Dr. George Hambrecht Awarded NSF Grant

Congratulations to Dr. George Hambrecht and his colleagues, Dr. Nicole Misarti (University of Alaska Fairbanks) and Dr. Arni Daniel Juliosson (Reykjavik Academy), who were awarded a $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for their project titled, "Central North Atlantic Marine Historical Ecology Project (CAMHEP).” The goal of the project is to study cod and other coastal marine and avian specimens excavated from archaeological sites in Iceland and the Faroes over the last 30 years. These bones will be the subject of a variety of biochemical analyses that allow the team to track population size, body length, and feeding changes over the last millennia. The same specimens will also be used to create a marine paleoclimate record. These analyses will be combined with archaeological and historical methods to build a new and deeper record of the relationship between cod, humans, and the environment in Iceland that will serve as an important tool in managing this relationship in the present and future. 

Published on Wed, 08/26/2020 - 11:31