Richard Madgwick
Dr Richard Madgwick is a Reader in Archaeological Science, specialising in the scientific analysis of faunal and human remains using macroscopic, microscopic and molecular methods. He has worked on material from the Mesolithic to Post-Medieval period from across Europe and beyond. Richard has published widely in international journals worked on high profile sites such as Stonehenge and the Mary Rose and has appeared on several television documentaries. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a member of the international committee of the International Council for Archaeozoology. He is currently Principal Investigator of the AHRC-funded FEASTNET (Feasting Networks and Resilience at the End of the British Bronze Age) and the Leverhulme-funded FRAB (Feeding the Roman Army in Britain) projects.
Emily Holt
Dr Emily Holt (RPA) is an Archaeological Science Project Officer specializing in zooarchaeology and isotope analysis. Emily has more than a decade of experience analyzing faunal assemblages from the UK, Europe, and North America. She is an author on numerous grey papers, and her peer-reviewed articles appear in journals such as Earth-Science Reviews and the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Emily's professional background includes working in universities, research laboratories, and North American cultural resource management (CRM). Emily's research focuses on human-environment dynamics in the Nuragic Culture of Bronze Age Sardinia, and she co-directs the Pran'e Siddi Project at the early Nuragic site of Sa Conca 'e sa Cresia (Siddi, VS).
Ciara O'Brien Butler
Dr Ciara O'Brien Butler is an Archaeological Science Project Officer specializing in human osteoarcheology. Ciara has worked in the excavation and analysis of human remains in the UK and Ireland for nearly 10 years, as both a commercial archaeologist and in an academic setting. She recently completed her doctoral research funded by a commercial archaeological unit, Archaeoleg Brython Archaeology, and is passionate about fostering academic and commercial collaboration. She has managed large osteological analysis projects and produced numerous grey literature reports. Her research focuses on biological affinities and mobility in early medieval Welsh populations.
Katie Faillace
Katie Faillace is a Teaching Associate in Bioarchaeology, specialised in human osteology and human and animal isotope analysis. Katie has a Master's in Forensic Anthropology and has performed osteological analysis on British sites ranging from the Bronze Age to post-medieval period. She is also experienced in leading multi-isotope investigations using carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, strontium, and oxygen. Katie has collaborated with commercial archaeology units, heritage organisations, and UK and European universities. Katie's research interests are in mobility, social networks, and diet in the past, and she is currently finishing her PhD which uses dental morphology to examine networks within southwest England from the Iron Age to Early Medieval period.
