Laura Shackelford

Contact Information

Department of Anthropology
607 S Mathews Ave.
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801
(217)265-6741
llshacke@illinois.edu
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Research Interests

  • Paleoanthropology, Southeast Asia, Late Pleistocene human evolution, postcranial biomechanics, functional anatomy

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

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Selected Publications

Journal Articles

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.
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Demeter, Fabrice, Laura Shackelford, Anne-Marie Bacon, Philippe Duringer, Kira Westaway, Thongsa Sayavongkhamdy, Jose Braga, Phonephanh Sichanthongtip, Phimmasaeng Khamdalavong, Jean-Luc Ponche, Hong Wang, Craig Lundstrom, Elise Patole-Edoumba, and Anne-Marie Karpoff Anatomically modern humans in Southeast Asia (Laos) by 46 ka Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 2012.
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.