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Lee-Thorp has been involved in a number of projects in Africa, South
America, and Europe. In addition to diet, her more recent research has focused on the role of changing environment, climate, and farming techniques on ancient human societies. Currently, she is involved in the Paleodeserts Project,
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Roberts P., N. Perera, O. Wedage, S.Deraniyagala, J. Perera, S. Eregama, M.D. Petraglia, J.A. Lee-Thorp (2018) Fruits of the Forest: human stable isotope ecology and rainforest adaptations in Late
Pleistocene and Holocene (c. 36 to 3 ka) Sri Lanka. Journal of Human
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Pearson, C Willis, A. Zazzo, JA Lee-Thorp, RJ Schulting. 2018 Strontium isotope analysis on cremated human remains from Stonehenge support links with west Wales. Scientific Reports 8:10790.
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Lee-Thorp, J.A., M. Ecker. 2015. Holocene environmental change at
Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa: Insights from stable light isotopes in ostrich egg shell. African Archaeological Review. DOI 10.1007/s10437-015-9202-y
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Research Unit (1991 to 1997). She was a senior lecturer in its
Faculty of Science from 1998 to 2000 and an associate professor from 2001 to 2004. She was appointed Professor of Archaeology in 2005.
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Lee-Thorp, Julia A.; Sealy, Judith C.; van der Merwe, Nikolaas J. (November 1989). "Stable carbon isotope ratio differences between bone collagen and bone apatite, and their relationship to diet".
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Lee-Thorp J.A., N.J. van der Merwe, C.K. Brain 1994. Diet of
Australopithecus robustus at Swartkrans deduced from stable carbon isotope ratios. J. Hum. Evol. 27: 361-372.
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from 2014 to 2016, and was its Head from 2016. She retired from full-time academia in 2019, and was appointed
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Czermak A, L. Schermellah, JA Lee-Thorp 2018 Short report: Image-assisted time-resolved dentine sampling to track weaning histories. DOI: 10.1002/oa.2697
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Sponheimer M. J.A. Lee-Thorp 1999. Reconstructing the diet of the early hominid
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Lee-Thorp, Julia A.; van der Merwe, Nikolaas J. (May 1991). "Aspects of the chemistry of modern and fossil biological apatites".
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