Reconstructing past human life histories at (sub)seasonal resolution– background and applications from Iceman to Neanderthals
Abstract
In this presentation I want to provide an overview of our recent and ongoing work of using tooth enamel to reconstruct past human life histories at very high time resolution and with minimal sample consumption. Focus will be on mobility and palaeodiet using various geochemical proxies, combined with enamel histomorphometry. I aim to introduce some basics and then briefly showcase applications including Neanderthals, Homo erectus and others.
About the presenters 
Prof. Wolfgang Müller
Wolfgang Müller is currently Professor of Geology and Palaeoenvironmental Research at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. He’s a geoscientist interested in applying (as well as developing) techniques to read our past environment at very high time resolution. Teeth are one of the key archives for this purpose, ever since his pioneering multi-isotope work on the Alpine Iceman (2003), conducted at The Australian National University. He has held academic positions at Royal Holloway Univ. London (UK) from 2004-17, following on from postdoctoral positions at the ANU and ETH Zürich. He holds a PhD from ETH Zürich and first degrees from the Univ. Vienna (Austria).
About Archaeology Working Papers
The Working Papers in Archaeology seminar series provides a forum for dissemination of archaeological research and ideas amongst UQ archaeology students and staff. All students are invited to attend the series and postgraduate students, from honours upwards, are invited to present their research. The aim is to provide opportunities for students, staff and those from outside UQ, to present and discuss their work in an informal environment. It is hoped that anyone interested in current archaeological directions, both within and outside the School and University, will be able to attend and contribute to the series.
