Tracy Prowse - McMaster Experts

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Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster University
Associate Professor, Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Anthropology of Culture, Health and Disease (RA)
Anthropology of Death (RA)
Bioarchaeology (RA)
Biological (physical) anthropology (RA)
Classical archeology (RA)
Physical Anthropology (RA)

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books
- Human diet and nutrition in biocultural perspective: Past meets present. Ed. 5. 2010
chapters
- Rural Labour and Identity at Vagnari in Southern Italy. 264-288. 2024
- Human remains in the Vicus. 206-208. 2022
- Burial Practices and Tombs in the Roman World. 1675-1685. 2020
- New insights from old dog bones: Dogs as proxies for understanding ancient human diets. 190-202. 2020
- Bones, Teeth, and History. 123-173. 2019
- Migration and Migrant Identities in the Near East from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. 125-152. 2018
- Biocultural and Bioarchaeological Approaches to Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Past. 98-126. 2018
- Burial Practices and Tombs in the Roman World. 1-10. 2018
- Stable isotope analysis and human migration in the ancient Mediterranean world. 125-152. 2018
- Isotopes and Mobility in the Ancient Roman World. 205-233. 2016
- Burial Practices and Tombs in the Roman World. 1060-1069. 2014
- Diet and Dental Health through the Life Course in Roman Italy. 410-437. 2011
- Diet and nutrition in biocultural perspective: Back to the future. 241-251. 2010
- Growth, morbidity, and mortality in antiquity: A case study from imperial Rome. 173-196. 2010
- Introduction. A Biocultural Approach to Human Diet and Nutrition. 1-10. 2010
- Growth, Morbidity, and Mortality in Antiquity: A Case Study from Imperial Rome. 171-196. 2010
- BURIALS | Excavation and Recording Techniques. 944-948. 2008
- Infant Feeding. 1-3.
- Isola Sacra. 1-2.
conferences
- The Osteological Paradox beyond osteology: Lessons from hair cortisol concentration analysis. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 52-52. 2022
- Investigating Social Age Changes in the Roman Empire through Dietary Stable Isotopes. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 6-6. 2021
- Examining sampling strategies for archaeological dental calculus through the exploration of the regional variation of bacteria in the oral microbiome. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 222-223. 2020
- Risk of Lead Exposure on a Roman Imperial Estate at Vagnari, Italy (1st-4th c. AD). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 224-224. 2020
- Malaria in the rural hinterland of southern Italy: A multi-faceted anthropological and genomic perspective from Vagnari (1st-4th c. CE). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 166-166. 2018
- Assessing Demographic Change From the Iron Age (7th-4th c.BCE) through the Roman Period (1st-3rd c.CE) in Southern Italy Using Isotope and Whole-Mitochondrial Genome Analysis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 172-172. 2017
- Implementing Intersectionality in Bioarchaeology: A Study of Sex and Status at Roman Winchester. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 106-106. 2017
- Isotopic Evidence for Diet in Iron Age and Roman Apulia - Conformity in the Face of Major Social Change?. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 321-322. 2017
- Isotopic perspectives on human mobility at the Imperial Roman Rue Jacques Brel necropolis (ca. 1st to 3rd c. CE) in Saintes, France. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 369-369. 2017
- Molecular evidence for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in 1st-4th c. AD southern Italy. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 275-276. 2017
- Roving Romans: Biomechanical and Fracture Evidence for Sex-related, Intensified Mobility at Vagnari, Italy. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 194-195. 2017
- Migration in Imperial Roman contexts (ca. 1st to 3rd c. CE): a multi-isotopic investigation of human mobility at Isola Sacra and Velia, Italy. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 301-301. 2016
- Hunting for pathogens: ancient DNA and the historical record. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 213-213. 2015
- Functional impairment and physical stress in the past: How physiotherapy ideologies can contribute to bioarchaeological interpretations.. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 129-130. 2013
- Water isotopes of Ontario: investigating the applications of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes as geographical indicators. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 188-188. 2013
- Analysis of hypoplastic defects in a Roman Period (1st-4th c. AD) skeletal sample from Vagnari (Italy). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 224-224. 2011
- Investigation of dietary texture at the Carrier Mills Archaeological District, Illinois (10,000 BP to 950 BP) using microwear analysis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 106-106. 2010
- Evidence of treponemal disease in Archaic southern Illinois. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 135-135. 2009
- Stable isotope and mtDNA evidence for geographic origins at the site of Vagnari (2(nd)-4(th) centuries AD), Italy.. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 215-215. 2009
- Isotopic evidence of migration at the imperial port of Portus Romae, Italy.. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 172-172. 2003
- Chemical analysis of infant feeding practices from the Imperial Roman site of Portus Romae, Italy.. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 254-254. 2000
journal articles
- A 14th century CE Brucella melitensis genome and the recent expansion of the Western Mediterranean clade. PLoS Pathogens. 19:e1011538-e1011538. 2023
- Multi-tissue Analysis of Breastfeeding and Weaning in Iron Age (Seventh–Fourth c. B.C.) South Italy. Bioarchaeology International. 7:1-31. 2023
- Pubertal timing as an indicator of early life stress in Roman Italy and Roman Gaul. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 180:548-560. 2023
- Eating Like Adults. Bioarchaeology International. 7:130-145. 2023
- Examining pathogen DNA recovery across the remains of a 14th century Italian friar (Blessed Sante) infected with Brucella melitensis. International Journal of Paleopathology. 39:20-34. 2022
- Eating like adults: An investigation of dietary change in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood at Portus Romae (Italy, 1st-4th centuries CE). Bioarchaeology International. 130-145. 2022
- Towards accurate meta-analyses in Mediterranean bioarchaeology: A critical response to Leppard et al. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology. 35:108-132. 2022
- Twenty‐first century bioarchaeology: Taking stock and moving forward. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 178:54-114. 2022
- Assessing Gallo-Roman mobility at the Rue Jacques Brel necropolis site (1st to 3rd c. CE), France. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 43:103470-103470. 2022
- Estimating ancient Huron-Wendat diet in southern Ontario using stable isotopes from dogs. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 41:103324-103324. 2022
- Bioarchaeological Approaches to the Study of Adolescence. Childhood in the Past. 15:3-14. 2022
- Child and adolescent diet in Late Roman Gaul: An investigation of incremental dietary stable isotopes in tooth dentine. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 31:1226-1236. 2021
- Dataset of oxygen, carbon, and strontium isotope values from the Imperial Roman site of Velia (ca. 1st-2nd c. CE), Italy. Data in Brief. 38:107421-107421. 2021
- Gastrointestinal infection in Italy during the Roman Imperial and Longobard periods: A paleoparasitological analysis of sediment from skeletal remains and sewer drains. International Journal of Paleopathology. 33:61-71. 2021
- Quantifying cortical bone in fragmentary archeological second metacarpals. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 174:812-821. 2021
- Tracking Roman lead sources using lead isotope analysis. A case study from the imperial rural estate at Vagnari (Puglia, Italy). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 36:102821-102821. 2021
- Excavations of the necropolis on the Roman imperial estate at Vagnari, Puglia (comune di Gravina in Puglia, provincia di Bari, regione Puglia). Papers of the British School at Rome. 88:377-379. 2020
- Imperial Roman mobility and migration at Velia (1st to 2nd c. CE) in southern Italy. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 30:102217-102217. 2020
- Vitamin D deficiency and the ancient city: Skeletal evidence across the life course from the Roman period site of Isola Sacra, Italy. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 55:101069-101069. 2019
- Mobility and rickets: Investigating Vitamin D deficiency and regional mobility in Aventicum, Roman Switzerland (first to third century CE). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 29:654-664. 2019
- Dental Health and Dietary Difference at Late Roman Winchester. Bioarchaeology International. 3:157-173. 2019
- Diaspora, migration, and the sciences: a new integrated perspective. European Journal of Human Genetics. 27:509-510. 2019
- Maintaining mobility after fracture: A biomechanical analysis of fracture consequences at the Roman Sites of Ancaster (UK) and Vagnari (Italy). International Journal of Paleopathology. 24:119-129. 2019
- Analysis of patterning in the occurrence of skeletal lesions used as indicators of vitamin D deficiency in subadult and adult skeletal remains. International Journal of Paleopathology. 23:43-53. 2018
- Latitude, urbanization, age, and sex as risk factors for vitamin D deficiency disease in the Roman Empire. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 167:484-496. 2018
- Investigations at the roman imperial estate at vagnari, puglia (comune di gravina in puglia, provincia di bari, regione puglia). Papers of the British School at Rome. 86:333-337. 2018
- Ancient Roman mitochondrial genomes and isotopes reveal relationships and geographic origins at the local and pan-Mediterranean scales. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 20:200-209. 2018
- Mapping the origins of Imperial Roman workers (1st–4th century CE) at Vagnari, Southern Italy, using ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr and δ¹⁸O variability. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 166:837-850. 2018
- A multi-faceted anthropological and genomic approach to framing Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Imperial period central-southern Italy (1st–4th c. CE). Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 49:210-224. 2018
- Age estimation in older adults: Use of pulp/tooth ratios calculated from tooth sections. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 165:594-603. 2018
- Exploring the roman imperial estate at vagnari, puglia (comune di gravina in puglia, provincia di bari, regione puglia). Papers of the British School at Rome. 85:330-334. 2017
- Book review. International Journal of Paleopathology. 18:5-6. 2017
- Geographic origins of a War of 1812 skeletal sample integrating oxygen and strontium isotopes with GIS-based multi-criteria evaluation analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 14:323-331. 2017
- Plasmodium falciparum malaria in 1 st –2 nd century CE southern Italy. Current Biology. 26:R1220-R1222. 2016
- Research at the Roman Imperial Estate at Vagnari, Puglia (Comune Di Gravina in Puglia, Provincia Di Bari, Regione Puglia). Papers of the British School at Rome. 84:333-336. 2016
- Investigating Residential History Using Stable Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopes of Human Hair and Drinking Water. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 61:884-891. 2016
- Exploring Dietary Variability in a War of 1812 Skeletal Collection from Stoney Creek, Ontario, Using Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes. Historical Archaeology. 49:54-70. 2015
- Research at Vagnari (Comune di gravina in Puglia, provincia di Bari, regione Puglia). Papers of the British School at Rome. 83:324-326. 2015
- You are not what you eat during physiological stress: Isotopic evaluation of human hair. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 157:374-388. 2015
- Exploring the vicus and the necropolis at the Roman imperial estate at Vagnari (comune di gravina in Puglia, provincia di Bari, regione Puglia). Papers of the British School at Rome. 82:353-356. 2014
- Vagnari cemetery (Comune di Gravina in Puglia, Provincia di Bari, Regione Puglia). Papers of the British School at Rome. 81:384-386. 2013
- Archaeological Fieldwork Reports: Excavations at Vagnari, 2011. Papers of the British School at Rome. 80:378-380. 2012
- ²H stable isotope analysis of human tooth enamel: a new tool for forensic human provenancing?. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 25:910-916. 2011
- Isotopic and dental evidence for infant and young child feeding practices in an imperial Roman skeletal sample. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 137:294-308. 2008
- Isotopic evidence for age‐related immigration to imperial Rome. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 132:510-519. 2007
- Isotopic evidence for age‐related variation in diet from Isola Sacra, Italy. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128:2-13. 2005
- Isotopic paleodiet studies of skeletons from the Imperial Roman-age cemetery of Isola Sacra, Rome, Italy. Journal of Archaeological Science. 31:259-272. 2004
- Concordance of cranial and dental morphological traits and evidence for endogamy in ancient Egypt. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 101:237-246. 1996
- Concordance of cranial and dental morphological traits and evidence for endogamy in ancient Egypt. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 101:237-246. 1996
- Biological continuity between the A‐ and C‐groups in lower Nubia: Evidence from cranial non‐metric traits. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 5:103-114. 1995

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chapters
- Introduction. A Biocultural Approach to Human Diet and Nutrition. 1-10. 2010