Past students of the lab
Postdocs:
Investigating pre-Zulu farming communities of KwaZulu-Natal using a multi-pronged materials analysis approach. Michell House 2020
Stable isotopes in palaeoecological studies. Vincent Hare 2018
Isotopic biogeochemistry of contemporary mammals from C3 environments: interpreting palaeo-datasets. Julie Luyt 2017-2018
Development of δ18O in marine molluscs as a palaeo-climate proxy for the west coast of South Africa. Emma Loftus 2017
Isotopes and diet in Cape Point chacma baboons as a basis for modelling marine food consumption by coastal hunter-gatherers. Matthew Lewis 2016-2017
Comparisons of trends in stable isotope ratios of ungulates and vegetation across West, East, and southern African savannas. Chabi Adéyèmi Marc Sylvestre Djagoun 2015-2016
Further investigations of early farming communities in the Upemba Depression, DRC. Nonhlanhla Dlamini 2015
Mapping pre-colonial African ivory trade networks using bioarchaeological techniques. Ashley Coutu 2013-2016
PhDs:
Straight from The Cow’s Mouth: Investigating procurement and management strategies in cattle supplied to Great Zimbabwe using a multi-isotopic approach. Michell House, PhD 2020
Stable light isotopes in fauna as environmental proxies in the Southern African winter and year-round rainfall zone. Catherine Julie Luyt, PhD 2017
Early inhabitants of the Upemba Depression, the Democratic Republic of Congo: a biological review of the cultural continuity theory. Nonhlanhla Dlamini, PhD 2014
Investigating the use of oxygen and carbon isotopes and sclerochronology in Turbo sarmaticus and Donax serra for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction at Pinnacle Point, South Africa. Mariagrazia Galimberti, PhD 2010
Foragers among farmers? Stable isotopic evidence of diet from archaeological human skeletons of east central Botswana (degree awarded by the University of the Witwatersrand). Morongwa Mosothwane, PhD 2010
Characterising the Namaqualand Mudbelt: chronology, palynology and palaeoenvironments. Catherine Gray, PhD 2009
Annals of ivory: perspectives in African elephant Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach 1797) feeding ecology from a multi-decadal record. Jacqueline Codron, PhD 2008
The ecological and evolutionary significance of browsing and grazing in savanna ungulates. Daryl Codron, PhD 2006
Agropastoral sustainability and climate change in the Shashe Limpopo basin from 900 AD (degree awarded by the University of the Witwatersrand). Jeannette Smith, PhD 2005
Analysis of dental pathologies in the herbivores of Langebaanweg and their palaeoenvironmental implications. Tamara Franz-Odendaal, PhD 2002
Late Quaternary history of Agulhas-Benguela interactions from two sediment cores on the western continental slope of South Africa. Amanda Rau, PhD 2002
Masters (by research only):
A palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Elands Bay area using carbon and nitrogen isotopes in tortoise bones. Navashni Naidoo, MSc (with distinction) 2017
Reconstructing the diets of southern African farmers: comparing stable isotopes across body tissues. Madeline Zhu, MSc (with distinction) 2016
Rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis) and their environments: δ13Ccollagen and δ15Ncollagen as environmental indicators. Lesa la Grange, MPhil 2015
An investigation of skeletons from Type R settlements along the Riet and Orange Rivers, South Africa, using stable isotope analysis. Nandi Masemula, MSc 2015
An investigation of stable sulphur isotopes as a palaeodietary indicator in South Africa. Malia Johnson, MSc (with distinction) 2011
Investigating the use of bone density fractionation as a methodological tool in stable light isotope analysis. Andrea Hickman, MSc 2010
Dietary ecology and niche separation in three genera (Parapapio, Theropithecus and Cercopithecoides) of South African Plio-Pleistocene Cercopithecoidea. Nicolaas Fourie, MSc (with distinction) 2006
Of fish, pigs and cesspits: a comparative study of stable isotopic analyses of five medieval sites from Belgium. Elisabet Schietecatte, MSc 2004
An isotope comparison of elephant (Loxodonta africana) diets in the Kruger National Park and Welgevonden Game Reserve. Jacqui Codron, MSc 2004
Weaning patterns in the Later Stone Age, as reconstructed through nitrogen isotope analyses of the skeletons from Matjes River Rock Shelter. Fiona Clayton, MSc 2003
Ecological variability of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) living in the South African savannah based on stable light isotopes. Daryl Codron, MSc (with distinction) 2003
Investigation of possible dietary differences between the inhabitants of the Robberg / Plettenberg Bay and Matjes River Rock Shelter in the Later Stone Age: an isotopic approach. Cecilene Muller, MA 2002
Stable isotope study of interactions between herbivores, plants and nutrient cycling in Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, South Africa. Corli Coetsee, MSc 2002
Revisiting palaeoenvironments of the hominid-bearing Plio-Pleistocene sites: new isotopic evidence from Sterkfontein. Julie Luyt, MSc (with distinction) 2001
Cobern Street burial ground: investigating the identity and life histories of the underclass of eighteenth-century Cape Town. Glenda Cox, MA (with distinction) 1999
Stable isotope analysis of fauna and soils from sites in the eastern Free State and western Lesotho, southern Africa: a palaeoenvironmental interpretation. Jeannette Smith, MSc 1997
Diet and subsistence patterns in the Later Iron Age of South Africa: an analysis of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes and the incidence of dental caries. Cheryl Lee Gilbert, MA 1995