Publications of Patrick Roberts

Bourgon, N.; Oelze, M.; Roberts, P.: Less is more: limiting semi-invasive sampling for multi-isotope analyses and increasing data output from single aliquot samples. Journal of Archaeological Science 180, 106308 (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 42 (2), s10437-025-09620-0, pp. 211 - 228 (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)

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)

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)

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 641, s41586-025-08780-y, pp. 137 - 143 (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)

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 640, s41586-025-08613-y, pp. 402 - 407 (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)

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.; Ángeles García Martínez, M. d. l.; 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 Treponema pallidum in the Americas. Nature 640, s41586-024-08515-5, pp. 186 - 193 (2025)

Jha, G.; Costa, M.; Tsoupra, A.; Dias, C. B.; Kwiecien, O.; Longman, J.; Breitenbach, S. F. M.; Ditchfield, P.; Jha, D.; Rudd, R. et al.; Anilkumar, D.; Paladugu, R.; Shree, S.; Achyuthan, H.; Raj, R.; Krishnan, K.; Boivin, N. L.; Roberts, P.; Petraglia, M.: Seasonally-resolved stratigraphy at Jwalapuram India shows regional surface warming after the Toba volcanic super-eruption. PNAS Nexus 4 (4), pgaf109 (2025)

Solís Torres, Ó. R.; Arroyo-Cabrales, J.; Roberts, P.; Amano, N.: A critical review of Late Pleistocene human-megafaunal interactions in Mexico. Quaternary Science Reviews 353, 109200, pp. 1 - 12 (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)

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 29 (1), s10761-024-00753-7, pp. 14 - 39 (2025)

Wang, H.; Caetano Andrade, V. L.; Boivin, N. L.; Clement, C. R.; Ayala, W. E.; Melinski, R. D.; da Costa, F. S.; Weigel, D.; Roberts, P.: Long-term human influence on the demography and genetic diversity of the hyperdominant Bertholletia excelsa in the Amazon Basin. Current Biology 35 (3), 023, pp. 629 - 639.e4 (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)

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)