Rita Peyroteo Stjerna
Forskare vid Institutionen för organismbiologi; Människans evolution
- Telefon:
- 018-471 26 24
- E-post:
- rita.peyroteo.stjerna@ebc.uu.se
- Besöksadress:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt Centrum EBC
Norbyvägen 18 A - Postadress:
- Norbyvägen 18 A
752 36 Uppsala
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-3309-474X
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Kort presentation
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I am a bioarchaeologist specialised in the analysis of archaeological human remains, trained in archaeothanatology, ancient DNA, radiocarbon and isotopes, and I have been developing my research by working with archaeological museum collections since 2011 in Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
My main interests are archaeological science and ethical issues concerning the biomolecular research of ancient human remains.
Nyckelord
- adna
- archaeological science
- archaeology
- archaeothanatology
- human remains
- hunter-gatherers
- mesolithic
- mortuary practices
- museums
- neolithic
- radiocarbon dating
- research ethics
- stable isotopes
Biografi
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I received my degree in archaeology at the University of Lisbon (2007) and I hold a PhD (2016) in archaeology from Uppsala University that focuses on the role of mortuary ritual practice in Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in south-western Europe, 8000 years ago.
Since 2016, I am a researcher at the Human Evolution Research Program at the Evolutionary Biology Centre in Uppsala, where I have developed protocols for contamination-free sampling of human bones with minimal impact on museum collections.
I have published primarily on Holocene hunter-gatherers in Western Europe and I am currently working in several interdisciplinary projects in Europe, Asia, and Africa, focusing on mortuary practices and aDNA.
I am the director of the Biomolecular Archaeology course at Uppsala University and a founding member of the Archaeothanatology Working Group.
Forskning
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Recently awarded research project, as PI:
Holding on to the Dead. Investigating Mummification in European Prehistory
Uppsala University. Research Project Grant (2024-2027) funded by the Swedish Research Council (Verenskapsrådet - VR)
Ongoing projects, as researcher:
Ethical Entanglements. The caring for human remains in museums and research
PI Liv Nilsson Stutz, Linnaeus University. Funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ)
In this project, I investigate researchers' perspectives on the ethics of human remains research, from tissue to biomolecules.
NEOSEA - Neolithic seafaring and maritime technologies shaped a new world of megalithic societies (4500-2500 cal BC)
PI Bettina Schulz Paulsson, University of Gothenburg. Funded by the European Research Council (ERC StG)
Here I focus on the archaeogenomics of megalithic societies in Portugal, construction of in-depth chronologies using radiocarbon and Bayesian modelling, dietary and mobility patterns through stable isotope analyses.
Media
Working in an Ancient DNA Lab
In this video we will show you what is like to work in an Ancient DNA lab. Welcome!
Publikationer
Senaste publikationer
- Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France (2024)
- Places of shared narratives (2023)
- African Farmers, Not Stone Age Foragers (2023)
- Mummification in the Mesolithic (2022)
- Multidisciplinary investigation reveals an individual of West African origin buried in a Portuguese Mesolithic shell midden four centuries ago (2022)
Alla publikationer
Artiklar
- Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France (2024)
- African Farmers, Not Stone Age Foragers (2023)
- Mummification in the Mesolithic (2022)
- Multidisciplinary investigation reveals an individual of West African origin buried in a Portuguese Mesolithic shell midden four centuries ago (2022)
- A reassessment of archaeological human remains recovered from rock shelters in Cathkin Peak, South Africa (2021)
- Chronology of the burial activity of the last hunter-gatherers in the southwestern Iberian Peninsula, Portugal (2021)
- Long-term dietary change in Atlantic and Mediterranean Iberia with the introduction of agriculture (2019)
- The genomic history of the Iberian hunter-gatherers, from the Late Pleistocene to the Early Holocene
Böcker
Kapitel
- Places of shared narratives (2023)
- Debating Neolithization from a Mesolithic point of view (2021)
- Buried side by side (2021)
Konferenser
- The dead at Escoural Cave (Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal) (2018)
- Arqueotanatologia e coleções museológicas (2017)
- Roots of Death (2016)