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Research interests
My interdisciplinary research centres on the investigation of ancient patterns of human subsistence, culinary choices and technological practices through the development and application of biomolecular proxies to reconstruct ancient resource use. Specifically, this has focused on biomarkers for processing aquatic products and cereals in pottery vessels using highly sensitive mass spectrometric methods. I apply these proxies to address large-scale questions regarding human responses to cultural or environmental stimuli, with previous research spanning diet of the first farmers in the British Isles and Fennoscandia, to the use of Roman-style culinary vessels in Britain, through to identifying components of balms used in mummification in ancient Egypt. My most recent research project, funded by a bilateral AHRC-DFG award, involves a major programme of radiocarbon dating and spatio-temporal modelling to investigate the origins and large-scale dynamics of early maritime connectivity in the Mediterranean associated with the spread of the so-called ‘Bell Beaker’ phenomenon.
Keywords
- Lipid residue analysis
- Foodways
- Ancient diet
- Prehistory
- Roman
- Stable isotopes
- Radiocarbon dating
- Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry
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Roman melting pots. Tracing food residues and cultural diversity in a frontier zone
14/02/22 → 13/02/25
Project: Research
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Research output
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Direct evidence of the use of beehive products in pre-Roman Sardinia
Bison, L., Roffet-Salque, M., Botto, M., Madrigali, E., Salis, G. & Cramp, L. J. E., 10 Mar 2023, In: Archaeometry. 65, 2, p. 354-369 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Lipids in Archaeology
Cramp, L. J. E., Bull, I. D., Casanova, E. J. A., Dunne, J. B., Roffet-Salque, M., Whelton, H. L. & Evershed, R. P., 10 Mar 2023, Handbook of Archaeological Sciences. Second Edition ed. Wiley, p. 529-556Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
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Dairying, diseases and the evolution of lactase persistence in Europe
Evershed, R. P., Smith, G. D., Roffet-Salque, M., Timpson, A., Diekmann, Y., Lyon, M. S., Cramp, L. J. E., Casanova, E., Smyth, J., Whelton, H. L., Dunne, J., Brychova, V., Šoberl, L., Gerbault, P., Gillis, R. E., Heyd, V., Johnson, E., Kendall, I., Manning, K., Marciniak, A., & 88 others , 11 Aug 2022, In: Nature. 608, 7922, p. 336-345 10 p., 608.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open AccessFile13 Citations (Scopus)82 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Marine fats in ancient pots IRMS
Cramp, L. J. E. (Creator), Whelton, H. L. (Creator) & Evershed, R. P. (Creator), University of Bristol, 1 Jul 2014
DOI: 10.5523/bris.upjtf9os1dzr154phmgvrupib, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/upjtf9os1dzr154phmgvrupib
Dataset
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GC-QTOF MS data from Hebridean crannogs
Cramp, L. J. E. (Creator) & Hammann, S. S. (Creator), University of Bristol, 16 Jul 2022
DOI: 10.5523/bris.fn4ujbvbe4nr2eji3icdzvp65
Dataset
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Marine fats in ancient pots GCMS
Whelton, H. L. (Creator), Evershed, R. P. (Creator) & Cramp, L. J. E. (Creator), University of Bristol, 1 Jul 2014
DOI: 10.5523/bris.13kidnrls4jnl1m806eyfd8h6z, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/13kidnrls4jnl1m806eyfd8h6z
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Activities
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European Association of Archaeologists (EAA 2018 Barcellona)
Lucy J E Cramp (Participant)
6 Sept 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Bristol's Brilliant Archaeology Day
Lucy J E Cramp (Advisor)
28 Jul 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Festival, exhibition, performance
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British Museum colloquia
Lucy J E Cramp (Participant)
20 Jun 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Invited talk