Dr. Jennifer Jones
@jenniferbones.bsky.social
Archaeological Scientist. Interested in isotopes, zooarchaeology, dietary reconstruction, animal management, palaeoenvironments, faunal palaeoecology. Senior Lecturer Uni of Lancashire Arch & Anth. Big fan of dogs, walking, wildlife and d&d.
We are delighted to be hosting the 46th Association for Environmental Archaeology Conference between the 7th to the 9th May 2026 at the University of Lancashire. See the website for further information and the link for the abstract submission!
@jimbonesmorris.bsky.social
envarch.net/conferences
@jimbonesmorris.bsky.social
envarch.net/conferences
Association for Environmental Archaeology
envarch.net
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We are delighted to be hosting the 46th Association for Environmental Archaeology Conference between the 7th to the 9th May 2026 at the University of Lancashire. See the website for further information and the link for the abstract submission!
@jimbonesmorris.bsky.social
envarch.net/conferences
@jimbonesmorris.bsky.social
envarch.net/conferences
It is a pleasure to welcome Mónica to work with me at the University as a Marie Curie Research Fellow. We had a lot of fun working with the reference collection in advance of Mónica's first sampling mission!
Exciting times! This month, I’ve just started my #MSCA project #NEANSCAPES! 🎉🎉
(Details 🔍 cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...)
Thanks to @unilancashire.bsky.social and @jenniferbones.bsky.social for the warm welcome. Great research coming soon!😍👩🔬
(Details 🔍 cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...)
Thanks to @unilancashire.bsky.social and @jenniferbones.bsky.social for the warm welcome. Great research coming soon!😍👩🔬
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It is a pleasure to welcome Mónica to work with me at the University as a Marie Curie Research Fellow. We had a lot of fun working with the reference collection in advance of Mónica's first sampling mission!
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Jones
A lovely review article (and my first dissertation citation🍾) on Scottish archaeological mollusc exploitation from @jenniferbones.bsky.social & @mlaw.bsky.social. Makes the point that culture ("taste" if you like) may be just as important as economic considerations www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/8/...
www.mdpi.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A lovely review article (and my first dissertation citation🍾) on Scottish archaeological mollusc exploitation from @jenniferbones.bsky.social & @mlaw.bsky.social. Makes the point that culture ("taste" if you like) may be just as important as economic considerations www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/8/...
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Jones
New research by @jenniferbones.bsky.social phys.org/news/2025-08...
Lessons from cave bear extinction could save endangered bears
Lessons from extinction could help protect the bears of today. New research reveals that the now-extinct cave bear was much more adaptable than once thought yet was still made extinct when faced with ...
phys.org
August 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
New research by @jenniferbones.bsky.social phys.org/news/2025-08...
Mislabelled Chatgpt anatomical images are my new favourite thing.
Do you know your Pelvix from your Pelmis and how to differentiate between your Tarpula and your Fibuir?
Do you know your Pelvix from your Pelmis and how to differentiate between your Tarpula and your Fibuir?
Yesterday I discovered that ChatGPT's PhD-level expertise didn't extend to bird anatomy. This morning I thought, perhaps I was being too hard on the half-trillion-dollar company. Birds are a little weird, anatomically speaking. Let's try something more familiar. A mammal. Behold.
August 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Mislabelled Chatgpt anatomical images are my new favourite thing.
Do you know your Pelvix from your Pelmis and how to differentiate between your Tarpula and your Fibuir?
Do you know your Pelvix from your Pelmis and how to differentiate between your Tarpula and your Fibuir?
I really enjoyed reading this paper exploring the possibility that elevated d15N values may be linked to the consumption of meat that was rotten and maggot filled! Definitely lots more work to do as the authors point out, but an interesting idea!
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Neanderthals, hypercarnivores, and maggots: Insights from stable nitrogen isotopes
Putrefying animal foods laced with maggots should be considered when using isotopes to reconstruct Late Pleistocene hominin diets.
www.science.org
August 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I really enjoyed reading this paper exploring the possibility that elevated d15N values may be linked to the consumption of meat that was rotten and maggot filled! Definitely lots more work to do as the authors point out, but an interesting idea!
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Great coverage of our Cave Bear paper on Olde News with @flintdibble.bsky.social (from 11.47 onwards). A brilliant summary of the key findings and the rest of the show is well worth a watch too, some great explorations of interesting archaeological findings!
www.youtube.com/live/E-23TjC...
www.youtube.com/live/E-23TjC...
Beyond the ANTIKYTHERA Device, GIANT Shoes, Ice Age MAGNETIC Shifts, BOAR feasts – OLDE NEWS #1
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
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July 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Great coverage of our Cave Bear paper on Olde News with @flintdibble.bsky.social (from 11.47 onwards). A brilliant summary of the key findings and the rest of the show is well worth a watch too, some great explorations of interesting archaeological findings!
www.youtube.com/live/E-23TjC...
www.youtube.com/live/E-23TjC...
A very useful paper here here exploring Sulfur cycling in Weltand locations, which is important for Archaeologists interpreting d34S values in their research.
Spoiler Alert: it's quite complex!
Spoiler Alert: it's quite complex!
Our new #openaccess paper is out:
Wetland sulfur isotope signals and dynamic isotope baselines: implications for archaeological research
#stableisotopes
doi.org/10.3389/fear...
Wetland sulfur isotope signals and dynamic isotope baselines: implications for archaeological research
#stableisotopes
doi.org/10.3389/fear...
July 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A very useful paper here here exploring Sulfur cycling in Weltand locations, which is important for Archaeologists interpreting d34S values in their research.
Spoiler Alert: it's quite complex!
Spoiler Alert: it's quite complex!
Our new paper explores how we can use large bodies of stable isotope data from paleoenvironmental and bioarchaeological in wider cross-discipline studies.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The palaeoenvironmental potential of bioarchaeological isotope data - Communications Earth & Environment
Bioarchaeological isotope data that provide information on the migratory and feeding behaviors of ancient species and their interactions with humans can improve understanding of past ecological and cl...
www.nature.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Our new paper explores how we can use large bodies of stable isotope data from paleoenvironmental and bioarchaeological in wider cross-discipline studies.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
⭐New Open Access publication alert! ⭐
Are you interested in Cave Bears? If so then this might be the article for you!
This is the first study of the diet of a cave bear population from Serbia using stable isotope analysis. See thread below for our findings!
⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Are you interested in Cave Bears? If so then this might be the article for you!
This is the first study of the diet of a cave bear population from Serbia using stable isotope analysis. See thread below for our findings!
⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
⭐New Open Access publication alert! ⭐
Are you interested in Cave Bears? If so then this might be the article for you!
This is the first study of the diet of a cave bear population from Serbia using stable isotope analysis. See thread below for our findings!
⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Are you interested in Cave Bears? If so then this might be the article for you!
This is the first study of the diet of a cave bear population from Serbia using stable isotope analysis. See thread below for our findings!
⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It's my favourite day of the academic year! It was an absolute pleasure to celebrate with our new Archaeology graduates today and to loudly applaud them as they walked across the stage. Very proud of them all!
July 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It's my favourite day of the academic year! It was an absolute pleasure to celebrate with our new Archaeology graduates today and to loudly applaud them as they walked across the stage. Very proud of them all!
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Jones
Happy #PublicationDay to @gregjenner.bsky.social @rikinparekh.bsky.social and… me! This has been the most fun I have ever had writing a book, hands down — exactly the way archaeology ought to be ;) (otherwise I’d get a real job, wouldn’t I) www.walker.co.uk/978152952249...
July 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Happy #PublicationDay to @gregjenner.bsky.social @rikinparekh.bsky.social and… me! This has been the most fun I have ever had writing a book, hands down — exactly the way archaeology ought to be ;) (otherwise I’d get a real job, wouldn’t I) www.walker.co.uk/978152952249...
Today I've been doing a spot of Anglo Saxon dentistry sampling specimens for some mobility studies, many of the specimens had quite worn teeth so finding suitable samples wasn't so easy!
*Please note that the photo below is a plastic cast for illustrative purposes only and not a real specimen.
*Please note that the photo below is a plastic cast for illustrative purposes only and not a real specimen.
June 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Today I've been doing a spot of Anglo Saxon dentistry sampling specimens for some mobility studies, many of the specimens had quite worn teeth so finding suitable samples wasn't so easy!
*Please note that the photo below is a plastic cast for illustrative purposes only and not a real specimen.
*Please note that the photo below is a plastic cast for illustrative purposes only and not a real specimen.
Big achievement this week. My PhD student has now seen 'Office Space' so I feel that my job is done and she is well prepared for the world of work...
June 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Big achievement this week. My PhD student has now seen 'Office Space' so I feel that my job is done and she is well prepared for the world of work...
Yesterday on campus I was very excited to find a bee orchid growing in a patch of grass near my building! They're not particularly common in the North of England. The university has been working hard to promote the growth of wildflowers and wildlife and this was a delight to see.
June 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Yesterday on campus I was very excited to find a bee orchid growing in a patch of grass near my building! They're not particularly common in the North of England. The university has been working hard to promote the growth of wildflowers and wildlife and this was a delight to see.
This got me very excited! The dermatoglyphic image of the Neanderthal fingerprint is incredible! I've never seen a Neanderthal fingerprint before!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
More than a fingerprint on a pebble: A pigment-marked object from San Lázaro rock-shelter in the context of Neanderthal symbolic behavior - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
The pebble discovered in the San Lázaro rock-shelter (Segovia, Central Spain) is the oldest known non-utilitarian object with a fingerprint made in Europe. Its morphology and the strategic position of...
link.springer.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This got me very excited! The dermatoglyphic image of the Neanderthal fingerprint is incredible! I've never seen a Neanderthal fingerprint before!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I like to dabble in Geology sometimes, and Arran didn't disappoint. Some fantastic formations (including the other side of Hutton's unconformity). I particularly enjoyed seeing the fossilised footprint of the 'Hand Beast'! Best enjoyed in the moment rather than through a photograph...
May 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I like to dabble in Geology sometimes, and Arran didn't disappoint. Some fantastic formations (including the other side of Hutton's unconformity). I particularly enjoyed seeing the fossilised footprint of the 'Hand Beast'! Best enjoyed in the moment rather than through a photograph...
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Jones
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
This is the kind of scientist that we can all get behind. Consummate professionalism here when undertaking some important experimental work.
To solve this problem, we enlisted the help of our office dog, Tjorven. He used his research expertise to contaminate a Pleistocene Equus sp. bone with saliva, skin, and fur, to approximate years of contamination with a complex proteome, which easily absorbed to the bone.
May 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This is the kind of scientist that we can all get behind. Consummate professionalism here when undertaking some important experimental work.
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Jones
New publication! 🎉 Here you can read all about dog drool, bleach, and a probable Central Asian Neanderthal child:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
April 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
New publication! 🎉 Here you can read all about dog drool, bleach, and a probable Central Asian Neanderthal child:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Exploring the prehistoric landscape of Machrie moor last week. My new favourite monument is Fingal's Cauldron Seat (Machrie Moor 5). Beautiful granite, flawless placement of stones in two modestly sized circles, mountain view and bedded well in the wider monumental landscape. Top monument 10/10.
May 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Exploring the prehistoric landscape of Machrie moor last week. My new favourite monument is Fingal's Cauldron Seat (Machrie Moor 5). Beautiful granite, flawless placement of stones in two modestly sized circles, mountain view and bedded well in the wider monumental landscape. Top monument 10/10.
It's back to the Last Glacial Maximum with the current samples that I'm working with: brown bears, deer, and capra! Fingers crossed there is plenty of collagen surviving!
May 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It's back to the Last Glacial Maximum with the current samples that I'm working with: brown bears, deer, and capra! Fingers crossed there is plenty of collagen surviving!
Last night I was absolutely delighted to be awarded the University Student's Union 'Golden Roses' award for "Outstanding Feedback and assessment". I'm very luck to have such enthusiastic students, and supportive colleagues.
I also enjoyed this majestic and highly celebratory balloon arch.
I also enjoyed this majestic and highly celebratory balloon arch.
May 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Last night I was absolutely delighted to be awarded the University Student's Union 'Golden Roses' award for "Outstanding Feedback and assessment". I'm very luck to have such enthusiastic students, and supportive colleagues.
I also enjoyed this majestic and highly celebratory balloon arch.
I also enjoyed this majestic and highly celebratory balloon arch.
I don't think that this gate has quite enough locks on it...
April 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I don't think that this gate has quite enough locks on it...
It's a pleasure to be back on our on-campus post medieval site with our first year students for their training excavation. We are making sure that they have the skills that they need to join us on their fieldwork placements this summer. It's going to be a glorious week!
April 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It's a pleasure to be back on our on-campus post medieval site with our first year students for their training excavation. We are making sure that they have the skills that they need to join us on their fieldwork placements this summer. It's going to be a glorious week!