J Eric Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 133946 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Eric Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Eric |
| FAMILY NAME | Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research University of Cambridge Cambridge UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9389-0545 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1928 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Neolithic Lifeways at the Microlevel
Characterization of prehistoric lifeways tends to work at the level of generalization, but can we investigate microvariation? For example, it is common to discuss the “Neolithic diet”, but how much did what people ate vary, not only between individuals but from year to year or from place to place? Similarly, discussions of mobility tend to focus either on large‐scale population movements or on lifelong changes in residence, implying that people r…
Inserting the dead in living spaces in Bronze Age Southern Italy
Test of the lateral angle method of sex estimation on Anglo‐Saxon and medieval archaeological populations with genetically estimated sex
The lateral angle method of sex estimation is tested on an archaeological population with genetic sex estimates. Casts of the internal auditory canal were made using a quick drying impression material on 90 individuals (76 adults and 14 nonadults) from Anglo‐Saxon and Medieval Cambridgeshire. The anterior and posterior angles of the internal auditory canal were measured, and the relationship of the angle to genetic sex was tested. The posterior a…
The Use-Life of Ancestors
When archaeologists discuss ‘ancestor cults’ or ‘ancestor veneration’, what this might entail in practice usually remains vague, leading to charges that the concept of ‘ancestors’ is often applied generically. In this article, the authors combine bioarchaeological, taphonomic, radiocarbon, and isotopic studies to explore the ritual practice of the selective retention, curation, and deposition of a group of human crania and mandibles. Between 5500…
Bridlington Boulevard Revisited
The majority of excavated human remains from Neolithic Britain emanate from monumental sites. However, it is increasingly recognized that multiple funerary practices are often attested within these monuments, and that diverse treatment of the dead is evident contemporaneously at non-monumental sites. In this paper, we highlight such variation in non-monumental funerary practices in Neolithic Britain (c. 4000–2500 bc) through the biographical stud…
Analysis of periosteal lesions from commingled human remains at the Xagħra Circle hypogeum reveals the first case of probable scurvy from Neolithic Malta
ObjectivesPalaeopathological analysis is key for characterising population health at the individual level and across large assemblages but is rarely exploited to unite the remains of disarticulated individuals. This study explores the potential for individual identification through differential diagnosis of periosteal lesions in a commingled deposit, both to ascertain the number of individuals represented and provide a differential diagnosis.Mate…
Placing and remembering the dead in late Neolithic Malta
This paper integrates the results of recent bioarchaeological and spatial analyses at one of the largest collective burial sites in Europe, the Xagħra Circle Hypogeum on Gozo. This suite of new approaches has addressed demography, funerary practices, interactions with the dead, and the changing use of space. Modelling structural events and reconstructing funerary practices from 2900 to 2350 cal BC, we trace persistent variation and flexibility in…
Identification of dermestid beetle modification on Neolithic Maltese human bone
A Blood-drawing ceremony painted on Maya Vase
La escena que se discutirá está pintada en un vaso polícromo en el Museo de la Universidad de Filadelfia. Esta pieza se ha publicado un varias ocasiones. Se dice que se encontró cerca de Huetenango, Guatemala, pero, sin dudas no se hizo allí. La mitad superior del vaso lleva un diseño de dos grupos de persona separadas por jeroglíficos
A Third-Party Comment
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Central and South America
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Reports on the Chol Mayas
Mexico before Cortez
America
Mexico before Cortes
A Maya Calendar From the Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala1
The Analysis of the Maya Hieroglyphs
Maya Chronology
Some New Dates from Pusilha
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Reports on the Chol Mayas
Placing and remembering the dead in late Neolithic Malta
This paper integrates the results of recent bioarchaeological and spatial analyses at one of the largest collective burial sites in Europe, the Xagħra Circle Hypogeum on Gozo. This suite of new approaches has addressed demography, funerary practices, interactions with the dead, and the changing use of space. Modelling structural events and reconstructing funerary practices from 2900 to 2350 cal BC, we trace persistent variation and flexibility in…
Maya Chronology
The Use-Life of Ancestors
When archaeologists discuss ‘ancestor cults’ or ‘ancestor veneration’, what this might entail in practice usually remains vague, leading to charges that the concept of ‘ancestors’ is often applied generically. In this article, the authors combine bioarchaeological, taphonomic, radiocarbon, and isotopic studies to explore the ritual practice of the selective retention, curation, and deposition of a group of human crania and mandibles. Between 5500…
Identification of dermestid beetle modification on Neolithic Maltese human bone
Mexico before Cortes
A Third-Party Comment
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Central and South America
A Maya Calendar From the Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala1
Some New Dates from Pusilha
Some New Dates from Pusilha
Maya Chronology
The Analysis of the Maya Hieroglyphs
A Maya Calendar From the Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala1
America
Mexico before Cortes
Mexico before Cortez
Central and South America
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Reports on the Chol Mayas
A Third-Party Comment
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A Blood-drawing ceremony painted on Maya Vase
La escena que se discutirá está pintada en un vaso polícromo en el Museo de la Universidad de Filadelfia. Esta pieza se ha publicado un varias ocasiones. Se dice que se encontró cerca de Huetenango, Guatemala, pero, sin dudas no se hizo allí. La mitad superior del vaso lleva un diseño de dos grupos de persona separadas por jeroglíficos
Identification of dermestid beetle modification on Neolithic Maltese human bone
Placing and remembering the dead in late Neolithic Malta
This paper integrates the results of recent bioarchaeological and spatial analyses at one of the largest collective burial sites in Europe, the Xagħra Circle Hypogeum on Gozo. This suite of new approaches has addressed demography, funerary practices, interactions with the dead, and the changing use of space. Modelling structural events and reconstructing funerary practices from 2900 to 2350 cal BC, we trace persistent variation and flexibility in…
Analysis of periosteal lesions from commingled human remains at the Xagħra Circle hypogeum reveals the first case of probable scurvy from Neolithic Malta
ObjectivesPalaeopathological analysis is key for characterising population health at the individual level and across large assemblages but is rarely exploited to unite the remains of disarticulated individuals. This study explores the potential for individual identification through differential diagnosis of periosteal lesions in a commingled deposit, both to ascertain the number of individuals represented and provide a differential diagnosis.Mate…
Test of the lateral angle method of sex estimation on Anglo‐Saxon and medieval archaeological populations with genetically estimated sex
The lateral angle method of sex estimation is tested on an archaeological population with genetic sex estimates. Casts of the internal auditory canal were made using a quick drying impression material on 90 individuals (76 adults and 14 nonadults) from Anglo‐Saxon and Medieval Cambridgeshire. The anterior and posterior angles of the internal auditory canal were measured, and the relationship of the angle to genetic sex was tested. The posterior a…
The Use-Life of Ancestors
When archaeologists discuss ‘ancestor cults’ or ‘ancestor veneration’, what this might entail in practice usually remains vague, leading to charges that the concept of ‘ancestors’ is often applied generically. In this article, the authors combine bioarchaeological, taphonomic, radiocarbon, and isotopic studies to explore the ritual practice of the selective retention, curation, and deposition of a group of human crania and mandibles. Between 5500…
Bridlington Boulevard Revisited
The majority of excavated human remains from Neolithic Britain emanate from monumental sites. However, it is increasingly recognized that multiple funerary practices are often attested within these monuments, and that diverse treatment of the dead is evident contemporaneously at non-monumental sites. In this paper, we highlight such variation in non-monumental funerary practices in Neolithic Britain (c. 4000–2500 bc) through the biographical stud…
Neolithic Lifeways at the Microlevel
Characterization of prehistoric lifeways tends to work at the level of generalization, but can we investigate microvariation? For example, it is common to discuss the “Neolithic diet”, but how much did what people ate vary, not only between individuals but from year to year or from place to place? Similarly, discussions of mobility tend to focus either on large‐scale population movements or on lifelong changes in residence, implying that people r…
Inserting the dead in living spaces in Bronze Age Southern Italy
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