2018 Journal Article Spice and rice: pepper, cloves and everyday cereal foods at the ancient port of Mantai, Sri LankaKingwell-Banham, Eleanor, Bohingamuwa, Wijerathne, Perera, Nimal, Adikari, Gamini, Crowther, Alison, Fuller, Dorian Q. and Boivin, Nicole (2018). Spice and rice: pepper, cloves and everyday cereal foods at the ancient port of Mantai, Sri Lanka. Antiquity, 92 (366), 1478-1491. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2018.168 |
2018 Journal Article Subsistence mosaics, forager-farmer interactions, and the transition to food production in eastern AfricaCrowther, Alison, Prendergast, Mary E., Fuller, Dorian Q. and Boivin, Nicole (2018). Subsistence mosaics, forager-farmer interactions, and the transition to food production in eastern Africa. Quaternary International, 489, 101-120. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.01.014 |
2018 Journal Article Exaggerated expectations in ancient starch research and the need for new taphonomic and authenticity criteriaMercader, Julio, Akeju, Tolutope, Brown, Melisa, Bundala, Mariam, Collins, Matthew J., Copeland, Les, Crowther, Alison, Dunfield, Peter, Henry, Amanda, Inwood, Jamie, Itambu, Makarius, Kim, Joong-Jae, Larter, Steve, Longo, Laura, Oldenburg, Thomas, Patalano, Robert, Sammynaiken, Ramaswami, Soto, Maria, Tyler, Robert and Xhauflair, Hermine (2018). Exaggerated expectations in ancient starch research and the need for new taphonomic and authenticity criteria. Facets, 3 (1), 777-798. doi: 10.1139/facets-2017-0126 |
2018 Journal Article 78,000-year-old record of Middle and Later stone age innovation in an East African tropical forestShipton, Ceri, Roberts, Patrick, Archer, Will, Armitage, Simon J., Bita, Caesar, Blinkhorn, James, Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin, Crowther, Alison, Curtis, Richard, d' Errico, Francesco, Douka, Katerina, Faulkner, Patrick, Groucutt, Huw S., Helm, Richard, Herries, Andy I. R., Jembe, Severinus, Kourampas, Nikos, Lee-Thorp, Julia, Marchant, Rob, Mercader, Julio, Marti, Africa Pitarch, Prendergast, Mary E., Rowson, Ben, Tengeza, Amini, Tibesasa, Ruth, White, Tom S., Petraglia, Michael D. and Boivin, Nicole (2018). 78,000-year-old record of Middle and Later stone age innovation in an East African tropical forest. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 1832, 1832. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04057-3 |
2018 Journal Article Drivers and trajectories of land cover change in East Africa: human and environmental interactions from 6000 years ago to presentMarchant, Rob, Richer, Suzi, Boles, Oliver, Capitani, Claudia, Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin J., Lane, Paul, Prendergast, Mary E., Stump, Daryl, De Cort, Gijs, Kaplan, Jed O., Phelps, Leanne, Kay, Andrea, Olago, Dan, Petek, Nik, Platts, Philip J., Punwong, Paramita, Widgren, Mats, Wynne-Jones, Stephanie, Ferro-Vázquez, Cruz, Benard, Jacquiline, Boivin, Nicole, Crowther, Alison, Cuní-Sanchez, Aida, Deere, Nicolas J., Ekblom, Anneli, Farmer, Jennifer, Finch, Jemma, Fuller, Dorian, Gaillard-Lemdahl, Marie-José ... Wright, David (2018). Drivers and trajectories of land cover change in East Africa: human and environmental interactions from 6000 years ago to present. Earth-Science Reviews, 178, 322-378. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.12.010 |
2018 Journal Article The Comoros Show the Earliest Austronesian Gene Flow into the Swahili CorridorBrucato, Nicolas, Fernandes, Veronica, Mazières, Stéphane, Kusuma, Pradiptajati, Cox, Murray P, Ng'ang'a, Joseph Wainaina, Omar, Mohammed, Simeone-Senelle, Marie-Claude, Frassati, Coralie, Alshamali, Farida, Fin, Bertrand, Boland, Anne, Deleuze, Jean-Francois, Stoneking, Mark, Adelaar, Alexander, Crowther, Alison, Boivin, Nicole, Pereira, Luisa, Bailly, Pascal, Chiaroni, Jacques and Ricaut, François-Xavier (2018). The Comoros Show the Earliest Austronesian Gene Flow into the Swahili Corridor. American journal of human genetics, 102 (1), 58-68. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.11.011 |
2018 Book Chapter The domestication, spread and uses of sorghum as a cropShapter, F. M., Crowther, A., Fox, G., Godwin, I. D., Watson-Fox, L., Hannah, I. J. C. and Norton, S. L. (2018). The domestication, spread and uses of sorghum as a crop. Achieving sustainable cultivation of sorghum Volume 2: sorghum utilization around the world. (pp. 31-64) edited by William Rooney. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. doi: 10.19103/as.2017.0015.01 |
2018 Book Chapter Starch granule analysisCrowther, Alison (2018). Starch granule analysis. The encyclopedia of archaeological sciences. (pp. 1-5) Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781119188230.saseas0550 |
2018 Book Chapter Early connectionsBoivin, Nicole and Crowther, Alison (2018). Early connections. The Swahili world. (pp. 105-120) edited by Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Adria LaViolette. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis / Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315691459-7 |
2017 Journal Article Reconstructing Prehistoric African Population StructureSkoglund, Pontus , Thompson, Jessica C. , Prendergast, Mary E. , Mittnik, Alissa , Sirak, Kendra , Hajdinjak, Mateja , Salie, Tasneem , Rohland, Nadin , Mallick, Swapan , Peltzer, Alexander , Heinze, Anja , Olalde, Iñigo , Ferry, Matthew , Harney, Eadaoin , Michel, Megan , Stewardson, Kristin , Cerezo-Román, Jessica I. , Chiumia, Chrissy , Crowther, Alison , Gomani-Chindebvu, Elizabeth , Gidna, Agness O. , Grillo, Katherine M. , Helenius, I. Taneli , Hellenthal, Garrett , Helm, Richard , Horton, Mark , López, Saioa , Mabulla, Audax Z. P. , Parkington, John ... Reich, David (2017). Reconstructing Prehistoric African Population Structure. Cell, 171 (1), 59-71. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.08.049 |
2017 Journal Article Characterising marine mollusc exploitation in the eastern African Iron Age: archaeomalacological evidence from Unguja Ukuu and Fukuchani, ZanzibarFaulkner, Patrick, Harris, Matthew, Ali, Abdallah K., Haji, Othman, Crowther, Alison, Horton, Mark C. and Boivin, Nicole L. (2017). Characterising marine mollusc exploitation in the eastern African Iron Age: archaeomalacological evidence from Unguja Ukuu and Fukuchani, Zanzibar. Quaternary International, 471, 66-80. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.08.051 |
2017 Journal Article Reconstructing Asian faunal introductions to eastern Africa from multi-proxy biomolecular and archaeological datasetsPrendergast, Mary E., Buckley, Michael, Crowther, Alison, Frantz, Laurent, Eager, Heidi, Lebrasseur, Ophelie, Hutterer, Rainer, Hulme-Beaman, Ardern, Van Neer, Wim, Douka, Katerina, Veall, Margaret-Ashley, Morales, Eriendira M. Quintana, Schuenemann, Verena J., Reiter, Ella, Allen, Richard, Dimopoulos, Evangelos A., Helm, Richard M., Shipton, Ceri, Mwebi, Ogeto, Denys, Christiane, Horton, Mark, Wynne-Jones, Stephanie, Fleisher, Jeffrey, Radimilahy, Chantal, Wright, Henry, Searle, Jeremy B., Krause, Johannes, Larson, Greger and Boivin, Nicole L. (2017). Reconstructing Asian faunal introductions to eastern Africa from multi-proxy biomolecular and archaeological datasets. PLoS One, 12 (8) e0182565, e0182565. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182565 |
2017 Journal Article Zanzibar and Indian Ocean trade in the first millennium CE: the glass bead evidenceWood, Marilee, Panighello, Serena, Orsega, Emilio F., Robertshaw, Peter, van Elteren, Johannes T., Crowther, Alison, Horton, Mark and Boivin, Noivin (2017). Zanzibar and Indian Ocean trade in the first millennium CE: the glass bead evidence. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 9 (5), 879-901. doi: 10.1007/s12520-015-0310-z |
2017 Journal Article The palaeogenetics of cat dispersal in the ancient worldOttoni, Claudio, Van Neer, Wim, De Cupere, Bea, Daligault, Julien, Guimaraes, Silvia, Peters, Joris, Spassov, Nikolai, Prendergast, Mary E., Boivin, Nicole, Morales-Muñiz, Arturo, Bălăşescu, Adrian, Becker, Cornelia, Benecke, Norbert, Boroneant, Adina, Buitenhuis, Hijlke, Chahoud, Jwana, Crowther, Alison, Llorente, Laura, Manaseryan, Nina, Monchot, Hervé, Onar, Vedat, Osypińska, Marta, Putelat, Olivier, Quintana Morales, Eréndira M., Studer, Jacqueline, Wierer, Ursula, Decorte, Ronny, Grange, Thierry and Geigl, Eva-Maria (2017). The palaeogenetics of cat dispersal in the ancient world. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1 (139) 0139, 0139. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0139 |
2017 Journal Article Dietary diversity on the Swahili coast: the fauna from two Zanzibar trading localesPrendergast, M. E., Quintana Morales, E. M., Crowther, A., Horton, M. C. and Boivin, N. L. (2017). Dietary diversity on the Swahili coast: the fauna from two Zanzibar trading locales. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 27 (4), 621-637. doi: 10.1002/oa.2585 |
2017 Book Chapter Ships of the desert, camels of the ocean: an Indian Ocean perspective on Trans-Saharan trading systemsHorton, Mark, Crowther, Alison and Boivin, Nicole (2017). Ships of the desert, camels of the ocean: an Indian Ocean perspective on Trans-Saharan trading systems. Trade in the ancient Sahara and beyond. (pp. 131-155) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108161091.006 |
2017 Conference Publication East Africa as a source for Fatimid rock crystal. Workshops from Kenya to MadagascarHorton, Mark, Boivin, Nicole, Crowther, Alison, Gaskell, Ben, Radimilahy, Chantal and Wright, Henry (2017). East Africa as a source for Fatimid rock crystal. Workshops from Kenya to Madagascar. Gemstones in the First Millennium AD: Mines, Trade, Workshops and Symbolism, Mainz, Germany, 20-22 October 2015. Mainz, Germany: Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum. |
2016 Journal Article Reply to Ellis et al.: human niche construction and evolutionary theoryErlandson, Jon M., Zeder, Melinda A., Boivin, Nicole L., Crowther, Alison, Denham, Tim, Fuller, Dorian Q., Larson, Greger and Petraglia, Michael D. (2016). Reply to Ellis et al.: human niche construction and evolutionary theory. National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, 113 (31), E4437-E4438. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1609617113 |
2016 Journal Article Reply to Westaway and Lyman: emus, dingoes, and archaeology’s role in conservation biologyZeder, Melinda A., Denham, Tim, Erlandson, Jon M., Boivin, Nicole L., Crowther, Alison, Fuller, Dorian Q., Larson, Greger and Petraglia, Michael D. (2016). Reply to Westaway and Lyman: emus, dingoes, and archaeology’s role in conservation biology. National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, 113 (33), E4759-E4760. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1610697113 |
2016 Journal Article Ancient crops provide first archaeological signature of the westward Austronesian expansionCrowther, Alison, Lucas, Leilani, Helm, Richard, Horton, Mark, Shipton, Ceri, Wright, Henry T., Walshaw, Sarah, Pawlowicz, Matthew, Radimilahy, Chantal, Douka, Katerina, Picornell-Gelabert, Llorenc, Fuller, Dorian Q. and Boivin, Nicole L. (2016). Ancient crops provide first archaeological signature of the westward Austronesian expansion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 (24), 6635-6640. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1522714113 |