Ayoola Oladele
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Faculty of Arts , Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
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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, and animal remains to look at how our ancestors navigated, took control, and affected 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 on the other. I also complementarily utilize plant micro-fossils and sediment 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 in the investigation of 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.
My undergraduate research at UNIBADAN focused on the palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of an aspect of Benin moat at Ihobvor, Edo State, Nigeria, where I utilized pollen, sedimentological, and pH analyses to understand the vegetation history and depositional environment before, during, and after the construction of the moat.
I have also participated in different projects in Europe and Africa.
In my doctoral research, I am using different isotope systems (updating soon) to explore the ecological and climatic variability that put human evolutionary processes in motion and influenced the appearance of adaptive features/traits in early humans. 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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