Dr Idoia Grau Sologestoa

School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

Honorary Research Fellow

Dr Idoia Grau-Sologestoa
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i.grau-sologestoa@sheffield.ac.uk
Profile

I am a zooarchaeologist working on the history of human-animal relationships during historical periods.

I have a first Bachelor degree in History (2006) and a D.E.A. in Medieval Archaeology (2009) from the University of the Basque Country, where I also did my PhD (2014), on the Zooarchaeology of northern Spain during the Middle Ages. I have been involved in fieldwork in Spain and Italy, in archaeological sites such as Zornoztegi, Zaballa, Aistra, Los Husos or Cugnano, spanning from the Calcolithic to the Modern period. I collaborate with various Basque archaeological companies as a freelance zooarchaeologist.

After completing my PhD at the University of the Basque Country and co-supervised by Umberto Albarella (from the University of 91直播), I briefly worked at the University of Nottingham in 2014. From 2015-2017 I held a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of 91直播, funded by the Government of the Basque Country for working on a project investigating changes in animal husbandry between the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period in England and in the Basque Country.

Since 2018, I am Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Integrative Pr盲historische und Naturwissenschaftliche Arch盲ologie (IPNA) at the (Switzerland), with the project: 鈥楽upplying ancient empires and medieval economies: Changes in animal husbandry between the Late Roman period and the Early Middle Ages in the Rhine Valley 鈥 .

Qualifications
  • 2014- PhD in Zooarchaeology 鈥 University of the Basque Country
  • 2009- D.E.A. (Certificate of Advanced Studies, equivalent to a MSc) in Medieval Archaeology 鈥 University of the Basque Country
  • 2006- BA in History 鈥 University of the Basque Country
Research interests

My research is mainly focused on the history of human-animal relationships through archaeological evidence, and I mainly work on animal husbandry, social differentiation through diet and taphonomy of historical periods, from Roman to Contemporary times. So far, I have carried out my research in Spain, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

My main areas of interest include:

  • Animal husbandry
  • Social differentiation through diet
  • Biometry
  • Exploitation of birds
  • Taphonomy
  • Worked bone and antler

I also love communicating archaeological research to the general public. I participate in public engagement activities whenever I have the chance, and I am very active in different forms of social media for myself and for the research groups and projects that I am part of.

Research Projects/Collaborations

  • 2015 鈥 2017- Postdoctoral fellow funded by the Basque Government at the Department of Geography, prehistory and Archaeology at the University of the Basque Country. 
  • 2014- Postdoctoral Research Affiliate at the AHRC funded project "Changing Scientific and Cultural Perspectives on Human-Chicken Interactions", Dpt. Of Archaeology, U. of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
  • 鈥淓ICAM-Estudo Interdisciplinar sobre Comunidades Alto Medievais - s茅culos V a XI", funded by the Funda莽茫o Calouste Gulbenkian, and directed by C. Tente (Universidade Nova de Lisboa). 
  • 鈥淒esigualdad en los paisajes medievales del norte peninsular: los marcadores arqueol贸gicos鈥, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, directed by J.A. Quir贸s Castillo (U. Pa铆s Vasco).
  • 鈥淟a g茅nesis del paisaje medieval en el Norte Peninsular: Arqueolog铆a de las aldeas de los siglos V al XII鈥, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, directed by J.A. Quir贸s Castillo (U. Pa铆s Vasco).
  • 鈥淟a formaci贸n de los paisajes medievales en el Norte Peninsular y en Europa: Agricultura y Ganader铆a, los siglos V al XII鈥, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, directed by J.A. Quir贸s Castillo (U. Pa铆s Vasco
Grants

Grants and Fellowships

  • 2018&苍产蝉辫;鈥&苍产蝉辫;笔谤别蝉别苍迟-&苍产蝉辫;Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Individual Fellow at the Integrative Pr盲historische und Naturwissenschaftliche Arch盲ologie (IPNA) at the University of Basel (Switzerland), with the project: 鈥楽upplying ancient empires and medieval economies: Changes in animal husbandry between the Late Roman period and the Early Middle Ages in the Rhine Valley 鈥 ZooRoMed
  • 2015- Postdoctoral fellow funded by the Basque Government at the Dpt. de Geograf铆a, Prehistoria y Arqueolog铆a at the U. Pa铆s Vasco, Spain.
  • October 2014- Runner-up award of the IX Premio de Historia Agraria given by the SEHA (Spanish Society for Agrarian History), in October 2014. This paper is an extract of the PhD thesis.
  • 01/09/2007 鈥 31/08/2011- Formaci贸n del Personal Investigador doctoral fellowship funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Dpt. de Geograf铆a, Prehistoria y Arqueolog铆a at the U. Pa铆s Vasco, Spain.
  • 01/06/2007 鈥 30/06/2007- Personal Investigador en Formaci贸n doctoral fellowship funded by the University of the Basque Country, Dpt. de Geograf铆a, Prehistoria y Arqueolog铆a at the U. Pa铆s Vasco, Spain.
  • 01/01/2006 鈥 30/06/2006- Undergraduate collaboration fellowship, funded by the Basque Government, Departamento de Geograf铆a, Prehistoria y Arqueolog铆a at the U. Pa铆s Vasco, Spain
Professional activities and memberships
  • 2016&苍产蝉辫;鈥&苍产蝉辫;笔谤别蝉别苍迟-&苍产蝉辫;Member of the SPMA (Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology)
  • 2011 鈥 Present- Member of the EAA (European Association of Archaeologists)
  • 2008 鈥 Present- Member of the ICAZ (International Council for Archaeozoology)
  • 2008 鈥 Present- Member of Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi 
Selected Publications
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I., Quir贸s Castillo, J.A., 2020. Arqueolog铆a de la Edad Moderna en el Pa铆s Vasco y su entorno. Oxford: Archaeopress.
  • Quir贸s Castillo, J.A., Grau-Sologestoa, I., 2020. "Arqueolog铆a de la Edad Moderna en el Pa铆s Vasco. Una arqueolog铆a en construcci贸n, un patrimonio en expansi贸n", in Grau-Sologestoa, I. and Quir贸s Castillo, J.A. (eds.) Arqueolog铆a de la Edad Moderna en el Pa铆s Vasco y su entorno, pp. 1-22. Oxford: Archaeopress.
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I., 2020. "Livestock size change and animal husbandry between the Late Middle Ages and the Modern Era in the Basque Country and its surroundings", in Grau-Sologestoa, I. and Quir贸s Castillo, J.A. (eds.) Arqueolog铆a de la Edad Moderna en el Pa铆s Vasco y su entorno, pp. 140-164. Oxford: Archaeopress.
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I., 2019. 鈥淐omprendre la gestion des d茅chets et les proc茅d茅s de formation de leurs sites de traitement au sein des communaut茅s rurales m茅di茅vales : quelques r茅flexions fond茅es sur des donn茅es arch茅ozoologiques du Nord de la P茅ninsule Ib茅rique鈥, in Conesa, M. & Poirier, N. (eds.), Fumiers ! Ordures ! Gestion et usage des d茅chets dans les campagnes de l鈥橭ccident m茅di茅val et moderne, Flaran XXXVIII, Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Midi, pp. 191-210.
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I., 2019. 鈥淓studio de los materiales faun铆sticos (mam铆feros y aves) y de la industria 贸sea del yacimiento de Zornoztegi鈥, in Quir贸s Castillo, J.A. (ed.), Arqueolog铆a de una comunidad campesina medieval: Zornoztegi (脕lava), Documentos de Arqueolog铆a Medieval 13, Bilbao: UPV/EHU, pp. 377-400.
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I., Albarella, U. 2019. 鈥淭he 鈥榣ong鈥 sixteenth century: a key period of animal husbandry change in England鈥, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 11:2781-2803.
  • Ricci, P., Garc铆a-Collado, M.I., Narbarte Hern谩ndez, J., Grau Sologestoa, I., Quir贸s Castillo, J.A., Lubritto, C. 2018. 鈥淐hronological characterization of Medieval Villages in Northern Iberia: A multi-integrated approach鈥, The European Physical Journal Plus 133, p. 375.
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I. 2018. 鈥淧ots, chicken and building deposits: the archaeology of folk and official religion during the High Middle Ages in the Basque Country鈥, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 49, 8-18.
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I., Garc铆a-Garc铆a, M. 2018. 鈥淶ooarqueolog铆a y Edad Media en la pen铆nsula ib茅rica鈥, in Quir贸s Castillo, J.A. (ed.) Treinta A帽os de Arqueolog铆a Medieval en Espa帽a. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 341-364.
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I., Quir贸s Castillo, J.A. 2017. 鈥淧easant economy in Late Roman Alava: Zooarchaeology of Zornoztegi鈥. Archaeofauna 26, pp. 87-102.
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I. 2017. "Socio-economic status and religious identity in medieval Iberia: the zooarchaeological evidence", Environmental Archaeology 22 (2), pp. 189-199.
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I. 2017. "La ganader铆a en el Pa铆s Vasco entre los siglos VI y X: evidencia zooarqueol贸gica", in Villar Ma帽as, S., Garc铆a Garc铆a M. (eds.) Ganader铆a y Arqueolog铆a Medieval, Granada: Alhulia, pp. 57-71.
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I. 2016. 鈥淔aunal remains and social inequality in the Basque Country during the Early Middle Ages鈥, in Quir贸s Castillo, J.A. (ed.), Social complexity in early medieval rural communities. The north-western Iberia archaeological record during the Early Middle Ages. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 47-58.
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I., Albarella, U., Quir贸s Castillo, J.A. 2016. 鈥淯rban medieval and post-medieval zooarchaeology in the Basque Country: meat supply and consumption, Quaternary International 399, pp. 1-12.
  • Jervis, B., Broderick, L., Grau-Sologestoa, I. (Eds) 2016. Objects, Environment, and Everyday Life in Medieval Europe, Turnhout: Brepols. ISBN: 978-2-503-55503-4.
  • Jervis, B., Broderick, L. and Grau-Sologestoa, I. 2016. 鈥淚ntroduction: everyday life in Medieval Europe鈥, in Jervis, B., Broderick, L., Grau-Sologestoa, I. (Eds), Objects, Environment, and Everyday Life in Medieval Europe, Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 1-15
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I. 2015. 鈥淟ivestock management in Spain from Roman times to the post-medieval period: biometrical analysis of cattle, sheep/goat and pig鈥, Journal of Archaeological Science 54, pp. 123-13
  • Quir贸s Castillo, J.A., Garc铆a Collado, M.I., Ricci, P., Grau-Sologestoa, I. and Lubritto, C. 2015. "A Bayesian approach to reconstruct occupational sequence of Northern Iberia Medieval villages", 1st International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology, Benevento, pp. 259-264
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I., 2015. The Zooarchaeology of Medieval Alava in its Iberian Context, BAR International Series. ISBN: 9781407314457
  • Jervis, B., Broderick, L. and Grau-Sologestoa, I. (Eds) 2015. Objects, Environment, and Everyday Life in Medieval Europe, Brepols: Turnhout. ISBN: 978-2-503-55503-4
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I., 2014. "La econom铆a campesina a la luz del registro zooarqueol贸gico: la ganader铆a medieval de la Pen铆nsula Ib茅rica". Took the runner-up award of the IX Premio de Historia Agraria given by the SEHA (Spanish Society for Agrarian History), in October 2014
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I. 2014. 鈥淲aste management at early medieval rural sites in northern Spain: taphonomic issues for interpreting faunal remains", Quaternary International 330, pp. 97-108
  • Sirignano, C., Grau-Sologestoa, I., Ricci, P., Garc铆a-Collado, M.I., Altieri, S., Quir贸s Castillo, J.A., Lubritto, C., 2014. 鈥淎nimal husbandry during Early and High Middle Ages in the Basque Country (Spain)鈥, Quaternary International 346, pp. 138-148
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I. & Valenzuela-Lamas, S. 2014: "Zooarchaeology today-Spain", ICAZ Newsletter 15 (1), spring 2014, pp. 5-6
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I. 2014. "Informe zooarqueol贸gico de las termas de Arcaya", in Loza Lengaran, R., Loza Iriarte, M. & Niso Lorenzo, J., Las termas romanas de Arcaya / Suestatium (Arkaia. Vitoria-Gasteiz), Memoria de las intervenciones arqueol贸gicas en Otazibarra (1976-1982), Memorias de yacimientos alaveses 13, Vitoria-Gasteiz: Diputaci贸n Foral de 脕lava, pp. 398-403
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I. 2013. 鈥淓l registro faun铆stico de los asentamientos rurales altomedievales鈥, en Quir贸s Castillo, J.A. (ed.), El poblamiento rural de 茅poca visigoda en Hispania. Arqueolog铆a del campesinado en el interior peninsular, Documentos de Arqueolog铆a Medieval 6, Bilbao
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I. 2013. 鈥淶ooarqueolog铆a de las aldeas y villas vascas: actividad ganadera en la Edad Media鈥, Debates de Arqueolog铆a Medieval
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I. 2012. 鈥淓studio zooarqueol贸gico: los restos de mam铆feros y aves鈥, en Quir贸s Castillo, J.A. (dir.), Arqueolog铆a del campesinado medieval: la aldea de Zaballa, Documentos de Arqueolog铆a Medieval 3, Bilbao: Universidad del Pa铆s Vasco, pp. 419-452
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I. 2012. 鈥溌縀l zooarque贸logo, una especie en v铆as de extinci贸n? Los estudios de fauna en la universidad y en las empresas de Arqueolog铆a鈥, en las actas de las IV Jornadas de J贸venes en Investigaci贸n Arqueol贸gica 鈥 JIA 2011, celebradas en la Universidad de Algarve (Faro, Portugal), en mayo de 2011, pp. 299-304
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I., Hern谩ndez Beloqui, B. and Sopelana Salcedo, I. 2012. 鈥淢uestreo bioarqueol贸gico para un equipo interdisciplinar鈥, en Castro Correa, A. et al. (ed.), Estudiar el pasado: aspectos metodol贸gicos de la investigaci贸n en Ciencias de la Antig眉edad y de la Edad Media, Proceedings of the First Postgraduate Conference on Studies of Antiquity and Middle Ages, U. Aut貌noma de Barcelona, 26-28th October 2010, BAR International Series, pp. 181-188
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I. 2012. 鈥淎griculture and ironwork in the Middle Ages: new evidence of bone anvils in Spain鈥, Munibe Atropolog铆a-Arqueolog铆a 63, pp. 305-319
  • Grau-Sologestoa, I. 2009. 鈥淕anader铆a en la Alta Edad Media. Estudio comparativo de los yacimientos alaveses de Zornoztegi, Zaballa y Salvatierra-Agurain鈥, en Munibe Atropolog铆a-Arqueolog铆a, 60, pp. 253-280.

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