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School of Geosciences

Dr Edouard Masson-MacLean

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Dr Edouard Masson-MacLean
Dr Edouard Masson-MacLean
Dr Edouard Masson-MacLean

Lecturer

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Email Address
edouard.masson-maclean@abdn.ac.uk
School/Department
School of Geosciences


Biography

Edouard is a zooarchaeologist and field archaeologist specialising in northern environments, particularly Scotland and Alaska, with research focusing on pre-contact Arctic societies, human–animal relationships, and the early medieval and post-medieval periods in Scotland.

He has been involved in fieldwork in Scotland, Alaska, Greenland, Canada, and France, across both commercial and research contexts, informing an interest in excavation and survey methodologies, particularly recording practices and the integration of digital recording systems on site, as well as a commitment to field-based training and the development of students’ practical skills.

Methodological interests include the use of 3D recording techniques, such as laser scanning and photogrammetry, in both zooarchaeological and wider fieldwork contexts, alongside engagement with complementary approaches including geometric morphometrics, and collaborative work with biomolecular specialists in isotopes, ancient DNA, and ZooMS. There is also a broader interest in animal ecology and species distribution modelling and their application to archaeological questions.

Qualifications

  • PHD Archaeology 
    2018 - 51cg 

    Title: Animals, Subsistence and Society in Yupik Prehistory (Supervisors: K. Britton, R. Knecht and K. Dobney) - Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

  • Master (Research) Archaeology 
    2007 - University François Rabelais, Tours 

    Specialism: Zooarchaeology.

    Exchange year: Université de Montréal, QC

  • Master (Professional) Archaeology 
    2006 - University François Rabelais, Tours 

    Specialism: Geomatics applied to Archaeology

    Placement: University of Glasgow

Latest Publications

  • Symbols and subsistence: an integrated approach to animal-human relationships in early medieval Scotland, Antiquity

    Britton, K., Czere, O., Fawcett, J. P., Koster, L. J., Mitchell, J. S., Roderick, K., Müldner, G., Evans, N., Stenhouse, A. R., Sayle, K. L., Hamilton, W. D., Talamo, S., Donald, C., Boyle, A., Sheridan, A., Thompson, J., Birch, S., Mann, B., Hall, D., Dittmar, J. M., Wright, J., Girdland Flink, L., Curtis, N., Oxenham, M., Masson-MacLean, E., Noble, G.
    Antiquity
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  • Environmental and Scientific Analyses

    Noble, G., Hamilton, D., Jones, S., Koster, L., Mainland, I., Mcmanus, E. T., Niehaus, S., Oxenham, M., Prado, S., Ramsay, S., Roshem, E., Fawcett, J. P., Masson-MacLean, E., Britton, K., Czere, O.
    Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland: The development of a landscape of Pictish royal power from the Roman to the early medieval period. Noble, G. (ed.). Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, pp. 203-255, 53 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
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  • Excavation Results:: Cairn More

    Noble, G., O'Driscoll, J., Masson-MacLean, E.
    Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland: The development of a landscape of Pictish royal power from the Roman to the early medieval period. Noble, G. (ed.). Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, pp. 109-126, 28 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
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  • Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland: The development of a landscape of Pictish royal power from the Roman to the early medieval period

    Noble, G. (ed.), Cruickshanks, G., Evans, N., Gondek, M., MacIver, C., Masson-MacLean, E., O'Driscoll, J., Taylor, S.
    Books and Reports: Edited Collections
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  • New zooarchaeological evidence from Pictish sites in Scotland: implications for early medieval economies and animal-human relationships

    Masson-MacLean, E., Niehaus, S., Fraser, E., Lee, V., Prado, S., Czére, O., Fawcett, J., O'Driscoll, J., Girdland-Flink, L., Noble, G., Britton, K.
    Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, vol. 2, 1208908
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Research

Research Overview

My main research interests are in human-animal relationships and zooarchaeology (the study of animal bone from archaeological sites) including Medieval husbandry practises in Scotland and NW Europe and precontact subsistence strategies in the Western Arctic and SW Alaska more specifically. I also have a strong interest in the application of digital technologies to archaeological practice.

Research Areas

Research Specialisms

  • Archaeology
  • Archaeological Sciences
  • Geographical Information Systems

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.

Collaborations

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Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

AY1003 Archaeology in Action

AY5001 Northern Worlds

AY2505 Archaeology of the North

AY3514 Professional Archaeology 2

Publications

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  • Symbols and subsistence: an integrated approach to animal-human relationships in early medieval Scotland, Antiquity

    Britton, K., Czere, O., Fawcett, J. P., Koster, L. J., Mitchell, J. S., Roderick, K., Müldner, G., Evans, N., Stenhouse, A. R., Sayle, K. L., Hamilton, W. D., Talamo, S., Donald, C., Boyle, A., Sheridan, A., Thompson, J., Birch, S., Mann, B., Hall, D., Dittmar, J. M., Wright, J., Girdland Flink, L., Curtis, N., Oxenham, M., Masson-MacLean, E., Noble, G.
    Antiquity
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Environmental and Scientific Analyses

    Noble, G., Hamilton, D., Jones, S., Koster, L., Mainland, I., Mcmanus, E. T., Niehaus, S., Oxenham, M., Prado, S., Ramsay, S., Roshem, E., Fawcett, J. P., Masson-MacLean, E., Britton, K., Czere, O.
    Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland: The development of a landscape of Pictish royal power from the Roman to the early medieval period. Noble, G. (ed.). Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, pp. 203-255, 53 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Excavation Results:: Cairn More

    Noble, G., O'Driscoll, J., Masson-MacLean, E.
    Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland: The development of a landscape of Pictish royal power from the Roman to the early medieval period. Noble, G. (ed.). Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, pp. 109-126, 28 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland: The development of a landscape of Pictish royal power from the Roman to the early medieval period

    Noble, G. (ed.), Cruickshanks, G., Evans, N., Gondek, M., MacIver, C., Masson-MacLean, E., O'Driscoll, J., Taylor, S.
    Books and Reports: Edited Collections
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  • New zooarchaeological evidence from Pictish sites in Scotland: implications for early medieval economies and animal-human relationships

    Masson-MacLean, E., Niehaus, S., Fraser, E., Lee, V., Prado, S., Czére, O., Fawcett, J., O'Driscoll, J., Girdland-Flink, L., Noble, G., Britton, K.
    Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, vol. 2, 1208908
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  • Report on the 2022 excavations at Wogan Cavern (Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, UK)

    Dinnis, R., Boulton, J., Bates, M., Chamberlain, A. T., Davies, J., Hopkins, R., Jimenez, E. L., Masson-Maclean, E., Mogg, J., Parfitt, S., Payne, N., Pickard, C., Stringer, C., Walker, E. A., Williams, D., French, J. C.
    Cave and Karst Science, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 83-91
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  • The archaeological potential of Wogan Cavern (Pembroke, UK): results of the first fieldwork season

    Dinnis, R., Boulton, J., French, J. C., Buckley, M., Davies, J., Hervé, M., Howells, S., Jimenez, E. L., Ludlow, N., Masson-MaClean, E., Mogg, J., Pickard, C., Walker, E. A., Williams, D., Chamberlain, A. T., Stringer, C.
    Cave and Karst Science, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 65-72
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  • Digitally Recording Excavations on a Budget: A (Low-Cost) DIY Approach from Scotland

    Masson-MacLean, E., O'Driscoll, J., McIver, C., Noble, G.
    Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 595–613
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  • Palaeoproteomic analyses of dog palaeofaeces reveal a preserved dietary and host digestive proteome

    Runge, A. K., Hendy, J., Richter, K., Masson-MacLean, E., Britton, K., Mackie, M., McGrath, K., Collins, M., Cappellini, E., Speller, C.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 288, no. 1954, 20210020
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  • New dates for enclosed sites in north-east Scotland: results of excavations by the Northern Picts project

    Noble, G., O'Driscoll, J., MacIver, C., Masson-MacLean, E., Sveinbjarnarson, O.
    Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 149, pp. 165-196
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  • Les pointes de projectiles polies du site de Nunalleq (village d’Agaligmiut), sud-ouest de l’Alaska: Une nouvelle approche des Bow-and-Arrow Wars chez les Yupiit

    Gómez Coutouly, Y. A., Knecht, R., Masson-MacLean, E.
    Études Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1-2, pp. 53–83
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  • Activity Areas or Conflict Episode? Interpreting the Spatial Patterning of Lice and Fleas at the Precontact Yup’ik Site of Nunalleq (16-17th Centuries AD, Alaska)

    Forbes, V., Huchet, J., Gómez Coutouly, Y. A., Masson-MacLean, J., Masson-MacLean, E., Britton, K., Hillerdal, C., Knecht, R., Ledger, P., Mcmanus-Fry, E. T.
    Études Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1-2, pp. 197-221
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  • Pre-contact adaptations to the Little Ice Age in Southwest Alaska: New evidence from the Nunalleq site

    Masson-MacLean, E., Houmard, C., Knecht, R., Sidéra, I., Dobney, K., Britton, K.
    Quaternary International, vol. 549, pp. 130-141
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  • Dunnicaer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland: a Roman Iron Age promontory fort beyond the frontier

    Noble, G., Evans, N., Hamilton, D., MacIver, C., Masson-MacLean, E., O'Driscoll, J., Cruickshanks, G., Hunter, F., Ingemark, D., Mainland, I., Taylor, S., Wallace, C.
    Archaeological Journal, vol. 177, no. 2, pp. 256-338
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  • The archaeology of dogs at the precontact Yup’ik site of Nunalleq, Western Alaska

    Masson-MacLean, E., McManus-Fry, E., Britton, K.
    Beyond Domestication: Archaeological Investigations into the Human-Canine Connection. Burtt, A., Bethke, B. (eds.). University Press of Florida, pp. 72-102, 30 pages
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  • What's the Catch?: Archaeological application of rapid collagen-based species identification for Pacific Salmon

    Korzow-Richter, K., McGrath, K., Masson-MacLean, E., Hickinbotham, S., Tedder, A., Britton, K., Bottomley, Z., Dobney, K., Hulme-Beaman, A., Zona, M., Fischer, R., Collins, M., Speller, C.
    Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 116, 105116
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  • Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic

    Ameen, C., Feuerborn, T., Linderholm, A., Brown, S., Hulme-Beaman, A., Lebrasseur, O., Sinding, M. S., Lounsberry, Z. T., Lin, A., Appelt, M., Bachmann, L., Britton, K. H., Betts, M., Darwent, J., Dietz, R., Fredholm, M., Gopalakrishnan, S., Goriunova, O. I., Grønnow, B., Haile, J., Hallsson, J. H., Harrison, R., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Knecht, R., Losey, R. J., Masson-MacLean, E., McGovern, T. H., McManus-Fry, E. T., Meldgaard, M., Midtdal, ?., Moss, M. L., Nikitin, I. G., Nomokonova, T., Pálsdóttir, A. H., Perri, A., Popov, A. N., Rankin, L., Reuther, J. D., Sablin, M., Schmidt, A. L., Shirar, S., Smirarowski, K., Sonne, C., Stiner, M. C., Vasyukov, M., West, C. F., Ween, G. B., Wennerberg, S. E., Wiig, ?., Woollett, J., Dalen, L., Hansen, A. J., Gilbert, T., Sacks, B., Frantz, L., Larson, G., Dobney, K., Darwent, C. M., Evin, A.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 286, no. 1916, 20191929
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  • Kinneddar: A Major Ecclesiastical Centre of the Picts

    Noble, G., Cruickshanks, G., Dunbar, L., Evans, N., Hall, D., Hamilton, D., MacIver, C., Masson-MacLean, E., O'Driscoll, J., Paskulin, L., Sveinbjarnarson, O.
    Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 148, pp. 113-145
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  • Assessing the ploughzone: The impact of cultivation on artefact survival and the cost/benefits of topsoil stripping prior to excavation

    Noble, G., Lamont, P., Masson-MacLean, E.
    Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, vol. 23, pp. 549-558
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  • Hunted and Honoured: Animal Representations in Precontact Masks from the Nunalleq Site, Southwest Alaska

    Mossolova, A., Knecht, R., Masson-MacLean, E., Houmard, C.
    Études Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1/2, pp. 107-136
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  • Investigating the Utility of Birds in Pre-Contact Yup’ik Subsistence: A Preliminary Analysis of the Avian Remains from Nunalleq

    Masson-MacLean, E., Houmard, C., Knecht, R., Moss, M. L.
    Études Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1-2, pp. 169-196
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  • L’exploitation du bois de caribou chez les peuples Yupiit pendant la période pré-contact (Nunalleq, GDN-248)

    Houmard, C., Masson-MacLean, E., Sidéra, I., Knecht, R.
    Études Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1-2, pp. 137-168
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  • The Fabric of Basketry: Initial Archaeological Study of the Grass Artefacts Assemblage from the Nunalleq Site, Southwest Alaska

    Masson-MacLean, J., Masson-MacLean, E., Knecht, R.
    Études Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1-2, pp. 85-106
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  • Isotopes and new norms: investigating the emergence of early modern UK breastfeeding practices at St. Nicholas Kirk, Aberdeen

    Britton, K., McManus-Fry, E., Cameron, A., Duffy, P., Masson-MacLean, E., Czére, O., Smith, N., Stones, J., Winfield, A., Müldner, G.
    International journal of osteoarchaeology, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 510-522
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