Below is a selection of press coverage on various research I have been involved in, and interviews, podcasts etc
May 2022:
Mercury News via CNN – Petrified poop reveals what Stonehenge builders ate
November 2021:
Whizz Pop Bang! Magazine – Interview with a science hero
https://www.whizzpopbang.com/teaching-resources/1309106/an-interview-with-an-archaeologist/
July 2021:
Investigations on prehistoric air pollution
https://www.archaeology.org/news/9821-210701-neolithic-air-pollution
December 2020:
BBC World Service Radio. Are humans naturally clean and tidy? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszv6q
July 2020:
Paisley Caves Research makes the news. Here is a selection of coverage including an interview with myself and colleague Dr Ian Bull for the New York Times.
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/science/cave-poop-americas.html
Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/14000-year-old-poop-among-oldest-traces-humans-north-america-180975426/
Gizmodo: https://gizmodo.com/14-000-year-old-poop-found-in-oregon-cave-turns-out-to-1844389785
October 2019:
Feeding Stonehenge or building Stonehenge?
Current Archaeology Magazine: https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/sciencenotes/science-notes-debating-durrington-walls.htm
Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-stonehenges-builders-use-lard-move-stonehenge-boulders-place-180972662/
May 2019:
Work on coprolites from Çatalhöyük – early evidence for parasite infection
Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/preserved-poop-is-an-archaeological-treasure/
December 2015:
Research on food residues in pottery from Durrington Walls – the village of the Stonehenge builders
Sci-News: http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/science-stonehenge-builders-meat-eaters-03334.html
Dr Lisa-Marie Shillito 