Muiruri, V., Courtney-Mustaphi, C., Marchant, R., Nkirote M’Mbogori, F., Minya, A. and Lane, PJ.,
2026 (Published online).
High resolution multi-proxy analyses document Mid to Late-Holocene environmental change in arid Marsabit County, northern Kenya, East Africa
The Holocene,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/09596836261432467
Biography
Paul Lane is the retiring Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Professor of the Deep History and Archaeology of Africa and Mandela Magdalene Memorial Fellow, at the University of Cambridge, UK, where he is the Principal Investigator of the Landscape Historical Ecology and Archaeology of Ancient Pastoralists (LHEAAPS) and the Mapping Africa’s Endangered Archaeological Sites and Monuments (MAEASaM) projects. He is an anthropologically- and historically- oriented archaeologist with over forty years of research and teaching experience in African archaeology, focusing on the last ca. 6000 years. He was trained in Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, completing his BA degree in 1979 and doctoral research on the intersections of space and time among Dogon communities, Mali, West Africa in 1986. He taught archaeology and museum studies at the University of Dar es Salaam (1989-91) and the University of Botswana (1992-97). Both posts entailed development of archaeology curricula suited to meeting the needs of a new generation of African researchers. From 1998 to 2006, he was Director of the British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi, a regional research institute aimed at undertaking and facilitating research across the humanities and social sciences, before joining the University of York, UK, in 2007 as director of the Marie Curie Excellence Project Historical Ecologies East African Landscapes. From 2013-2018, he was Professor of Global Archaeology at Uppsala University, Sweden, during which time he led a Marie Curie Innovative Training Network on Resilience in East African Landscapes, and a related project on Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change in NW Tanzania. His research focuses on demonstrating the applied relevance of knowledge about the past to meeting contemporary needs with special emphasis on building local capacity through research and knowledge co-production with collaborators drawn from academia and local communities.
Research
I am presently involved in the following research and training projects:
| 2025-29 | Principal Investigator, Landscape Historical Ecologies of Ancient African Pastoralists (LHEAAPS) European Research Council Advanced Grant / UKRI Frontier Research for research on the Pastoral Iron Age of Kenya, £1.56 million |
| 2025-27 | Principal Investigator, Climates of Change Around Lake Chalbi, Kenya: Developing a Deep History of Human-Environment Interactions. Mastercard Foundation and University of Cambridge Climate Resilience and Sustainability Research Fund £19,306. |
| 2024-29 | Principal Investigator Mapping Africa’s Endangered Archaeological Sites and Monuments, Arcadia Foundation, for mapping and documentation of archaeological sites & monuments in eight sub-Saharan African countries, £5.3 million. Co-Investigators: Professor Stephanie Wynne-Jones, University of York; Professor Kevin MacDonald, University College London; Professor Innocent Pikirayi, University of Pretoria; Professor Anneli Ekblom, Uppsala University; Professor Ibrahima Thiaw, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar; Professor Hilario Madiquida, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo; Dr Kennedy Gitu, British Institute in Easter Africa. Nairobi., Drs Alexander Livingstone-Smith and Dr Nicolas Nikis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels. |
| 2023-25 | Principal Investigator European Union Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (Dr Kingsley Daraojimba), Social settlement dynamics and environmental processes in pre-colonial Nigeria: growing the Igbo-Ukwu cultural landscape (SosDen) €224,933. |
Publication
2026 (Published online)
2025 (Published online)
Lane, PJ., M’Mbogori, FN., Godana, HW., Kuria, MW., Kanyingi, J., Abduba, K. and Mohamed, AA.,
2025 (Published online).
Climates of Change in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia: From Scientific Data to Applied Knowledge
Heritage,
v. 8
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3390/heritage8090352
2025 (Accepted for publication)
Lane, PJ.,
2025 (Accepted for publication).
Institutionalizing a “developer pays” Principle for Commercial Archaeology as Part of Changing China-Africa Economic Relations
African Archaeological Review,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-025-09616-w
Ochungo, P., Sagna, N., Neema, V., Akintayo, A., Athie, A., Kabiru, A., Ndiaye, A., Michaut, E., Merlo, S. and Lane, P.,
2025 (Accepted for publication).
Shoreline dynamics and cultural heritage sites in Kenya, Tanzania, and Senegal: integrating remote sensing and archaeological knowledge
Journal of Maps,
v. 21
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2025.2487454
Mustaphi, CJC., Camara-Brugger, SO., Chellman, NJ., Muñoz, S., Kariuki, RW., Damber, M., Shoemaker, A., Ekblom, A., Munishi, L., Lane, P., Marchant, R. and Heiri, O.,
2025 (Accepted for publication).
Multiple paleofire proxy metrics from tropical lake sediment and soil in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem
Holocene,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/09596836251340882
2025
Courtney Mustaphi, CJ., Camara-Brugger, SO., Ekblom, A., Munishi, L., Kariuki, R., Shoemaker, A., Lane, P. and Marchant, R.,
2025.
Multiporate Poaceae pollen grains observed in the recent fossil record from the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem and Lake Victoria region
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology,
v. 333
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2024.105240
Gillson, L., Seddon, A., Mottl, O., Zhang, K., Kirsten, K., Gell, P., Marchant, RA., Schwörer, C., Razanatsoa, E., Lane, PJ., Courtney-Mustaphi, CJ. and Dearing, J.,
2025.
Exploring the Interface Between Planetary Boundaries and Palaeoecology.
Glob Chang Biol,
v. 31
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70017
2024 (Published online)
Macamo, S., Raimundo, M., Moffett, A. and Lane, P.,
2024 (Published online).
Developing Heritage Preservation on Ilha de Moçambique Using a Historic Urban Landscape Approach
Heritage,
v. 7
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7040095
2024
Scaini, A., Mulligan, J., Berg, H., Brangarí, A., Bukachi, V., Carenzo, S., Chau Thi, D., Courtney-Mustaphi, C., Ekblom, A., Fjelde, H., Fridahl, M., Hansson, A., Hicks, L., Höjer, M., Juma, B., Kain, J-H., Kariuki, RW., Kim, S., Lane, P., Leizeaga, A., Lindborg, R., Livsey, J., Lyon, SW., Marchant, R., McConville, JR., Munishi, L., Nilsson, D., Olang, L., Olin, S., Olsson, L., Rogers, PM., Rousk, J., Sandén, H., Sasaki, N., Shoemaker, A., Smith, B., Thai Huynh Phuong, L., Varela Varela, A., Venkatappa, M., Vico, G., Von Uexkull, N., Wamsler, C., Wondie, M., Zapata, P., Zapata Campos, MJ., Manzoni, S. and Tompsett, A.,
2024.
Pathways from research to sustainable development: Insights from ten research projects in sustainability and resilience.
Ambio,
v. 53
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01968-4
Sawchuk, EA., Sirak, KA., Manthi, FK., Ndiema, EK., Ogola, CA., Prendergast, ME., Reich, D., Aluvaala, E., Ayodo, G., Badji, L., Bird, N., Black, W., Fregel, R., Gachihi, N., Gibbon, VE., Gidna, A., Goldstein, ST., Hamad, R., Hassan, HY., Hayes, VM., Hellenthal, G., Kebede, S., Kurewa, A., Kusimba, C., Kyazike, E., Lane, PJ., MacEachern, S., Massilani, D., Mbua, E., Morris, AG., Mutinda, C., M'Mbogori, FN., Reynolds, AW., Tishkoff, S., Vilar, M. and Yimer, G.,
2024.
Charting a landmark-driven path forward for population genetics and ancient DNA research in Africa.
Am J Hum Genet,
v. 111
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.05.019
González-Ruibal, A. and Lane, PJ.,
2024.
Archaeologies of crime and punishment: an introduction
World Archaeology,
v. 56
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2024.2494935
2023 (Accepted for publication)
Vieri, J., Chirikure, S., Lane, P. and Martinon-Torres, M.,
2023 (Accepted for publication).
Archaeological science, globalisation, and local agency: gold in Great Zimbabwe
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01811-7
2023
Lane, PJ. and Michaut, E.,
2023.
Material assemblages and percolating pasts in Zigua households, north-eastern Tanzania
Journal of Social Archaeology,
v. 23
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/14696053231185636
Lane, PJ.,
2023.
Hearth and home in the Iron Age of eastern Africa: ethnographic models, historical linguistics and archaeological evidence
SOUTHERN AFRICAN HUMANITIES,
v. 36
2022 (Published online)
Ochungo, P., Khalaf, N., Merlo, S., Beldados, A., M’Mbogori, FN., Tiki, W. and Lane, PJ.,
2022 (Published online).
Remote Sensing for Biocultural Heritage Preservation in an African Semi-Arid Region: A Case Study of Indigenous Wells in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia
Remote Sensing,
v. 14
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3390/rs14020314
Kariuki, RW., Capitani, C., Munishi, LK., Shoemaker, A., Mustaphi, CJC., William, N., Lane, PJ. and Marchant, R.,
2022 (Published online).
Serengeti’s futures: Exploring land use and land cover change scenarios to craft pathways for meeting conservation and development goals
Frontiers in Conservation Science,
v. 3
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.920143
2022
Muiruri, V., Marchant, R., Rucina, SM., Scott, L. and Lane, PJ.,
2022.
Late Holocene environmental change and anthropogenic: Ecosystem interaction on the Laikipia Plateau, Kenya.
Ambio,
v. 51
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01554-6
M'Mbogori, FN., Kinyua, MG., Ibrae, AG. and Lane, PJ.,
2022.
Changes to water management and declining pastoral resilience in Marsabit County, northern Kenya: The example of Gabra wells
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water,
v. 9
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1609
2021 (Published online)
Henderson, J., Breen, C., Esteves, L., La Chimia, A., Lane, P., Macamo, S., Marvin, G. and Wynne-Jones, S.,
2021 (Published online).
Rising from the Depths Network: A Challenge-Led Research Agenda for Marine Heritage and Sustainable Development in Eastern Africa
Heritage,
v. 4
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3390/heritage4030057
2021
Biginagwa, TJ. and Lane, PJ.,
2021.
Local animal economies during the nineteenth-century caravan trade along the Lower Pangani, northeastern Tanzania: a zooarchaeological perspective
Azania Archaeological Research in Africa,
v. 56
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2021.1925023
Lane, PJ.,
2021.
Enhancing archaeology's role in addressing grand challenges needs more reflection on known unknowns
Antiquity,
v. 95
Doi: http://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.71
Petek-Sargeant, N. and Lane, PJ.,
2021.
Weathering Climate Change in Archaeology: Conceptual Challenges and an East African Case Study
Cambridge Archaeological Journal,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774321000044
Kariuki, RW., Munishi, LK., Courtney-Mustaphi, CJ., Capitani, C., Shoemaker, A., Lane, PJ. and Marchant, R.,
2021.
Integrating stakeholders' perspectives and spatial modelling to develop scenarios of future land use and land cover change in northern Tanzania.
PLoS One,
v. 16
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245516
Morrison, KD., Hammer, E., Boles, O., Madella, M., Whitehouse, N., Gaillard, M-J., Bates, J., Vander Linden, M., Merlo, S., Yao, A., Popova, L., Hill, AC., Antolin, F., Bauer, A., Biagetti, S., Bishop, RR., Buckland, P., Cruz, P., Dreslerová, D., Dusseldorp, G., Ellis, E., Filipovic, D., Foster, T., Hannaford, MJ., Harrison, SP., Hazarika, M., Herold, H., Hilpert, J., Kaplan, JO., Kay, A., Klein Goldewijk, K., Kolář, J., Kyazike, E., Laabs, J., Lancelotti, C., Lane, P., Lawrence, D., Lewis, K., Lombardo, U., Lucarini, G., Arroyo-Kalin, M., Marchant, R., Mayle, F., McClatchie, M., McLeester, M., Mooney, S., Moskal-Del Hoyo, M., Navarrete, V., Ndiema, E., Góes Neves, E., Nowak, M., Out, WA., Petrie, C., Phelps, LN., Pinke, Z., Rostain, S., Russell, T., Sluyter, A., Styring, AK., Tamanaha, E., Thomas, E., Veerasamy, S., Welton, L. and Zanon, M.,
2021.
Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization.
PLoS One,
v. 16
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246662
Zhuang, Y. and Lane, PJ.,
2021.
Harvesting the winds, harvesting the rain: an introduction to the issue on Inhabiting tropical worlds
World Archaeology,
v. 53
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2021.2062885
Robb, AJIII., Macamo, SL., Guissamulo, A. and Lane, P.,
2021.
OBSERVATIONS FROM SOME NEWLY RECOGNISED COASTAL SHELL MIDDENS AT PRAIA DE CHIZAVANE, GAZA PROVINCE, MOZAMBIQUE
SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN,
v. 76
2020
Lane, PJ.,
2020.
African Archaeologists Honored at the Fourth Shanghai Archaeology Forum, December 2019
African Archaeological Review,
v. 37
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-020-09388-5
2019
Mustaphi, CJC., Capitani, C., Boles, O., Kariuki, R., Newman, R., Munishi, L., Marchant, R. and Lane, P.,
2019.
Integrating evidence of land use and land cover change for land management policy formulation along the Kenya-Tanzania borderlands
Anthropocene,
v. 28
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2019.100228
Lane, P.,
2019.
Desert Archaeology — A Commentary
Archaeological Review from Cambridge,
v. 34
Ekblom, A., Shoemaker, A., Gillson, L., Lane, P. and Lindholm, KJ.,
2019.
Conservation through biocultural heritage-Examples from sub-Saharan Africa
Land,
v. 8
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3390/land8010005
Lane, PJ.,
2019.
Material Desires, Ecological Anxieties, and East African Elephant Ivory from a Long Term Perspective
ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY,
v. 24
Boles, OJC., Shoemaker, A., Courtney Mustaphi, CJ., Petek, N., Ekblom, A. and Lane, PJ.,
2019.
Historical Ecologies of Pastoralist Overgrazing in Kenya: Long-Term Perspectives on Cause and Effect
Human Ecology,
v. 47
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-019-0072-9
van der Plas, GW., De Cort, G., Petek-Sargeant, N., Wuytack, T., Colombaroli, D., Lane, PJ. and Verschuren, D.,
2019.
Distinct phases of natural landscape dynamics and intensifying human activity in the central Kenya Rift Valley during the past 1300 years
Quaternary Science Reviews,
v. 218
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.06.009
2018
Iles, L., Stump, D., Heckmann, M., Lang, C. and Lane, PJ.,
2018.
Iron Production in North Pare, Tanzania: Archaeometallurgical and Geoarchaeological Perspectives on Landscape Change
African Archaeological Review,
v. 35
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-018-9312-4
Marchant, R., Richer, S., Boles, O., Capitani, C., Courtney-Mustaphi, CJ., Lane, P., Prendergast, ME., Stump, D., De Cort, G., Kaplan, JO., Phelps, L., Kay, A., Olago, D., Petek, N., Platts, PJ., Punwong, P., Widgren, M., Wynne-Jones, S., Ferro-Vazquez, C., Benard, J., Boivin, N., Crowther, A., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Deere, NJ., Ekblom, A., Farmer, J., Finch, J., Fuller, D., Gaillard-Lemdahl, M-J., Gillson, L., Githumbi, E., Kabora, T., Kariuki, R., Kinyanjui, R., Kyazike, E., Lang, C., Lejju, J., Morrison, KD., Muiruri, V., Mumbi, C., Muthoni, R., Muzuka, A., Ndiema, E., Nzabandora, CK., Onjala, I., Schrijver, AP., Rucina, S., Shoemaker, A., Thornton-Barnett, S., van der Plas, G., Watson, EE., Williamson, D. and Wright, D.,
2018.
Drivers and trajectories of land cover change in East Africa: Human and environmental interactions from 6000 years ago to present
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS,
v. 178
Doi: http://doi.org/10.10164/j.earscirev.2017.12.010
Lane, PJ.,
2018.
‘For purposes altogether unscientific’
Current Swedish Archaeology,
v. 26
Githumbi, EN., Kariuki, R., Shoemaker, A., Courtney-Mustaphi, CJ., Chuhilla, M., Richer, S., Lane, P. and Marchant, R.,
2018.
Pollen, people and place: multidisciplinary perspectives on ecosystem change at amboseli, kenya
Frontiers in Earth Science,
v. 5
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2017.00113
Conolly, J. and Lane, PJ.,
2018.
Vulnerability, risk, resilience: an introduction
World Archaeology,
v. 50
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2019.1591025
2017
Armstrong, CG., Shoemaker, AC., McKechnie, I., Ekblom, A., Szabó, P., Lane, PJ., McAlvay, AC., Boles, OJ., Walshaw, S., Petek, N., Gibbons, KS., Quintana Morales, E., Anderson, EN., Ibragimow, A., Podruczny, G., Vamosi, JC., Marks-Block, T., LeCompte, JK., Awâsis, S., Nabess, C., Sinclair, P. and Crumley, CL.,
2017.
Anthropological contributions to historical ecology: 50 questions, infinite prospects.
PLoS One,
v. 12
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171883
Petek, N. and Lane, P.,
2017.
Ethnogenesis and surplus food production: communitas and identity building among nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Ilchamus, Lake Baringo, Kenya
World Archaeology,
v. 49
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2016.1259583
2016 (Accepted for publication)
Coutu, AN., Lee-Thorp, J., Collins, MJ. and Lane, PJ.,
2016 (Accepted for publication).
Mapping the Elephants of the 19th Century East African Ivory Trade with a Multi-Isotope Approach.
PLoS One,
v. 11
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163606
2016
LANE, P.,
2016.
MATERIAL LIFE IN THE CAPE UNDER THE VOC
The Journal of African History,
v. 57
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/s0021853716000177
Lane, PJ.,
2016.
NEW DIRECTIONS FOR HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN EASTERN AFRICA?
Journal of African History,
v. 57
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853716000049
Straight, B., Lane, P., Hilton, C. and Letua, M.,
2016.
“Dust people”: Samburu perspectives on disaster, identity, and landscape
Journal of Eastern African Studies,
v. 10
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2016.1138638
Lane, P.,
2016.
Editorial
World Archaeology,
v. 48
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2017.1332288
Boles, OJC. and Lane, PJ.,
2016.
The Green, Green Grass of Home: an archaeo-ecological approach to pastoralist settlement in central Kenya
Azania,
v. 51
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2016.1249587
2015
Lane, PJ.,
2015.
Introduction: archaeological ivories in a global perspective
World Archaeology,
v. 47
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2015.1046252
Straight, B., Lane, PJ., Hilton, CE. and Letua, M.,
2015.
‘It was maendeleo that removed them’: disturbing burials and reciprocal knowledge production in a context of collaborative archaeology
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute,
v. 21
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.12212
Lane, PJ. and Reid, A.,
2015.
Editorial: Azania at Fifty
Azania Archaeological Research in Africa,
v. 50
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2015.1108050
Iles, L. and Lane, P.,
2015.
Iron production in second millennium AD pastoralist contexts on the Laikipia Plateau, Kenya
Azania Archaeological Research in Africa,
v. 50
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2015.1079379
Fleisher, J., Lane, P., LaViolette, A., Horton, M., Pollard, E., Quintana Morales, E., Vernet, T., Christie, A. and Wynne-Jones, S.,
2015.
When Did the Swahili Become Maritime?
Am Anthropol,
v. 117
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/aman.12171
2014
Lane, PJ.,
2014.
Commentary: the only way is ethics
Azania Archaeological Research in Africa,
v. 49
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2014.918764
Mumbi, CT., Marchant, R. and Lane, P.,
2014.
Vegetation Response to Climate Change and Human Impacts in the Usambara Mountains
International Scholarly Research Notices,
v. 2014
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1155/2014/240510
Lane, P.,
2014.
The Archaeology and Ethnography of Central Africa
SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN,
v. 69
Marchant, R. and Lane, P.,
2014.
Past perspectives for the future: foundations for sustainable development in East Africa
Journal of Archaeological Science,
v. 51
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.07.005
2012
Lane, PJ.,
2012.
Maritime and Shipwreck Archaeology in the Western Indian Ocean and Southern Red Sea: An Overview of Past and Current Research
Journal of Maritime Archaeology,
v. 7
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s11457-012-9102-0
2011
Lane, P.,
2011.
Possibilities for a postcolonial archaeology in sub-Saharan Africa: indigenous and usable pasts
World Archaeology,
v. 43
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2011.544886
Lane, PJ.,
2011.
Future Urban Growth and Archaeological Heritage Management: Some Implications for Research Activity in Africa
Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites,
v. 13
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1179/175355211x13179154165980
Lane, P.,
2011.
Colin Breen & Daniel Rhodes. Archaeology and international development in Africa. 160 pages, 14 illustrations, 5 tables. 2010. London: Duckworth; 978-0-7156-3905-4 paperback £12.99.
Antiquity,
v. 85
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00068186
2010
Lane, PJ.,
2010.
Developing Landscape Historical Ecologies in Eastern Africa: An Outline of Current Research and Potential Future Directions
African Studies,
v. 69
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2010.499203
Prendergast, ME. and Lane, PJ.,
2010.
Middle Holocene fishing strategies in East Africa: zooarchaeological analysis of Pundo, a Kansyore shell midden in northern Nyanza (Kenya)
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology,
v. 20
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/oa.1014
LANE, P.,
2010.
CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND HISTORIANS ON SOUTH AFRICA
The Journal of African History,
v. 51
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/s0021853710000307
2009
Lane, P.,
2009.
Yet more out of Africa and from people ‘without history’
Antiquity,
v. 83
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00098239
Lane, P.,
2009.
Environmental Narratives and the History of Soil Erosion in Kondoa District, Tanzania: An Archaeological Perspective
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORICAL STUDIES,
v. 42
2008
Lane, PJ.,
2008.
The Social Production and Symbolism of Cloth and Clothing among the Dogon of Mali
Anthropos,
v. 103
Doi: http://doi.org/10.5771/0257-9774-2008-1-77
2007
Quinn, R., Forsythe, W., Breen, C., Boland, D., Lane, P. and Omar, AL.,
2007.
Process-based models for port evolution and wreck site formation at Mombasa, Kenya
Journal of Archaeological Science,
v. 34
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2006.11.003
Lane, PJ.,
2007.
New international frameworks for the protection of underwater cultural heritage in the Western Indian Ocean
Azania Archaeological Research in Africa,
v. 42
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00672700709480453
Lane, P., Ashley, C., Seitsonen, O., Harvey, P., Mire, S. and Odede, F.,
2007.
The transition to farming in eastern Africa: new faunal and dating evidence from Wadh Lang'o and Usenge, Kenya
Antiquity,
v. 81
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00094849
Lane, P.,
2007.
The Archaeology of Time, by Gavin Lucas, 2005. London: Routledge; ISBN 0-415-31197-7 hardback £55 & US$95; ISBN 0-415-31198-5 paperback £14.99 & US$25.95; ix+150 pp., 20 figs., 2 tables -
Cambridge Archaeological Journal,
v. 17
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774307000303
2006
Lane, P.,
2006.
Household assemblages, lifecycles and the remembrance of things past among the Dogon of Mali
SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN,
v. 61
Lane, P., Ashley, C. and Oteyo, G.,
2006.
New Dates for Kansyore and Urewe Wares from Northern Nyanza, Kenya
Azania Archaeological Research in Africa,
v. 41
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00672700609480438
2006.
Comments on Charlotte Damm (2005): Archaeology, Ethnohistory and Oral Traditions: Approaches to the Indigenous Past. Norwegian Archaeological Review 38, 73–87.
Norwegian Archaeological Review,
v. 39
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00293650600703779
2005 (Published online)
Lane, P.,
2005 (Published online).
Comment on "Present and Future of the British Schools, Institutes and Societies Abroad"
Papers from the Institute of Archaeology,
v. 16
Doi: http://doi.org/10.5334/pia.258
2005
Taylor, D., Lane, PJ., Muiruri, V., Ruttledge, A., McKeever, RG., Nolan, T., Kenny, P. and Goodhue, R.,
2005.
Mid- to late-Holocene vegetation dynamics on the Laikipia Plateau, Kenya
The Holocene,
v. 15
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1191/0959683605hl857ra
2004
Lane, P.,
2004.
The ‘moving frontier’ and the transition to food production in Kenya
Azania Archaeological Research in Africa,
v. 39
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00672700409480402
Breen, C. and Lane, P.,
2004.
Archaeological approaches to East Africa’s changing seascapes
World Archaeology,
v. 35
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/0043824042000185838
Lane, P.,
2004.
The civilizations of Africa. A history to 1800.
ANTHROPOS,
v. 99
2003
Lane, P.,
2003.
Innocent Pikirayi. The Zimbabwe culture: origins and decline of southern Zambezian states. xxx+305 pages, 52 figures, 25 maps, 3 tables. 2001 Walnut Creek (CA): Altamira; 0-7591-0090-X hardback $65, 0-7591-0091-8 paperback $24.95.
Antiquity,
v. 77
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00061901
BATIBO, H., IVASKA, A., REID, R., GIBLIN, J., MACDONALD, KC., WILLIS, J., MAPUNDA, BB., BARNES, C. and LANE, P.,
2003.
Reviews
Azania Archaeological Research in Africa,
v. 38
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00672700309480372
Dess, G.,
2003.
Emerging Issues in Corporate Entrepreneurship
Journal of Management,
v. 29
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/s0149-2063(03)00015-1
Lane, P.,
2003.
Richard Bradly. The Past Prehistoric Societies. xiv+171 pages, 54 figures, 10 tables. 2002. London and New York: Routledge; 0-415-27627-6 hardback, 0-415-27628-4 paperback.
Antiquity,
v. 77
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00061548
2001
Lane, P.,
2001.
African archaeology today - Introduction to special section
ANTIQUITY,
v. 75
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00089298
Lane, P.,
2001.
African archaeology today
Antiquity,
v. 75
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00089298
Lane, P., Mapunda, BBB. and Eriksson, M.,
2001.
Soil erosion, iron smelting and human settlement in the Haubi Basin, north-central Tanzania
Antiquity,
v. 75
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x0008933x
Breen, C., Forsythe, W., Lane, P., McErlean, T., McConkey, R., Omar, AL., Quinn, R. and Williams, B.,
2001.
Ulster and the Indian Ocean? Recent maritime archaeological research on the East African coast
Antiquity,
v. 75
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00089304
Lane, PJ., Salk, JE. and Lyles, MA.,
2001.
Absorptive capacity, learning, and performance in international joint ventures
Strategic Management Journal,
v. 22
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/smj.206
2000
Lane, P.,
2000.
Book Reviews
Antiquity,
v. 74
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00060701
Floyd, SW. and Lane, PJ.,
2000.
Strategizing throughout the Organization: Managing Role Conflict in Strategic Renewal
Academy of Management Review,
v. 25
Doi: http://doi.org/10.2307/259268
1998
Lane, PJ., Cannella, AA. and Lubatkin, MH.,
1998.
Agency problems as antecedents to unrelated mergers and diversification: Amihud and Lev reconsidered
Strategic Management Journal,
v. 19
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199806)19:6<555::aid-smj955>3.3.co;2-p
1997
Reid, A., Lane, P., Segobye, A., Borjeson, L., Mathibidi, N. and Sekgarametso, ,
1997.
Tswana architecture and responses to colonialism
World Archaeology,
v. 28
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.1997.9980354
Lane, P.,
1997.
Snakes and crocodiles: Power and symbolism in ancient Zimbabwe
SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN,
v. 52
1994
Lane, P.,
1994.
The Use and Abuse of Ethnography in the Study of the Southern African Iron Age
Azania Archaeological Research in Africa,
v. 29-30
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00672709409511661
1994.
Contributors
Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa,
v. 29-30
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00672709409511656
1993
LANE, PJ.,
1993.
Tongwe Fort
Azania Archaeological Research in Africa,
v. 28
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/00672709309511653
1988
Lane, PJ.,
1988.
Tourism and Social Change among the Dogon
African Arts,
v. 21
Doi: http://doi.org/10.2307/3336748
1987
Lane, P.,
1987.
Space, Text and Gender, by Henrietta L. Moore
Archaeological Review from Cambridge,
v. 6
1986
Lane, P.,
1986.
Past practices in the ritual present: Examples from the Welsh Bronze Age
Archaeological Review from Cambridge,
v. 5
1985
Lane, P.,
1985.
TAG '84: A review from Cambridge
Archaeological Review from Cambridge,
v. 4
Lane, P.,
1985.
Surface archaeology
Archaeological Review from Cambridge,
v. 4
1982
Lane, P.,
1982.
Anthropology for Archaeologists, by Bryony Orme; Modern Material Culture: The Archaeology of Us, edited by Richard A. Gould and Michael B. Schiffer
Archaeological Review from Cambridge,
v. 1
Lane, P. and Mawson, A.,
1982.
Off-site archaeology
Archaeological Review from Cambridge,
v. 1
1980
Lane, PJ. and Spruill, J.,
1980.
To tell or not to tell: The psychotherapist's dilemma
Psychotherapy,
v. 17
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/h0085912
2025
Lane, P., Bailiff, I., Innes, J., Taylor, B. and Schadla-Hall, T.,
2025.
Chapter 10 - Flixton Island (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.119983
Lane, P., Taylor, B., Conneller, C., Cummins, G., Innes, J. and Schadla-Hall, T.,
2025.
Chapter 13 - Other Vale of Pickering Research Trust field research (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.119986
Lane, P., Mjema, E., Lwoga, N. and Wynne-Jones, S.,
2025.
Co-Production Networks for Community Heritage in Tanzania (CONCH)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003491071-13
Lane, P., Schadla-Hall, T. and Taylor, B.,
2025.
References (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.119996
Lane, P., Taylor, B., Conneller, C., Cardwell, P., Simpson, R., Smith, G. and Schadla-Hall, T.,
2025.
Chapter 8 - The smaller Seamer Carr sites and associated test-pit data (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.120003
Lane, P., Taylor, B., Conneller, C., Cardwell, P., Simpson, R., Smith, G. and Schadla-Hall, T.,
2025.
Chapter 7 - Seamer Carr Sites K, L and N (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.120002
Lane, P., Schadla-Hall, T., Taylor, B., Bailiff, I., Conneller, C., Gale, R., Innes, J. and Thomas, K.,
2025.
Chapter 3 - Fieldwork and post-excavation programmes and methodologies (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.119998
Lane, P., Taylor, B. and Schadla-Hall, T.,
2025.
Chapter 20 - Conclusions and future directions (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.119994
Lane, P., Schadla-Hall, T. and Franks, A.,
2025.
Chapter 2 - The Vale of Pickering (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.119997
Lane, P., Taylor, B., Conneller, C., Cardwell, P., Innes, J., Simpson, R., Smith, G. and Schadla-Hall, T.,
2025.
Chapter 9 - Sites VP D, VP E and Flixton 9 (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.119982
Taylor, B., Conneller, C., Lane, P. and Schadla-Hall, T.,
2025.
Chapter 19 - Hunter-gatherers in the landscape (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.119993
Lane, P., Taylor, B., Conneller, C., Cardwell, P., Franks, A., Simpson, R., Smith, G. and Schadla-Hall, T.,
2025.
Chapter 6 - Seamer Carr, Site C – East Island (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.120001
Lane, P. and Schadla-Hall, T.,
2025.
Chapter 1 - Introduction, aims and objectives and history of research on the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic in the Vale of Pickering (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.119992
Lane, P., Taylor, B., Bailiff, I., Conneller, C., Cummins, G., Smith, G. and Schadla-Hall, T.,
2025.
Chapter 12 - Barry’s Island (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.119985
Lane, P., Schadla-Hall, T. and Taylor, B.,
2025.
Appendices (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.119995
Lane, P., Taylor, B., Conneller, C., Cummins, G., Gale, R., Thomas, K. and Schadla-Hall, T.,
2025.
Chapter 11 - No Name Hill (Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.119984
2024 (Published online)
M'Mbogori, FN., Abduba, K., Gufu, A., Gakii Kinyua, M., Tiki, W. and Lane, PJ.,
2024 (Published online).
Using Community Archaeology to Protect Indigenous Wells and Pastoral Biocultural Heritage in Northern Kenya
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197607695.013.38
Lane, PJ. and Shen, BQ.,
2024 (Published online).
Biocultural Heritage
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003025832-27
2022 (Published online)
Lane, PJ. and Coutu, AN.,
2022 (Published online).
The Trade, Use, and Circulation of Elephant Ivory in Sub-Saharan Africa over the Longue Durée
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190854584.013.258
2022
Lane, PJ. and Sulas, F.,
2022.
LEARNING FROM THE DEEP PAST: Critical Perspectives on Biocultural Heritages for Well-Tempered Futures
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003107361-9
2021
Lane, PJ.,
2021.
African Cultural Heritage and Economic Development: Dancing in the Forests of Time
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4366-1_3
Lane, PJ.,
2021.
Recent Approaches to the Archaeological Investigation of Slavery in Africa
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73291-2_3
Lane, P.,
2021.
Archaeology, hybrid knowledge, and community engagement in Africa: Thoughts on decolonising practice
Lane, PJ.,
2021.
Slavery in Africa c. 500–1500 CE : Archaeological and Historical Perspectives
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/9781139024723.022
2019
Ekblom, A., Lane, P. and Sinclair, P.,
2019.
Reconstructing African landscape Historical Ecologies
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781351167727-6
2018
Straight, B., Lane, P., Hilton, C. and Letua, M.,
2018.
“Dust people”: Samburu perspectives on disaster, identity, and landscape
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315267647-9
2017 (Published online)
2017 (Published online).
Archaeologies of “Us” and “Them”, Debating History, Heritage and Indigeneity
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315641997
2017
Anderson, DM. and Lane, PJ.,
2017.
The unburied victims of Kenya's Mau Mau Rebellion: where and when does the violence end?
Eriksson, O., Ekblom, A., Lane, P., Lennartsson, T. and Lindholm, K-J.,
2017.
Concepts for Integrated Research in Historical Ecology
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/9781108355780.006
Lane, P. and Shoemaker, A.,
2017.
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Precolonial Sub-Saharan African Farming and Herding Communities
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.70
Lane, PJ. and Breen, CP.,
2017.
The eastern African coastal landscape
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315691459-2
Anderson, DM. and Lane, PJ.,
2017.
The unburied victims of Kenya's Mau Mau Rebellion: where and when does the violence end?
2016 (Published online)
2016 (Published online).
The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and Globalization
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315449005
2016
Lane, PJ.,
2016.
Ethnoarchaeology: A Conceptual and Practical Bridging of the Intangible and Tangible Cultural Heritage Divide
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23153-2_4
Lane, PJ.,
2016.
Entangled Banks and the Domestication of East African Pastoralist Landscapes
2016.
The Use of Ethnography in Landscape Archaeology
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315427737-34
Ekblom, A., Lane, P., Radimilahy, C., Rakotoarisoa, J-A., Sinclair, P. and Virah-Sawmy, M.,
2016.
Migration and Interaction between Madagascar and Eastern Africa, 500 BCE–1000 CE: An Archaeological Perspective
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33822-4_9
2015 (Published online)
2015 (Published online).
Theory in Africa, Africa in Theory
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315716381
2015
Lane, PJ.,
2015.
Ethnicity, Archaeological Ceramics, and Changing Paradigms in East African Archaeology
v. 65
Samuels, KL., Rico, T. and Lane, PJ.,
2015.
Sustainability
Doi: http://doi.org/10.5876/9781607323846.c016
2013
Lane, P.,
2013.
Nilotes, Eastern Africa: Western Nilotes: Luo
v. 1-3
Lane, P.,
2013.
Production and Exchange, Precolonial
v. 1-3
Lane, P.,
2013.
Nilotes, Eastern Africa: Origins, Pastoralism, Migration
v. 1-3
Lane, P.,
2013.
Later Holocene Africa
Doi: http://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv17db2mz.14
Lane, P.,
2013.
Iron Age (Later): East Africa: Trade
v. 1-3
Lane, P.,
2013.
Iron Age (Later): East Africa: Salt
v. 1-3
Lane, P.,
2013.
Iron Age (Early) and Development of Farming in Eastern Africa
v. 1-3
Lane, PJ.,
2013.
Tourism and social change among the Dogon
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315013220-32
Lane, P.,
2013.
Trajectories of pastoralism in Northern and central Kenya: An overview of the archaeological and environmental evidence
2011
Sorensen, MLS., Evans, C. and Richter, K.,
2011.
A place of history: Archaeology and heritage at Cidade Velha, Cape Verde
Doi: http://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197264782.001.0001
Lane, PJ.,
2011.
Slavery and Slave Trading in Eastern Africa: Exploring the Intersections of Historical Sources and Archaeological Evidence
Doi: http://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197264782.003.0013
2009
LANE, P. and JOHNSON, D.,
2009.
The Archaeology and History of Slavery in South Sudan in the Nineteenth Century
Doi: http://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197264423.003.0026
2008
Lane, PJ.,
2008.
AFRICA, HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/b978-012373962-9.00137-0
2006
Lane, P.,
2006.
Present to Past: Ethnoarchaeology
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4135/9781848607972.n27
2004 (Published online)
2004 (Published online).
Public Archaeology
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9780203646052
2004
Reid, A. and Lane, P.,
2004.
African Historical Archaeologies: An Introductory Consideration of Scope and Potential
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8863-8_1
Lane, P.,
2004.
Re-constructing Tswana Townscapes: Toward a Critical Historical Archaeology
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8863-8_10
2025
Sawchuk, E., Chepkorir, C., Sirak, K., Kanyingi, J., Petek-Sargeant, N., Beaudoin, E., Lanyasunya, A., Ogola, C., Ndiema, E., Prendergast, M., Reich, D. and Lane, P.,
2025.
The bioarchaeology of the Pastoral Iron Age: the view from Naakeidi 1, Samburu County, Kenya
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,
v. 186
2015
Lane, PJ.,
2015.
Archaeology in the age of the Anthropocene: A critical assessment of its scope and societal contributions
Journal of Field Archaeology,
v. 40
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1179/2042458215y.0000000022
2007
Hilton, CE., Lane, P. and Straight, B.,
2007.
Bioarchaeology of prehistoric pastoralists of northern Kenya.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,
2025
Lane, PJ.,
2025.
Institutionalizing a “developer pays” Principle for Commercial Archaeology as Part of Changing China-Africa Economic Relations
v. 43
2025
Lane, P., Schadla-Hall, T. and Taylor, B.,
2025.
Hunter-gatherers in the landscape: Surveys and excavations in the eastern Vale of Pickering, 1976–2000
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.119981
2011
Lane, PJ. and Macdonald, KC.,
2011.
Introduction: Slavery, Social Revolutions and Enduring Memories
Doi: http://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197264782.003.0001
1986
Lane, PJ.,
1986.
Settlement as history : A study of space and time among the Dogon of Mali
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.20114
Teaching and Supervisions
I coordinate the following course:
Paper A35/ARC33/G34 The Archaeology of Africa
I am involved in the teaching of the following courses:
Paper A1 World Archaeology
Paper A10 Archaeological Theory and Practice
Paper G02 Core Archaeology
Paper G06 Medieval Europe in a Global Context
Paper MPhil in World History – Debates in World History
I am happy to supervise students at all levels on a range of topics related to the archaeology and historical ecology of sub-Saharan Africa, and I have both archaeological and ethnographic datasets relating to several of of my previous projects from across the African continent that could form the basis of a BA/BSc or MPhil dissertation project. I am especially interested in supervising students who wish to study for an MPhil or a PhD in the following topics:
- The historical ecology of ancient African towns
- The archaeology of ivory on the African continent
- The Pastoral Neolithic and Pastoral Iron Age of eastern Africa
- The archaeology of enslavement and slave trading in African settings
- Issues in African cultural heritage, including among the Diaspora
Other Professional Activities
Editorial Board, World Archaeology
Member of Council, British Institute in Eastern Africa
Fellow Society of Antiquaries of London
Routledge Series Editor, African Archaeology & Heritage
Member, Scientific Steering Committee, IHOPE