Objective
"It is not known why people started to produce pottery. Once associated with the advent of agriculture and village life, ceramic vessels are now known to have been produced well before any evidence for food production in many parts of the world. This project will identify patterns of early pottery uses in North Eastern North America, one region where pre-agricultural pottery has emerged as a problem with broad social and economic implications. Focusing on ceramic assemblages selected from a diversity of ecological and cultural contexts, the hypotheses that nuts, seeds, terrestrial mammals, aquatic resources, and/or early cultigens were processed in these pots will be tested using state-of-the-art methods in organic residue analysis.
As no facilities for the organic residue analysis are available in Canada, the candidate seeks to carry out the project at the University of York which has facilities for lipid analysis and plant microfossil characterization of organic residues within BioArCh, an inter-disciplinary research centre dedicated to work on ancient biomolecules. Furthermore, the candidate will join the Early Pottery Research Group which is already pursing the question of the use of Early Pottery in Europe and Asia.
The mobility of the candidate will allow the group to address the question of pottery innovation and look for common motivations across three continents and create the conditions for an enduring partnership beyond the end of the fellowship. The candidate’s expertise in pottery analysis and her extensive existing collaborative network are essential to achieve these aims. As well as the long term benefits, the project has the potential to make an immediate impact by addressing a major question in North American prehistory and thereby showcasing European excellence in this field."
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.
- humanities history and archaeology history prehistory
- natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry biomolecules lipids
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture
- natural sciences biological sciences zoology mammalogy
You need to log in or register to use this function
We are sorry... an unexpected error occurred during execution.
You need to be authenticated. Your session might have expired.
Thank you for your feedback. You will soon receive an email to confirm the submission. If you have selected to be notified about the reporting status, you will also be contacted when the reporting status will change.
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IIF
See other projects for this call
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
YO10 5DD York North Yorkshire
United Kingdom
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.