Project Staff:
Ryan Rabett (Principal Investigator), School of Natural & Built Environment, QUB (Academia.edu)
Fiona Coward (Co-Investigator) Dept. of Archaeology, Anthropology & Forensic Science, Bournemouth University
Tran Tan Van (Co-Investigator) Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources (VIGMR)
Christopher Stimpson (Research Fellow: Zooarchaeology / Palaeoecology), School of Natural & Built Environment, QUB
Thorsten Kahlert (Research Fellow: GIS & Landscape Modelling), School of Natural & Built Environment, QUB
Shawn O’Donnell (Research Fellow: Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction), School of Natural & Built Environment, QUB
Nguyen Thi Mai Huong (Affiliated Researcher and consultant: Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction), Dept. of Anthropology & Palaeoenvironment, Institute of Archaeology, Hanoi; School of Natural & Built Environment, QUB
Benjamin Utting (Xuan Truong Studentship) PhD: Exploring prehistoric technology at the Trang An Landscape Complex, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam, Dept. ofArchaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Ioanna Bachtsevanidou Strantzali (Xuan Truong Studentship) MPhil: The impact of geographic variability and species diversity on modern carbon off-sets within the genus Cyclophorus, School of Natural & Built Environment, QUB
Evan Hill (Xuan Truong Research Assistantship): An assessment of the long-term environmental, climatic and anthropogenic impacts on the creation of a reliable carbon off-set in the dating of archaeological shell-bearing midden sites: A study using the tropical terrestrial snail genus Cyclophorus spp. School of Natural & Built Environment, QUB
Rachael Holmes (Site Supervisor), University of Leicester (PhD student)
David Simpson (Project Affiliate: Palynology – Funding: Xuan Truong Enterprise), School of Natural & Built Environment, QUB
Completed Undergraduate Dissertations:
Emilie Green (QUB) – The Utilisation of Archaeometric Methods for the Compositional and Residual Analysis of Dabutian Pottery Fragments from the Ninh Binh Province, Northern Vietnam
Rachael Holmes (Bournemouth University) – Phytolith Analysis of Đa Bút and Phùng Nguyên Cave Sites in Tràng An, Northern Vietnam
Ciaran Kelly (QUB) – A zooarchaeological study from Tràng An, Vietnam
Meghan McAllister (QUB) – Modelling Magnetic Susceptibility of Cave Sediments to Expand the Multi-Proxy Approach for Dating Southeast Asian Palaeomonsoons
Aaron Redmond (QUB) – Comparative Characteristics of Two Small Assemblages in Relation to Taphonomy and Taxonomy for the Hang Ang Noi Cave in the Ninh Binh Province of Northern Vietnam
Amy Jennings (QUB) – New evidence on the role of bone technology across the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Southeast Asia
Sarah Kirk (QUB) – Did physical attributes play a role in the choice of caves (and used consistently) during the Early and Mid Holocene in Southeast Asia?
Liam Og Magill (QUB) – A statistical analysis of perforated shell discs from Hang Thung Binh 1 cave, Trang An Landscape Complex, Vietnam
Project Collaborators and Associates:
Bui Van Manh (Director, Dept. of Tourism, Ninh Binh)
Nguyên Cao Tân (Dept. of Culture & Sport, Ninh Binh)
Darren Mann (Head of Life Collections, Oxford University Museum of Natural History)
Mark Carnall (Life Collections, Oxford University Museum of Natural History)
Pham Sinh Khánh (Vice Director, Tràng An Landscapes Complex Management Board)
Nguyen Dai Trung (Dept. of Tectonics & Geomorphology, VIGMR)
Nguyen Van Truong (Xuan Truong Enterprise)
Bích Nguyen Thị (Xuan Truong Enterprise)
Nguyen Khac Su (Vietnam Institute of Archaeology)
Paul Dingwall (IUCN)
Tran Thi Hoang Mai (Deputy Director – General, Department of Cultural Diplomacy and UNESCO Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam)
Supervisors and Advisors:
Paula Reimer (QUB PhD Co-supervisor), School of Natural & Built Environment, QUB
Philip Nigst (Cambridge MPhil/PhD Co-supervisor), Dept. of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Natalie Ludgate (QUB PhD Advisor), School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London
External Collaborators:
Risa Morimoto (Dept. of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
Iza Romanowska (Computational Modelling Group, University of Southampton)
Jennifer French (Dept. of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge) / Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, UCL
Paul Williams (School of Environment, University of Auckland)
Institutions:
Queen’s University Belfast
Bournemouth University
Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources
University of Cambridge
Ninh Binh Provincial People’s Committee
Ministry of Tourism (Vietnam)
Ministry of Culture (Vietnam)
Xuan Truong Enterprise
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit
Vietnam Institute of Archaeology
(Featured image: coring in the vicinity of the Hoa Lu Ancient Capital – R. Rabett)
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