Macleod

Congratulations to Dr. Ruairidh Macleod, BAP PhD student at University of Cambridge, for successfully defending his PhD dissertation! On Wednesday the 18th of December, Ruairidh ('Rory') Macleod successfully defended his PhD thesis titled 'An Ancient Genomic Perspective of Kinship, Disease, and Environment' at the University of Cambridge. This centred on ancient genome data from Middle Holocene hunter–gatherers at Lake Baikal, in particular case studies from an apparent EBA massacre group, outbreaks of pathogens among occupants of LN cemeteries, and study [...]

Congratulations to BAP Ph.D. student Ruairidh Macleod on the publication of his book chapter in Field Sampling for Laboratory Analysis in Archaeology (ed. Evi Margaritis, Artemios Oikonomou, Efthymia Nikita,Thilo Rehren) 65–87 (The Cyprus Institute, 2023)! Chapter 9 Title: Sampling for ancient biomolecular data: DNA, proteins and lipids from specific archaeological sample types Introduction: Ancient biomolecular analyses have rapidly risen to prominence in archaeological research, generating a considerable breadth of novel evidence for behaviour, population history and subsistence in [...]