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Melanie M. Beasley

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2001Rising activity
Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesIsotope Analysis in EcologyForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology StudiesPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyPacific and Southeast Asian Studies

Publications

40

Citations

573

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

25

Publishing since 2001

Research summary
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Melanie M. Beasley studies how chemical signatures preserved in bones and tissues (stable isotope analysis) can reveal information about diet, decomposition, and time since death in both ancient and modern human remains. Her work spans archaeology, forensic science, and human evolution, including topics like ancient hunter-gatherer diets, Neanderthal food habits, and using isotopes to estimate postmortem intervals in forensic cases. This research is relevant to students interested in bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, or the chemistry of bone and tissue preservation.

Stable isotope analysis of bone and tissueForensic anthropology and postmortem interval estimationAncient and prehistoric human diet reconstructionTaphonomy and preservation of skeletal remainsHuman evolution and Neanderthal diet

Publication output has been irregular over the past decade, with gaps in 2021-2022 followed by a sharp increase in 2025, though the 5-year average remains modest at about 2.6 papers per year.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.6/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 1 publication182019: 2 publications192020: 6 publications2021222023: 2 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 9 publications92526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Elsevier eBooks×4
  • Forensic Anthropology×3
  • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports×2
  • American Journal of Biological Anthropology×2
  • The 85th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Atlanta, GA×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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