St Cross College, Oxford

Professor Julia A. Lee-Thorp

PhD (BA, BSc (Hons) University of Cape Town); University Lecturer in Bioarchaeology, Professor of Archaeological Science, Head of the Stable Light Isotope Laboratory

Phone: +44 (0)1865 285213
E-mail: Julia.Lee-Thorp

School of Archaeology Website

Julia Lee-Thorp previously taught at the University of Cape Town and at the University of Bradford. She is an Africanist archaeologist and her principal expertise is in stable isotope ecology and especially in the isotopic and chemical composition of fossil bones and teeth.

Her main research interests are in diets of early hominins and later humans, the emergence of modern humans, stable isotope ecology in modern and ancient ecosystems, and the impact of environmental and climate shifts on past human societies. She has done fieldwork and research in South and East Africa, South America, and Europe. She serves on five Editorial Boards and recently completed a stint as Associate Editor for the Journal of Human Evolution.