Alex Burnett

@archaeoalex.bsky.social

PhD researcher in Palaeoproteomics at Ghent University, Belgium. Working on the ROAM project. Interested in everything ancient and proteinaceous. 🧪🦴🦷💀🏺

Come join our aDNA community at Trinity College Dublin and explore medieval ruminant genomes! Funded PhD studentship in ancient animal genomics at Trinity College Dublin. Deadline 27th May 2026 Please see the information attached for full description and application process.

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Really excited to share the preprint for @halbevi.bsky.social and I’s new paper! Lithic tools from the Mesolithic and Neolithic were analysed with palaeoproteomics, use-wear, radiocarbon and optical microscopy residue analyses to find evidence of bovine butchery!

bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Palaeoproteomics reveals bovine carcass processing with 6,000-year-old flint tools https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.29.679186v1