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Overview

Jane Evans is affiliated with the British Geological Survey in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Medicine, and Arts and Humanities, with significant contributions in Archeology, Paleontology, and Anthropology.

Their work covers a range of topics, including Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Paleopathology and ancient diseases, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Forensic and Genetic Research.

Jane Evans has published in various academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Archaeological Science
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
  • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including Janet Montgomery, Richard Madgwick, Vanessa Pashley, Angela L. Lamb, and Kori Lea Filipek.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Large-scale migration into Britain during the Middle to Late Bronze Age (2021) published in Nature
  • Strontium (87Sr/86Sr) mapping: A critical review of methods and approaches (2021) published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy in the time of coronavirus: Clinician tips for working with eating disorders via telehealth when face-to-face meetings are not possible (2020) published in International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Applying lead (Pb) isotopes to explore mobility in humans and animals (2022) published in PLoS ONE
  • Glass production for the Silk Road? Provenance and trade of islamic glasses using isotopic and chemical analyses in a geological context (2020) published in Journal of Archaeological Science

Best Publications

  • The Cretaceous Separation Point batholith, New Zealand: granitoid magmas formed by melting of mafic lithosphere

    R.J. Muir;S.D. Weaver;J.D. Bradshaw;G.N. Eby

  • Spatial variations in biosphere 87Sr/86Sr in Britain

    Jane Evans;J. Montgomery;Geraldine Wildman;Neil Boulton

  • Strontium and stable isotope evidence for diet and mobility in Roman Gloucester, UK

    Carolyn Chenery;Carolyn Chenery;Gundula Müldner;Jane Evans;Hella Eckardt

  • The oxygen isotope relationship between the phosphate and structural carbonate fractions of human bioapatite

    Carolyn A. Chenery;Vanessa Pashley;Angela L. Lamb;Hilary J. Sloane

  • BRONZE AGE CHILDHOOD MIGRATION OF INDIVIDUALS NEAR STONEHENGE, REVEALED BY STRONTIUM AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE TOOTH ENAMEL ANALYSIS*

    Jane Evans;Carolyn Chenery;AP Fitzpatrick

  • A strontium and oxygen isotope assessment of a possible fourth century immigrant population in a Hampshire cemetery, southern England

    Jane Evans;Nick Stoodley;Carolyn Chenery

  • Resolving archaeological populations with Sr-isotope mixing models

    Janet Montgomery;Jane A. Evans;Rachel E. Cooper

  • Continuity or colonization in Anglo-Saxon England? Isotope evidence for mobility, subsistence practice, and status at West Heslerton.

    Janet Montgomery;Jane A. Evans;Dominic Powlesland;Charlotte A. Roberts

  • A summary of strontium and oxygen isotope variation in archaeological human tooth enamel excavated from Britain

    J. A. Evans;C. A. Chenery;J. Montgomery

  • Brewing and stewing : the effect of culturally mediated behaviour on the oxygen isotope composition of ingested fluids and the implications for human provenance studies

    Rhea C. Brettell;Janet A. Montgomery;J.A. Evans

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of a Mesozoic magmatic arc system, Fiordland, New Zealand

    R. J. Muir;T. R. Ireland;S. D. Weaver;J. D. Bradshaw

  • Trans-Atlantic Slavery: Isotopic Evidence for Forced Migration to Barbados

    Hannes Schroeder;Tamsin C. O'Connell;Jane A. Evans;Kristrina A. Shuler

  • Cattle mobility in prehistoric Britain: strontium isotope analysis of cattle teeth from Durrington Walls (Wiltshire, Britain)

    Sarah Viner;Jane A. Evans;Umberto Albarella;Mike Parker Pearson

  • A new geobarometer for the assemblage biotite-muscovite- chlorite-quartz

    Roger Powell;Jane A. Evans

  • Evidence for mummification in Bronze Age Britain

    Mike Parker Pearson;Andrew Chamberlain;Oliver Craig;Peter Marshall

  • Strontium (87Sr/86Sr) mapping: A critical review of methods and approaches

    Emily Holt;Jane A. Evans;Richard Madgwick

  • Reconstructing the lifetime movements of ancient people : a Neolithic case study from southern England.

    Janet Montgomery;Paul Budd;Jane Evans

  • Multi-isotope analysis demonstrates significant lifestyle changes in King Richard III

    Angela L. Lamb;Jane E. Evans;Richard Buckley;Jo Appleby

  • Oxygen and strontium isotope evidence for mobility in Roman Winchester

    H. Eckardt;C. Chenery;C. Chenery;P. Booth;J.A. Evans

  • An assessment of solubility profiling as a decontamination procedure for the 87Sr/86Sr analysis of archaeological human skeletal tissue

    Mark A Trickett;Paul Budd;Janet Montgomery;Jane Evans

  • The age of Stonehenge

    Mike Parker Pearson;Ros Cleal;Peter Marshall;Stuart Needham

  • Determination of Sr isotopes in calcium phosphates using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and their application to archaeological tooth enamel

    Matthew Horstwood;Jane Evans;J. Montgomery

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Zalasiewicz
Jan Zalasiewicz University of Leicester
Simon Chenery
Simon Chenery British Geological Survey
Hilary J. Sloane
Hilary J. Sloane British Geological Survey
Ian L. Millar
Ian L. Millar British Geological Survey
Matthew S.A. Horstwood
Matthew S.A. Horstwood British Geological Survey
Julia A. Lee-Thorp
Julia A. Lee-Thorp University of Oxford
Rob Strachan
Rob Strachan University of Portsmouth
Anders Götherström
Anders Götherström Stockholm University
Mattias Jakobsson
Mattias Jakobsson Uppsala University
Amy Bogaard
Amy Bogaard University of Oxford

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