Publications Department of Coevolution of Land Use and Urbanisation

Bleasdale , M.; Derbyshire, S.; Lucas, M.; Lowasa, L.; Lehn, C.; Nami, J. E.; Ilgner, J.; Boivin, N. L.; Roberts, P.: Exploring contemporary pastoral variability through stable isotope analysis in the Turkana Basin, Kenya. Current Anthropology, 739930 (2026)

Reinhardt, A. L.; Riris, P.; Harris, B.; Jha, D. K.; de Primam, L.; Leite, G.; Bauermann, S. G.; Gayantha, K.; Rudd, R.; Roberts, P. et al.; Behling, H.: Late Holocene vegetation dynamics, fire regimes, and human impact in Southern Brazil: a multi-proxy palaeoecological record from the Matematico Lake. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 686, 113556 (2026)

Ciesielska, J. A.; Drzewiecki, M.; Le Roux, P.; Roberts, P.: Early settlers of Soba: strontium isotope evidence for population dynamics in medieval Nubia. World archaeology, 2588257 (2025)

Braun, D. R.; Palcu Rolier , D. V.; Advokaat, E. L.; Archer, W.; Baraki, N. G.; Biernat, M. D.; Beaudoin, E.; Behrensmeyer, A. K.; Bobe, R.; Elmes, K. et al.; Forrest, F.; Hammond, A. S.; Jovane, L.; Kinyanjui, R.; de Martini, A. P.; Mason, P. R. D.; McGrosky, A.; Munga, J.; Ndiema, E. K.; Patterson, D. B.; Reeves, J. S.; Roman, D. C.; Sier, M. J.; Srivastava, P.; Tuosto, K.; Uno, K. T.; Villaseñor, A.; Wynn, J. G.; Harris, J. W. K.; Carvalho, S.: Early Oldowan technology thrived during Pliocene environmental change in the Turkana Basin, Kenya. Nature Communications 16 (1), 9401 (2025)

Antonosyan, M.; Paladugu, R.; Ziegler, M.; Carneiro, G. P.; Chim, E.; Strauss, A. M.; Mendes, D.; Lemos, R.; Carrillo-Briceño, J. D.; Furquim, L. P. et al.; Schirmer, S.; Ilgner, J.; Volke, D.; Roberts, P.: Peptide mass fingerprinting of South American Xenarthrans: a new resource for Zooarcheology and Palaeontology. Journal of Proteome Research, 5c00636 (2025)

Ciesielska, J.; Scott, E.; Roberts, P.: Bridging worlds: unraveling Alwan cultural identity at the Nexus of the Savannah and Nile valley through subsistence practices. Archaeometry, 70055 (2025)

Caricola, I.; Germinario, L.; Finestone, E. M.; Mazzoli, C.; Bishop, L.; Oliver, J. S.; Kinyanjui, R.; Ditchfield, P. W.; Potts, R.; Lemorini, C. et al.; Plummer, T. W.: Qualitative and quantitative use-wear analysis of percussive stone tools from Nyayanga (Homa Peninsula, Kenya). Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 33 (1), 12 (2025)

Gastaldi, M. R.; Zuccarelli Freire, V.; Natalia, V.; Gheco, L.; Meléndez, A. S.; Ferreyra, S.; Boscatto, S.; Egea, D.; Rodríguez Oviedo, M.; Nagel, A. et al.; Quesada, M. N.; Roberts, P.; Moreno, E. A.: Reconstructing pre-Columbian agrarian territorialities in the El Alto-Ancasti mountain range, Eastern NW Argentina. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology 4, 1679633 (2025)

Jha, D. K.; Dasgupta, S.; Sanyal, R.: A geoarchaeological timeline of India. Quaternary environments and humans 3 (4), 100089 (2025)

Harris, B.; Behling, H.; Gregorio de Souza, J.; Reinhardt, A. L.; Roberts, P.; Riris, P.: Investigating pre-Columbian floristic legacy effects using machine learning in the southern Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology 4, 1587670 (2025)

Stewart, M.; Peters, C.; Ziegler, M.; Carleton, W. C.; Roberts, P.; Boivin, N. L.; Groucutt, H. S.: The state of the late Quaternary megafauna extinction debate: a systematic review and analysis. Frontiers in mammal science 4, 1678231 (2025)

Bourgon, N.; Lüdecke, T.; Leichliter, J. N.; Bauman, C.; Brömme, S.; Vink, M.; Bacon, A.-M.; McCormack, J.; Nguyen, T. M. H.; Nguyen, A. T. et al.; Antoine, P.-O.; Ponche, J.-L.; Duringer, P.; Demeter, F.; Boualaphane, S.; Luangkhoth, T.; Dufour, E.; Hublin, J.-J.; Jaouen, K.; Tütken, T.; Martinez-Garcia, A.; Roberts, P.: Faunal persistence and ecological flexibility in Pleistocene Southeast Asia revealed through multi-isotope analysis. Science Advances 11 (42), eadu3642 (2025)

Anil, D.; Devi, M.; Sukumaran, P.; Lakshmi, B. V.; Deenadayalan, K.; Kumar, S.; Anoop, A.; Khan, Z.; Mahesh, V.; Jha, G. et al.; Ajithprasad, P.; Chauhan, N.: Youngest Toba Tuff (YTT) beds as a Late Pleistocene isochron in the Indian subcontinent? New geochronological and sedimentological insights. Journal of Quaternary Science 40 (7), 70003, pp. 1176 - 1190 (2025)

Volosky, D.; Moisan, P.; Lara, M. B.; Schneider, J. W.; Scholze, F.; Espinoza, M.; Schmitz, O.; Aguilar, M.; Morales, D.; Flores, M. et al.; Contreras, J.; Frenzel, P.: A Late Triassic biota from a rift-lake system in southwestern Gondwana (Atacama Desert, Northern Chile). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 679, 113328 (2025)

Hou, Y.; Wang, S.; Song, S.; Chen, P.; Wu, X.: Crop irrigation water requirements mismatch the actual water allocation in the anthropogenic-regulated Yellow River Basin. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 61, 102715 (2025)

Alves, D. T.; Hilbert, L.; Maezumi, S. Y.; Robinson, M.; Gregório de Souza, J.; Iriarte, J.: Assessing the role of plant seasonalities on the regional organisation of the Tapajó Society. Environmental archaeology: the journal of human palaeoecology, 2553985 (2025)

Riccomi, G.; Rosselli, L.; Marchesi, M.; Guidi, F.; Taloni, M.; Ricci, G.; Pellegrino, C.; Wilkin, S.: Palaeoproteomic characterization of archaeological dental calculus reveals precarious periodontal health in pre-Roman Italy (7th–4th century BCE). Journal of Proteomics 320, 105503, pp. 1 - 11 (2025)

Gitau, P. N.; Kinyanjui, R.; Roberts, P.: Colonial-era settlements and post-colonial legacies have increased the loss of montane forests in the central highlands of Kenya. Communications Earth & Environment 6 (1), 728 (2025)

McCormack, J.; Feichtinger, I.; Fuller, B. T.; Jaouen, K.; Griffiths, M. L.; Bourgon, N.; Maisch, H.; Becker, M. A.; Pollerspöck, J.; Hampe, O. et al.; Rössner, G. E.; Assemat, A.; Müller, W.; Shimada, K.: Miocene marine vertebrate trophic ecology reveals megatooth sharks as opportunistic supercarnivores. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 664, 119392 (2025)

Mauceri, A. A.; Konecky, B. L.; Hutchings, J. A.; Gosling, W. D.; Iriarte, J.; Hernandes, P.; Maezumi, S. Y.: Mid- to late-Holocene hydroclimate and vegetation changes near the Amazon-Tapajós confluence. The Holocene 35 (8), 09596836251333325, pp. 776 - 791 (2025)