Evans, M.,
2025 (No publication date).
The proteomics of pottery and its residues: applications to ancient foodways
I am a chemist focussing on biomolecular archaeology and isotopic analysis in archaeological and ecological contexts. I welcome enquiries from researchers who are interested in working with me (please read note below).
Please note that Dr Tamsin O'Connell will be on sabbatical for the academic year 2025-26.
Biography
I started academic life as a chemist at the University of Oxford. The lure of applied science led me to archaeology, working with Prof Robert Hedges at the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art in Oxford, firstly for my undergraduate dissertation followed by a SERC/NERC-funded DPhil. I had a Wellcome Trust Post-doctoral Fellowship, then two post-doctoral positions at the RLAHA. I joined the Department in Cambridge in 2004, with a Wellcome Trust University Award, to set up an isotope and palaeodiet laboratory, now called the Dorothy Garrod Laboratory.
I am a Fellow of the Sociey of Antiquaries, and a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the British Mass Spectrometry Society and the Society of Archaeological Sciences.
Research
My research traces signals of diet and climate in human and animal tissues, using isotopic analysis. As well as application to archaeological, ecological and epidemiological case studies, my work focuses on developing our understanding of the underlying principles, so as to improve the resolution of interpretations and conclusions that we can draw from isotopic analyses.
Topics
- Stable isotope analysis
- Palaeodiet
- Palaeoclimate
- Ecological studies of foodwebs
- Nutrition and epidemiology
- Biomolecular analysis of human and animal remains
I am presently involved in the following research projects:
- After the Plague, a Wellcome-funded multi-disciplinary project on life in Mediaeval Cambridge
- IsoBank, a multi-organization NSF-funded effort to build a common repository for stable isotope data
- Subsilience, an ERC project led by Dr Ana Maria Belen, University of Cantabria & Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Cantabria
- The Portus Project
- The FRAGSUS Project
- Two Rains
- food-web studies in the Antarctic, with Dr Tracey Rogers and the Predator group at the University of New South Wales
Analytical Equipment used
Continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry: Thermo Finnigan Delta V and MAT253 mass specs with various peripherals including EA, TCEA, gas bench and Kiel device.
We carry out our analyses in the Godwin Laboratory in Earth Sciences.
Collaborators
Information for Prospective Postgraduate Students
Before making a speculative approach to me, please think about a few questions:
- Why do you want to work with me in particular? I need to be convinced that you are actively interested in working with me, not attracted by the appeal of a degree from Cambridge. Straight “applications” of isotopic analyses to archaeological questions are of less interest to me, and for such work, there needs to be another Cambridge-based supervisor to cover the archaeological dimension.
- What will you bring to the isotope group? I like people who can bring unusual skills into isotopic studies, who want to tackle underpinning assumptions and to take new approaches to isotopic data. A strong degree of numeracy, a willingness to do a lot of benchwork and an interest in archaeology/trophic ecology are expectations, not qualifications in themselves.
- How will you fund your position? I do not take self-funded students, because of the need to cover research expenses. Please make the effort to look for opportunities. I’m willing to help good applicants to develop proposals and track down funding but the primary motivation needs to come from you. Having independent funding isn’t enough on its own either; see (1.) above.
- Why do you want to do a PhD? In case you’re not already aware, most PhD graduates don’t end up working in academia (although fair few of my former students do). A PhD is difficult, intensive - the highest academic qualification for a reason. It brings you no glory, no financial rewards. If you’re aware of all this and still want to embark on this, then it might be for you.
Key Publications
For full publications, see Google Scholar
Selected publications
[1] | O’Connell, TC (2025). The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science 183. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2025.106379 |
[2] | O'Connell TC (2017) ‘Trophic’ and ‘source’ amino acids in trophic estimation: a likely metabolic explanation. Oecologia 184:317-326. doi: 10.1007/s00442-017-3881-9 |
[3] | O'Connell TC, Kneale CJ, Tasevska N and Kuhnle GGC (2012). The diet-body offset in human nitrogen isotopic values: A controlled dietary study. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 149(3), 426-434. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22140. |
Publication
2025 (No publication date)
2023 (No publication date)
Courto, L.,
2023 (No publication date).
Scrimshaw: unlocking the cultural and biological archive of sea mammal art
2022
Buss, DL.,
2022.
Foraging ecology and population structuring of baleen whales in the western South Atlantic and eastern South Pacific
Hermenegildo, T.,
2022.
Fields and Forests: A Stable Isotope Perspective on the Subsistence Strategies of Past Amazonian Peoples
2021 (No publication date)
Rose, A.,
2021 (No publication date).
Life in Medieval Cambridge: an isotopic analysis of diet and mobility
2021
Leggett, S.,
2021.
‘Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are’: A Multi-Tissue and Multi-Scalar Isotopic Study of Diet and Mobility in Early Medieval England and its European Neighbours
2025
Hermenegildo, T., Prümers, H., Jaimes Betancourt, C., Roberts, P. and O'Connell, TC.,
2025.
Stable isotope evidence for pre-colonial maize agriculture and animal management in the Bolivian Amazon.
Nat Hum Behav,
v. 9
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02070-9
Hermenegildo, T., Prümers, H., Jaimes Betancourt, C., Roberts, P. and O'Connell, TC.,
2025.
Author Correction: Stable isotope evidence for pre-colonial maize agriculture and animal management in the Bolivian Amazon.
Nat Hum Behav,
v. 9
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02101-z
2024 (Published online)
Petrie, CA., Lightfoot, E., Jones, PJ., Walker, JR., Valentine, BT., Krigbaum, J., le Roux, P., Joglekar, PP., Shinde, V., Singh, RN. and O’Connell, TC.,
2024 (Published online).
Animal movement on the hoof and on the cart and its implications for understanding exchange within the Indus Civilisation
Scientific Reports,
v. 14
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50249-3
2024 (Accepted for publication)
Scheib, C. and Kivisild, T.,
2024 (Accepted for publication).
Low genetic impact of the Roman occupation of Britain in rural communities
Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE),
2024
Dittmar, JM., Inskip, SA., Rose, AK., Cessford, C., Mitchell, PD., O'Connell, TC. and Robb, JE.,
2024.
Health inequality in medieval Cambridge, 1200-1500 CE.
Am J Biol Anthropol,
v. 185
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24993
Shipley, ON., Dabrowski, AJ., Bowen, GJ., Hayden, B., Pauli, JN., Jordan, C., Anderson, L., Bailey, A., Bataille, CP., Cicero, C., Close, HG., Cook, C., Cook, JA., Desai, AR., Evaristo, J., Filley, TR., France, CAM., Jackson, AL., Kim, SL., Kopf, S., Loisel, J., Manlick, PJ., McFarlin, JM., McMeans, BC., O'Connell, TC., Pilaar Birch, SE., Putman, AL., Semmens, BX., Stantis, C., Stricker, CA., Szejner, P., Trammell, TLE., Uhen, MD., Weintraub-Leff, S., Wooller, MJ., Williams, JW., Yarnes, CT., Vander Zanden, HB. and Newsome, SD.,
2024.
Design, development, and implementation of IsoBank: A centralized repository for isotopic data.
PLoS One,
v. 19
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295662
Scheib, CL., Hui, R., Rose, AK., D’Atanasio, E., Inskip, SA., Dittmar, J., Cessford, C., Griffith, SJ., Solnik, A., Wiseman, R., Neil, B., Biers, T., Harknett, S-J., Sasso, S., Biagini, SA., Runfeldt, G., Duhig, C., Evans, C., Metspalu, M., Millett, MJ., O’Connell, TC., Robb, JE. and Kivisild, T.,
2024.
Low Genetic Impact of the Roman Occupation of Britain in Rural Communities
Molecular Biology and Evolution,
v. 41
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae168
2023 (Accepted for publication)
Hui, R., Scheib, C., Kivisild, T. and Robb, J.,
2023 (Accepted for publication).
Genetic history of Cambridgeshire before and after the Black Death
Science Advances,
Petrie, C., Lightfoot, E., Singh, R. and O'Connell, T.,
2023 (Accepted for publication).
Animal movement on the hoof and on the cart and its implications for understanding exchange within the Indus Civilisation
Scientific Reports,
2023
Inskip, S., Cessford, C., Dittmar, J., Rose, A., Mulder, B., O'Connell, T., Mitchell, PD., Scheib, C., Hui, R., Kivisild, T., Price, M., Stock, J. and Robb, J.,
2023.
Pathways to the medieval hospital: Collective osteobiographies of poverty and charity
Antiquity,
v. 97
Doi: http://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.167
2022
Greenfield, TL., McMahon, AM., O'Connell, TC., Reade, H., Holmden, C., Fletcher, AC., Zettler, RL. and Petrie, CA.,
2022.
Were there royal herds? Understanding herd management and mobility using isotopic characterizations of cattle tooth enamel from Early Dynastic Ur.
PLoS One,
v. 17
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265170
Buss, DL., Hearne, E., Loy, RHY., Manica, A., O’Connell, TC. and Jackson, JA.,
2022.
Evidence of resource partitioning between fin and sei whales during the twentieth-century whaling period
Marine Biology,
v. 169
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-022-04131-x
2021 (Accepted for publication)
Beresford-Jones, D., Pomeroy, E., Alday, C., Benfer, RA., Quilter, J., O'Connell, T. and Lightfoot, E.,
2021 (Accepted for publication).
Diet and lifestyle in the first villages of the Middle Preceramic: insights from stable isotope and osteological analyses of human remains from Paloma, Chilca I, La Yerba III and Morro I
Latin American Antiquity,
v. 32
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2021.24
O'Connell, T.,
2021 (Accepted for publication).
Comment on Ellegård et al Clinical Nutrition 2019 “Distinguishing vegan-, vegetarian-, and omnivorous diets by hair isotopic analysis”
Clinical Nutrition,
2021
Jones, PJ., O’Connell, TC., Jones, MK., Singh, RN. and Petrie, CA.,
2021.
Crop water status from plant stable carbon isotope values: A test case for monsoonal climates
Holocene,
v. 31
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/0959683621994649
Petrie, C., Singh, R. and O'Connell, T.,
2021.
Lipid residues in pottery from the Indus Civilisation in northwest India
Journal of Archaeological Science,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105291
Tejada, JV., Flynn, JJ., MacPhee, R., O'Connell, TC., Cerling, TE., Bermudez, L., Capuñay, C., Wallsgrove, N. and Popp, BN.,
2021.
Isotope data from amino acids indicate Darwin's ground sloth was not an herbivore.
Sci Rep,
v. 11
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97996-9
2020 (Accepted for publication)
Petrie, C., Lightfoot, E., O'Connell, T., Singh, R., Jones, M., Jones, P., Tames-Demauras, M. and Smith, E.,
2020 (Accepted for publication).
Feeding the Herds: Stable Isotope Analysis of Animal Diet and its Implication for Understanding Social Organisation in the Indus Civilisation, Northwest India
Archaeological Research in Asia,
O'Connell, T.,
2020 (Accepted for publication).
Rough diamond: A carbon isotopic biomarker of added sugar intake
Journal of Nutrition,
Lightfoot, E., Pomeroy, E., Grant, J., O'Connell, T., Le Roux, P., Zakrzewski, S., Inskip, S., Benady, S., Finlayson, C., Finlayson, G. and Lane, K.,
2020 (Accepted for publication).
Sea, Sickness and Cautionary Tales: A multi-isotope study from a post-Mediaeval hospital at the city-port of Gibraltar (AD 1462–1704)
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences,
2020
Barrett, JH., Boessenkool, S., Kneale, CJ., O'Connell, TC. and Star, B.,
2020.
Ecological globalisation, serial depletion and the medieval trade of walrus rostra
Quaternary Science Reviews,
v. 229
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106122
Lightfoot, E., Ustunkaya, MC., Przelomska, N., O'Connell, TC., Hunt, HV., Jones, MK. and Petrie, CA.,
2020.
Carbon and nitrogen isotopic variability in foxtail millet (Setaria italica) with watering regime.
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom,
v. 34
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8615
2019 (No publication date)
Stevens, R., Reade, H., Pryor, A., Chapman, H., Boyle, K., Chiotti, L., Pilaar Birch, S. and O'Connell, T.,
2019 (No publication date).
Strontium and oxygen isotope evidence for year-round availability of reindeer during the Palaeolithic in southwest France: Implications for human hunting strategies
Journal of Human Evolution,
2019 (Accepted for publication)
Scheib, C., Hui, R., D'Atanasio, E., Wohns, AW., Inskip, S., Rose, A., Cessford, C., O'Connell, T., Robb, J., Evans, C., Patten, R. and Kivisild, T.,
2019 (Accepted for publication).
East Anglian Early Neolithic monument burial linked to contemporary Megaliths
Annals of Human Biology,
v. 46
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2019.1623912
Robb, JE., Inskip, S., Cessford, C., Dittmar, J., Kivisild, T., Mitchell, P., Mulder, B., O'Connell, T., Rose, A. and Scheib, C.,
2019 (Accepted for publication).
Osteobiography: the history of the body as real bottom-line history
Bioarchaeology International,
v. 3
Doi: http://doi.org/10.5744/bi.2019.1006
2019
Correia, MA., Foley, R., O'Connell, TC., Ramírez-Rozzi, F. and Mirazón Lahr, M.,
2019.
Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Signatures of Hair, Nail, and Breath from tropical African Human Populations
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8524
2018 (Accepted for publication)
O'Connell, TC., Ballantyne, RM., Hamilton-Dyer, S., Margaritis, E., Oxford, S., Pantano, W., Millett, MJ. and Keay, SJ.,
2018 (Accepted for publication).
Living and Dying at the Portus Romae
Antiquity,
v. 93
Doi: http://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.64
2018
O'Connell, TC. and Collins, MJ.,
2018.
Comment on “Ecological niche of Neanderthals from Spy Cave revealed by nitrogen isotopes of individual amino acids in collagen.”
Journal of Human Evolution,
v. 117
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.05.006
Scheib, CL., Li, H., Desai, T., Link, V., Kendall, C., Dewar, G., Griffith, PW., Mörseburg, A., Johnson, JR., Potter, A., Kerr, SL., Endicott, P., Lindo, J., Haber, M., Xue, Y., Tyler-Smith, C., Sandhu, MS., Lorenz, JG., Randall, TD., Faltyskova, Z., Pagani, L., Danecek, P., O'Connell, TC., Martz, P., Boraas, AS., Byrd, BF., Leventhal, A., Cambra, R., Williamson, R., Lesage, L., Holguin, B., Ygnacio-De Soto, E., Rosas, J., Metspalu, M., Stock, JT., Manica, A., Scally, A., Wegmann, D., Malhi, RS. and Kivisild, T.,
2018.
Ancient human parallel lineages within North America contributed to a coastal expansion.
Science,
v. 360
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar6851
Reade, H., O'Connell, TC., Barker, G. and Stevens, RE.,
2018.
Increased climate seasonality during the late glacial in the Gebel Akhdar, Libya
Quaternary Science Reviews,
v. 192
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.06.003
Horswill, C., Jackson, JA., Medeiros, R., Nowell, RW., Trathan, PN. and O'Connell, TC.,
2018.
Minimising the limitations of using dietary analysis to assess foodweb changes by combining multiple techniques
Ecological Indicators,
v. 94
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.06.035
2017 (Accepted for publication)
Bosch, DM., Mannino, MA., Prendergast, AL., Wesselingh, FP., O'Connell, TC. and Hublin, JJ.,
2017 (Accepted for publication).
Year-round shellfish exploitation in the Levant and implications for Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer subsistence
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.08.014
2017
Roffey, S., Tucker, K., Filipek-Ogden, K., Montgomery, J., Cameron, J., O'Connell, T., Evans, J., Marter, P. and Taylor, GM.,
2017.
Investigation of a Medieval Pilgrim Burial Excavated from the Leprosarium of St Mary Magdalen Winchester, UK.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis,
v. 11
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005186
O'Connell, TC. and Hedges, REM.,
2017.
CHICKEN AND EGG: TESTING THE CARBON ISOTOPIC EFFECTS OF CARNIVORY AND HERBIVORY
ARCHAEOMETRY,
v. 59
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12253
Hermenegildo, T., O'Connell, TC., Guapindaia, VLC. and Neves, EG.,
2017.
New evidence for subsistence strategies of late pre-colonial societies of the mouth of the Amazon based on carbon and nitrogen isotopic data
Quaternary International,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.03.003
O'Connell, TC.,
2017.
‘Trophic’ and ‘source’ amino acids in trophic estimation: a likely metabolic explanation
Oecologia,
v. 184
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-017-3881-9
2016 (Accepted for publication)
Lightfoot, E. and O'Connell, TC.,
2016 (Accepted for publication).
On the Use of Biomineral Oxygen Isotope Data to Identify Human Migrants in the Archaeological Record: Intra-Sample Variation, Statistical Methods and Geographical Considerations.
PLoS One,
v. 11
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153850
2016
Prendergast, AL., Stevens, RE., O'Connell, TC., Fadlalak, A., Touati, M., al-Mzeine, A., Schöne, BR., Hunt, CO. and Barker, G.,
2016.
Changing patterns of eastern Mediterranean shellfish exploitation in the Late Glacial and Early Holocene: Oxygen isotope evidence from gastropod in Epipaleolithic to Neolithic human occupation layers at the Haua Fteah cave, Libya
Quaternary International,
v. 407
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.035
Strauss, A., Oliveira, RE., Villagran, XS., Bernardo, DV., Salazar-Garcia, DC., Jr, BMC., Pugliese, F., Hermenegildo, T., Santos, R., Barioni, A., de Oliveira, EC., Moreno de Sousa, JC., Jaouen, K., Ernani, M., Hubbe, M., Inglez, M., Gratao, M., Rockwell, H., Machado, M., de Souza, G., Chemale, F., Kawashita, K., O'Connell, TC., Israde, I., Feathers, J., Campi, C., Richards, M., Wahl, J., Kipnis, R., Araujo, A. and Neves, W.,
2016.
Early Holocene ritual complexity in South America: the archaeological record of Lapa do Santo (east-central Brazil)
ANTIQUITY,
v. 90
Doi: http://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2016.220
Reade, H., Stevens, RE., O'Connell, TC. and Barker, G.,
2016.
Pleistocene and Holocene herbivore diets and palaeoenvironments in the Gebel Akhdar (Libya): Implications for past human populations
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,
v. 449
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.02.003
Reade, H., O'Connell, TC., Barker, G. and Stevens, RE.,
2016.
Pleistocene and Holocene palaeoclimates in the Gebel Akhdar (Libya) estimated using herbivore tooth enamel oxygen isotope compositions
Quaternary International,
v. 404
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.009
Horswill, C., Matthiopoulos, J., Ratcliffe, N., Green, JA., Trathan, PN., McGill, RAR., Phillips, RA. and O'Connell, TC.,
2016.
Drivers of intrapopulation variation in resource use in a generalist predator, the macaroni penguin
Marine Ecology Progress Series,
v. 548
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3354/meps11626
Prendergast, AL., Stevens, RE., O'Connell, TC., Hill, EA., Hunt, CO. and Barker, GW.,
2016.
A late Pleistocene refugium in Mediterranean North Africa? Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction from stable isotope analyses of land snail shells (Haua Fteah, Libya)
Quaternary Science Reviews,
v. 139
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.02.014
Pilaar Birch, SE., Miracle, PT., Stevens, RE. and O'Connell, TC.,
2016.
Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Migratory Behavior of Ungulates Using Isotopic Analysis of Tooth Enamel and Its Effects on Forager Mobility.
PLoS One,
v. 11
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155714
Lightfoot, E., Przelomska, N., Craven, M., O Connell, TC., He, L., Hunt, HV. and Jones, MK.,
2016.
Intraspecific carbon and nitrogen isotopic variability in foxtail millet (Setaria italica).
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom,
v. 30
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.7583
Phillips, CA. and O'Connell, TC.,
2016.
Fecal carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis as an indicator of diet in Kanyawara chimpanzees, Kibale National Park, Uganda.
Am J Phys Anthropol,
v. 161
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23073
Stevens, RE. and O'Connell, TC.,
2016.
Red deer bone and antler collagen are not isotopically equivalent in carbon and nitrogen.
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom,
v. 30
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.7670
Charlton, S., Alexander, M., Collins, M., Milner, N., Mellars, P., O'Connell, TC., Stevens, RE. and Craig, OE.,
2016.
Finding Britain's last hunter-gatherers: A new biomolecular approach to 'unidentifiable' bone fragments utilising bone collagen
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE,
v. 73
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.07.014
Matuzeviciute, GM., Kiryushin, YF., Rakhimzhanova, SZ., Svyatko, S., Tishkin, AA. and O'Connell, TC.,
2016.
Climatic or dietary change? Stable isotope analysis of Neolithic-Bronze Age populations from the Upper Ob and Tobol River basins
HOLOCENE,
v. 26
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/0959683616646843
Rogers, TL., Fung, J., Slip, D., Steindler, L. and O'Connell, TC.,
2016.
Calibrating the time span of longitudinal biomarkers in vertebrate tissues when fine-scale growth records are unavailable
Ecosphere,
v. 7
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1449
Tafuri, MA., Fullagar, PD., O'Connell, TC., Belcastro, MG., Iacumin, P., Conati Barbaro, C., Sanseverino, R. and Robb, J.,
2016.
Life and Death in Neolithic Southeastern Italy: The Strontium Isotopic Evidence
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology,
v. 26
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2516
Rogers, TL., Fung, J., Slip, D., Steindler, L. and O'Connell, TC.,
2016.
Calibrating the time span of longitudinal biomarkers in vertebrate tissues when fine-scale growth records are unavailable
ECOSPHERE,
v. 7
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1449/full
2015 (Published online)
Prendergast, AL., Stevens, RE., Hill, EA., Barker, GWW., Hunt, C. and O'Connell, TC.,
2015 (Published online).
Carbon isotope signatures from land snail shells: Implications for palaeovegetation reconstruction in the eastern Mediterranean
Quaternary International,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.12.053
2015
Bosch, DM. and Mannino, MA.,
2015.
Reply to Douka et al.: Critical evaluation of the Ksâr 'Akil chronologies
Proceedings of the American National Academy of Sciences,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1520412112
Lightfoot, E., Motuzaite-Matuzeviciute, G., O'Connell, TC., Kukushkin, IA., Loman, V., Varfolomeev, V., Liu, X. and Jones, MK.,
2015.
How 'Pastoral' is Pastoralism? Dietary Diversity in Bronze Age Communities in the Central Kazakhstan Steppes
Archaeometry,
v. 57
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12123
Forouhi, NG., Kuhnle, GG., Patel, PS. and O'Connell, TC.,
2015.
Reply to KJ Petzke.
Am J Clin Nutr,
v. 101
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.114.103309
Reade, H., Stevens, RE., Barker, G. and O'Connell, TC.,
2015.
Tooth enamel sampling strategies for stable isotope analysis: Potential problems in cross-method data comparisons
Chemical Geology,
v. 404
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.03.026
Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, G., Lightfoot, E., O'Connell, TC., Voyakin, D., Liu, X., Loman, V., Svyatko, S., Usmanova, E. and Jones, MK.,
2015.
The extent of cereal cultivation among the Bronze Age to Turkic period societies of Kazakhstan determined using stable isotope analysis ofbone collagen
Journal of Archaeological Science,
v. 59
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.03.029
Bosch, MD., Mannino, MA., Prendergast, AL., O'Connell, TC., Demarchi, B., Taylor, SM., Niven, L., van der Plicht, J. and Hublin, J-J.,
2015.
New chronology for Ksâr 'Akil (Lebanon) supports Levantine route of modern human dispersal into Europe.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A,
v. 112
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1501529112
Prendergast, AL., Stevens, RE., Barker, G. and O'Connell, TC.,
2015.
Oxygen isotope signatures from land snail (Helix melanostoma) shells and body fluid: Proxies for reconstructing Mediterranean and North African rainfall
Chemical Geology,
v. 409
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.05.014
Hutchinson, WF., Culling, M., Orton, DC., Hänfling, B., Lawson Handley, L., Hamilton-Dyer, S., O'Connell, TC., Richards, MP. and Barrett, JH.,
2015.
The globalization of naval provisioning: ancient DNA and stable isotope analyses of stored cod from the wreck of the Mary Rose, AD 1545.
R Soc Open Sci,
v. 2
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150199
Lightfoot, E., Šlaus, M., Šikanjić, PR. and O’Connell, TC.,
2015.
Metals and millets: Bronze and Iron Age diet in inland and coastal Croatia seen through stable isotope analysis
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences,
v. 7
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-014-0194-3
Cadwallader, L., Torres, SA., O’Connell, TC., Pullen, AG. and Beresford-Jones, DG.,
2015.
Dating the dead: New radiocarbon dates from the lower Ica Valley, south coast Peru
Radiocarbon,
v. 57
Doi: http://doi.org/10.2458/azu_rc.57.18343
2014
Lightfoot, E., Slaus, M. and O'Connell, TC.,
2014.
Water consumption in Iron Age, Roman, and Early Medieval Croatia.
Am J Phys Anthropol,
v. 154
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22544
Patel, PS., Cooper, AJM., O'Connell, TC., Kuhnle, GGC., Kneale, CK., Mulligan, AM., Luben, RN., Brage, S., Khaw, K-T., Wareham, NJ. and Forouhi, NG.,
2014.
Serum carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes as potential biomarkers of dietary intake and their relation with incident type 2 diabetes: the EPIC-Norfolk study.
Am J Clin Nutr,
v. 100
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.113.068577
Pryor, AJE., Stevens, RE., O'Connell, TC. and Lister, JR.,
2014.
Quantification and propagation of errors when converting vertebrate biomineral oxygen isotope data to temperature for palaeoclimate reconstruction
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,
v. 412
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.07.003
Liu, X., Lightfoot, E., O’Connell, TC., Wang, H., Li, S., Zhou, L., Hu, Y., Motuzaite-Matuzeviciute, G. and Jones, MK.,
2014.
From necessity to choice: dietary revolutions in west China in the second millennium BC
World Archaeology,
v. 46
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2014.953706
2013
Pryor, AJE., O'Connell, TC., Wojtal, P., Krzemińska, A. and Stevens, RE.,
2013.
Investigating climate at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), Poland, using oxygen isotopes
Quaternary International,
v. 294
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2011.09.027
Prendergast, AL., Azzopardi, M., O'Connell, TC., Hunt, C., Barker, G. and Stevens, RE.,
2013.
Oxygen isotopes from Phorcus (Osilinus) turbinatus shells as a proxy for sea surface temperature in the central Mediterranean: A case study from Malta
Chemical Geology,
v. 345
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.02.026
2012
Kuhnle, GGC., Joosen, AMCP., Kneale CJ, TC. and O'Connell, ,
2012.
Carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios of urine and faeces as novel nutritional biomarkers of meat and fish intake
European Journal of Nutrition,
v. 50
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-012-0328-2
Floris, R., Mascia, F., Sonedda, E., Sarigu, M., Lai, L., O'Connell, T., Montisci, M. and Zuncheddu, M.,
2012.
Bioanthropological analysis of the individuals buried in the multi-layered tomb of Bingia 'E Monti (Gonnostramatza - Or - Sardinia): First results
Journal of Biological Research Italy,
v. 85
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2012.4103
Diaz, AL., O'Connell, TC., Maher, LA. and Stock, JT.,
2012.
Subsistence and mobility strategies in the Epipalaeolithic: A stable isotope analysis of human and faunal remains at 'Uyun al-Hammam, northern Jordan
Journal of Archaeological Science,
v. 39
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.02.034
Lightfoot, E., Ŝlaus, M. and O'Connell, TC.,
2012.
Changing cultures, changing cuisines: Cultural transitions and dietary change in iron age, roman, and early medieval croatia
American Journal of Physical Anthropology,
v. 148
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22070
Cadwallader, L., Beresford-Jones, DG., Whaley, OQ. and O'Connell, TC.,
2012.
The Signs of Maize? A Reconsideration of What δ 13C Values Say about Palaeodiet in the Andean Region
Human Ecology,
Hakenbeck, S., Geisler, H., Grupe, G. and O'Connell, TC.,
2012.
fisotope - Studien zu mobilität und exogamie ...
Archaologisches Korrespondenzblatt,
v. 42
Bower, MA., Campana, MG., Nisbet, RER., Weller, R., Whitten, M., Edwards, CJ., Stock, F., Barrett, E., O'Connell, TC., Hill, EW., Wilson, AM., Howe, CJ., Barker, G. and Binns, M.,
2012.
Truth in the bones: Resolving the identity of the founding elite thoroughbred racehorses
Archaeometry,
v. 54
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00666.x
Liu, X., Jones, MK., Zhao, Z., Liu, G. and O'Connell, TC.,
2012.
The earliest evidence of millet as a staple crop: New light on neolithic foodways in North China
American Journal of Physical Anthropology,
v. 149
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22127
O'Connell, TC., Kneale, CJ., Tasevska, N. and Kuhnle, GG.,
2012.
The diet-body offset in human nitrogen isotopic values: a controlled dietary study
Am J Phys Anthropol,
v. 149
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22140
Kuhnle, GGC., Joosen, AMCP., Kneale, CJ. and O'Connell, TC.,
2012.
Erratum to: Carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios of urine and faeces as novel nutritional biomarkers of meat and fish intake
European Journal of Nutrition,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-012-0471-9
2011
Lightfoot, E., Boneva, B., Miracle, PT., Šlaus, M. and O'Connell, TC.,
2011.
Exploring the Mesolithic and Neolithic transition in Croatia through isotopic investigations
Antiquity,
v. 85
Stevens, RE., Balasse, M. and O'Connell, TC.,
2011.
Intra-tooth oxygen isotope variation in a known population of red deer: Implications for past climate and seasonality reconstructions
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,
Orton, DC., Makowiecki, D., de Roo, T., Johnstone, C., Harland, J., Jonsson, L., Heinrich, D., Enghoff, IB., Lõugas, L., Van Neer, W., Ervynck, A., Hufthammer, AK., Amundsen, C., Jones, AK., Locker, A., Hamilton-Dyer, S., Pope, P., MacKenzie, BR., Richards, M., O'Connell, TC. and Barrett, JH.,
2011.
Stable isotope evidence for late medieval (14th-15th C) origins of the eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery
PLoS One,
v. 6
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027568
Barrett, JH., Orton, D., Johnstone, C., Harland, J., Van Neer, W., Ervynck, A., Roberts, C., Locker, A., Amundsen, C., Enghoff, IB., Hamilton-Dyer, S., Heinrich, D., Hufthammer, AK., Jones, AKG., Jonsson, L., Makowiecki, D., Pope, P., O'Connell, TC., de Roo, T. and Richards, M.,
2011.
Interpreting the expansion of sea fishing in medieval Europe using stable isotope analysis of archaeological cod bones
Journal of Archaeological Science,
v. 38
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.017
Edwards, CJ., Suchard, MA., Lemey, P., Welch, JJ., Barnes, I., Fulton, TL., Barnett, R., O'Connell, TC., Coxon, P., Monaghan, N., Valdiosera, CE., Lorenzen, ED., Willerslev, E., Baryshnikov, GF., Rambaut, A., Thomas, MG., Bradley, DG. and Shapiro, B.,
2011.
Ancient hybridization and an Irish origin for the modern polar bear matriline
Curr Biol,
v. 21
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.058
2010
Lightfoot, E., Miracle, PT., Radić, D., Šlaus, M. and O'Connell, TC.,
2010.
Stable isotope analysis of human diets during the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods at Vela Spila cave, Korčula
Izdanja HADa,
v. 26
Hackenbeck, S., McManus, E., Geisler, H., Grupe, G. and O'Connell, TC.,
2010.
Diet and mobility in early medieval Bavaria: A study of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes
AM J PHYS ANTHROPOL,
v. 143
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.21309
Brooke, MDL., O'Connell, TC., Wingate, D., Madeiros, J., Hilton, GM. and Ratcliffe, N.,
2010.
Potential for rat predation to cause decline of the globally threatened Henderson petrel Pterodroma atrata: Evidence from the field, stable isotopes and population modelling
Endangered Species Research,
v. 11
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3354/esr00249
Stevens, RE., Balasse, M. and O'Connell, TC.,
2010.
Intra-tooth oxygen isotope variation in a known population of red deer: Implications for past climate and seasonality reconstructions
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology,
v. 301
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.12.021
Crowe, F., Sperduti, A., O'Connell, TC., Craig, OE., Kirsanow, K., Germoni, P., Macchiarelli, R., Garnsey, P. and Bondioli, L.,
2010.
Water-related occupations and diet in two Roman coastal communities (Italy, first to third century AD): Correlation between stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values and auricular exostosis prevalence.
Am J Phys Anthropol,
v. 142
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.21229
Campana, MG., Bower, MA., Bailey, MJ., Stock, F., O'Connell, TC., Edwards, CJ., Checkley-Scott, C., Knight, B., Spencer, M. and Howe, CJ.,
2010.
A flock of sheep, goats and cattle: Ancient DNA analysis reveals complexities of historical parchment manufacture
J ARCHAEOL SCI,
v. 37
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.12.036
2009
Lightfoot, E., O'Connell, TC., Stevens, RE., Hamilton, J., Hey, G. and Hedges, REM.,
2009.
An investigation into diet at the site of Yarnton, Oxfordshire, using stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes
OXFORD J ARCHAEOL,
v. 28
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0092.2009.00330.x
Hills, CM. and O'Connell, TC.,
2009.
New light on the Anglo-Saxon succession: Two cemeteries and their dates
ANTIQUITY,
v. 83
Craig, OE., Biazzo, M., O'Connell, TC., Garnsey, P., Martinez-Labarga, C., Lelli, R., Salvadei, L., Tartaglia, G., Nava, A., Reno, L., Fiammenghi, A., Rickards, O. and Bondioli, L.,
2009.
Stable isotopic evidence for diet at the Imperial Roman coastal site of Velia (1st and 2nd Centuries AD) in southern Italy
American Journal of Physical Anthropology,
v. 139
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.21021
Lucy, S., Newman, R., Dodwell, N., Hills, CM., Dekker, M., O Connell, TC., Riddler, I. and Walton Rogers, P.,
2009.
The burial of A Princess? The later Seventh-Century cemetery at Westfield Farm, Ely
The Antiquaries Journal,
v. 89
Schroeder, H., O'Connell, TC., Evans, JA., Shuler, KA. and Hedges, RE.,
2009.
Trans-Atlantic slavery: Isotopic evidence for forced migration to Barbados
Am J Phys Anthropol,
v. 139
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.21019
Stevens, RE., O'Connell, TC., Hedges, RE. and Street, M.,
2009.
Radiocarbon and stable isotope investigations at the Central Rhineland sites of Gönnersdorf and Andernach-Martinsberg, Germany
J Hum Evol,
v. 57
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.01.011
Lucy, SJ., Newman, R. and Hills, C.,
2009.
Burial of a princess? The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Westfield Farm, Ely’
Antiquaries Journal,
v. 89
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581509990102
Stevens, RE., Germonpre, M., Petrie, CA. and O'Connell, TC.,
2009.
Palaeoenvironmental and chronological investigations of the Magdalenian sites of Goyet Cave and Trou de Chaleux (Belgium), via stable isotope and radiocarbon analyses of horse skeletal remains
J ARCHAEOL SCI,
v. 36
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2008.10.008
2008
Hedges, REM., Saville, A. and O Connell, TC.,
2008.
Characterizing the diet of individuals at the Neolithic chambered tomb of Hazleton North, Gloucestershire, England, using stable isotopic analysis
Archaeometry,
v. 50
2007
Finucane, BC., Valdez, JE., Calderon, IP., Pomacanchari, CV., Valdez, LM. and O'Connell, TC.,
2007.
The end of empire: New radiocarbon dates from the Ayacucho Valley, Peru, and their implications for the collapse of the Wari State
Radiocarbon,
v. 49
Doi: http://doi.org/10.2458/azu_js_rc.v.2955
Hedges, RE., Clement, JG., Thomas, CD. and O'connell, TC.,
2007.
Collagen turnover in the adult femoral mid-shaft: Modeled from anthropogenic radiocarbon tracer measurements
Am J Phys Anthropol,
v. 133
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20598
Privat, KL., O'Connell, TC. and Hedges, REM.,
2007.
The distinction between freshwater- and terrestrial-based diets: Methodological concerns and archaeological applications of sulphur stable isotope analysis
J ARCHAEOL SCI,
v. 34
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2006.10.008
2006
Lewis, R., O'Connell, TC., Lewis, M., Campagna, C. and Hoelzel, AR.,
2006.
Sex-specific foraging strategies and resource partitioning in the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)
Proc Biol Sci,
v. 273
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3642
2005
Fuller, BT., Fuller, JL., Sage, NE., Harris, DA., O'Connell, TC. and Hedges, REM.,
2005.
Nitrogen balance and δ15N: Why you're not what you eat during nutritional stress
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry,
v. 19
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.2090
Privat, K., Schneeweiß, J., Benecke, N., Vasil'ev, SK., O'Connell, T., Hedges, R. and Craig, O.,
2005.
Economy and diet at the late Bronze Age-Iron Age site of Čiča: Artefactual, archaeozoological and biochemical analyses
Eurasia Antiqua,
v. 11
Birchall, J., O'Connell, TC., Heaton, THE. and Hedges, REM.,
2005.
Hydrogen isotope ratios in animal body protein reflect trophic level
J ANIM ECOL,
v. 74
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00979.x
2004
Fuller, BT., Fuller, JL., Sage, NE., Harris, DA., O'Connell, TC. and Hedges, RE.,
2004.
Nitrogen balance and delta15N: Why you're not what you eat during pregnancy
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom,
v. 18
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.1708
Gilbert, MTP., Wilson, AS., Bunce, M., Hansen, AJ., Willersley, E., Shapiro, B., Higham, TFG., Richards, MP., O'Connell, TC., Tobin, DJ., Janaway, RC. and Cooper, A.,
2004.
Ancient mitochondrial DNA from hair
Current Biology,
v. 14
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.008
Shin, J-Y., Connell, TCO., Black, S. and Hedges, REM.,
2004.
Differentiating bone osteonal turnover rates by density fractionation; Validation using the bomb 14C atmospheric pulse
Radiocarbon,
v. 46
2002
Williams, JH. and O'Connell, TC.,
2002.
Differential relations between cognition and 15N isotopic content of hair in elderly people with dementia and controls
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci,
v. 57
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/57.12.M797
Privat, KL., O'Connell, TC. and Richards, MP.,
2002.
Stable isotope analysis of human and faunal remains from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Berinsfield, Oxfordshire: Dietary and social implications
J ARCHAEOL SCI,
v. 29
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.2001.0785
2001
O'Connell, TC. and Hedge, REM.,
2001.
Isolation and isotopic analysis of individual amino acids from archaeological bone collagen: A new method using RP-HPLC
ARCHAEOMETRY,
v. 43
O'Connell, TC., Hedges, REM., Healey, MA. and Simpson, AHR.,
2001.
Isotopic comparison of hair, nail and bone: Modern analyses
J ARCHAEOL SCI,
v. 28
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.2001.0698
Jones, AM., O'Connell, TC., Young, ED., Scott, K., Buckingham, CM., Iacumin, P. and Brasier, MD.,
2001.
Biogeochemical data from well preserved 200 ka collagen and skeletal remains
EARTH PLANET SC LETT,
v. 193
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00474-5
2000
Dickson, JH., Oeggl, K., Holden, TG., Handley, LL., O'Connell, TC. and Preston, T.,
2000.
The omnivorous Tyrolean Iceman: Colon contents (meat, cereals, pollen, moss and whipworm) and stable isotope analyses
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci,
v. 355
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2000.0739
1999
O'Connell, TC. and Hedges, RE.,
1999.
Investigations into the effect of diet on modern human hair isotopic values
Am J Phys Anthropol,
v. 108
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199904)108:4<409::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-E
Macko, SA., Engel, MH., Andrusevich, V., Lubec, G., O'Connell, TC. and Hedges, RE.,
1999.
Documenting the diet in ancient human populations through stable isotope analysis of hair
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci,
v. 354
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1999.0360
1997
O'Connell, TC. and Hedges, REM.,
1997.
An improved method for measuring racemization of amino acids from archaeological bone
Ancient Biomolecules,
v. 1
2024
Lightfoot, E., Ballantyne, R. and O'Connell, TC.,
2024.
Chapter 31 - Stable isotope analysis of seeds and bones (Must Farm pile-dwelling settlement: Volume 2. Specialist reports)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.107116
2023
O’connell, TC.,
2023.
Palaeodiet Through Stable Isotope Analysis
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/9781119592112.ch21
2020
Petrie, C., Singh, R., Jones, P., O'Connell, T. and Jones, M.,
2020.
Investigating adaptation to climate change in the archaeological record: a conceptual framework and an isotopic approach in the Indus Civilisation
2019
Power, R., Nikita, E., Mattingly, D., Mirazon Lahr, M. and O'Connell, T.,
2019.
Human Mobility and Identity: Variation, Diet and Migration in Relation to the Garamantes of Fazzan
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/9781108634311.004
O’Connell, TC. and Pike, AWG.,
2019.
MASS spectrometry
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-101983-2.00358-3
2012
O'Connell, TC. and Hullb, BD.,
2012.
Diet: Recent Evidence from Analytical Chemical Techniques
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199212149.013.0034
2005
O'Connell, TC. and Pike, AWG.,
2005.
MASS SPECTROMETRY
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/B0-12-369397-7/00358-7
O'Connell, TC.,
2005.
Hair and nutrient/diet assessment
O'Connell, TC. and Pike, AWG.,
2005.
Mass spectrometry: Archaeological applications
v. 5
Privat, K., O'Connell, TC., Neal, K. and Hedges, REM.,
2005.
Fermented dairy product analysis and palaeodietary repercussions: Is stable isotope analysis not cheesy enough?
2003
O'Connell, TC., Levine, MA. and Hedges, REM.,
2003.
The importance of fish in the diet of central Eurasian peoples from the Mesolithic to the Early Iron Age
2024
Lightfoot, E. and O'Connell, T.,
2024.
Appendix 31.03 Animal bone isotope data (Must Farm pile-dwelling settlement: Volume 2. Specialist reports)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.107095
Lightfoot, E. and O'Connell, T.,
2024.
Appendix 31.02 Charred seed isotope data (Must Farm pile-dwelling settlement: Volume 2. Specialist reports)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.107094
Lightfoot, E. and O'Connell, T.,
2024.
Appendix 31.01 Stable isotope analysis laboratory protocols (Must Farm pile-dwelling settlement: Volume 2. Specialist reports)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.107093
2021 (No publication date)
Beresford-Jones, D., Pomeroy, E., Alday, C., Benfer, R., Quilter, J., O'Connell, T. and Lightfoot, E.,
2021 (No publication date).
Research data supporting "Diet and lifestyle in the first villages of the Middle Preceramic: insights from stable isotope and osteological analyses of human remains from Paloma, Chilca I, La Yerba III and Morro I"
2020 (No publication date)
Suryanarayan, A., Cubas, M., Craig, OE., Heron, CP., Shinde, V., Singh, RN., O'Connell, T. and Petrie, C.,
2020 (No publication date).
Dataset supporting Suryanarayan et al., 2020, 'Lipid residues in pottery from the Indus Civilisation in northwest India', Journal of Archaeological Science
2019 (No publication date)
O'Connell, T., Ballantyne, R., Hamilton-Dyer, S., Margaritis, E., Oxford, S., Pantano, W., Millett, M. and Keay, S.,
2019 (No publication date).
Research data supporting [Living and Dying at the Portus Romae]
2015 (No publication date)
Lightfoot, E. and O'Connell, TC.,
2015 (No publication date).
Research data supporting: "On the Use of Biomineral Oxygen Isotope Data to Identify Human Migrants in the Archaeological Record: Intra-Sample Variation, Statistical Methods and Geographical Considerations"
2020
Beck, J., Ciugudean, HI., Quinn, CP., Uhner, C., Pare, CF., Bolan, G., Burlacu-Timofte, R. and O'Connell, TC.,
2020.
Life at the crossroads: Isotopic investigations of diet and mobility in late prehistoric Transylvania
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,
v. 171
Scheib, CL., Guellil, M., Hagan, R., Keller, M., Inskip, SA., Cessford, C., Hui, R., D'Atanasio, E., Dittmar, J., Rose, AA., Mulder, B., Mitchell, P., O'Connell, TC., Herbig, A., Krause, J., Warinner, T., Kivisild, T. and Robb, JE.,
2020.
Investigating human-pathogen evolution using ancient genomics and proteomics
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,
v. 171
2018
Rose, A., O'Connell, T., Cessford, C., Dittmar, J., Inskip, S., Kivisild, T., Mitchell, P., Mulder, B., Scheib, C., Stock, J., Price, M. and Robb, J.,
2018.
Diet through time in Cambridgeshire, England: Evidence from isotopic analysis and skeletal stature
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,
v. 165
2017
Correia, MA., Foley, RA., O'Connell, T., Ramirez-Rozzi, F. and Mirazon Lahr, M.,
2017.
Modern human hair, nail and breath isotopic signals and their relevance to diet assessment in the past
American Journal of Physical Anthropology,
v. 162
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23210
2004
Shin, JY., O'Connell, TC., Black, S. and Hedges, R.,
2004.
Differentiating bone osteonal turnover rates by density fractionation; validation using the bomb <SUP>14</SUP>C atmospheric pulse
RADIOCARBON,
v. 46
1999
O'Connell, TC. and Hedges, REM.,
1999.
Isotopic comparison of hair and bone: Archaeological analyses
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE,
v. 26
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1998.0383
Teaching and Supervisions
At undergraduate level, I contribute to core and optional courses in the Archaeology tripos.
At masters level, I contribute to core and optional courses in the MSc, including practical projects, covering aspects of archaeological science.
I supervise students on a range of topics covering archaeological and ecological applications of isotopic analyses, usually as a co-supervisor with an archaeological or ecological expert. I am interested in supervising students who wish to study for an MPhil or a PhD in the following topics: nitrogen metabolism, anthropological and epidemiological studies, 'big isotopic data'.
As well as the research students listed below, I supervise Masters and undergraduate projects on a range of bioarchaeological topics.
Current Students:
- Tiago Hermenegildo
- Laura Courto
- Emily Tilby
- Danny Buss
Past Students:
- Kate Boulden
- Lauren Cadwallader
- Michael Campana
- Maria Ana Correia
- Lindsey Friedman
- Catherine Horswill (British Antarctic Survey) (co-supervisor)
- Penny Jones
- Sam Leggett
- Emma Lightfoot
- Suzie Pilaar-Birch
- Amy Prendergast
- Alexander Pryor
- Hazel Reade
- Alice Rose
- Akshyeta Suryanarayan
- Nicola Rodgers (Anglia Ruskin University) (co-supervisor)
- Pre-Cambridge: Karen Privat (Oxford), Rebecca Lewis (Durham)
Other Professional Activities
- NERC Peer Review College Member: 2020-
- NERC Environmental Isotope Facility Strategy Group Member: 2020-2024
- NERC Isotope Geosciences Facility Steering Committee Member: 2016-2020
- NERC Radiocarbon Facility Steering Committee Member: 2010-2016
- NERC Services Review Group Committee Member: 2012
- Regular peer reviewer for grant applications to NERC, AHRC, the Wellcome Trust, Leakey Foundation
- Associate Editor of the journal Archaeometry (since 2004)
- Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- Member of the British Mass Spectrometry Society
- Member of the Society of Archaeological Sciences