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Professor Rick Schulting is a faculty member at the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, affiliated with Wolfson College. His research focuses on the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods of Western Europe, alongside comparative studies of Siberian hunter-gatherers, Japanese prehistory, and the transition to agriculture.
- Co-Investigator for Cultivating Societies: Agriculture in Neolithic Ireland
- Member of the Baikal-Hokkaido Archaeological Project
His methodological expertise includes stable isotope analysis for dietary reconstruction, strontium isotope provenance studies, and Bayesian modeling of radiocarbon chronologies. His work often addresses skeletal evidence of interpersonal violence and resilience to environmental changes.
Recent publications highlight his interdisciplinary approach to reconstructing prehistoric diets, mobility, and conflict across Europe, Siberia, and the Americas. He collaborates on projects involving ancient DNA, reservoir effect corrections, and GIS applications in archaeology.
Supervised doctoral students work spans topics like:
- Neolithic violence in NW Europe
- Basque uniqueness through isotope analysis
- Maize adoption in Chile
- Atacama Desert mobility
- Medieval Al-Andalus diets
His teaching covers bioarchaeology, GIS in archaeology, and European prehistory.
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