeoecology of late Pleistocene Herbivores of Northern Europe
• Palaeoenvironmental and Palaeoclimatic Reconstruction at the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Site of Neumark-Nord, Germany
• The Origins of Pottery in Japan: Production, Use, and Environment (2012-2013)
• The Rising Tide: Investigations into the Submerged Archaeology of Orkney