• Grouping groupers in the Mediterranean: Ecological baselines revealed by ancient proteins 

      Winter, Rachel M.; de Kock, Willemien; Mackie, Meaghan; Ramsøe, Max; Desiderà, Elena; Collins, Matthew; Guidetti, Paolo; Presslee, Samantha; Alegre, Marta Munoz; Oueslati, Tarek; Muniz, Arturo Morales; Michailidis, Dimitris; van den Hurk, Youri; Taurozzi, Alberto J.; Çakirlar, Canan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Marine historical ecology provides a means to establish baselines to inform current fisheries management. Groupers (Epinephelidae) are key species for fisheries in the Mediterranean, which have been heavily overfished. ...
    • Sea turtle shells in the Netherlands: Zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry and stable isotope analysis identify species and provenance 

      de Kock, Willemien; van den Hurk, Youri; Dreshaj, Merita; Ramsøe, Max; Dee, Michael; Taurozzi, Alberto J.; Palsbøll, Per J.; Çakırlar, Canan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Sea turtles (Cheloniidae) are extremely rare in the Northern European archaeological record; however, sporadic finds have occurred. Here we used bioarchaeological tools to investigate two archaeological sea turtle specimens ...