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Dr Jaco Weinstock

Associate Professor

Dr Jaco Weinstock is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton.

I am a lecturer in zooarchaeology. I have experience in the analysis of faunal remains dating to different periods and geographical areas, from the Pleistocene and up to Early Modern times. I have a BA in Archaeology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I developed an interest in zooarchaeology during an MA in Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy at the University of Sheffield. My PhD, carried out at the University of Tubingen (Germany) dealt with the body-size variability of reindeer in Europe and its relationship to climatic and environmental conditions. After obtaining my PhD degree, I was employed for two years as assistant curator of Quaternary mammals at the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart (Germany). Before joining Archaeology at Southampton, I spent a few years as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Ancient Biomolecules Centre, (Oxford University), and the Centre for GeoGenetics (Copenhagen) where I developed one of my current main research interests: the application of ancient DNA techniques to the problems of phylogenetics, phylogeography, and extinction of Pleistocene mammals.

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Research interests

Zooarchaeology is an eclectic discipline, and as such, my research spans different approaches, time periods and geographical areas. Among my main current interests are the application of ancient DNA techniques in zooarchaeology and the use of zooarchaeological data to obtain insights about the role of the ‘central administration’ of ancient towns in their economy and subsistence.

Current projects in which I am involved include:

The use of palaeogenomic data in the investigation of ancient equids, including their evolution, domestication, hybridization and use. This research is being carried out in collaboration with in the Centre for GeoGenetics in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The analysis of the faunal remains from Amara West, an Egyptian administrative town in northern Sudan, dating to the New Kingdom. Excavations by the British Museum in recent years have recovered tens of thousands of animal bone remains, which we are using to explore economic, social and cultural aspects of the life in the town.

In previous projects: I have carried out research on the palaeobiology and extinction of large mammals towards the end of the last ice age - in particular through the use of palaeogenetics; this includes the study of the evolutionary history and extinction of equids, brown and cave bears, and South American camelids.

I have also undertaken more ‘traditional' zooarchaeological studies of faunal remains from Medieval sites in Britain and abroad, such as Tanners' Row (Pontefract), Scarborough Castle, Norwich, and Freiburg (Germany); Roman sites such as Castrop-Rauxel (Germany); and Neolithic enclosures such as Oberntudorf (Germany). I've been also involved in the study of animal remains from Troy (in today’s western Turkey) and Carthage (Tunisia).

PhD Supervision

y expertise in zooarchaeology enables me to supervise dissertations in a wide range of topics and time-periods within this field. I'd be interested in supervising postgraduate research on all aspects of the study of animal remains - including Pleistocene faunas – as well as topics involving palaeogenetic investigations (i.e. ‘ancient DNA').

I am currently co-supervising PhD dissertations on:

The tradition of fishery and fishing gear in the island of Cyprus
Changing Nature: Understanding Anthropogenic Influence On Nature Along The River Thames From The Early Neolithic To The Middle Bronze Age

Research group

Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins

Affiliate research groups

Osteoarchaeology, Human Evolution, Chronology, Dispersals and Lifeways

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Articles

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Weinstock, J. (2000). Late Pleistocene reindeer populations in western and central Europe: an osteometrical study of Rangifer tarandus. Mo-Vince Verlag.

Book Chapters

Weinstock, J. (2017). Zooarheologija. In I. Jankovic, D. Komso, S. Mihelic, & J. Ahern (Eds.), Projekt ARCHAEOLIM: Arheološka istraživanja kasnog pleistocena i ranog holocena na prostoru Limskog kanala (pp. 99-115). Archaeological Museum in Zagreb.
Weinstock, J. (2002). The medieval and post-medieval bone remains. In M. Atkins (Ed.), Excavations in Norwich 1971-78 Part III (pp. 220-230). (East Anglian Archaeology Monograph; No. 100). East Anglian Archaeology.
Weinstock, J. (2001). Sex ratios and reindeer hunting strategies in Late Glacial northern Germany. In A. Pike-Tay (Ed.), Innovations in Assessing Season of Capture, Age and Sex of Archaeofaunas (Bibliotheque d’Archeozoologie; No. 11). La Pense Sauvage.
Weinstock, J., & Pasda, K. (2000). Die tier- und menschenknochen aus dem erdwerk Calden. In D. Raetzel-Fabian (Ed.), Das neolithische Erdwerk Calden (pp. 290-214). Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie.
Weinstock, J. (1999). Geographical variation in Late Pleistocene populations of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus). In N. Benecke (Ed.), The Holocene History of the European Vertebrate Fauna (pp. 283-294). (Archäologie in Eurasien). Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH.
Weinstock, J. (1998). Die Tierknochenfunde aus Salzkotten-Oberntudorf. In D. Schyle (Ed.), Das jungneolithische Erdwerk von Salzkotten-Oberntudorf. Bodenaltertümer Westfalens 33 (pp. 117-130). Philipp von Zabern.
Weinstock, J. (1997). Die tierknochenfunde aus Castrop-Rauxel. In E. Dickmann (Ed.), Archäologie in Castrop-Rauxel. Ausstellungskatalog. (pp. 71-74). Erin:.
Weinstock, J. (1995). Tierknochenfunde aus dem Steinkeller auf dem "Harmonie"-gelände in Freiburg. In M. Untermann (Ed.), Das Harmonie-Gelände in Freiburg im Bresgau (pp. 321-330). (Forschungen und Berichte der Archaologie des Mittelalters in Baden-Wurttemberg). Konrad Theiss.

Conferences

Weinstock, J., Sher, A., Kuznetsova, T., Spasskaya, N., Vetoshkina, G. A., Seleznev, S. B., Kulikov, E. V., Yu, O., Selyaninov, O., & Shidlovskiy, F. K. (2007). On the find of a foal mummy in the permafrost of western Chukotka (Bibilino horse). 149. Paper presented at IV International Mammoth Conference, Russian Federation.
Weinstock, J. (2005). Environment, body size, and sexual dimorphism in Late Glacial reindeer. In D. Ruscillo (Ed.), Recent advances in ageing and sexing animal bones (pp. 246-252). Oxbow Books.
Weinstock, J., & Uerpmann, H-P. (1996). Some bone remains from Carthago, 1991 excavation season. In H. Buitenhuis (Ed.), Archaeozoology of the Near East II. Proceedings of the second international symposium on the archaeozoology of southwestern Asia and adjacent areas (pp. 113-118). Bachuys Publishers.

PhD Supervision

My expertise in zooarchaeology enables me to supervise dissertations in a wide range of topics and time-periods within this field. Given my own current research interests, I'd be particularly interested in supervising postgraduate research on different aspects of Pleistocene faunas and topics that involve palaeogenetic investigations (i.e. ‘ancient DNA').

I am currently supervising PhD dissertations on:

Zooarchaeological investigations on the Romanisation in Britain and the Continent
The identification of mules through molecular and morphological techniques

Dr Jaco Weinstock
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Southampton
Avenue Campus, Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BF
United Kingdom

Room Number : 65/2201

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