Meredith Hood
(she/her)
BA (Hons) MSc AFHEA
Graduate Tutor
Overview
I am a PhD researcher in archaeology working on the study of a large animal bone assemblage from the early medieval site at Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey. This is a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership with Amgueddfa Cymru, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
I am also currently a Postgraduate Coordinator for the SHARE with Schools programme.
Research
Research interests:
- Human-animal relationships
- Animal husbandry practices
- Exploring identity and status through zooarchaeological analyses
- Museums and Heritage
- Community outreach and public engagement
Education:
- The University of Oxford, 2013-2016, BA (Hons) Archaeology and Anthropology
- The University of Sheffield, 2019-2020, MSc Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy. Thesis: "A method for assessing wear rate in cattle molars, with an application to the Iron Age and Roman periods", supervised by Umberto Albarella.
- Cardiff University, 2021-Present, PhD Archaeology. Thesis: "Food and Networks in Early Medieval Societies: Wales and the West", supervised by Professor Jacqui Mulville and Dr Mark Redknap.
Teaching
Teaching:
Postgraduate demonstrator
- Analaysing Archaeology (2021-2022)
- Forensic and Osteoarchaeology (2022-2023, 2023-2024)
- Applied Archaeological Science (2023-2024)
Research themes
Specialisms
- Zooarchaeology
- Early Medieval Britain