Ayoola Oladele
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Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (MSc) Archaeological Materials Science (ARCHMAT), University of Evora (Portugal), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy), 2022
BSc Archaeology and Botany (Combined Hons), University of Ibadan, 2019
Biography
My interest lies in understanding how ancient humans interacted with their environments. I analyze several isotope biogeochemical signals in human, plant, animal remains, and sediments to examine how our ancestors navigated, took control, and influenced their environment, on the one hand, and, in some ways, the simultaneous effects of environmental change on them and how they adapted to these changes over time. I also complementarily utilize plant micro-fossils for the understanding of environmental changes and depositional history over time.
Through my master's degree training (ARCHMAT), I gained specialized skills in archaeometry and analytical characterization of materials using such techniques as SEM-EDS, benchtop and portable XRF, XRD, FTIR, LC-MS, GC-MS, Py-GC-MS, Raman, EA-IRMS, LA-ICP-MS, etc.). In my thesis, I employed a multi-isotopic (C, N, O, and S isotopes) proxy to investigate early childhood diet and animal husbandry practices in the Late Antique Roman Troia in Portugal. I assessed the degradation of the bone samples using ATR-FTIR and XRD techniques.
In my doctoral research, I am using isotope traces in organic and geogenic matrices to explore the ecological and climatic variability that put evolutionary processes in motion, influencing the emergence and intensification of adaptive mechanisms in early humans. What are the links to today's ecological issues facing us? What does this mean for the future? Kindly watch out!!
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- Erasmus Mundus Masters Scholarship, EACEA_EU - ARCHMAT. 2020
- International Students' Doctoral funding, University of Calgary. 2023
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