isoTROPIC Publications

Scerri, E. M. L.; Blinkhorn, J.; Groucutt, H. S.; Stewart, M.; Candy, I.; Allué, E.; Burguet-Coca, A.; Currás, A.; Carleton, W. C.; Lindauer, S. et al.; Spengler, R.; Boxleitner, K.; Asciak, G.; Colucci, M.; Gauci, R.; Hatton, A. G.; Kutowsky, J.; Maier, A.; Mata-González, M.; Mifsud, N.; Niang, K.; Roberts, P.; de Giorgio, J.; Xerri, R.; Vella, N. C.: Hunter-gatherer sea voyages extended to remotest Mediterranean islands. Nature, s41586-025-08780-y (2025)

Carleton, W. C.; Elton, H.; Miranda, W.; Work, I.; Safarik, D.; Winkelmann, R.; Laubichler, M. D.; Renn, J.; Roberts, P.: Parallel scaling of elite wealth in ancient Roman and modern cities with implications for understanding urban inequality. Nature cities, s44284-025-00213-1 (2025)

Ben Arous, E.; Blinkhorn, J.; Elliott, S.; Kiahtipes, C. A.; N’zi, C. D.; Bateman, M. D.; Duval, M.; Roberts, P.; Patalano, R.; Blackwood, A. et al.; Niang, K.; Kouamé, E. A.; Lebato, E.; Hallett, E.; Cerasoni, J. N.; Scott, E.; Ilgner, J.; Escarza, A.; Jesús, M.; Guédé, F. Y.; Scerri, E. M. L.: Humans in Africa’s wet tropical forests 150 thousand years ago. Nature, s41586-025-08613-y (2025)

Mercader, J.; Akuku, P.; Boivin, N. L.; Camacho, A.; Carter, T.; Clarke, S.; Cueva Temprana, A.; Favreau, J.; Galloway, J.; Hernando, R. et al.; Huang, H.; Hubbard, S.; Kaplan, J. O.; Larter, S.; Magohe, S.; Mohamed, A.; Mwambwiga, A.; Oladele, A.; Petraglia, M.; Roberts, P.; Saladié, P.; Shikoni, A.; Silva, R.; Soto, M.; Stricklin, D.; Mekonnen, D. Z.; Zhao, W.; Durkin, P.: Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago. Communications Earth & Environment 6 (1), s43247-024-01919-1 (2025)

Rudd, R.; Dixon, T.; Callow, J. N.; Gadd, P. S.; Maizma, S.; Jacobsen, G.; Moss, P.; McGowan, H.: A record of monsoon rainforest variability from the Kimberley region in northwestern Australia. Journal of Quaternary Science, 3693 (2025)

Heddell-Stevens, P.; Barakat, S.; Pastoors, A.; Lucas, M.; Scott, E.; Le Roux, P.; Roberts, P.: Spatial palaeoecology of large-herbivore hominin prey-species at Salzgitter-Lebenstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany: multi-isotope analysis of sequentially-sampled tooth enamel from Rangifer tarandus and Equus sp. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology 3, 1458040 (2024)

Hermenegildo, T.; Prümers, H.; Betancourt, C. J.; Roberts, P.; O’Connell, T. C.: Stable isotope evidence for pre-colonial maize agriculture and animal management in the Bolivian Amazon. Nature Human Behaviour, s41562-024-02070-9 (2024)

Los, S.; Winkelmann, R.; Roberts, P.: Exploring tropical forest aboveground carbon dynamics via modelled landscapes of varied food production, past and present. Plants, people, planet, 10608 (2024)

González-Guarda, E.; Segovia, R. A.; Valenzuela, M.; Asevedo, L.; Villavicencio, N.; Tornero, C.; Ramírez-Pedraza, I.; Ortega, S.; Capriles, J.; Labarca, R. et al.; Latorre, C.: The extinct Notiomastodon platensis (proboscidea, Gomphoteriidae) inhabited mediterranean ecosystems during the Late Pleistocene in north-central Chile (31°S–36°S). Quaternary Science Reviews 344, 108957, pp. 1 - 14 (2024)

Spiciarich, A.; Gadot, Y.; Shalev, Y.; Sapir-Hen, L.; Scott, E.; le Roux, P.; Roberts, P.; Stockhammer, P. W.: Unveiling ancient Jerusalem’s pastoral dynamics (7th to 2nd centuries BCE) with multi-isotope analysis. Scientific Reports 14 (1), 27278 (2024)

Amano, N.; Faulkner, P.; Wedage, O.; Clarkson, C.; Amila, D.; del Val, M.; Jurkenas, D.; Kapukotuwa, A.; López, G. I.; Pares, J. et al.; Pathmalal, M. M.; Smith, T.; Wright, M.; Roberts, P.; Petraglia, M.; Boivin, N.: Early Sri Lankan coastal site tracks technological change and estuarine resource exploitation over the last ca. 25,000 years. Scientific Reports 14 (1), 26693 (2024)

Zuccarelli Freire, V.; Ziegler, M.; Caetano Andrade, V.; Iminjili, V.; Lellau, R.; Stokes, F. J.; Rudd, R.; Heberle Viegas, D.; Maezumi, S. Y.; Jha, G. et al.; Antonosyan, M.; Jha, D.; Winkelmann, R.; Roberts, P.; Furquim, L.: Addressing the Anthropocene from the Global South: integrating paleoecology, archaeology and traditional knowledge for COP engagement. Frontiers in Earth Science 12, 1470577 (2024)

Findley, D. M.; Hudson, M.; Schottenhammer, A.: Dispersal, adoption, rejection: the Columbian exchange and the West Pacific. International journal of historical archaeology, s10761-024-00757-3 (2024)

Vaquer, J. M.; Llapur, L.; Stokes, F. J.: Modes of production during the Inka Imperial Period (1420–1535 AD) and the Early Colonial Period (1535–1660 AD) in the Jujuy Valley, Argentina. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology 3, 1450968 (2024)

Robinson, M.; Hampson, J.; Osborn, J.; Aceituno, F. J.; Morcote-Ríos, G.; Ziegler, M.; Iriarte, J.: Animals of the Serranía de la Lindosa: Exploring representation and categorisation in the rock art and zooarchaeological remains of the Colombian Amazon. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 75, 101613 (2024)

Rodríguez-Varela, R.; Yaka, R.; Pochon, Z.; Sanchez-Pinto, I.; Solaun, J. L.; Naidoo, T.; Guinet, B.; Pérez-Ramallo, P.; Lagerholm, V. K.; de Anca Prado, V. et al.; Valdiosera, C.; Krzewińska, M.; Herrasti, L.; Azkarate, A.; Götherström, A.: Five centuries of consanguinity, isolation, health, and conflict in Las Gobas: a Northern Medieval Iberian necropolis. Science Advances 10 (35), eadp8625 (2024)

Findley, D. M.; Roberts, P.: Cultivating Wheat in the Philippines, ca. 1600–1800 CE: why a Grain Was Not Adopted by Local Populations. International journal of historical archaeology, s10761-024-00753-7 (2024)

Samec, C. T.; Yacobaccio, H. D.: Chinchillidae exploitation during the first half of the Holocene in the Argentinian Puna: a contribution from zooarchaeology and stable isotope analysis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 648, 112298, pp. 1 - 10 (2024)

Gaffney, D.; Tanudirjo, D. A.; Djami, E. N. I.; Mas’ud, Z.; Macap, A. R.; Russell, T.; Dailom, M.; Ray, Y.; Higham, T.; Bradshaw, F. et al.; Petchey, F.; Florin, S. A.; Roberts, P.; Lucas, M.; Tromp, M.; Greig, K.; Xhauflair, H.; Montenegro, A.; Hall, R.; Boulanger, C.; Ono, R.; Oertle, A.; Scholz, D.; Spitzer, M.; Szabo, K.; Bertelli, I.; Ribechini, E.; Haberle, S.: Human dispersal and plant processing in the Pacific 55,000–50,000 years ago. Antiquity 98 (400), 83, pp. 885 - 904 (2024)

Pérez-Ramallo, P.; Rodríguez-Varela, R.; Staniewska, A.; Ilgner, J.; Krzewińska, M.; Chivall, D.; Higham, T.; Götherström, A.; Roberts, P.: Unveiling Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia?: an attempt to identify the discoverer of St James's tomb through osteological and biomolecular analyses (Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain). Antiquity 98 (400), 91, pp. 973 - 990 (2024)