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Meredith Hood

(she/her)

BA (Hons) MSc AFHEA

Graduate Tutor

School of History, Archaeology and Religion

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

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