My name is Diana Moreiras, and I'm doing
my PhD in Anthropology at Western
University. So I came to Western to do my
graduate degree, because I found that
they had the Bi archaeology program as
part of the discipline, and I was really
interested in doing Bi archaeology
for my PhD research, and also they
have a really well equipped, and
state-of-the-art facilities at the
laboratory of Stable Isotope Science, and
that was a great opportunity for
me to carry out my research, in relation
to isotope analysis. So my PhD
research involves, looking at dietary and
geographic information from individuals
who were sacrificed by the Aztecs, during
the late post classic period in
Mesoamerica, and we do that this by
looking at the chemical composition of
their tissues via stable isotope
analysis .The first one is a great
support environment that we have such as,
support from like professors, and faculty,
overall you know besides your
supervisors, and staff, and peers, and we
have a really great support system. And
the second one is, all the resources that
have been available during my PhD to
carry out my specific PhD research.
Contact the professors that you would like to work with
either by the phone, or in person, if
possible, because they would be able to
let them know how they can be supported,
and also how the program
works, and more information about the
department itself. Faculty and students
we are all generally interested in what
everyone's doing, what they're all doing
for their research, and so I think we are
all the anthropologist and the holistic
sense of the term, so I think that's what
I would let people know about
you know when they're contemplating
to apply for at Western for anthropology.
