Laura Lynn Shackelford Ph.D.
Contact Information
Department of Anthropology
607 S Mathews Ave.
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801
607 S Mathews Ave.
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801
Office Hours
- Tuesday 9-11am or by appointement
Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor
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Research Interests
- Paleoanthropology, Southeast Asia, Late Pleistocene human evolution, postcranial biomechanics, functional anatomy; virtual reality and technology in education
Education
- Ph.D., Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis, 2005
- M.A., Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis, 2001
- B.S., Biological Anthropology & Anatomy, Duke University, 1998
Grants
- 2015 Illinois Learning Sciences Design Initiative Seed Funding Program
- 2016 Wenner-Gren (PI: Demeter, co-PI: Shackelford)
- 2017 NSF #1736235: EXP: Social science education through virtual reality simulation of an archaeological research site
- 2011 Hewlett Foundation International Research Grant
- 2016 Illinois Learning Sciences Design Initiative Phase II Grant
- 2003 Lambda Alpha Research Grant
- 2003-04 National Science Foundation BCS-0314002: Doctoral Dissertation Grant
- 2007 L.S.B. Leakey Foundation
- 2007 UIUC Research Board
- 2012 Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, UIUC Research Board
- 2003 AMNH Collection Study Grant
- 2009 UIUC Research Board
- 2002 Sigma Xi Research Grant
External URLs
Courses
- Anth 102 Human Origins & Culture
- BMS 622&623 Human Anatomy
- Anth 399, 499 Biology of the Neandertals
- Anth 435 The Neandertal Debate
- Anth 456 Human Osteology
- ANSC 398 ACES Africa Wildlife Discovery in South Africa
- Anth 440 Human Paleontology
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Shackelford, Laura L, Fabrice Demeter, Kira Westaway, Philippe Duringer, Jean-Luc Ponche, Thongsa Sayavongkhamdy, Jian-Xin Zhao, Lani Barnes, Marc Boyon, Phonephanh Sichanthongtip, Frank Senegas, Elise Patole-Edoumba, Yves Coppens, Jean Dumoncel, and Anne-Marie Bacon Additional evidence for early modern human morphological diversity in Southeast Asia at Tam Pa Ling, Laos Quaternary International 2017.
Willman, J, L Shackelford, and F Demeter Incisor avulsion among the Late Upper Paleolithic people of Tam Hang (Northern Laos): Social identity, mortuary practice, and oral health American Journal of Physical Anthropology 160 3 2016, p. 519-528.
Sparacello, V, S Villotte, L Shackelford, and E Trinkaus Patterns of humeral asymmetry among Late Pleistocene humans Comptes Rendus Palevol 2016.
Demeter, F, L Shackelford, K Westaway, P Duringer, A-M Duringer, J-L Ponche, X Wu, T Sayavongkhamdy, J-X Zhao, L Barnes, M Boyon, P Sichanthongtip, A-M Karpoff, E Patole-Edoumba, Y Coppens, and J Braga Early modern humans and morphological variation in Southeast Asia: fossil evidence from Laos PLOS One 10 4 2015, p. e0121193.
Patole-Edoumba, E, P Duringer, P Richardin, L Shackelford, A-M Bacon, T Sayavongkhamdy, J-L Ponche, and F Demeter Evolution of the Hoabinhian techno-complex of Tam Hang rock shelter in Northeastern Laos Archaeological Discovery 3 2015, p. 140-157.
Bacon, A-M, K Westaway, P-O Antoine, P Duringer, B Amandine, F Demeter, J-L Ponche, J-X Zhao, L Barnes, T Sayavonkhamdy, T K Nguyen, V T Long, E Patole-Edoumba, and L L Shackelford Late Pleistocene mammalian assemblages of Southeast Asia: new dating, mortality profiles and evolution of the predator-prey relationships in an environmental context Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeocology 422 2015, p. 101-127.
Shackelford, Laura, Fiona Marshall, and Joris Peters Identifying donkey domestication through changes in cross-sectional geometry of long bones Journal of Archaeological Science 40 12 2013, p. 4170-4179.
Shackelford, Laura L, Ashley Stinespring Harris, and Lyle Konigsberg Estimating the distribution of probable age-at-death from dental remains of immature human fossils American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2012.
Demeter, F, L Shackelford, K Westaway, P Duringer, T Sayavongkhamdy, and A-M Bacon Reply to Pierret et al.: Stratigraphic and dating consistency reinforces the status of Tam Pa Ling fossil Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 109 51 2012, p. E3524-E3525.
Shackelford, Laura, and Fabrice Demeter The place of Tam Hang in Southeast Asian human evolution Comptes rendus Palevol de l'Academie des sciences, Paris 2011, p. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2011.07.002.
Bacon, A-M, P Duringer, P-O Antoine, F Demeter, L Shackelford, T Sayavongkhamdy, P Sichanthongtip, P Khamdalayong, S Nokhamaomphu, V Sysuphanh, E Patole-Edoumba, F Chabaux, and E Pelt The Middle Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Tam Hang karstic deposit, northern Laos: new data and evolutionary hypothesis Quaternary International 2010, p. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2010.11.024.
Shackelford, Laura Lynn Postcranial evidence for regional variation in the Late Pleistocene American Journal of Physical Anthropology 133 1 2007, p. 655-668.
Churchill, S E, L L Shackelford, J N Georgi, and M T Black Morphological variation and airflow dynamics in the human nose American Journal of Human Biology 16 6 2004, p. 625-638.
Shackelford, Laura Lynn, and Erik Trinkaus Late Pleistocene human femoral diaphyseal curvature American Journal of Physical Anthropology 118 4 2002, p. 359-370.
Book Contributions
Shackelford, Laura L Variation in mobility and anatomical strategies in the Late Pleistocene Mobility: Towards a definition for application in human evolution Variation in mobility and anatomical strategies in the Late Pleistocene Springer 2014.
Shackelford, Laura L Bone strength and subsistence activities at Point Hope The Foragers of Point Hope: the biology and archaeology of humans on the edge of the Alaskan arctic Bone strength and subsistence activities at Point Hope Cambridge University Press 2014.
Stock, J T, M C O'Neill, C B Ruff, M Zabecki, L L Shackelford, and J Rose Body size, skeletal biomechanics, mobility and habitual activity from the Late Palaeolithic to the Mid-Dynastic Nile Valley Human Bioarchaeology of the Transition to Agriculture edited by
R Pinhasi, edited by
J Stock. Body size, skeletal biomechanics, mobility and habitual activity from the Late Palaeolithic to the Mid-Dynastic Nile Valley Edited by
R Pinhasi, Edited by
J Stock, West Sussex Wiley-Blackwell 2011, p. 347-370.
Shackelford, Laura Descriptive and comparative study of the lower limb Spy Cave: State of 125 years of pluridisciplinary research on the Betche-aux-Rotches from Spy edited by
H Rougier, edited by
P Semal. Descriptive and comparative study of the lower limb Edited by
H Rougier, Edited by
P Semal, Brussels Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and NESPOS 2011.
Trinkaus, Erik, Fred Smith, Trent C Stockton, and Laura L Shackelford The human postcranial remains from Mladec The Human Remains from Mladec edited by
M Teschler-Nicola. The human postcranial remains from Mladec Edited by
M Teschler-Nicola, Vienna Springer Verlag 2005.
Books
Bacon, A-M, F Demeter, T Sayavongkhamdy, P Duringer, E Patole-Edoumba, A-S Coupey, L Shackelford, K Westaway, J-L Ponche, P-O Antoine, and P Sichanthongtip Les sites de Tam Hang, Nam Lot et Tam Pa Ling au nord du Laos. Des gisements a vertebres du Pleistocene aux origins des Hommes modernes Paris CNRS Editions 2012.
Shackelford, Laura L Regional Variation in the Postcranial Robusticity of Late Upper Paleolithic Humans St. Louis Washington University 2005.
