Publications Department of Coevolution of Land Use and Urbanisation

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)

Genchi, M. L.; Giuffra, V.; Campana, S.; Riccomi, G.: Are endocranial granular impressions pathognomonic of tuberculous meningitis or a marker of tuberculous infection?: an investigation on a medieval osteoarcheological assemblage from Italy. International Journey of Paleopathology 49, 2025.03.002, pp. 81 - 92 (2025)

Joka, K.; Carretero, L. G.; Fuller, D. Q.; Roberts, P.; Carter, R.; Wengrow, D.: Storage story: investigating food surplus and agricultural methods in Late Ubaid Gurga Chiya (Iraqi Kurdistan). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 64, 105093, pp. 1 - 10 (2025)

Westell, C.; Roberts, A.; Morley, M. W.; Moffat, I.; Hernandez, V. C.; Spooner, N. A.; McDonnell, K.; Rudd, R.; Petchey, F.: Life beyond the lakes: an analysis and implications of a Pleistocene combustion feature on the Pike River in South Australia. Journal of Archaeological Science 180, 106264 (2025)

Stokes, F. J.; Benites, S.; Ekman, A.; Suruí, U. A.; Furquim, L.; Winkelmann, R.; Renn, J.; Roberts, P.: Tropical deforestation and Indigenous resistance over the longue durée in South America. Journal of global history, S1740022825000051 (2025)

Wang, X.; Tang, Z.; Li, Y.; Zhang, G.; Lu, L.; Wang, B.; Wang, W.; Lü, H.; Roberts, P.: Illuminating interaction networks along the Silk Roads: a multi-isotopic analysis of the Zaghunluq Cemetery, southern Xinjiang, China. Antiquity, 45 (2025)

Antonosyan, M.; Mkrtchyan, S.; Amano, N.; Davtyan, R.; Yeranyan, N.; Badalyan, M.; Poghosyan, S.; Telunts, A.; Stepanyan, K.; Amiryan, M. et al.; Zakyan, T.; Eloshvili, M.; Zarikian, N.; Adigyozalyan, A.; Gyonjyan, A.; Simonyan, H.; Sargsyan, V.; Saribekyan, M.; Hovhannisyan, A.; Simonyan, H.; Martirosyan-Olshansky, K.; Piliposyan, A.; Khachatryan, , Z.; Evora, M.; Paladugu, R.; Bobokhyan, A.; Roberts, P.; Yepiskoposyan, L.: Species identification of osseous museum artefacts through peptide mass fingerprinting illustrated by a study on objects from Neolithic to Iron Age Armenia. npj Heritage Science 13 (1), 152 (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, 09596836251333325 (2025)

Antonosyan, M.; Maurer, G.; Mkrtchyan, S.; Boxleitner, K.; Saribekyan, M.; Hovhannisyan, A.; Furquim, L.; Stokes, F. J.; Davtyan, R.; Bobokhyan, A. et al.; Azatyan, K.; Ilgner, J.; Reinhold, S.; Frahm, E.; Spengler III, R. N.; Roberts, P.; Amano, N.; Yepiskoposyan, L.: A biomolecular perspective on mobile pastoralism and its role in wider socioeconomic connections in the Chalcolithic South Caucasus. iScience, 112544 (2025)

Casa, B.; Giuffra, V.; Riccomi, G.: Environment, occupation, and chronic maxillary sinusitis in pre-Roman Italy. American journal of biological anthropology 187 (1), e70059, pp. 1 - 20 (2025)

Hixon, S.: Mid-Holocene aridity recorded in pygmy hippo and giant tortoise bone from southwest Madagascar. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292 (2047), 20250493, pp. 1 - 10 (2025)

Itambu, M.; Arous, E. B.; Fernandes, R.; Gallinaro, M.; Ilgner, J.; Lucas, M.; Roberts, P.; Scott, E.; Steinhof, A.; Patalano, R.: Renewed archaeological research in Singida Region, central Tanzania. African Archaeological Review, s10437-025-09620-0 (2025)

Dixon, T.; Rudd, R.; Kemp, J.; Marx, S.; Moss, P.; Callow, J. N.; Hall, P. A.; Hua, Q.; McGowan, H.: Hydroclimate variability in the eastern Kimberley, Australia, since the last deglaciation. Journal of Quaternary Science, 3710 (2025)

Wekhanya, M.; Kasina, M.; Karanja, R.; Guantai, M.; Kinyanjui, R.; Omuse, E.; Lattorf, M.; Abdel-Rahman, E.; Adan, M.; Mohamed, S. A. et al.; Dubois, T.: Annual diversity of honeybee pollen sources in two pumpkin growing landscapes, Machakos County, Kenya. Journal of pollination ecology, 809 (2025)

Samec, C. T.; Yacobaccio, H. D.; Roberts, P.: Late Holocene camelid pastoralism in the Puna highlands of Argentina: an integrative approach using stable isotope analysis of tooth enamel. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology 4 (2025), 1557715 (2025)

Crosta, A.; De Felice, B.; Minolfi, V.; Azzoni, R. S.; Pittino, F.; Franzetti, A.; Ortenzi, M. A.; Gazzotti, S.; Gianotti, V.; Roncoli, M. et al.; Conterosito, E.; Ficetola, G. F.; Kinyanjui, R.; Parolini, M.; Ambrosini, R.: Latitudinal patterns of microplastic contamination in remote areas. Environmental Research 277, 121553 (2025)

Barquera, R.; Sitter, T. L.; Kirkpatrick, C. L.; Ramirez, D. A.; Kocher, A.; Spyrou, M. A.; Couoh, L. R.; Talavera-González, J. A.; Castro, M.; von Hunnius, T. et al.; Guevara, E. K.; Hamilton, W. D.; Roberts, P.; Scott, E.; Fabra, M.; Peña, D.; V., G.; Pacheco, A.; Rodriguez, M.; Aspillaga, E.; Tiliakou, A.; Nelson, E. A.; Giffin, K. L.; Bianco, R. A.; Rohrlach, A. B.; de los Ángeles García Martínez, M.; Solís, B.; A., F.; Sajantila, A.; Saunders, S. R.; Nores, R.; Herbig, A.; Krause, J.; Bos, K. I.: Ancient genomes reveal a deep history of treponemal disease in the Americas. Nature 640 (8057), s41586-024-08515-5, pp. 186 - 193 (2025)

Gildeeva Schmitz, O.; Alivernini, M.; Yasuhara, M.; Frenzel, P.: Ostracoda (Crustacea) as indicators of anthropogenic impacts – A review. Earth-Science Reviews, 105049, pp. 1 - 23 (2025)

Kistler, L.; de Oliveira Freitas, F.; Gutaker, R. M.; Maezumi, S. Y.; Ramos-Madrigal, J.; Simon, M. F.; Mendoza F., J. M.; Drovetski, S. V.; Loiselle, H.; de Oliveira, E. J. et al.; Vieira, E. A.; Carvalho, L. J. C. B.; Ellis Perez, M.; Lin, A. T.; Liu, H.-L.; Miller, R.; Przelomska, N. A. S.; Ratan, A.; Wales, N.; Wann, K.; Zhang, S.; García, M.; Valenzuela, D.; Rothhammer, F.; Santoro, C. M.; Domic, A. I.; Capriles, J. M.; Allaby, R. G.: Historic manioc genomes illuminate maintenance of diversity under long-lived clonal cultivation. Science 387 (6738), eadq0018 (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)