Moving with the times: mobility and diet of people and animals in prehistoric Lincolnshire

林肯郡的史前遗址最后一次调查是在1976年5月的一本专著中。虽然新的概述正在准备中(乔恩，即将发布)，但这些遗址的动物遗骸几乎没有得到分析或合成。因此，该区域缺乏可通过研究人与动物关系获得的重要生物文化信息(Sykes 2014)。我的博士研究将填补这一知识空白。它将整合动物考古学、稳定同位素分析和数据库建模，以产生对林肯郡史前群落如何从新石器时代到铁器时代末期的行为和发展的新理解。我的考古研究硕士学位给了我充分的动物骨骼分析方法和理论方面的培训。自毕业以来，我一直是动物考古学实验室小组的成员。这项提议与实验室目前的研究重点相吻合--林肯郡被用作AHRC资助的三个项目的“时间核心”，该项目检查Long ue Durée地区的同位素数据。所有的同位素分析和数据库工作将与NERC同位素地球科学实验室(NIGL)合作进行，我在那里接受了同位素分析方面的培训，作为我的硕士学位的一部分。为了我的论文，我在NIGL进行了相关的同位素研究，其结果已经发表在两篇文章中(Miller等人)。2016年；奥斯本，即将上映)。我丰富的专业IT经验使我具备了所有必要的数据库开发技能。我已经联系了林肯郡文物局和其他机构，以获得存档的动物考古学收藏品，以及来自沃尔兹(约克大学)和林肯郡长巴罗斯评估项目(历史英格兰)的新石器时代葬礼纪念碑的材料。即将进行的林肯东部绕道开发工作预计需要挖掘其路径上的史前遗址，这可能会提供更多的动物材料。

The prehistoric sites of Lincolnshire were last surveyed in a monograph by May (1976). While a newoverview is in preparation (Chowne, forthcoming) faunal remains from these sites have received littleanalysis or synthesis. As a result, the region is lacking important bio-cultural information that can beobtained through the study of human-animal relationships (Sykes 2014). My PhD research will fill thisknowledge gap. It will integrate zooarchaeology, stable isotope analysis and database modelling togenerate a new understanding of how the prehistoric communities of Lincolnshire behaved anddeveloped from the Neolithic to the end of the Iron Age.My MSc in Archaeological Research (Distinction) has given me full training in the methods and theoryof animal bones analysis. I have remained a member of the Zooarchaeology Lab group since mygraduation. This proposal meshes with the Lab's current research focus - Lincolnshire is being usedas a 'timecore' for three of its AHRC funded projects examining isotope data over the longue durée. Allmy isotope analysis and database work will be undertaken in collaboration with the NERC IsotopeGeosciences Laboratory (NIGL), where I was trained in isotope analysis as part of my MSc. I conductedindependent isotope research at NIGL for my dissertation, the results from which have been publishedin two articles (Miller et al. 2016; Osborne, forthcoming). My extensive professional IT experience hasequipped me with all the necessary database development skills.I have already contacted Lincolnshire Heritage Service and other institutions to gain access to archivedzooarchaeology collections as well as material from Neolithic funerary monuments on the Wolds(University of York) and from the Lincolnshire Long Barrows Assessment Project (Historic England).Imminent development work for the Lincoln Eastern Bypass is expected to require excavation ofprehistoric sites in its path that may provide additional faunal material.