PaleoBIRD IS GO!! The first samples from Sefunim Cave are hitting the EDTA today. Lets see what the stable isotope values can tell us about the pigeons of square G49! #soexcited #heyholetsgo #stableisotopes #archaeology #palaeolithic #thepaleobirdproject

Today I started my first collagen extraction protocol. It feels like a big step and I’m excited to follow my samples through to the results! #stableisotopes #collagenextraction #edta

There is more to archaeological #bird studies than fancy machines . A lot of time is spent in the initial stages separating bird bones from general microfauna. The bird remains from pic 2 were extracted from the mix of birds, rodents, bats, and herpetofauna in pic 1 #archaeology

ATR-FTIR is the first of several processes I have to familiarise myself with. Today I ran a sample of modern seal baculum and a sample of archaeological capra from Jordan to identify differences in bone collagen preservation #lovingit #science Universität Kiel CAU 🎓

The #PALEObirdProject is about to fly! Watch this space. #birds #archaeology #climate #migration