Dr Ashleigh Haruda

ashley haruda
Research Facilitator
ashleigh.haruda@arch.ox.ac.uk

For general queries about research at the School of Archaeology, please email: research@arch.ox.ac.uk

 

Dr Haruda has a number of years of experience in academia, and has held several postdoctoral roles. 

She is responsible for overseeing all grant and research activity within the School of Archaeology. This includes evaluating applications, making recommendations to the Research Committee, and supporting researchers in developing competitive proposals. She provides high-level advice on costing, eligibility, funding strategy, and long-term planning, and she contributes to shaping the School’s research portfolio and diversifying its income streams.

She works alongside the academic lead for REF2029 outputs activity within the School and advises staff on Open Access requirements and the use of Symplectic Elements. She also supports broader research governance.

 

Her research Interests include: Zooarchaeology, Geometric Morphometrics, Palaeoecology, Eurasian Archaeology, Digital Archaeology

Research Profile

I am a zooarchaeologist (PhD Archaeology 2015, University of Exeter) with a speciality in geometric morphometric methods. My research focuses upon detecting domestic animal breeds in the archaeological record in order to evaluate the impact of ecology, connectivity and cultural integration upon human economy and subsistence over the longue durée. I have worked from contexts ranging from prehistoric Final Bronze Age societies in the Central Asian steppe to contemporary historic industrial pig breeding in pre- and post-war Germany and am particularly interested in the impact of trade and disease upon domestic animal pheno- and genotypes.

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