Applications are invited for an isotope analyst to join a multidisciplinary research team for two years, on a project funded by the AHRC ‘Diasporas, Migrations and Identities’ research initiative.

The project will explore the cultural and biological experience of immigrant communities in Roman Britain, and the diversity of cultural identities in this remote province. This postdoctoral position will be based at the NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory (NIGL) in Nottingham/Keyworth and entails the sampling of skeletal remains from a number of archaeological sites and conducting strontium and oxygen isotope analyses to investigate aspects of residential mobility in Roman Britain.

The successful candidate will have a PhD in a relevant discipline (e.g. Archaeological Science, Geoscience), knowledge and experience of isotope analysis and proven ability to work, unsupervised when necessary, in a laboratory. Previous experience with the analyses of strontium and/or oxygen isotopes in archaeological or palaeontological bone or tooth samples is desirable, but not essential. You will be expected to construct and manage a database of samples and results, to interpret the data within the archaeological context and to prepare the results for publication. You will also have to work closely with other members of the research team to promote and further the aims of the project.

Informal inquiries may be directed to Dr Gundula Müldner, phone: 0118 378 7389; email: [log in to unmask] or Dr Jane Evans, phone: 0115 936 3596; email: [log in to unmask]

Application forms and further particulars are available from the Personnel Office, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH, telephone 0118 378 6771 (voicemail). Application forms are also available in Word/RTF format from www.reading.ac.uk/Jobs . Closing date for applications 31 October 2006. Please quote Reference Number.

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Dr Gundula Müldner
Department of Archaeology
University of Reading
Whiteknights PO Box 227
Reading RG6 6AB
U.K.

Full-time, fixed-term for 2 Years