Dr. Hannah James

Lumiere

I am an FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellow in the BBLAB, working on developing a dietary proxy using stable strontium isotopes. I was previously a postdoctoral research on the ERC LUMIERE project. I completed a Master of Archaeological Science (Research) and a PhD in isotope geochemistry at the Australian National University, where I focused on in situ oxygen and strontium analyses.

My research has also focused on the creation of bioavailable strontium baselines for regions across Europe and on New Caledonia, and the application of strontium isotopes to cremated bones to understand mobility and food sourcing.

Background

BArts (Biological Anthropology) 2011, Australian National University
BSci (Biology) 2011, Australian National University
Masters of Archaeological Science (Research) 2013,
Australian National University
PhD Archaeological Science 2021, Australian National University

Key Research Interests

Archaeological science
Strontium isotope mapping
Isotopic analysis
In situ analysis
Cremations

Main Publications

Hannah F. James, Malte Willmes, Shaun Adams, Kate Mathison, Andrea Ulrichsen, Rachel Wood, Antonio Valera, Catherine J. Frieman and Rainer Grün. 2022. A large-scale environmental strontium isotope baseline map of Portugal for archaeological and paleoecological provenance studies. Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 142
Hannah F. James, Jacob I. Griffith, Kelsie Long, Christina Cheung & Malte Willmes. 2022. The Secrets In Our Teeth. Frontiers for Young Minds, vol. 10, 749555, pp. 1-8.
Tanya M. Smith, Christine Austin, Daniel R. Green, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Shara Bailey, Dani Dumitriu, Stewart Fallon, Rainer Grün, Hannah F. James, Marie-Hélène Moncel, Ian S. Williams, Rachel Wood, and Manish Arora. 2018. Wintertime stress, nursing, and lead exposure in Neanderthal children, Science Advances 4, no. 10
Malte Willmes, Clement P. Bataille, Hannah F. James, Ian Moffat, Linda McMorrow, Leslie Kinsley, Richard A. Armstrong, Stephen Eggins, & Rainer Grün. 2018. Mapping of bioavailable strontium isotope ratios in France for archaeological provenance studies, Applied Geochemistry 90, 75-86
James, H., Karligkioti, A., Cornelissen, Y.J.L., Veselka, B., de Mulder, G. and Snoeck, C., 2025. Mobility patterns, dietary shifts and chronology: strontium and radiocarbon insights from calcined bones at Ursel-Rozestraat (prov. of East-Flanders, Belgium). Lunula. Archaeologia Protohistorica, 33, pp.123-130.
Hannah F. James, Malte Willmes, Shaun Adams, Kate Mathison, Andrea Ulrichsen, Rachel Wood, Antonio Valera, Catherine J. Frieman and Rainer Grün. 2022. A large-scale environmental strontium isotope baseline map of Portugal for archaeological and paleoecological provenance studies. Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 142
Hannah F. James, Jacob I. Griffith, Kelsie Long, Christina Cheung & Malte Willmes. 2022. The Secrets In Our Teeth. Frontiers for Young Minds, vol. 10, 749555, pp. 1-8.
Malte Willmes, Clement P. Bataille, Hannah F. James, Ian Moffat, Linda McMorrow, Leslie Kinsley, Richard A. Armstrong, Stephen Eggins, & Rainer Grün. 2018. Mapping of bioavailable strontium isotope ratios in France for archaeological provenance studies, Applied Geochemistry 90, 75-86

hannah.james@vub.be