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Gwendoline Maurer
(she/her)
Teams and roles for Gwendoline Maurer
Research Associate
Overview
I am currently a Research Associate on the ENDURE project, working on the zooarchaeological and isotopic analysis of English Medieval animal bone assemblages.
Areas of interest:
- Zooarchaeology
- Environmental Archaeology
- Isotope analysis
- Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS)
- Prehistory of West Asia
Languages: English, German, Swiss German, French.
Publication
2026
- Maurer, G. et al. 2026. Multi-isotope evidence shows extensive free-roaming pig husbandry endured in medieval England. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology 5 1832112. (10.3389/fearc.2026.1832112)
- Maurer, G. et al. 2026. Seasonality and mobility: An Integrative framework for reconstructing Kura-Araxes pastoral systems at Maxta I, Nakhchivan. PLoS ONE 21 (4) e0346108. (10.1371/journal.pone.0346108)
2025
- Iserlis, M. et al., 2025. Preliminary results of the study of two late Chalcolithic settlements in the Garabagh Steppe. Azerbaijan Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology 1 (1), pp.30-43. (10.30546/679523.1.2025.26)
- Antonosyan, M. et al., 2025. A biomolecular perspective on mobile pastoralism and its role in wider socioeconomic connections in the Chalcolithic South Caucasus. iScience 28 (6) 112544. (10.1016/j.isci.2025.112544)
2023
- Maurer, G. and Albuquerque, M. 2023. Investigating changing socio-economic landscapes from the Early Bronze I-III in the Levant through zooarchaeology. Palestine Exploration Quarterly 155 (4), pp.348-357. (10.1080/00310328.2023.2251271)
2022
- Maurer, G. and Greenberg, R. 2022. Cattle drivers from the north? Animal economy of a diasporic Kura-Araxes community at Tel Bet Yerah. Levant 54 (3), pp.309-330. (10.1080/00758914.2022.2160550)
Articles
- Maurer, G. et al. 2026. Multi-isotope evidence shows extensive free-roaming pig husbandry endured in medieval England. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology 5 1832112. (10.3389/fearc.2026.1832112)
- Maurer, G. et al. 2026. Seasonality and mobility: An Integrative framework for reconstructing Kura-Araxes pastoral systems at Maxta I, Nakhchivan. PLoS ONE 21 (4) e0346108. (10.1371/journal.pone.0346108)
- Iserlis, M. et al., 2025. Preliminary results of the study of two late Chalcolithic settlements in the Garabagh Steppe. Azerbaijan Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology 1 (1), pp.30-43. (10.30546/679523.1.2025.26)
- Antonosyan, M. et al., 2025. A biomolecular perspective on mobile pastoralism and its role in wider socioeconomic connections in the Chalcolithic South Caucasus. iScience 28 (6) 112544. (10.1016/j.isci.2025.112544)
- Maurer, G. and Albuquerque, M. 2023. Investigating changing socio-economic landscapes from the Early Bronze I-III in the Levant through zooarchaeology. Palestine Exploration Quarterly 155 (4), pp.348-357. (10.1080/00310328.2023.2251271)
- Maurer, G. and Greenberg, R. 2022. Cattle drivers from the north? Animal economy of a diasporic Kura-Araxes community at Tel Bet Yerah. Levant 54 (3), pp.309-330. (10.1080/00758914.2022.2160550)
Teaching
I have contributed to:
HST049 Biomolecular Archaeology
HST048 Zooarchaeology
Biography
PhD (2018 – 2024)
University College London (UCL), UK
Funded by the London Arts & Humanities Partnership (LAHP)
MSc in Environmental Archaeology (2016 – 2017)
University College London (UCL), UK
BA in Archaeology & Anthropology (2013 – 2016)
University College London (UCL), UK
Honours and awards
- Early Career Best Presentation (3rd Place), UKAS, 2026
- Early Career Best Paper, Council for British Research in the Levant, 2023
- Seton Lloyd Memorial Prize for Western Asiatic Archaeology, 2017
- UCL Dean’s List for Excellence, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences, 2017
Academic positions
Research Associate, ENDURE Project
Cardiff University, UK
July 2024 – Present
Visiting Research Fellow
University of Reading, UK
May 2024 – Present
Postdoctoral Researcher, MENTICA Project
University of Reading, UK
September 2023 – May 2024
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Zooarchaeology
- Isotope Analysis
- Environmental Archaeology