Professor Andrew Chamberlain
Telephone: 0114 222 2906
Telefax: 0114 272 2563
E-Mail: A.ChamberlainATsheffield.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Chamberlain, BSc, MSc, PhD, is a Professor in biological anthropology.
My qualifications include degrees in geology and in archaeological science, and I obtained my PhD in 1987 with a thesis on Homo habilis. Following postdoctoral research at the University of Liverpool, I joined the University of Sheffield in 1990.
Research Interests
- Demographic Methods in Archaeology The aim of my research in palaeodemography is to develop and apply new demographic methods that are designed specifically for use on archaeological skeletal assemblages. This research has been funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board.
- Palaeoanthropology I am researching the influence of carrying on early hominid bipedalism in collaboration with Dr. Bill Sellers at the University of Manchester and Dr. Rachel Payne of the Royal Veterinary College, London. This research is being funded by NERC.
- Biomolecular Archaeology I have a research interest in microscopic and molecular processes in bone degradation, and I maintain close collaborative links with Dr Matthew Collins at the University of York. This research has been funded by the Wellcome Trust.
- Human Osteology I collaborate with (ARCUS) on the post-excavation analysis of human skeletal material from developer-funded archaeological excavations, and I advise the Forensic Science Service on human bone identification.
Recent Publications in Palaeodemography
- Chamberlain, A.T. (2006) Demography and Archaeology. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
- Gowland, G. and Chamberlain, A.T. (2005). Estimating Age at Death from the Pubic Symphysis: Past, Present and Future. In Zakrzewski, S.R. and Clegg, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. BAR International Series. Oxford, Archaeopress.
- Gowland, R.L. & Chamberlain, A.T. 2003. A new method for estimating gestational age from skeletal long bone length. In Robson-Brown, K.A. (ed) Archaeological Sciences 1999. BAR International Series 1111. Oxford, Archaeopress, pp. 42-58.
- Buckberry, J.L. & Chamberlain, A.T. 2002. Age estimation from the auricular surface of the ilium: a revised method. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 119: 231-239.
- Gowland, R.L. & Chamberlain, A.T. 2002. A Bayesian approach to aging perinatal skeletal material from archaeological sites: implications for the evidence for infanticide in Roman-Britain. Journal of Archaeological Science 29: 677-685.
Recent Publications in Cave Archaeology
- Sellers, W.I., Orton, R. and Chamberlain, A.T. 2001. Computer-aided cave visualisation. Cave Archaeology and Palaeontology Research Archive 3
Cave Archaeology and Palaeontology Research Archive 3
- Chamberlain, A.T. 2002. A gazetteer of non-human vertebrate remains from caves in the Yorkshire Dales described in the scientific literature. Cave Archaeology and Palaeontology Research Archive 4
Cave Archaeology and Palaeontology Research Archive 4
- Chamberlain, A.T. 2004. British and Irish Caves: archaeology. In Gunn, J. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science. London, Routledge, pp. 160-163.
Recent Publications in Osteoarchaeology
- Parker Pearson, M., Chamberlain, A., Craig, O. et al. 2005. Evidence for mummification in Bronze Age Britain. Antiquity 79: 529-546.
- Gowland, R.L. and Chamberlain, A.T. 2005. Detecting plague: palaeodemographic characterisation of a catastrophic death assemblage. Antiquity 79: 146-157.
- Chamberlain, A.T. & Forbes, S.T. 2005. A Preliminary Study of Microscopic Evidence for Lactation in Cattle. In Mulville, J. and Outram, A.K. (eds) The Zooarchaeology of Fats, Oils, Milk and Dairying. Oxford, Oxbow Books, pp. 44-49.
- Chamberlain, A.T. and Witkin, A. 2003. Early Neolithic diets: evidence from pathology and dental wear. In Parker Pearson, M. (ed.) Food, Culture and Identity in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. BAR International Series 1117. Oxford, Archaeopress, pp. 53-58.
- Hiller, J.C., Thompson, T.J.U., Evison, M.P., Chamberlain, A.T., and Wess, T.J. 2003. Bone mineral change during experimental heating: an X-ray scattering investigation. Biomaterials 24: 5091-5097.
Recent Publications in Biomolecular Archaeology
- Hiller, J.C., Collins, M.J., Chamberlain, A.T. and Wess, T.J. 2004. Small-angle X-ray scattering: a high-throughput technique for investigating achaeological bone preservation. Journal of Archaeological Science 31: 1349-1359.
- Smith, C., Chamberlain, A.T., Riley, M.S., Stringer, C., Collins, M.J. 2003. The thermal history of human fossils and the likelihood of successful DNA amplification. Journal of Human Evolution 45: 203-217.
- Beja-Pereira, A., Luikart, G., England, P.R., Bradley, D.G., Jann, O.C., Bertorelle, G., Chamberlain, A.T., Nunes, T.P., Metodiev, S., Ferrand, N., Erhardt, G. 2003. Gene-culture coevolution between cattle milk protein genes and human lactase genes. Nature Genetics 35: 311-313.
- Troy, C.S., MacHugh, D.E., Bailey, J.F., Magee, D.A., Loftus, R.T., Chamberlain, A.T., Sykes, B.C. & Bradley, D.G. 2001. Bovine mtDNA variation and the Near Eastern origins of European pastoralism. Nature 410: 1088-1091.
Research Supervision
I currently supervise the following graduate research students:
- Michelle Machicek – A biocultural analysis of the later prehistoric populations of Inner Asia
- Danyelle Rafferty – Fluctuating asymmetry and health status in the human skeleton
- Lorraine White – Taphonomic processes in juveniles with special emphasis on the role of microbes in the decompositional rate of still and newborn infants
I currently advise the following graduate research students:
- Lizzie Craig – A bio-cultural analysis of mid-Saxon cemeteries in the north of England
- Claire Fisher – Intra-site spatial patterning for Late Neanderthals and Early Modern Humans
- Katie Hemer – Osteoarchaeology of early medieval populations of Wales and the Irish Sea
- Tessa Pirnie – Humans, wildfowl and the minor economy in Britain
- Rebecca Wragg Sykes – Neanderthals in Britain: Late Mousterian archaeology in landscape context
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