Research

PUBLICATIONS

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2019                 Sawchuk, E. A., Pfeiffer, S., Klehm C. E., Cameron M. E., Hill A. C., Janzen A., Grillo K. M., Hildebrand E. A. The bioarchaeology of                            mid-Holocene pastoralist cemeteries west of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 

                          Pfeiffer S., Cameron, M. E., Beresheim, A., Sealy, J. Bone histomorphology adds to bioarchaeological assessment of lifeways in the                           Later Stone Age, South Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 

                          Cameron, M. E., Stock, J. T. Biomechanics, habitual activity, and resilience among southern African hunter-gatherers and herders.                             In D. Temple & C. Stojanowski C (Eds.), Hunter-Gatherer adaptation and resilience: A bioarchaeological perspective. Cambridge,                               UK: Cambridge University Press.

                          Cameron, M. E. The Riet River sites: Positioning regional diversity in the introduction of domesticated livestock to southern Africa.                             Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports, 23, 72–79. 

2018                  Cameron, M. E., Pfeiffer, S. An additional person from “Diaz Street Midden,” Saldanha Bay, Western Cape. South African                                           Archaeological Bulletin, 73, 138–142 

                          Cameron, M. E., Lapham, H., Shaw, C. N. Examining the influence of hide processing on Native American upper limb morphology.                             International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 28, 332–342.

                          Cameron, M. E., Stock JT. Environmental variation in southern African Later Stone Age biomechanical properties. Journal of                                     Archaeological Sciences: Reports, 17, 125–136.

2014                  Cameron, M. E., Pfeiffer, S. Long bone cross-sectional geometric properties of Later Stone Age foragers and herder-foragers.                                     South African Journal of Science, 110 (9/10), 2013-0369.    

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

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2019                Cameron, M. E. (2019, July). Late Holocene bioarchaeology in the central interior of South Africa. Paper presented at the 2019                                   biennial meeting of the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists, Kimberley, South Africa. 

2018                Gilmour, R. J., Cameron, M. E. (2018, November). Movers and Shakers: Integrating Innovative Perspectives on Movement in                                       Biological Anthropology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology, London, ON.  

                        Sawchuk, E., Pfeiffer, S., Cameron, M., Grillo, K. and Hildebrand, E. (2018, November). Bioarchaeology of Pillar Site Cemeteries                               around Lake Turkana, Kenya: Insights into Eastern Africa’s First Herders. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian                             Association for Physical Anthropology, London, ON. 

                       Cameron, M. E. (2018, June). Using spatial and environmental analyses in southern African bioarchaeology. Paper presented at the                          biennial meeting of the Society for Africanist Archaeologists, Toronto, ON.

                       Cameron, M. E. (2018, April). Does dietary variation correlate with brachial and crural index variation in southern Africa? Paper                                  presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Austin, TX.

                       Pfeiffer, S., Cameron, M. E., Sealy, J., Beresheim, A. (2018, April). Dietary sufficiency and bone histomorphometry assessed in rib                            tissue of Later Stone Age southern African foragers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical                          Anthropologists, Austin, TX.

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2017               Cameron ME. Limb proportionality and dietary composition among Later Stone Age southern Africans. Presentation for the                                        45th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology, Edmonton, AB.

                        Pfeiffer S, Cameron ME, Stock J. Unique body size and shape phenotypes among Middle and Later Stone                                                                   Age southern Africans. Presentation for the 45th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology,                                             Edmonton, AB.

                        Cameron ME. The Riet River Sites: Positioning Regional Diversity in the Introduction of Domesticated Livestock to Southern Africa.                           Presentation for the Landscape Interactions and Zooarchaeology Symposium, University of Toronto.

2016                Cameron ME and Stock JT. Examining sources of variation in southern African Later Stone Age lower limb cross-sectional                                         geometric properties. Presentation for the 44th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology,                                               Peterborough, ON.

                        Cameron ME and Stock JT. The bioarchaeology of southern African hunter-gatherers and herders. Presentation for the 23rd                                       Biennial Meeting of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists, Toulouse, France.

2015                Cameron ME and Stock JT. Pastoralism and stress: a palaeopathological analysis of southern African herder-foragers.                                               Presentation for the 17th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology,                                         Sheffield, UK.

                        Cameron ME. Body size and shape variation among southern African Later Stone Age herder-foragers. Presentation for the 84th                               Annual Meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, St. Louis, MO.

2014                Cameron ME, Pfeiffer S. Later Stone Age foragers’ long bone cross-sectional geometric properties compared: fynbos, forest and                               lower Orange River Valley. Presentation for the 14th Congress of the Pan-African Archaeological Association, Johannesburg,                                     South Africa.

                        Cameron ME. A prospective study on postcranial variation among herder-foragers from semi-arid southern Africa. Presentation for                             the ‘From Past to Present: Changing Climates, Ecosystems and Environments of Arid Southern Africa’, Conference in Honour of                               Louis Scott, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

2013                Cameron ME and Pfeiffer S. Later Stone Age foragers’ long bone cross-sectional geometric properties compared: fynbos, forest                                 and lower Orange River Valley. Presentation for the 41st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology,                               Toronto, ON.

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2012                Cameron ME. Habitual activity among San foragers from the lower Orange River Valley: an examination of cross-sectional                                         geometric properties from an inland southern African population. Presentation for the 40th Annual Meeting of the Canadian                                       Association for Physical Anthropology, Victoria, BC.

Poster:

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2017                  Cameron ME, Pfeiffer S, Stock J. Small body size phenotypes among Middle and Later Stone Age                                                                               southern Africans. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the European Society for Human Evolution, Leiden, Netherlands.

                          Ibáñez-Gimeno P, Davies TG, Cameron ME, Buck LT, Stock JT. The effect of temperature on long bone                                                                       epiphyseal shape. Paper presented at the XX Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Antropología Física, Barcelona, Spain.

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                          Cameron ME and Stock JT. Limb biomechanics and terrestrial mobility among Pleistocene and Holocene foragers and herders in                               northern, eastern, and southern Africa. Invited poster for the 86th Annual Meetings of the American Association of Physical                                       Anthropologists, New Orleans, LA.

2016                  Cameron ME and Stock JT. High terrestrial mobility is geographically widespread among southern African Later Stone Age                                         populations. Presentation for the 85th Annual Meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Atlanta, GA.

2015                  Cameron ME, Lapham H and Shaw CN. Does the upper limb morphology of Native American fur traders shed light on the unique                             humeral structure of Neandertals? Presentation for the 5th Annual Meetings of the European Society for the study of Human                                     Evolution, London, UK.

2014                  Cameron ME. A prospective study on postcranial variation among herder-foragers from semi-arid southern Africa. Presentation for                             the 16th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, Durham, UK.

2013                  Cameron ME. Regional variation in cross-sectional geometric properties among southern African Later Stone Age foragers: an                                 examination of humeri from three distinct ecoregions. Presentation for the 82nd Annual Meetings of the American Association of                               Physical Anthropologists, Knoxville, TN.

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ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

American Association of Physical Anthropologists

Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology

Society of Africanist Archaeologists