Professor Ron Pinhasi PhD MA BA
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Biography:
| Ron Pinhasi received his BA in Archaeology from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Canada (1996), His MA from Katholike University Leuven, Belgium (1997) and his PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK in 2003. He spent two years (2003-2004) in a Lise Meitner postdoctoral position at the Natural History museum, Vienna, examining the health status of early medieval Austrian populations. His started his first lecturer position at Roehampton University, London, 2004-2007 and continued to a second lectureship position at the department of Archaeology, University College Cork, Ireland (2007-2012). In October 2012 he is starting his new position as Associate Professor at the School of Archaeology University College Dublin/Conway Institute. He currently holds a Starter ERC grant for a large interdisciplinary project which focuses on the integration of ancient DNA methods, isotope analysis, anthropology and archaeology to the study of the biology, mobility and behavior of past human populations during the last 45,000 years. |
Research Interests
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Major research interests
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Research Projects
| Sponsor : Irish Research Council (IRC) Title : IRCHSS Support Programme for European Research Council (ERC) Award Holders Start Date / End Date : 01-OCT-12 / 31-DEC-14 |
Recent Postgraduates
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PhD Students (completed and current)
MSc students (completed) |
Current Postgraduate Students
| Olivia Cheronet, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
| Abigail Ash, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
Book Chapters
| Lahr, MM; Foley, R; Pinhasi, R (2000) 'Expected regional patterns of Mesolithic-Neolithic human population admixture in Europe based on archaeological evidence' In: Renfrew, C; Boyle, K (eds). Archaeogenetics: DNA and the population prehistory of Europe. Cambridge, UK: McDonald Institute Monographs. [Details] |
| Pinhasi, R; Foley, R; Lahr, MM (2000) 'Spatial and temporal patterns in the Mesolithic-Neolithic Archaeological record of Europe' In: Renfrew, C; Boyle, K (eds). Archaeogenetics: DNA and the population prehistory of Europe. Cambridge, UK: McDonald Institute Monographs. [Details] |
| Pinhasi, R (2003) 'A biometric study of the affinities of Nazlet Khater- a quantitative analysis of the mandible dimensions' In: Vermeersch, M (eds). Palaeolithic Living Sites in Upper and Middle Egypt. Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press. [Details] |
| Pinhasi, R; Teschler-Nicola, M; Prossinger, H; Shaw, P (2006) 'Human evolution: Facts and Factors' In: Diachronic trends in dental dimensions of Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene European and Near Eastern Populations. Budapest: Eötvös Loránd University Press. [Details] |
| Pinhasi, R (2008) 'The study of growth in past archaeological populations' In: Pinhasi, R; Mays, S (eds). Advances in Palaeopathology: Methodological and Biocultural Perspectives. New York: Wiley-Liss. [Details] |
| Pinhasi, R; Bourbou, C (2008) 'How representative are human skeletal assemblages for population analysis and interpretation? Implications for palaeopathological and palaeoepidemiological investigations' In: Pinhasi, R; Mays, S (eds). Advances in Palaeopathological: Methodological and Biocultural Perspectives. New York: Wiley-Liss. [Details] | |||||||||
| Pinhasi, R; Turner, K (2008) 'Epidemiological approaches in palaeopathology: practical, methodological and theoretical aspects' In: Pinhasi, R; Mays, S (eds). Advances in Palaeopathological: Methodological and Biocultural Perspectives. New York: Wiley-Liss. [Details] | |||||||||
| Gasparyan, B; Pinhasi, R; Nahapetyan, S; Ghukasyan, R (2009) 'Newly discovered Middle Palaeolithic site in Aghstev River valley: main results of the study of Hovk 1 cave 2005-2008' In: Kalantaryan, A; Sargsyan, H (eds). Tavush: Cultural and Spiritual Heritage, Materials of the Republican Scientific Session in Honour of the 50th Anniversary of the Institute of Archaeology, Armenia. Yerevan: Gitutyun Publishers. [Details] | |||||||||
| Gasparyan, B; Pinhasi, R; Petrosyan, A; Arakelyan, D; Gabrielyan, I; Nahapetyan, S (2009) 'The study of the Stone Age sites in Aghstev River valley, 2005-2008' In: Kalantaryan, A; Sargsyan, H (eds). Tavush: Cultural and Spiritual Heritage, Materials of the Republican Scientific Session in Honour of the 50th Anniversary of the Institute of Archaeology, Armenia. Yerevan: Gitutyun Publishers. [Details] | |||||||||
| Pinhasi R, Mielkljohn, C (2011) 'Dental reduction and the transition to agriculture in Europe' In: Pinhasi, R; Stock, J (eds). The Bioarchaeology of the transition to Agriculture. New York: Wiley-Liss. [Details] | |||||||||
| Pinhasi, R; Stefanovic, S; Stock, J (2011) 'Reconstructing appendicular growth patterns among Mesolithic and Neolithic Near eastern and Anatolian populations' In: Pinhasi, R; Stock, J (eds). The Bioarchaeology of the transition to Agriculture. New York: Wiley-Liss. [Details] | |||||||||
| Stock, JT; Pinhasi, R (2011) 'Changing paradigms in our understanding of the transition to agriculture: Human bioarchaeology, behaviour and adaptation' In: Pinhasi, R; Stock, J (eds). The Bioarchaeology of the transition to Agriculture. New York: Wiley-Liss. [Details] | |||||||||
| Pinhasi, R; Heyer, E (2013) 'Central Asia: Archaeology and genetics' In: Ness, I; Bellwood, P (eds). The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. New York: Wiley-Liss. [Details] | |||||||||
| Pinhasi R (2013) 'Holocene Migration: Europe' In: The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. New York: Wiley-Liss. [Details] | |||||||||
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Edited Books
| Pinhasi, R; Mays, S (Ed.). (2008) Advances in Human Palaeopathology. New York: Wiley-Liss. [Details] |
| Pinhasi, R; Stock, J (Ed.). (2011) The Bioarchaeology of the Transition to Agriculture. New York: Wiley-Liss. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Pinhasi, R; Semal P. (2000) 'The position of the Nazlet Khater specimen from Egypt among prehistoric and proto-historic African and Levantine populations'. Journal of Human Evolution, 39 :269-288. [Details] |
| Pinhasi R, Pluciennik M (2004) 'A Regional Biological Approach to the Spread of Farming in Europe: Anatolia, the Levant, South-Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean'. Current Anthropology, 45 :S59-S82. [Details] |
| Pinhasi R, Teschler-Nicola M, Knaus A, Shaw P (2005) 'A cross-population analysis of the growth of long bones and the os coxae of three Early Medieval Austrian populations'. American Journal of Human Biology, 17 :470-488. [Details] |
| Pinhasi, R; Fort, J; Ammerman, AJ (2005) 'Tracing the origin and spread of agriculture in Europe'. Plos Biology, 3 (12). [Details] |
| Pinhasi R, Shaw R, White B, Ogden, D (2006) 'Morbidity, rickets, and long bone growth in post-medieval Britain- a cross-population analysis'. Annals of Human Biology, 33 :372-389. [Details] |
Pinhasi, R; Gasparian, B; Wilkinson, K; Schreve, D; Branch, N; Nahapetyan, S (2006) 'The archaeology of Hovk, northeast Armenia: a preliminary report'. Antiquity, Project Gallery .  [Details] |
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| Ogden, AR; Pinhasi, R; White, WJ (2007) 'Gross enamel hypoplasia in molars from subadults in a 16th-18th century London graveyard'. American journal of physical anthropology, 133 :957-966. [Details] | |||||||||
| Pinhasi, R; Shaw, P; Eshed, V (2008) 'Evolutionary changes in the masticatory apparatus following the transition to farming in the Levant'. American journal of physical anthropology, 135 :136-148. [Details] | |||||||||
| Pinhasi, R; Gasparian, B; Wilkinson, K; Bailey, R; Bar-Oz, G; Bruch, A; Chataigner, C; Hoffmann, D; Hovsepyan, R; Nahapetyan, S; Pike, AWG; Schreve, D; Stephens, M (2008) 'The Middle and Upper Palaeolithic of Armenia: a preliminary chronological framework'. Journal of Human Evolution, 55 :803-816. [Details] | |||||||||
| Ogden, AR; Pinhasi, R; White, WJ (2008) 'Nothing new under the heavens: MIH in the past?'. European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry, 9 :166-171. [Details] | |||||||||
| Spigelman, M; Berger, L; Pinhasi, R; Donoghue, HD; Chaplin, S (2008) 'John Hunter's post-mortem examination of George Grenville (1712-1770)'. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 90 :338-339. [Details] | |||||||||
| Rohland, N; Knapp, M; Weinstock, J; Baryshnikov, G; Sher, A; Nagel, D; Rabeder, G; Pinhasi, R; Schmitt, H; Hofreiter, M (2009) 'First DNA Asian cave bear fossils reveal deep divergences and complex phylogeographic patterns'. Molecular Ecology, 18 :1225-1238. [Details] | |||||||||
| Pinhasi, R; von Cramon-Taubadel, N (2009) 'Craniometric data supports demic diffusion model for the spread of agriculture into Europe'. PLoS ONE, 4 . [Details] | |||||||||
| Stiller, M; Baryshnikov, B; Bocherens, H; d'Anglade, AG; Hilpert, B; Münzel, SC; Pinhasi, R; Rabeder, G; Rosendahl, W; Trinkaus, E; Hofreiter, M; Knapp, M (2010) 'Withering away ¿ 25,000 years of genetic decline preceded cave bear extinction'. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 27 :975-978. [Details] | |||||||||
| Eshed, V; Gopher, A; Pinhasi, R; Hershkovitz, H (2010) 'Paleopathology and the origin of agriculture in the Levant'. American journal of physical anthropology, 143 :121-133. [Details] | |||||||||
| Pinhasi, R; Gasparian, B; Areshian, G; Zardaryan, D; Smith, A; Bar-Oz, G; Higham, TFG (2010) 'First Direct Evidence of Chalcolithic Footwear from the Near Eastern Highlands'. PLoS ONE, 5 . [Details] | |||||||||
| Blockley, SPE; Pinhasi, R (2011) 'A revised chronology for the adoption of agriculture in the Southern Levant and the role of Lateglacial climatic change'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30 :98-108. [Details] | |||||||||
| von Cramon-Taubadel, N; Pinhasi, R (2011) 'Craniometric data supports a mosaic model of demic and cultural Neolithic diffusion to outlying regions of Europe'. Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, 278 :2874-2880. [Details] | |||||||||
| Pinhasi, R; Higham, TFG; Golovanova, LV; Doronichev, VB (2011) 'Revised age of late Neanderthal occupation and the end of the Middle Palaeolithic in the northern Caucasus'. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 :8611-8616. [Details] | |||||||||
| Pinhasi, R; Gasparian, B; Nahapetyan, S; Bar-Oz, G; Weissobrod, L; Bruch, A; Hovsepyan, R; Wlkinson, K (2012) 'Middle Palaeolithic human occupation of the high altitude region of Hovk-1, Armenia'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30 :3846-3857. [Details] | |||||||||
| Areshian, GE; Gasparian, B; Avetisyan, PS; Pinhasi, R; Wilkinson, K; Smith, A; Hovsepyan, R; Zardaryan, D (2012) 'The chalcolithic of the Near East and south-eastern Europe: discoveries and new perspectives from the cave complex Areni-1, Armenia'. Antiquity, 86 :115-130. [Details] | |||||||||
| Wilkinson, K; Gasparian, B; Pinhasi, R; Avetisyan, PS; Hovsepyan, R; Zardaryan, D; Areshian, G; Bar-Oz, G; Smith, A (2012) 'The origins of the Bronze Age in the Caucasus: new discoveries at Birds' Cave, Vayots Dzor, Armenia'. Journal of Field Archaeology, 37 :20-33. [Details] | |||||||||
| Lillie M, Budd C, Alpaslan-Roodenberg S, Karul N, Pinhasi R, (2012) 'Musings on Early Farming Communities in Northwest Anatolia and other Flights of Fancy'. Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica, Natural Sciences in Archaeology, 3 (1):11-22. [Details] | |||||||||
| Pinhasi, R; von Cramon-Taubadel, N (2012) 'A Craniometric Perspective on the Transition to Agriculture in Europe'. Human Biology, 84 :45-66. [Details] | |||||||||
| Pinhasi, R; Thomas, M; Currat, M; Hofreiter, M; Burger, J (2012) 'The genetic history of Europeans'. Trends in Genetics, 28 :495-505. [Details] | |||||||||
| Moncel, M-H; Pleurdeau, D; Tushubramishvili, N; Yeshurun, R; Agapishvili, T;Pinhasi, R; Higham, T (2012) 'Preliminary results from the new excavations of the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic levels at Ortvale Klde-North Chamber (South Caucasus Georgia)'. Quaternary International, Early View . [DOI] [Details] | |||||||||
| Pinhasi, R; Nioradze, M; Tushabramishvilli, N; Lordkipanidze, D; Pleurdeau, D; Moncel, M-H; Adler, DS; Stringer, S; Higham, TFG (2012) 'New chronology for the Middle Palaeolithic of the Southern Caucasus suggests early demise of Neanderthals in this region'. Journal of Human Evolution, Early View . [DOI] [Details] | |||||||||
| Budd, C; Lillie, M; Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S; Karul, N; Pinhasi, R (2012) 'Stable isotope analysis of Neolithic and Chalcolithic populations from Aktopraklik, northern Anatolia'. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE, Early View . [DOI] [Details] | |||||||||
| Ottoni C, Flink LG, Evin A, Geörg C, Cupere BD, Van Neer W, Bartosiewicz L, Linderholm A, Barnett R, Peters J, Ronny Decorte, R, Waelkens M, Vanderheyden N, Ricaut F-X, Hoelzel AR, Mashkour M, Karimlu AFM, Seno S, Daujat J, Brock F, Pinhasi R, Hongo H, Perez-Enciso M, Rasmussen M, Frantz L, Megens F-J. Crooijmans R, Groenen M, Arbuckle B, Benecke N, Vidarsdottir US, Burger J, Cucchi T, Dobney K, Larson G (2013) 'Pig domestication and human-mediated dispersal in western Eurasia revealed through ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics'. Molecular Biology and Evolution, . [DOI] [Details] | |||||||||
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Other Journals
| Pinhasi, R (1998) 'An odontometric investigation of the affinities of the Nazlet Khater specimen to prehistoric, protohistoric and modern African populations' Dental Anthropology 12 :2-10. [Details] |
| Pinhasi, R (2004) 'A new model for the spread of the first farmers in Europe' Documenta Praehistorica 30 :1-76. [Details] |
| Pinhasi, R (2006) 'Neolithic skull shapes and demic diffusion: a bioarchaeological investigation into the nature of the Neolithic transition' Documenta Praehistorica 33 :61-70. [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2010. Title: UCC Presidential Early Career Academic Achievement Award |
Conference Contributions
| Cullen, VL; Smith, V; Blockley, S; Pinhasi, R (2012) Session: Tephra and Archaeology - Chronological, Ecological and Cultural Dimensions. [Oral Presentation], Shards apart: Testing the synchronicity of events in the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic in the Caucuses, 18th European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) meeting 29th August-1st Sept, Helsinki, Finland , 29-AUG-12 - 01-SEP-12. |
| Adler, D; Yeritsyan, B; Wilkinson, K; Pinhasi, R; Gasparyan, B . (2012) Paleolithic foragers of the Hrazdan Gorge, Armenia. [Oral Presentation], Paleoanthropolohu Society 2012 Annual Meeting,, Memphis Tennessee, USA, , 17-APR-12 - 18-APR-12. |
Employment
| Employer: University College Cork Position: Lecturer |
| Employer: Roehampton University Position: Senrio Lecturer |
| Employer: Natural History Museum, Vienna Position: Lise Meitner post-doctoral fellowship, postdoctoral researcher. Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF |
Education
| Year 2003 Institution: University of Cambridge Qualification: PhD Subject: Biological Anthropology |
| Year 1997 Institution: Katholike Universiteit Leuven Qualification: Master of Arts Subject: Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology |
| Year 2003 Institution: Simon Fraser University Qualification: BA Subject: Archaeology |
Reviews
| American Journal Of Physical Anthropology: Reviewer. |
| Plos One: Reviewer. |
| Nature Communications : Reviewer. |
| Journal Of Biogeography: Reviewer. |
| Human Biology: Reviewer. |
| Proceedings Of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Journal Of Archaeological Science: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| International Journal Of Osteoarchaeology: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Antiquity: Reviewer. | |||||||||
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