One Health Archaeology Research Group

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The One Health Archaeology Research Group provides a forum to support interdisciplinary approaches for the study of past human, animal and environmental health and the contribution of these long-term records to current global health challenges.

The One Health approach explicitly acknowledges that the wellbeing of humans, animals and environments are linked. In the past, as in the present, health experiences were shaped by complex social, ecological and biological interactions. Archaeology is uniquely placed to deliver long-term integrated and contextualised biological and cultural records. These can provide powerful insights into the complexity of these past interactions. In doing so, archaeology also has the potential to offer long view perspectives to current global health challenges.

This research group is concerned with the investigation of the diverse relationships between humans, animals and their environments that shaped past health in its broadest sense. The group’s work combines evidence and proxies generated through different disciplinary approaches to understand the influences, contexts and outcomes of these interactions. It is represented by a range of ongoing fieldwork and laboratory projects, combining contextual, osteological, biomolecular, palaeodietary, and modelling approaches.

This group provides an interdisciplinary forum for research supported by a seminar series, workshops, and excellent laboratory facilities. It provides an interdisciplinary research community for students on the MSc in Human Osteoarchaeology, and the group also supports Archaeological Science Summer Internships. Members have ongoing rich collaborations with a range of external research groups and organisations, such as:

• National Museum of Scotland
• Croatian Academy of Sciences
• Scottish Universities Environment Research Centre (SUERC)
• Royal Veterinary College
• Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh
• The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh

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University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL