Julia Lee-Thorp

Julia Lee-Thorp
Born (1951-04-20) 20 April 1951
Alma mater University of Cape Town
Known for Stable Light Isotope
Scientific career
Fields Archaeological science
Institutions

Julia Anne Lee-Thorp, FBA (born 20 April 1951) is a South African archaeologist and academic. She is Head of the School of Archaeology and Professor of Archaeological Science at the University of Oxford.[1]

Early life and education

Lee-Thorp was born on 20 April 1951 in Cape Town, South Africa.[2] Studying at the University of Cape Town, she graduated with Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BSc), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees.[2][3] Her doctoral thesis was titled "Stable carbon isotopes in deep time: the diets of fossil fauna and hominids" and was completed in 1989.[4]

Academic career

Lee-Thorpe remained at her alma mater, working as a senior research officer at the University of Cape Town's Archaeometry 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.[2]

In 2006, she moved to the United Kingdom to take up the post of research director of Archaeological, Geographical and Environmental Sciences at the University of Bradford.[2] She joined the University of Oxford in 2010 as Professor of Archaeological Science and a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford.[3][5] She has served as Vice-Head of the School of Archaeology from 2014 to 2016,[5] and has been its Head since 2016.[2]

Honours

In 2013, Lee-Thorpe was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[5]

Selected works

  • 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". Journal of Archaeological Science. 16 (6): 585–599. doi:10.1016/0305-4403(89)90024-1.
  • Lee-Thorp, Julia A.; van der Merwe, Nikolaas J. (May 1991). "Aspects of the chemistry of modern and fossil biological apatites". Journal of Archaeological Science. 18 (3): 343–354. doi:10.1016/0305-4403(91)90070-6.
  • Lee-Thorpe, J. A. (December 2008). "On isotopes and old bones". Archaeometry. 50 (6): 925–950. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00441.x.
  • Sponhiemer, Matthew; Lee-Thorp, Julia A.; Reed, Kaye E.; Ungar, Peter, eds. (2013). Early Hominin Paleoecology. Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado. ISBN 978-1607322245.
  • Mayewski, Paul A.; Rohling, Eelco E.; Curt Stager, J.; Karlén, Wibjörn; Maasch, Kirk A.; Meeker, L. David; Meyerson, Eric A.; Gasse, Francoise; van Kreveld, Shirley; Holmgren, Karin; Lee-Thorp, Julia; Rosqvist, Gunhild; Rack, Frank; Staubwasser, Michael; Schneider, Ralph R.; Steig, Eric J. (20 January 2017). "Holocene Climate Variability". Quaternary Research. 62 (03): 243–255. doi:10.1016/j.yqres.2004.07.001.

References

  1. ↑ "RLAHA : Julia Lee Thorp - School of Archaeology - University of Oxford". www.arch.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lee-Thorp, Prof. Julia Anne". Who's Who 2018. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U267093.
  3. 1 2 "Professor Julia Lee-Thorp". St Cross College. University of Oxford. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Lee-Thorp, Julia Anne (1989). "Stable carbon isotopes in deep time: the diets of fossil fauna and hominids". Open UCT. University of Cape Town.
  5. 1 2 3 "Professor Julia Lee-Thorp". The British Academy. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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