Juliet V Spedding

Biographic Data

ID4065116
NAMEJuliet V Spedding
GIVEN NAMESJuliet V
FAMILY NAMESpedding
SIGNATURESPEDDING J V
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Liverpool
ORCID0000-0003-4433-6182
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Without Scratching the Surface

    Open AccessJuliet V Spedding, Sayani Biswas et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2026

    The specific depth‐profiling capabilities of the muonic x‐ray emission spectroscopy (μ‐XES) technique have proved to be effective for examination of the elemental distribution within ancient coins. This ‘layered’ analysis can also be applied to the examination of ancient faience, the production of which can result in distinct layers (glaze, interaction, and body). Initial results also indicated the presence of nitrogen and carbon, something with …

  • The Beast Zooarchaeological Database for Egypt and Nubia (c. 22,000-30BC)

    Open AccessJuliet V Spedding, Ikram et al.ARTICLEOpen Quaternary2026

    We present a database comprising records of vertebrates >2 kg identified from zooarchaeological remains found at sites across Egypt and Nubia from the Last Glacial Maximum to the end of the Ptolemaic Period in Egypt c. 22,000BC to 30BC as reported in the literature. The categories of faunal remains encompass bones including horncores, teeth, eggshells; mummies are excluded. The database is deposited in the Open Quaternary Dataverse (Harvard Datav…

  • The Beast Database of Wildlife Representations from Egypt and Nubia (c. 22,000–30BC)

    Open AccessJuliet V Spedding, Ikram et al.ARTICLEOpen Quaternary2026

    We present a database comprising records of wildlife species >2 kg identified in depictions or man-made objects from Egypt and Nubia from the Last Glacial Maximum to the end of the Ptolemaic Period in Egypt (c.22,000BC–30BC) as reported in the literature. The categories of representations include: tomb reliefs and paintings, temple reliefs, rock art (engravings and paintings), ostraca, stelae, palettes, depictions on ceramics or various other obj…

  • Patterns in the Population Distribution of Lower Egypt from the Predynastic to the Ptolemaic Period as Estimated from Archaeological Evidence

    Open AccessJuliet V Spedding, Steven Snape et al.ARTICLEJournal of African Archaeology2025References: 9

    Karl Butzer (1976) introduced a methodology for calculating local population sizes for ancient Egypt based on archaeological remains and textual sources and focused its application on the nomes (i.e. provinces) of Upper Egypt. Although textual sources are still scant for the Delta, an increasing amount of data on settlement remains has become available in recent years and here we apply Butzer’s demographic approach to Lower Egypt. Like Butzer, we…

  • A chemical examination of faience found in Nubia

    Open AccessJuliet V SpeddingARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2025References: 1

  • Applying habitat suitability modelling to establish the species identity of ambiguous animal depictions in archaeology

    Open AccessJakob Bro‐jørgensen, Ikram et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025References: 1

    For researchers studying wildlife distributions of the past, the assignment of faunal depictions and remains to species can often present considerable challenges. Regrettably, many studies do not systematically consider all options and sources of evidence and, as a result, questionable identifications are widespread in the literature, which compromises the trustworthiness of meta-analyses of human-animal interactions in an environmental context. …

  • Lead isotope analysis of Meroitic period glass from Nubia with LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS

    Open AccessJuliet V SpeddingARTICLEArchaeometry2022Cited by: 1References: 26

    Analytical studies of glass found at sites in Nubia (ancient Sudan) have shown the variety of glass present during ancient times. This study examines Meroitic period ( c .350 bce –350 ce ) glass from Nubia: here categorized as low‐lead and high‐lead. The lead (Pb) isotopes of 13 of the high‐lead sealing‐wax red and low‐lead translucent blue, translucent blue/green, colourless and red samples from the sites of Faras, Gabati and Meroe are examined …

  • SEM-EDS identification of glass groups in Meroitic period and Early Nobadian Nubia

    Open AccessJuliet V SpeddingARTICLEAzania Archaeological Research in…2022References: 42

    This article presents the results of chemical analysis using SEM-EDS on 136 vitreous bead and vessel samples found at Faras and Qasr Ibrim (Lower Nubia), and Gabati and Meroe (Upper Nubia) in Sudan dating to the Meroitic (c. 350 BC–AD 350) and Early Nobadian (c. AD 350–600) periods. The results revealed a great variety of chemical groups and types, indicating the presence of glass from multiple origins. Many of these glass samples match the known…