Contact Information
607 S Mathews Ave.
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Areas
Research Interests
Africa
Archaeology
Modern Human Origins
Lithic Technology
Stable Isotope Ecology and Paleoecology
Evolution of Human Diet
Evolution of Cooperation
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Education
PhD Berkeley, Anthropology, 1984
Post-doctoral Scholar, UCLA, 1984-85
Courses Taught
African Prehistory (ANTH 448)
Analysis of Lithic Technology (ANTH 452)
History Of Archaeological Theory (ANTH 461)
History of Human Evolution (ANTH 242)
Research Design and Proposal Writing (ANTH 511)
Evolution of Humans and Culture (ANTH 102)
Archaeometry: Sci methods in archaeol (ANTH 499SA)
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Anthropology
Department Affiliate, Geology
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
External Links
Recent Publications
Janzen, A., Balasse, M., & Ambrose, S. H. (2020). Early pastoral mobility and seasonality in Kenya assessed through stable isotope analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science, 117, [105099]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105099
Janzen, A., Bataille, C., Copeland, S. R., Quinn, R. L., Ambrose, S. H., Reed, D., Hamilton, M., Grimes, V., Richards, M. P., le Roux, P., & Roberts, P. (2020). Spatial variation in bioavailable strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) in Kenya and northern Tanzania: Implications for ecology, paleoanthropology, and archaeology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 560, [109957]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109957
Zipkin, A. M., Ambrose, S. H., Lundstrom, C. C., Bartov, G., Dwyer, A., & Taylor, A. H. (Accepted/In press). Red Earth, Green Glass, and Compositional Data: A New Procedure for Solid-State Elemental Characterization, Source Discrimination, and Provenience Analysis of Ochres. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 27(4), 930-970. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-020-09448-9
Larmon, J. T., McDonald, H. G., Ambrose, S., DeSantis, L. R. G., & Lucero, L. J. (2019). A year in the life of a giant ground sloth during the Last Glacial Maximum in Belize. Science advances, 5(2), [eaau1200]. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau1200
Prendergast, M. E., Lipson, M., Sawchuk, E. A., Olalde, I., Ogola, C. A., Rohland, N., Sirak, K. A., Adamski, N., Bernardos, R., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Callan, K., Culleton, B. J., Eccles, L., Harper, T. K., Lawson, A. M., Mah, M., Oppenheimer, J., Stewardson, K., Zalzala, F., ... Reich, D. (2019). Ancient DNA reveals a multistep spread of the first herders into sub-Saharan Africa. Science, 365(6448), [eaaw6275]. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw6275