Crista Adelle Wathen

About me

I began my PhD in Archaeological Science at SU in 2018. My current research focus is on contaminated materials, particularly bones. These artefacts have been contaminated from ions in the burial environment and/or post-excavation practices, including conservation techniques. I use these materials to analyze for stronium isotopes and concentration, which can indicate the origin of an individual and also shed light on their dietary life-history.

Current projects are determining non-locals from the Varnhem site dated from the Iron Age to the late Middle Ages. In addition, I am working to determine the ability of decontaminating contaminated bones for strontium. 

Supervisors:

Kerstin Lidén, Archaeological Research laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical studies, Stockholm University

Sven Isaksson, Archaeological Research laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical studies, Stockholm University

Previous Education:

MSc Archaeological Science, University of Oxford, Wolfson College. 

"The development and application of new sample preparation methods by SFE and HPLC for AMS dating of contaminated archaeological samples"

BA Anthropology (Major) & Spanish Language for Bilinguals (Minor), University of Florida

Publications not in DiVA:

1. Devièse, Thibaut & Stafford Jr, Thomas & Waters, Michael & Wathen, Crista & Comeskey, Daniel & Becerra-Valdivia, Lorena & Higham, Thomas. (2018). Increasing accuracy for the radiocarbon dating of sites occupied by the first Americans. Quaternary Science Reviews. 198. 171-180. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.08.023.