Glynis Jones (archaeologist)

Glynis Eleanor Jones FBA is a British archaeobotanist, who is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield.

Glynis Eleanor Jones
NationalityEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeologist / Archaeobotany
InstitutionsMuseum of London, University of Sheffield
Thesis

Biography

Jones graduated from Cardiff University with a degree in zoology, before working as a science teacher in the UK and Greece.[1] Next, Jones worked as a research assistant at the British School at Athens, before undertaking an MPhil and then PhD in Archaeology at the University of Cambridge.[1] After completing her PhD, Jones worked in the Department of Urban Archaeology, Museum of London, before commencing an academic post at the University of Sheffield in 1984.[1] In 2004 Jones was appointed Professor of Archaeology.[2]

Jones has pioneered the development of archaeobotanical methodologies including ethnobotany, crop-processing analysis, weed ecology, and aDNA, and archaeobotanical research in Greece. Early work used ethnographic observations of crop-processing in Greece to produce models which could be applied to archaeobotanical remains.[3] From the 1990s onwards, Jones has worked with colleagues including Amy Bogaard to develop the application of functional weed ecology to archaeobotanical assemblages in order to reconstruct past crop husbandry.[4] More recently, Jones has been utilising DNA of modern landraces to investigate the spread of domesticated cereals into Europe,[5] and working to develop the application of stable isotope analysis to archaeobotanical remains.

Jones is noted for her skill in teaching and research.[6] Jones is credited with initiating archaeobotanical study in Greece, training Greek archaeologists in archaeobotany and initiating the recovery of macroscopic plant remains from archaeological sites.[7][8]

Jones was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in 2013.[2] She is a vice-president of the British School at Athens,[2] and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Archaeological Science.[9]

Selected publications
  • Jones, G. and Rowley-Conwy, P. 2007. On the importance of cereal cultivation in the British Neolithic, in S. Colledge and J. Conolly (eds.) The Origins and Spread of Domestic Plants Southwest Asia and Europe. Left Coast Press: 391-419.
  • Jones, G., Charles, Bogaard, A. and Hodgson, J. 2010. Crops and weeds: the role of weed functional types in the identification of crop husbandry methods. Journal of Archaeological Science 37: 70-77.
  • Jones, G., Charles, M., Colledge, S., Jones, M. Leigh, F., Lister, D., Powell, W., Smith L., Brown, T. and Jones. H. 2013. Barley DNA evidence for the routes of agricultural spread into Europe following multiple domestications in W. Asia. Antiquity 87: 701-13.
  • Boardman, S. and Jones, G. 1990. Experiments on the effects of charring on cereal plant components. Journal of Archaeological Science 17: 1-11.
  • Jones, G. 1991. Numerical analysis, in W. van Zeist, K. Wasylikowa and K.-E. Behre (eds.) Progress in Old World Palaeoethnobotany. Rotterdam: 63-80.
  • Jones, G. 1992. Weed phytosociology and crop husbandry: identifying a contrast between ancient and modern practice. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 73: 133-43.
  • Jones, G. and Halstead, P. 1995. Maslins, mixtures and monocrops: on the interpretation of archaeological crop samples of heterogenous composition. Journal of Archaeological Science 22: 103-14.
  • Jones, G., Valamoti, S. and Charles, M. 2000. Early crop diversity: a `new´ glume wheat from northern Greece. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 9: 133-46.

References
  1. Sheffield, University of. "Jones, G - Our Staff - Archaeology - The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  2. "Professor Glynis Jones". British Academy. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. Jones, Glynis (1987). "A statistical approach to the archaeological identification of crop processing". Journal of Archaeological Science. 14 (3): 311–323. doi:10.1016/0305-4403(87)90019-7. ISSN 0305-4403.
  4. Jones, G.; Charles, M.; Bogaard, A.; Hodgson, J. (2010). "Crops and weeds: the role of weed functional ecology in the identification of crop husbandry methods". Journal of Archaeological Science. 37 (1): 70–77. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.08.017. ISSN 0305-4403.
  5. Jones, G.; Charles, M. P.; Jones, M. K.; Colledge, S.; Leigh, F. J.; Lister, D. A.; Smith, L. M. J.; Powell, W.; Brown, T. A. (2013). "DNA evidence for multiple introductions of barley into Europe following dispersed domestications in Western Asia". Antiquity. 87 (337): 701–713. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00049401. ISSN 0003-598X.
  6. "Portrait of an inspirational woman: Professor Glynis Jones". University of Sheffield. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  7. Valamoti, Soultana M.; Bittmann, Felix (2014-12-09). "Proceedings of the 16th conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany, Thessaloniki 2013". Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 24 (1): 5–7. doi:10.1007/s00334-014-0505-8. ISSN 0939-6314.
  8. Jones, G.; Baxevani, K.; Halstead, P. (1982). "Save seeds". Anthropologika. 3: 86–87.
  9. "Journal of Archaeological Science - Editorial Board". Journal of Archaeological Science. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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