Training Workshop:
Mobility and Landscape Use – an Isotopic Approach
Event Details:
- Date: Tuesday 17 & Wednesday 18 February 2026
- Time: Starts: 09:30, until 13:30
- Venue: This is a hybrid event. You are welcome to join us in-person at the Andreas Mouskos Auditorium, The Cyprus Institute
- Speaker: Prof. Christophe Snoeck, Research Professor, Vrije Universiteit & Head, Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract
This class introduces the use of isotopic methods to investigate human and animal mobility and landscape use in archaeology, with a focus on strontium isotopes. This class includes theoretical basis of isotopic provenancing, sampling strategies, and data interpretation, as well as the challenges and limitations of the approach.
A large section will be dedicated to the study of cremated bone and the challenges they pose when using isotope analyses.
Finally, the course includes an overview of how strontium baselines are created, and discusses case studies from different archaeological contexts.
About the Speaker
Prof. Christophe Snoeck is a Research Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, and head of the Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab (BB-LAB) which is part of the Archaeology, Environmental Changes and Geo-Chemistry Research Group.
His research integrates archaeology and isotope geochemistry to investigate funerary practices, mobility, and landscape use in past populations. Trained in chemical engineering and archaeological science, he obtained a PhD from the University of Oxford before returning to Belgium. His work also focuses on developing new isotopic proxies for the study of charred and calcined bone at the European scale.
He contributes to the IsoArcH database (www.isoarch.org) and supports the creation of European maps of biologically available strontium based on modern plant samples.
Coffee provided | Free Entrance
RSVP by Friday, 13 February 2026
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OneArchSci is funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 101186503.
The event will be in English and the event is open to the public.
This is a physical event. You may attend in-person at the Andreas Mouskos Auditorium, The Cyprus Institute
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Additional Info
- Date: Tuesday 17 & Wednesday 18 February 2026
- Time: Starts: 09:30, until 13:30
- Speaker: Prof. Christophe Snoeck, Research Professor, Vrije Universiteit & Head, Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab, Brussels, Belgium
