Our publications.
Here, we list a selection of recent publications by the core personnel of the Stable Light Isotope Laboratory.
Selected Recent Publications:
2021
de Flamingh, A., Coutu, A., Sealy, J., Chirikure, S., Bastos, A.D.S., Libanda-Mubusisi, N.M., Malhi, R.S. & Roca, A.L. Ancient DNA and isotope analyses establish provenance of ivory from a 16th century shipwreck. Current Biology doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.086
Hare, V. J. & Lavergne, A. Differences in carbon isotope discrimination between angiosperm and gymnosperm plants, and relationship to atmospheric CO2, O2, and environment. In press, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
2020
Barberena, R., Menéndez, L., le Roux, P.J., Marsh, E.J., Tessone, A., Novellino, P., Lucero, G., Luyt, J., Sealy, J., Cardillo, M., Gasco, A., Llano, C., Frigolé, C., Guevara, D., Da Peña, G., Winocur, D., Benítez, A., Cornejo, L., Falabella, F., Méndez, C., Delaunay, A.N., Sanhueza, L., Santana Sagredo, F., Troncoso, A., Zárate, S,. Durán, V.A. and Cortegoso, V. 2020. Multi-isotopic and morphometric evidence for the migration of farmers leading up to the Inka conquest of the southern Andes. Scientific Reports 10: 21171. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-78013-x
Groenewald, P.A., Sealy, J., Stynder, D.D. & Smith, K.M. Dietary resource partitioning among three coeval proboscidean taxa (Anancus capensis, Mammuthus subplanifrons, Loxodonta cookei) from the South African Early Pliocene locality of Langebaanweg E Quarry. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 543: 109606 doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109606
Pfeiffer, S., Sealy, J., Harrington, L., Loftus, E. & Maggs, T. A Late Holocene community burial area: evidence of diverse mortuary practices in the Western Cape, South Africa. PLoS One doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230391
Rey, K., Day, M., Amiot, R., Fourel, F., Luyt, J., van den Brandt, M., Lécuyer, C. & Rubidge, B. Oxygen isotopes and ecological inferences of Guadalupian (Permian) tetrapods from the main Karoo Basin of South Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 538: 109485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109485
Rey, K., Day, M., Amiot, R., Fourel, F., Luyt, J., Lécuyer, C. & Rubidge, B. Stable isotopes (δ18O and δ13C) give new perspective on the ecology and diet of South African Endothiodon (Therapsida). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 556: 109882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109882
Sealy, J., Naidoo, N., Hare, V., Brunton, S. & Faith, J.T. Climate and ecology of the palaeo-Agulhas Plain from stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in bovid tooth enamel from Nelson Bay Cave, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews 235: 105974 doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105974
2019
Dlamini, N., Sealy, J. & Mayor, A. Diet variability among pre-Dogon and early Dogon populations (Mali) from stable isotopes and dental diseases. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 169(2): 287-301. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23831
Luyt, J., Hare, V. & Sealy, J. The relationship of ungulate δ13C and environment in the temperate biome of southern Africa, and its palaeoclimatic application. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 514:282-291. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.10.016
Zhu, M. & Sealy, J. Multi-tissue stable carbon and nitrogen isotope models for dietary reconstruction: evaluation using a southern African farming population. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 168: 145–153. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23731
2018
Dyvart, K.F., Sealy, J. & Fredriksen, P.D. Osteological and stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) analysis of faunal remains from Khami, Zimbabwe. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 53(4): 507-527. doi: 10.1080/0067270X.2018.1540215
Luyt, J and Sealy, J. (2018). Inter-tooth comparison of δ13C and δ18O in ungulate tooth enamel from south-western Africa. Quaternary International 495: 144-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.02.009
Hopper, C., Sealy, J.C. & Dewar, G. Little Ice Age drought event reconstructed from isotopic analysis of archaeological springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) teeth. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 495: 105-112. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.09.019
Lewis, M.C. & Sealy, J.C. 2018. Coastal complexity: ancient human diets inferred from Bayesian stable isotope mixing models and a primate analogue. PLoS One 13(12): e0209411. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209411Luyt, J. & Sealy, J. Inter-tooth comparison of δ13C and δ18O in ungulate tooth enamel from south-western Africa. Quaternary International 495: 144-152. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.02.009
Rey K., Day, M.O., Amiot, R., Goedert, J., Lécuyer, C., Sealy, J. & Rubidge, B.S. Stable isotope record implicates aridification without warming during the late Capitanian mass extinction. Gondwana Research 59: 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2018.02.017
2017
Collins, J.A., Carr, A.S., Schefuß, E., Boom, A. & Sealy, J. 2017. Investigation of organic matter and biomarkers from Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa: insights into Middle Stone Age site usage and palaeoclimate. Journal of Archaeological Science 85: 51-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2017.06.011
Galimberti, M., Loftus, E. & Sealy, J. 2017. Investigating δ18O of Turbo sarmaticus (L. 1758) as an indicator of sea surface temperatures. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 484: 62-69. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.010
Pfeiffer, S., Sealy, J.C., Williamson, R.F., Forrest, C., Lesage, L. 2017. Patterns of weaning among ancestral Huron-Wendat communities, determined from nitrogen isotopes. American Antiquity 82(2): 244–261. doi:10.1017/aaq.2016.36
Older
Coutu, A.N., Whitelaw, G., le Roux, P., & Sealy, J. 2016. Earliest evidence for the ivory trade in southern Africa: isotopic and ZooMS analysis of 7th-10th century AD ivory from KwaZulu-Natal. African Archaeological Review 33:411–435. doi:10.1007/s10437-016-9232-0
Dlamini, N., Morris, A.G. & Sealy, J. 2016. Carbon isotopes and dental caries as evidence for regional variation in the diets of early farming communities from Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Journal of African Archaeology 14(2): 135-153. doi: 10.3213/2191-5784-10290
Pfeiffer, S., Sealy, J.C., Williamson, R.F., Needs-Howarth, S. & Lesage, L. 2016. Maize, fish and deer: Investigating dietary staples among ancestral Huron-Wendat villages, as documented from tooth samples. American Antiquity 81(3): 515-532. doi: 10.7183/0002-7316.81.3.515
Sealy, J., Lee-Thorp, J.A., Loftus, E., Faith, J.T. & Marean, C.W. 2016. Late Quaternary environmental change in the Southern Cape, South Africa from stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in faunal tooth enamel from Boomplaas Cave. Journal of Quaternary Science 31(8): 919-927. doi: 10.1002/jqs.2916
Stowe, M.J. & Sealy, J. 2016. Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene dynamics of southern Africa's winter rainfall zone based on carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of bovid tooth enamel from Elands Bay Cave. Quaternary International 404: 57-67. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.055
Makarewicz, C.A. & Sealy, J. 2015. Dietary reconstruction, mobility, and the analysis of ancient skeletal tissues: Expanding the prospects of stable isotope research in archaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science 56: 146-158. doi: /10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.035
Sealy, J., Johnson, M., Richards, M. & Nehlich, O. 2014. Comparison of two methods of extracting bone collagen for stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis: comparing whole bone demineralization with gelatinization and ultrafiltration. Journal of Archaeological Science 47: 64-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.04.011