Gundula Mueldner
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+44 (0) 118 378 7389
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Associate Professor
- School Director of Postgraduate Studies
- BSc Programme Director
- Part-time Student Tutor.
Areas of interest
- Stable isotope analysis of bone for dietary reconstruction
- Nutritional anthropology
- Bioarchaeology.
Postgraduate supervision
Gundula currently supervises a number of postgraduate student projects:
- Detecting Regional Variation in the Roman Diet.
- Cribra orbitalia, Cribra Humeralis and Cribra Femoralis: understanding their aetiology.
- Was childhood health declining in the period leading to the Black Death?
Research centres and groups
Background
Gundula Müldner is a bioarchaeologist who specialises in stable isotope analysis of bone for the reconstruction of human and animal diets. She has a background in biological anthropology and early historical archaeology. Her research interests include dietary changes related to cultural and socio-economic transitions in the last 2000 years, as well as questions of diet, health and social identity in the past.Academic qualifications
- MA, MSc, PhD – University Bradford.
Selected publications
- Müldner, G. and M. P. Richards (2006). Diet in medieval England: the evidence from stable isotopes. In: C. Woolgar, D. Serjeantson & T. Waldron, eds., Food in medieval England: history and archaeology. Oxford: Oxford University Press,228-238.
- Müldner, G. and M. P. Richards (2005). Fast or Feast: Reconstructing Diet in Later Medieval England by Stable Isotope Analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science 32: 39-48.
Publications
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de Groene, D.
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Bendrey, R.
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Müldner, G.
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Coogan, A.
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Matthews, R.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8316-4312
(2023)
Sheep and goat management in the early neolithic in the Zagros region (8000-5000 BC): new zooarchaeological and isotopic evidence from Ganj Dareh, Bestansur and Jarmo.
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
, 49
ISSN:
2352-409X
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doi:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.103936
- Mueldner, G. , Frémondeau, D. , Evans, J. , Jordan, A. , Rippon, S. (2022) Putting South-West England on the (strontium isotope) map: a possible origin for highly radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr values from southern Britain. Journal of Archaeological Science , 144 ISSN: 0305-4403 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2022.105628
- Lodwick, L. , Campbell, G. , Crosby, V. , Müldner, G. (2021) Isotopic evidence for changes in cereal production strategies in Iron Age and Roman Britain. Environmental Archaeology: the Journal of Human Palaeoecology , 26 (1). pp. 13-28. ISSN: 1461-4103 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2020.1718852
- Gismondi, A. , Baldoni, M. , Gnes, M. , Scorrano, G. , D’Agostino, A. , Di Marco, G. , Calabria, G. , Petrucci, M. , Müldner, G. , Von Tersch, M. , Nardi, A. , Enei, F. , Canini, A. , Rickards, O. , Alexander, M. , Martínez-Labarga, C. (2020) A multidisciplinary approach for investigating dietary and medicinal habits of the Medieval population of Santa Severa (7th-15th centuries, Rome, Italy). PLOS ONE , 15 (1). pp 0. ISSN: 1932-6203 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227433
- Halldórsdóttir, H. , Rogers, B. , DiRenno, F. , Müldner, G. , Gröcke, D. , Barnicle, E. , Chidimuro, B. , Evans, M. , Morley, R. , Neff, M. , Sharp, C. , Simpson, A. , Boucher, A. , Montgomery, J. (2019) Continuity and individuality in Medieval Hereford, England: a stable isotope approach to bulk bone and incremental dentine. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports , 23 pp. 800-809. ISSN: 2352-409X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.12.006
- Pluskowski, A. , Makowiecki, D. , Maltby, M. , Rannamäe, E. , Lõugas, L. , Maldre, L. , Daugnora, L. , Black, S. , Müldner, G. , Seetah, K. (2019) The Baltic Crusades and ecological transformation: the zooarchaeology of conquest and cultural change in the Eastern Baltic in the second millennium AD. Quaternary International , 510 pp. 28-53. ISSN: 1040-6182 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.11.039
- Flohr, P. , Jenkins, E. , Williams, H. , Jamjoum, K. , Nuimat, S. , Müldner, G. (2019) What can crop stable isotopes ever do for us? An experimental perspective on using cereal stable isotope values for reconstructing water availability in semi-arid and arid environments. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany , 28 (5). pp. 497-512. ISSN: 0939-6314 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00334-018-0708-5
- López-Costas, O. and Müldner, G. (2019) Boom and bust at a medieval fishing port: dietary preferences of fishers and artisan families from Pontevedra (Galicia, NW Spain) during the Late Medieval and Early Modern Period. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences , 11 pp. 3717-3731. ISSN: 1866-9565 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-018-0733-4
- Britton, K. , McManus-Fry, E. , Cameron, A. , Duffy, P. , Masson-MacLean, E. , Czére, O. , Smith, N. , Stones, J. , Winfield, A. , Müldner, G. (2018) Isotopes and new norms: investigating the emergence of early modern U.K. breastfeeding practices at St. Nicholas Kirk, Aberdeen. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology , 28 (5). pp. 510-522. ISSN: 1099-1212 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oa.2678
- Muldner, G. (2016) Marine fish consumption in medieval Britain: the isotope perspective from human skeletal remains. In: Barrett, J. and Orton, D. , (eds.) Cod and herring: the archaeology and history of medieval sea fishing. Oxbow Books , Oxford. pp. 239-249. ISBN: 9781785702396
- López-Costas, O. and Muldner, G. (2016) Fringes of the empire: diet and cultural change at the Roman to post-Roman transition in NW Iberia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology ISSN: 1096-8644 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23016
- Martiniano, R. , Caffell, A. , Holst, M. , Hunter-Mann, K. , Montgomery, J. , Muldner, G. , McLaughlin, R. , Teasdale, M. , van Rheenen, W. , Veldink, J. , van den Berg, L. , Hardiman, O. , Carroll, M. , Roskams, S. , Oxley, J. , Morgan, C. , Thomas, M. , Barnes, I. , McDonnell, C. , Collins, M. , Bradley, D. (2016) Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nature Communications , 7 ISSN: 2041-1723 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10326
- Buchan, M. , Muldner, G. , Ervynck, A. , Britton, K. (2016) Season of birth and sheep husbandry in late Roman and Medieval coastal Flanders: a pilot study using tooth enamel d18O analysis. Environmental Archaeology , 21 (3). pp. 260-270. ISSN: 1749-6314 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1749631414Y.0000000055
- Sandias, M. and Müldner, G. (2015) Diet and herding strategies in a changing environment: stable isotope analysis of Bronze Age and Late Antique skeletal remains from Ya'amūn, Jordan. Journal of Archaeological Science , 63 pp. 24-32. ISSN: 0305-4403 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.07.009
- Eckardt, H. , Muldner, G. , Speed, G. (2015) The late Roman field army in Northern Britain? Mobility, material culture and multi-isotope analysis at Scorton (N. Yorks). Britannia , 46 pp. 191-223. ISSN: 0068-113X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X1500015X
- Lopez-Costas, O. , Muldner, G. , Martinez Cortizas, A. (2015) Diet and lifestyle in Bronze Age Northwest Spain: the collective burial of Cova do Santo. Journal of Archaeological Science , 55 pp. 209-218. ISSN: 0305-4403 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.01.009
- Ciaffi, R. , Lelli, R. , Muldner, G. , Stantcheva, K. , Fischetti, A. , Ghini, G. , Craig, O. , Milano, F. , Rickards, O. , Arcudi, G. , Martinez-Labarga, C. (2015) Palaeobiology of the medieval population of Albano (Rome, Italy): a combined morphological and biomolecular approach. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology , 25 (4). pp. 477-488. ISSN: 1099-1212 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oa.2316
- Quintelier, K. , Ervynck, A. , Muldner, G. , Van Neer, W. , Richards, M. , Fuller, B. (2014) Isotopic examination of links between diet, social differentiation and DISH at the post-medieval Carmelite Friary of Aalst, Belgium. American Journal of Physical Anthropology , 153 (2). pp. 203-213. ISSN: 0002-9483 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22420
- Eckardt, H. , Muldner, G. , Lewis, M. (2014) People on the move in Roman Britain. World Archaeology , 46 (4). pp. 534-550. ISSN: 0043-8243 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2014.931821
- Buckberry, J. , Montgomery, J. , Towers, J. , Muldner, G. , Holst, M. , Evans, J. , Gledhill, A. , Neale, N. , Lee-Thorp, J. (2014) Finding vikings in the Danelaw. Oxford Journal of Archaeology , 33 (4). pp. 413-434. ISSN: 1468-0092 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ojoa.12045
- Muldner, G. , Britton, K. , Ervynck, A. (2014) Inferring animal husbandry strategies in coastal zones through stable isotope analysis: new evidence from the Flemish coastal plain (Belgium, 1st-15th century AD). Journal of Archaeological Science , 41 pp. 322-332. ISSN: 0305-4403 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.08.010
- Britton, K. and Muldner, G. (2013) Stable isotope evidence of salt-marsh economies in Bronze Age Severn Estuary. In: Bell, M. , (eds.) The Bronze Age in the Severn Estuary. Council for British Archaeology , York. pp. 263-273.
- Muldner, G. (2013) Stable isotopes and diet: their contribution to Romano-British research. Antiquity , 87 (335). pp. 137-149. ISSN: 0003-598X
- Fuller, B. , Muldner, G. , Van Neer, W. , Ervynck, A. , Richards, M. (2012) Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratio analysis of freshwater, brackish and marine fish from Belgian archaeological sites (1st and 2nd millennium AD). Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry , 27 (5). pp. 807-820. ISSN: 1364-5544 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C2JA10366D
- Flohr, P. , Muldner, G. , Jenkins, E. (2011) Carbon stable isotope analysis of cereal remains as a way to reconstruct water availability: preliminary results. Water History , 3 (2). pp. 121-144. ISSN: 1877-7244 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12685-011-0036-5
- Stokes, H. and Muldner, G. (2011) An investigation into the archaeological application of carbon stable isotope analysis used to establish crop water availability: solutions and ways forward. In: Mithen, S. and Black, E. , (eds.) Water, Life and Civilisation. Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley. International Hydrology Series Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. pp. 373-380.
- Paffgen, B. and Muldner, G. (2011) Uberlegungen zur Ernahrung des Individuums aus dem Schrein des hl. Severins. Rekonstruktionsversuch anhand der stabilen Kohlenstoff- und Stickstoffisotope aus dem Knochenkollagen. In: Oepen, J. , Paffgen, B. , Schrenk, S. , Tegtmeier, U. , (eds.) Der hl. Severin zu Kcln: Verehrung und Legende. Befunde und Forschungen zur Schreinsoffung von 1999.. Verlag Franz Schmitt: Sieburg pp. 171-182.
- Otten, T. , Evans, J. , Lamb, A. , Muldner, G. , Pirson, A. , Teegen, W. (2011) Ein fruhbyzantinisches Waffengrab aus Pergamon. Interpretationsmoglichkeiten aus archaologischer und naturwissenschaftlicher.. Istanbuler Mitteilungen , 61 pp. 347-422. ISSN: 0341-9142
- Chenery, C. , Eckardt, H. , Muldner, G. (2011) Cosmopolitan Catterick? Isotopic evidence for population mobility on Rome’s Northern frontier. Journal of Archaeological Science , 38 pp. 1525-1536. ISSN: 0305-4403 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.018
- Muldner, G. , Chenery, C. , Eckardt, H. (2011) The 'Headless Romans': multi-isotope investigations of an unusual burial ground from Roman Britain. Journal of Archaeological Science , 38 (2). pp. 280-290. ISSN: 0305-4403 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2010.09.003
- Montgomery, J. , Muldner, G. , Cook, G. (2010) Isotope analysis of bone collagen and tooth enamel. In: Lowe, C. , (eds.) The P.R. Ritchie Excavations at Whithorn Priory, 1957-67: Medieval Bishops' Graves and Other Discoveries.. Historic Scotland , Edinburgh. pp. 65-82.
- Knüsel, C. , Batt, C. , Cook, G. , Montgomery, J. , Muldner, G. , Ogden, A. , Palmer, C. , Stern, B. , Todd, J. , Wilson, A. (2010) The Identity of the St Bees Lady, Cumbria: An Osteobiographical Approach . Medieval Archaeology , 54 (1). pp. 271-311. ISSN: 0076-6097 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174581710X12790370815931
- Leach, S. , Eckardt, H. , Chenery, C. , Muldner, G. , Lewis, M. (2010) A Lady of York: migration, ethnicity and identity in Roman Britain. Antiquity , 84 (323). pp. 131-145. ISSN: 0003-598X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00099816
- Chenery, C. , Müldner, G. , Evans, J. , Eckardt, H. , Leach, S. , Lewis, M. (2010) Strontium and stable isotope evidence for diet and mobility in Roman Gloucester, UK. Journal of Archaeological Science , 37 (1). pp. 150-163. ISSN: 0305-4403 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.025
- Montgomery, J. , Muldner, G. , Cook, G. , Gledhill, A. , Ellam, R. (2009) Isotope analysis of bone collagen and tooth enamel. In: Lowe, C. , (eds.) Clothing for the Soul Divine: Burials at the Tomb of St Ninian. Excavations at Whithorn Priory 1957-67. Historic Scotland , Edinburgh. pp. 63-80.
- Montgomery, J. , Evans, J. , Chernery, C. , Muldner, G. (2009) Stable isotope analysis of bone. In: Carver, M. , Hills, C. , Scheschkewitz, J. , (eds.) Wasperton: A Roman, British and Anglo-Saxon Community in Central England. Anglo-Saxon Studies Boydell and Brewer , Woodbridge. pp. 48-49. ISBN: 9781843834274
- Leach, S. , Lewis, M. , Chenery, C. , Müldner, G. , Eckardt, H. (2009) Migration and diversity in Roman Britain: a multidisciplinary approach to immigrants in Roman York, England. American Journal of Physical Anthropology , 140 (3). pp. 546-561. ISSN: 0002-9483 | doi: DOI:10.1002/ajpa.21104
- Eckardt, H. , Booth, P. , Chenery, C. , Müldner, G. , Evans, J. , Lamb, A. (2009) Oxygen and strontium isotope evidence for mobility in Roman Winchester . Journal of Archaeological Science , 36 (12). pp. 2816-2825. ISSN: 0305-4403 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.010
- Müldner, G. (2009) Investigating medieval diet and society by stable isotope analysis of human bone. In: Gilchrist, R. and Reynolds, A. , (eds.) Reflections: 50 Years of Medieval Archaeology. Maney , Leeds. pp. 327-346.
- Müldner, G. , Montgomery, J. , Cook, G. , Ellam, R. , Gledhill, A. , Lowe, C. (2009) Isotopes and individuals: diet and mobility among the medieval Bishops of Whithorn. Antiquity , 83 (322). pp. 1119-1133. ISSN: 0003-598X
- Britton, K. , Müldner, G. , Bell, M. (2008) Stable isotope evidence for salt-marsh grazing in the Bronze Age Severn Estuary, UK: implications for palaeodietary analysis at coastal sites. Journal of Archaeological Science , 35 (8). pp. 2111-2118. ISSN: 0305-4403 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2008.01.012
- Müldner, G. and Richards, M. (2007) Diet and diversity at later medieval Fishergate: The isotopic evidence. American Journal of Physical Anthropology , 134 (2). pp. 162-174. ISSN: 0002-9483 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20647
- Müldner, G. and Richards, M. (2007) Stable isotope evidence for 1500 years of human diet at the city of York, UK. American Journal of Physical Anthropology , 133 (1). pp. 682-697. ISSN: 0002-9483 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20561