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Research interests

Zooarchaeology

Publications

Ancient and modern DNA track temporal and spatial population dynamics in the European fallow deer since the Eemian interglacial

Ancient mitogenomes from Pre-Pottery Neolithic Central Anatolia and the effects of a Late Neolithic bottleneck in sheep (Ovis aries)

Earliest Records of Holocene Cetaceans in the Black Sea

Early animal management in northern Europe: multi-proxy evidence from Swifterbant, the Netherlands

Pearl Fisheries in South Asia: Archaeological Evidence from Pre-Colonial and Colonial Shell Middens around the Gulf of Mannar in Sri Lanka

Sea turtle shells in the Netherlands: Zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry and stable isotope analysis identify species and provenance

Stable isotope analysis of faunal remains from Bronze Age Kaymakçı, Western Anatolia

The 10,000-year biocultural history of fallow deer and its implications for conservation policy

Where did the herds go?: Combining zooarchaeological and isotopic data to examine animal management in ancient Thessaly (Greece)

Animal Economy in Hellenistic Greece: A Zooarchaeological Study from Pherae (Thessaly)

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Press/media

Het damhert was eerder in Europa dan de mens

Picky green sea turtle has travelled to the same place to eat for generations

De Kennis van Nu Special

Volkskrant: Voorouder van kip kwam veel later dan gedacht uit de bossen om bij de mens te gaan wonen

International news coverage: 2,300 year-old fish at Hellenistic Patara

Ontdekking oudste koemelk van Nederland verschuift onze boerengeschiedenis eeuwen naar voren

La Vanguardia (Spanish newspaper) covering our archaeological sea turtle research

Shell Shock: Why Were Turtles Hardly Eaten in the Levant 10,000 Years Ago?

RUG nominatie voor de Klokhuis Wetenschapsprijs

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