Plant Foods in Hominin Dietary Ecology | People

Cynthianne Debono Spiteri Bio CV Publications

2012-	Postdoctoral position Junior Research Group on Plant foods in hominin dietary ecology Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
2009-	Grant Holder/ Secretary for COST Action TD0902 SPLASHCOS Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology and Landscapes of the Continental Shelf University of York, UK

2008 -	PhD, University of York, UK Thesis title: The transition to agriculture in the Western Mediterranean: evidence from pots Supervisor: Dr Oliver Craig
2006-2007	MSc Scientific Methods in Archaeology, University of Bradford, UK Dissertation title: Investigating lipid degradation in herring (Clupea harengus) Supervisors: Dr Ben Stern and Prof. Carl Heron
2002-2005	BA (Hons.) Archaeology, University of Malta Dissertation title: Archaeological development in Malta from the seventeenth to the beginning of the twentieth century: an evaluation of practices and methodology with special reference to the achievements of Themistocles Zammit Supervisor: Prof. Anthony Bonanno

Employment history:

2008	Arrow Pharm (Malta) Ltd., Malta Quality Control Laboratory Analyst
2006	Heritage Malta, Malta Freelance Archaeologist (Researcher)
2004-2006	Heritage Malta, Malta Internship / Volunteer

Grants and memberships

2012	Departmental Research Grant, University of York, UK
2010-	Associate of the Higher Education Academy, UK
2010	Departmental Research Grant, University of York, UK
2009	Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust
2009	Departmental Research Grant, University of York, UK
2008	NERC Life Science Mass Spectrometry Facility
2008-	NERC PhD Studentship
2007-	Member of the Institute for Archaeologists
2006-2007	Commonwealth Scholarship (MSc funding)

Teaching experience:

2009-

Involved in teaching at the Department of Archaeology, University of York, UK

Supervised students carrying out laboratory work related to their dissertation projects
Lectures, seminars, laboratory demonstrations, marking and field trips

Laboratory and fieldwork experience:

2008	Casual research technician in molecular archaeology, University of Bradford, UK
2003-2004	Rescue excavations, Superintendence of Cultural Heritage, Malta
2004	Assistant Area Supervisor and responsible for the Special Finds collection, Tas-Silġ excavation, University of Malta
2003	Excavated and responsible for the Special Finds collection, Tas-Silġ excavation, University of Malta

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