The Baikal Archaeology Project, in association with the Social Sciences Research Council of Canada and the College of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Aberdeen (UK) invites applications for a four year research assistantship tenable at the Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen. The assistantship is valued at approximately £13500 pounds per year (see the further particulars below) and is designed to be integrated with a 1+3 PhD programme in Anthropology to begin in September 2006. There is additional funding from the project to pay for the costs of fieldwork. (more)

As part of the post, the successful candidate will be expected to conduct a minimum of 12 months ethnoarchaeological fieldwork in the Lake Baikal region with rural Evenki, Buriat, or Russian Old-Settler communities. The candidate will also be able to integrate and communicate the results of their research to an international interdisciplinary team of researchers working in the region including archaeologists, paleoenvironmentalists, and ethnohistorians. The research assistantship is nominally rated at 10 hours of work per week on a topic that leads to the candidate's PhD dissertation. The successful candidate will also have to be admitted to the graduate programme at the University of Aberdeen. The candidate will join a vibrant community of students, post-doctoral fellows and lecturers at the University of Aberdeen working both in Siberia and across the circumpolar North. Ethnoarchaeology for this assistantship is understood broadly. It does not restrict itself to shallow excavation but also includes all aspect of the living use and organization of space and landscape in the region. Candidates with a knowledge of Russian, or an aboriginal language of Siberia, will have an advantage in this competition.

To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a two page Statement of Interest which specifies your research topic and how it fits into the overall vision of the Baikal Archaeology Project.

Further information on the Baikal Archaeology Project is available at baikal.arts.ualberta.ca. Interested candidates are strongly advised to read the FURTHER PARTICULARS at the address below. Information on the graduate programme at the University of Aberdeen is available at www.abdn.ac.uk/anthropology.

Dr. David G. Anderson, Dept of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen AB24 4QY David.Anderson@abdn.ac.uk

FURTHER PARTICULARS are posted at www.abdn.ac.uk

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