Dr Isabel Wiltshire
PhD, MSci
Expertise
My research focuses on the study of lipids preserved in archaeological pottery using compound-specific isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating to understand pottery use, diet and subsistence, and how these changed over time.
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
School of Chemistry
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Research interests
My research focuses on the study of lipids preserved in archaeological pottery using compound-specific isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating to understand pottery use, diet and subsistence, and how these changed over time.
During my PhD, I investigated the transition to the Neolithic in Britain through lipid residue analyses and compound-scpeicific radiocarbon dating of absorbed lipids from the earliest pottery in Britain.
I am currently working with Dr. Mélanie Roffet-Salque investigating freshwater fish exploitation and its role in early farming communities in Central Europe.
Publications
Selected publications
01/01/2025Investigating the use of Impressed Wares through the synthesis of pottery lipid residue studies from Early and Middle Neolithic Britain and Ireland
Neolithic Impressed and Related Wares in Britain and Ireland
Investigating the dietary, economic, and social practices of a Neolithic Funnel Beaker community in Wanna, Germany, through raw material and organic residue analyses of pottery
Archaeometry
Recent publications
05/05/2026Investigating the dietary, economic, and social practices of a Neolithic Funnel Beaker community in Wanna, Germany, through raw material and organic residue analyses of pottery
Archaeometry
Isotopic insights into long-term socio-economic transformations in prehistoric Kuyavia, Poland
Royal Society Open Science
Investigating the use of Impressed Wares through the synthesis of pottery lipid residue studies from Early and Middle Neolithic Britain and Ireland
Neolithic Impressed and Related Wares in Britain and Ireland
Dorstone Hill
Antiquity
Organic residue analysis of early Neolithic pottery from Gwernvale
The First Stones
Thesis
Related people
Professor Lucy Cramp
Professor of Archaeology
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Dr Timothy Knowles
Senior Research Fellow
School of Chemistry
Dr Melanie Roffet-Salque
Associate Professor in Environmental Chemistry
School of Chemistry
Dr Jamie Lewis
Research Fellow
School of Earth Sciences
Dr Lukasz Pospieszny
Honorary Research Associate
School of Chemistry