Julia Anne Lee-Thorp, FBA (born 20 April 1951) is a South African archaeologist and academic. She is Head of the Stable Light Isotope Laboratory and Professor of Archaeological Science and Bioarchaeology at the University of Oxford.[1] Lee-Thorp is most well known for her work on dietary ecology and human origins, using stable isotope chemistry to study fossil bones and teeth.[2]
Lee-Thorp was born on 20 April 1951 in Cape Town, South Africa.[3] Studying at the University of Cape Town, she graduated with Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BSc) with a major in chemistry, and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees.[3][4] Her doctoral thesis, titled "Stable carbon isotopes in deep time: the diets of fossil fauna and hominids," was completed in 1989 and demonstrated a method by which to significantly increase the applicable time-span of carbon isotopic analysis by using the mineral form of calcified animal tissue (apatite) as the sample material instead of traditionally used collagen.[5]
Lee-Thorp remained at her alma mater, working as a senior research officer at the University of Cape Town's Archaeometry Research Unit (1991 to 1997). She was a senior lecturer in its Faculty of Science from 1998 to 2000 and an associate professor from 2001 to 2004. She was appointed Professor of Archaeology in 2005.[3]
In 2005, she moved to the United Kingdom to take up the post of research director of Archaeological, Geographical and Environmental Sciences at the University of Bradford.[3] She joined the University of Oxford in 2010 as Professor of Archaeological Science and a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford.[4][6] She has served as Vice-Head of the School of Archaeology from 2014 to 2016,[6] and was its Head from 2016.[3] She retired from full-time academia in 2019, and was appointed Emeritus Professor of Archaeological Science by Oxford.[7] [8][9]
Lee-Thorp has been involved in a number of projects in Africa, South America, and Europe.[10] In addition to diet, her more recent research has focused on the role of changing environment, climate, and farming techniques on ancient human societies.[10] Currently, she is involved in the Paleodeserts Project,[11] The Agricultural Origins of Urban Civilization (AGRICURB),[12] and Building a Better Eggtimer.[13]
In 2013, Lee-Thorp was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[6]
She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.[14]
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