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Middens, Waste Disposal, and Health at Çatalhöyük (2020)
Journal Article
Shillito, L., & Mackay, H. (2020). Middens, Waste Disposal, and Health at Çatalhöyük. Near Eastern Archaeology, 83(3), 168-174. https://doi.org/10.1086/710134

The transition from a mobile hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a settled way of living is one of the most significant processes in human history. There were undeniable benefits to this process, with increased food security and longer lifespans, but there... Read More about Middens, Waste Disposal, and Health at Çatalhöyük.

Characterising life in settlements and structures: Incorporating faecal lipid biomarkers within a multiproxy case study of a wetland village (2020)
Journal Article
Mackay, H., Davies, K. L., Robertson, J., Roy, L., Bull, I. D., Whitehouse, N. J., …Henderson, A. C. (2020). Characterising life in settlements and structures: Incorporating faecal lipid biomarkers within a multiproxy case study of a wetland village. Journal of Archaeological Science, 121, Article 105202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105202

Roundhouses are ubiquitous features of Iron Age landscapes across North West Europe, yet the way they were used internally is not well understood. We demonstrate how spatial analyses of steroid lipid biomarkers advances our understanding of household... Read More about Characterising life in settlements and structures: Incorporating faecal lipid biomarkers within a multiproxy case study of a wetland village.

Human settlement of East Polynesia earlier, incremental, and coincident with prolonged South Pacific drought (2020)
Journal Article
Sear, D. A., Allen, M. S., Hassall, J. D., Maloney, A. E., Langdon, P. G., Morrison, A. E., …Pearson, E. (2020). Human settlement of East Polynesia earlier, incremental, and coincident with prolonged South Pacific drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(16), 8813-8819. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920975117

The timing of human colonization of East Polynesia, a vast area lying between Hawai‘i, Rapa Nui, and New Zealand, is much debated and the underlying causes of this great migration have been enigmatic. Our study generates evidence for human dispersal... Read More about Human settlement of East Polynesia earlier, incremental, and coincident with prolonged South Pacific drought.