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Corrie Hyland
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Stable Isotope Analysis)

Biography

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Stable Isotopes at the University of York, working with the Seeing the Dead project headed by Maureen Carrol. My research reconstructs the life histories of individuals and studies ancient human-animal relationships using stable isotope analyses and radiocarbon dating. My previous research experience spans diverse contexts from Canadian Arctic hunter-gatherers, early state-level societies along Peru’s northern coast, and hunter-gatherer populations surrounding Lake Baikal. Working closely with Michelle Alexander, I will be analysing human remains from the gypsum burials of Roman Yorkshire using a comprehensive suite of isotopic techniques (carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, oxygen, and strontium, plus amino acid compound specific carbon and nitrogen) to reconstruct detailed dietary patterns and identify potential non-locals.

Career

DPhil Archaeological Science, University of Oxford, School of Archaeology, 2020 – Present
Thesis title: Extricating the importance of freshwater resource use within prehistoric diets: an evaluation of compound-specific stable isotope analysis

Laboratory Technician, Dr. Amy Styring, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 2023

Research Assistant, Dr. Paul Szpak, 2017 – 2020, Trent University

    MA Anthropology, Trent University, Anthropology
    Thesis title: Ritual Violence in the Virú Valley Peru: an isotopic evaluation

    Archaeological Field Technician, AECOM, Summer 2018
    Barrie, Ontario, Canada

    B.Sc. (Honours), Trent University, Anthropology
    Thesis title: Historic impacts of Thule whaling subsistence on artic fox dietary ecology: examined through Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis

    Corrie Hyland stood in front of the sea

    Contact details

    Corrie Hyland
    Postdoctoral Research Associate (Stable Isotope Analysis)
    Archaeology
    University of York
    BioArCh, Environment Building 2nd Floor, Wentworth Way
    Heslington
    York
    YO10 5DD