Louise Le Meillour

Louise Le Meillour

Guest researcher, Postdoc

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    ORCID: 0000-0003-0129-2781

    I am a bioarchaeologist interested in human subsistence strategies in arid environments.

    I joined the Globe as a Fyssen Fondation fellow with the project "Looking for constraints". I focus on characterising preserved ancient proteins from faunal remains of Quaternary archaeological sites. My main interest is assessing the proportion of bovids species and related incorporation of domesticates in past human diet to highlight any shifts in subsistence economies in relation to climatic events. 

    Selected publications

    1. Palaeoproteomics gives new insight into early southern African pastoralism

      Le Meillour, Louise, Zirah, S., Zazzo, A., Cersoy, S., Détroit, F., Imalwa, E., Lebon, M., Nankela, A., Tombret, O., Pleurdeau, D. & Lesur, J., 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 11 p., 14427.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    2. Identification of degraded bone and tooth splinters from arid environments using palaeoproteomics

      Le Meillour, Louise, Zazzo, A., Lesur, J., Cersoy, S., Marie, A., Lebon, M., Pleurdeau, D. & Zirah, S., 2018, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 511, p. 472-482 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    3. Published

      Recovering bone and tooth proteins in arid environments using palaeoproteomics -A case study from the Late Stone Age site of Toteng, Botswana Recovering bone and tooth proteins in arid environments using palaeoproteomics

      Le Meillour, Louise, Zirah, S., Lesur, J., Lebon, M., Pleurdeau, D. & Zazzo, A., 14 Feb 2019

      Research output: Other contribution › Research

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