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paleonet RESEARCH ASSISTANT for 'ANCIENT HUMAN OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN'



RESEARCH ASSISTANT for 'ANCIENT HUMAN OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN' project.
DEPARTMENT OF PALAEONTOLOGY, THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON ENGLAND

THIS IS A 5 YEAR PROJECT

SALARY IS £22,500 PER ANNUM

JOB DESCRIPTION

Overview

The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain research programme (AHOB) will
examine, verify and make available to the widest possible audience the
existing evidence for human presence and absence throughout the Quaternary
Period from the earliest evidence for human activity through to the early
Mesolithic, a span of at least 500,000 years.  The programme, which is
funded by the Leverhulme Trust, will run from October 2001 to October 2006.
  Much of the research effort will be directed towards the recording and
analysis of existing museum collections of artefacts and faunal remains
accompanied by targeted excavations to clarify stratigraphic details and
gather samples for dating and isotopic analysis at key sites.

Overall purpose

To become an important member of the programme team and work closely with
other team members here in the Palaeontology Department at the Natural
History Museum and elsewhere as the need arises.  There is need for
versatility, computer literacy, with a good grounding in excavation and
post-excavation work and ideally with some experience of working on
Quaternary materials.  The job will include data gathering and recording,
sample processing and active fieldwork involving travel within Great
Britain, primarily England and Wales.


The closing date is 30 October 2001. Further details are available from
Pauline Davy@nhm.ac.uk

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Dr. Norman MacLeod
Keeper of Palaeontology
The Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD

(0)20-7942-5295 (Office)
(0)20-7942-5546 (Fax)

Web Page: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/palaeontology/a&ss/nm/nm.html

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