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
Podium:
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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