Juliette Waterman
juliettewaterman.bsky.social
Juliette Waterman
@juliettewaterman.bsky.social
Postdoc at the University of Reading // co-coordinator of the ICAZ Stable Isotopes Working Group // bird fan 🦅🦴🧪
We're welcoming reseach submissions (any article format) on stable isotope analysis of animals, especially linking present and past environments!

@frontiersin.bsky.social @icaz-news.bsky.social @uor-research.bsky.social #archaeology #archaeobirds #zooarchaeology #ecology #stableistopes
Frontiers | Applications of Stable Isotopes in Zooarchaeology and Historical Ecology
Stable isotope analyses of historical archives (e.g., tissues from specimens held in natural history collections and faunal remains recovered from archaeolog...
www.frontiersin.org
August 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Join us at Reading for some fantastic isotope research - registration open now!
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

We're hosting the next @ICAZ_News Stable Isotopes Working Group meeting at @UniofReading, 25–28 June 2025, theme: Back to the Future - tackling today’s questions with isotope insights from the past.

See you there 👉 zooarchisotopes.com/back-to-the-...
Back to the Future 2025
Back to the Future: Zooarchaeological Isotope Approaches to Modern Questions June 25-28 2025 – University of Reading REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Access the registration form via clicking this li…
zooarchisotopes.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Registration is open for the ICAZ Stable Isotopes Working Group meetup! Please join us in Reading on 25th-28th of June - signup and more info is available using the following link:

zooarchisotopes.com/back-to-the-...

@icaz-news.bsky.social #archaeobirds #animalhistory #zooarchaeology #archaeology
Back to the Future 2025
Back to the Future: Zooarchaeological Isotope Approaches to Modern Questions June 25-28 2025 – University of Reading REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Access the registration form via clicking this li…
zooarchisotopes.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Reposted by Juliette Waterman
Putting out birdfeeders, giving horses hay or feeding ducks peas (not bread!!) are extensions of an ancient connection between human & animal that you can read about in a new book, with a chapter by Dr Juliette Waterman.🫴🦆 @juliettewaterman.bsky.social

#readingatReading #BookSky
🔗 rdg.ac/3FfJidy
May 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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The Hand That Feeds is now available open access from @uclpress.bsky.social. If you haven't already, now would be a great time to listen to my interview with @juliettewaterman.bsky.social, released earlier this month.

uclpress.co.uk/book/the-han...
May 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
You can read about the incredible, unusual, and brand new research from the Animal Feeding project (flea circuses anyone? @gaiamortier.bsky.social ) in our edited volume! It's open access so free to download here: t.co/P7IYuj7YmZ

@uclpress.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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I am unspeakably proud for and of our Animal Feeding project ECR team, who led, wrote and co-edited an edited volume showcasing our research. Intrigued? Listen to @juliettewaterman.bsky.social chat about it below, and get your pre-orders in. Out in the world May 13th!
May 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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On the latest episode of Knowing Animas, I speak to @juliettewaterman.bsky.social about the history and archaeology of red kites in Britain, plus her co-edited OA @uclpress.bsky.social book The Hand That Feeds.

Find us in all the usual podcast places!

knowinganimals.libsyn.com/episode-237-...
May 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Choppers the poor PG Tips chimp was one of my favourite bits of research from the animal feeding project - read her story here 🍌🍰: theconversation.com/how-we-revea...

(Full article: nature.com/articles/s41...)
How we revealed the life story of PG Tips chimp – written in her bones
The study allowed researchers to assess the impact of changing zoo practices over the last 50 years.
theconversation.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Job alert!
@katerinad.bsky.social and I are looking for an archaeologist/archaeological scientist to join us on a 4 year post-doc, helping to manage and participate in field and lab work on 2 ERC grants in our group. We would love to hear from you via the link! 👇
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Postdoct...
March 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Archive Request xkcd.com/3052
February 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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It’s here! Find out what we’ve been up to for the last 4 years #archaeology #earlymodern #shakespeare #boxofficebears
🎉We’re delighted that our first major #BoxOfficeBears paper is published Open Access today in @antiquityj.bsky.social

What do we know about the 🐻 and 🐶 that lived on Bankside? How big were they? What did they eat? How long did they live?🧵 of key findings below!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’ | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’
www.cambridge.org
February 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Reposted by Juliette Waterman
Upcoming conference alert from one of our Stable Isotopes Working Group! Check out more info and abstract submission in the link provided.
Please join us in Reading for the ICAZ Stable Isotopes Working Group meetup in June!

More details and submit your abstracts here: zooarchisotopes.com/back-to-the-...

@icaz-news.bsky.social #zooarch #archaeology
January 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Please join us in Reading for the ICAZ Stable Isotopes Working Group meetup in June!

More details and submit your abstracts here: zooarchisotopes.com/back-to-the-...

@icaz-news.bsky.social #zooarch #archaeology
January 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Very glad to share the findings from my PhD work on raptors from archaeological sites, showing an early pattern of urban scavenging! #archaeobirds

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Tracking 4000 years of raptor diets through isotope analysis reveals urban scavenging with implications for conservation
Birds of prey (‘raptors’) often consume anthropogenic foods and can be closely associated with human settlements. In medieval Britain, birds of prey w…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM