Assoc ProfessorBarry Molloy

My research interests are wide ranging within (and beyond) archaeology. I am particularly interested in work at the intersection between scientific and social analyses, leading collaborative research endeavours encompassing a wide range of archaeometric approaches. My regions and periods of interest are also diverse, with a common focus on Europe and the Mediterranean hinterlands in prehistory. 

My primary areas include:
* Mediterranean prehistory

* Bronze and Iron Age Europe
* Resilience, collapse and social change in prehistory
* The archaeology of conflict and violence
* Prehistoric technological practices
* Metals, metallurgy, metalwork and most things metally
* Settlement archaeology
* Experimental archaeology

Current areas of collaborative research include:
* Social bioarchaeology
* Stable isotope analyses relating to diet and mobility
* Applications of biomolecular data for understanding social change

Recent PhD and Postdoctoral researchers I have supervised / mentored worked on topics including: 
1) Ancient DNA analyses of human remains from the prehistoric Aegean

2) Archaeometallurgy and lead isotope analysis of metalwork from the Carpathian Basin, Balkans and Aegean during the Bronze Age
3) Archaeological survey in the Carpathian Basin
4) Geoarchaeological and GIS perspectives on landscape-settlement dynamics in the Bronze Age Carpathian Basin and Po Valley (Italy) 
5) Biomolecular analyses of human remains from the Carpathian Basin, Balkans and Aegean during the Bronze and Early Iron Ages. 
6) Technological choices in metalworking practices in the context of craft resilience during social transitions. 

7) Bioarchaeological analyses of prehistoric populations from the Aegean, Balkans and Carpathian Basin

I welcome contact from scholars who may be interested in undertaking a PhD or Postdoctoral research on any of my areas of expertise or related areas. I am happy to also provide advice on possible sources of funding for such research. Just drop me a line!