Prof. Rhiannon Stevens
@nannonstevens.bsky.social
Professor of Archaeological Science at University College London.
Palaeothaw.com & isowetlands.com
Multi-isotope analysis of bones, teeth, shells. 14C dating, palaeoproteomics, ZooMS, palaeoclimate, palaeoecology, Palaeolithic & prehistoric archaeology,
Palaeothaw.com & isowetlands.com
Multi-isotope analysis of bones, teeth, shells. 14C dating, palaeoproteomics, ZooMS, palaeoclimate, palaeoecology, Palaeolithic & prehistoric archaeology,
Job alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
Research Fellow in Biomolecular Archaeology at UCL
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February 4, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Job alert! 3 year post doc in my research group at University College London working on Roman Leather via biomolecular archaeology. #ZooMS #stableisotopes
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ187/r...
Interested in applying for this funded PhD with me
at UCL Institute of Archaeology? Get in touch to discuss this project or to develop your own idea!
Human or Animal? Biomolecular Analysis of Upper Palaeolithic Bone Artefacts to Explore Raw Material Selection.
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/hum...
at UCL Institute of Archaeology? Get in touch to discuss this project or to develop your own idea!
Human or Animal? Biomolecular Analysis of Upper Palaeolithic Bone Artefacts to Explore Raw Material Selection.
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/hum...
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Interested in applying for this funded PhD with me
at UCL Institute of Archaeology? Get in touch to discuss this project or to develop your own idea!
Human or Animal? Biomolecular Analysis of Upper Palaeolithic Bone Artefacts to Explore Raw Material Selection.
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/hum...
at UCL Institute of Archaeology? Get in touch to discuss this project or to develop your own idea!
Human or Animal? Biomolecular Analysis of Upper Palaeolithic Bone Artefacts to Explore Raw Material Selection.
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/hum...
Reposted by Prof. Rhiannon Stevens
What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
Short Course in Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Analysis
Developed by the NERC Radiocarbon Facility, this course is aimed at researchers using radiocarbon and other techniques, including Quaternary geologists, palaeobiologists, archaeologists and marine geo...
lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
Reposted by Prof. Rhiannon Stevens
👋 Hello, Bluesky! We’re Radiocarbon, an international peer-reviewed journal (since 1959) dedicated to advancing radiocarbon research, from calibration and chronology to applications across archaeology, geology, environmental science, and more. We’re glad to be here. #Radiocarbon #Geochronology
October 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
👋 Hello, Bluesky! We’re Radiocarbon, an international peer-reviewed journal (since 1959) dedicated to advancing radiocarbon research, from calibration and chronology to applications across archaeology, geology, environmental science, and more. We’re glad to be here. #Radiocarbon #Geochronology
Reposted by Prof. Rhiannon Stevens
New paper by Tamsin O’Connell:
This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.
“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
#stableisotopes
This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.
“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
#stableisotopes
Redirecting
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
New paper by Tamsin O’Connell:
This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.
“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
#stableisotopes
This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.
“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
#stableisotopes
New paper by Tamsin O’Connell:
This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.
“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
#stableisotopes
This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.
“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
#stableisotopes
Redirecting
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
New paper by Tamsin O’Connell:
This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.
“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
#stableisotopes
This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects.
“The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
#stableisotopes
Reposted by Prof. Rhiannon Stevens
We are seeking a new Editor for the Archaeological Journal to succeed @nannonstevens.bsky.social.
#archaeology #editor #journal
@royalarchinst.bsky.social
Please share to your networks! ✍️
#archaeology #editor #journal
@royalarchinst.bsky.social
Please share to your networks! ✍️
September 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We are seeking a new Editor for the Archaeological Journal to succeed @nannonstevens.bsky.social.
#archaeology #editor #journal
@royalarchinst.bsky.social
Please share to your networks! ✍️
#archaeology #editor #journal
@royalarchinst.bsky.social
Please share to your networks! ✍️
Our new paper is out:
Sulfur as a proxy for identifying coast-inland human mobility in Northern Iberia during Late Prehistory
#stableisotopes
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Sulfur as a proxy for identifying coast-inland human mobility in Northern Iberia during Late Prehistory
#stableisotopes
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Sulfur as a proxy for identifying coast-inland human mobility in Northern Iberia during Late Prehistory
Population movements constitute a significant driver of cultural change in prehistoric societies. In recent years, sulfur isotopes have emerged as a valuable approach for distinguishing human/animal p...
journals.plos.org
August 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Our new paper is out:
Sulfur as a proxy for identifying coast-inland human mobility in Northern Iberia during Late Prehistory
#stableisotopes
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Sulfur as a proxy for identifying coast-inland human mobility in Northern Iberia during Late Prehistory
#stableisotopes
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Reposted by Prof. Rhiannon Stevens
Sharing our new paper on the climate during the last years of the Classic Maya civilisation - for the first time we can tell the exact length of the severe droughts the Maya faced.
cam.ac.uk/stories/mexi...
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@earthscicam.bsky.social
cam.ac.uk/stories/mexi...
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@earthscicam.bsky.social
Stalagmites in Mexican caves reveal duration and severity of drought during the Maya collapse
A drought lasting 13 years and several others that each lasted over three years may have contributed to the collapse of the Classic Maya civilisation, chemical fingerprints from a stalagmite in a Mexi...
cam.ac.uk
August 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sharing our new paper on the climate during the last years of the Classic Maya civilisation - for the first time we can tell the exact length of the severe droughts the Maya faced.
cam.ac.uk/stories/mexi...
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@earthscicam.bsky.social
cam.ac.uk/stories/mexi...
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@earthscicam.bsky.social
Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
August 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Now with correct link: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Our new Nature Geoscience paper funded by @Leverhulme.ac.uk is finally out!
“Major excursions in sulfur isotopes linked to permafrost change in Eurasia during the last 50,000 years”
nature.com/articles/s4156…#stableisotopeses
Don’t forget to delve into the supplementary info!
“Major excursions in sulfur isotopes linked to permafrost change in Eurasia during the last 50,000 years”
nature.com/articles/s4156…#stableisotopeses
Don’t forget to delve into the supplementary info!
August 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Our new Nature Geoscience paper funded by @Leverhulme.ac.uk is finally out!
“Major excursions in sulfur isotopes linked to permafrost change in Eurasia during the last 50,000 years”
nature.com/articles/s4156…#stableisotopeses
Don’t forget to delve into the supplementary info!
“Major excursions in sulfur isotopes linked to permafrost change in Eurasia during the last 50,000 years”
nature.com/articles/s4156…#stableisotopeses
Don’t forget to delve into the supplementary info!
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 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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...
Our new paper is out! #stableisotopes #cavebears new data from Serbia and a wide reviews of late Pleistocene cave bear isotope data!
⭐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!
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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 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our new paper is out! #stableisotopes #cavebears new data from Serbia and a wide reviews of late Pleistocene cave bear isotope data!
Reposted by Prof. Rhiannon Stevens
We’re continuing to explore the potential of #δ¹³C metabolic proxy. This time, we showed that δ¹³C values in vertebral carbonate can reflect metabolic rates. More possibilities in the future. Big credit to Eric @erichsieh15206.bsky.social!
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
July 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We’re continuing to explore the potential of #δ¹³C metabolic proxy. This time, we showed that δ¹³C values in vertebral carbonate can reflect metabolic rates. More possibilities in the future. Big credit to Eric @erichsieh15206.bsky.social!
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The palaeoenvironmental potential of bioarchaeological isotope data 🏺🧪
Margaux Depaermentier, Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social , et al
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40612709/
Potential avenues for the integration and interpretation of archaeological isotope data into environmental studies.
Margaux Depaermentier, Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social , et al
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40612709/
Potential avenues for the integration and interpretation of archaeological isotope data into environmental studies.
July 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The palaeoenvironmental potential of bioarchaeological isotope data 🏺🧪
Margaux Depaermentier, Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social , et al
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40612709/
Potential avenues for the integration and interpretation of archaeological isotope data into environmental studies.
Margaux Depaermentier, Rhiannon Stevens @nannonstevens.bsky.social , et al
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40612709/
Potential avenues for the integration and interpretation of archaeological isotope data into environmental studies.
Our new paper is out:
The palaeoenvironmental potential of bioarchaeological isotope data
nature.com/articles/s4324…#stableisotopeses
The palaeoenvironmental potential of bioarchaeological isotope data
nature.com/articles/s4324…#stableisotopeses
July 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Our new paper is out:
The palaeoenvironmental potential of bioarchaeological isotope data
nature.com/articles/s4324…#stableisotopeses
The palaeoenvironmental potential of bioarchaeological isotope data
nature.com/articles/s4324…#stableisotopeses
Our new paper is out “Cold and arid climates experienced by Central European hunter-gatherers at Stránská skála IV during the Last Glacial Maximum”
#14Cdating #multi-isotopeanalysis #stableisotopes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#14Cdating #multi-isotopeanalysis #stableisotopes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Our new paper is out “Cold and arid climates experienced by Central European hunter-gatherers at Stránská skála IV during the Last Glacial Maximum”
#14Cdating #multi-isotopeanalysis #stableisotopes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#14Cdating #multi-isotopeanalysis #stableisotopes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
UCL Institute of Archaeology lab managers role, initially for 1 year. Deadline 1st July. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
UCL Institute of Archaeology lab managers role, initially for 1 year. Deadline 1st July. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Reposted by Prof. Rhiannon Stevens
Our special issue on Chronological Modelling is out now! This issue features 9 articles that provide a snapshot of current research on approaches to chronology in archaeology. buff.ly/ITt4x5n
buff.ly
June 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Our special issue on Chronological Modelling is out now! This issue features 9 articles that provide a snapshot of current research on approaches to chronology in archaeology. buff.ly/ITt4x5n
Any early career researchers out there interested in reviewing a UK Bronze Age archaeology paper (not isotopes). As a journal editor I am always looking for new people to assist with reviews!
May 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Any early career researchers out there interested in reviewing a UK Bronze Age archaeology paper (not isotopes). As a journal editor I am always looking for new people to assist with reviews!
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🚨 I am hiring!
Join me at Masaryk University as a postdoc researcher in human #bioarchaeology & #isotope analysis. Work on past mobility, diet & funerary practices using cutting-edge lab facilities.
⏳ Apply by 1 June 2025
📍Brno, CZ
🔗 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/339250
Join me at Masaryk University as a postdoc researcher in human #bioarchaeology & #isotope analysis. Work on past mobility, diet & funerary practices using cutting-edge lab facilities.
⏳ Apply by 1 June 2025
📍Brno, CZ
🔗 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/339250
May 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🚨 I am hiring!
Join me at Masaryk University as a postdoc researcher in human #bioarchaeology & #isotope analysis. Work on past mobility, diet & funerary practices using cutting-edge lab facilities.
⏳ Apply by 1 June 2025
📍Brno, CZ
🔗 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/339250
Join me at Masaryk University as a postdoc researcher in human #bioarchaeology & #isotope analysis. Work on past mobility, diet & funerary practices using cutting-edge lab facilities.
⏳ Apply by 1 June 2025
📍Brno, CZ
🔗 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/339250
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Had an amazing time in India with @nannonstevens.bsky.social visiting colleagues at the Anthropological Survey of India to formalise our collaboration and begin our research @uclarchaeology.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Had an amazing time in India with @nannonstevens.bsky.social visiting colleagues at the Anthropological Survey of India to formalise our collaboration and begin our research @uclarchaeology.bsky.social
Reposted by Prof. Rhiannon Stevens
This issue of Quaternary Science Reviews comprises reviews on stable isotopes in different types of records. This is an update of the 2004 issue on “Isotopes in Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction (ISOPAL)”, volume 23, issue 7–8, pages 739–992. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Isotopes in Palaeoenvironmental Research – A 20 year update
This special issue of Quaternary Science Reviews comprises a series of review papers which discuss the application of stable isotopes to different typ…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This issue of Quaternary Science Reviews comprises reviews on stable isotopes in different types of records. This is an update of the 2004 issue on “Isotopes in Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction (ISOPAL)”, volume 23, issue 7–8, pages 739–992. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Prof. Rhiannon Stevens
My thoughts on the Tinshemet discoveries in Israel (Nature Human Behaviour)
March 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
My thoughts on the Tinshemet discoveries in Israel (Nature Human Behaviour)
Reposted by Prof. Rhiannon Stevens
Only two days left to apply for IsoCamp 2025! Go to isocamp.org for more details and join us in New Mexico June 16th-27th!
IsoCamp – two-week short-course with hands-on training in the application of stable isotopes to the biological, geological, and anthropological sciences.
isocamp.org
February 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Only two days left to apply for IsoCamp 2025! Go to isocamp.org for more details and join us in New Mexico June 16th-27th!