Mica Jones

Mica Jones is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford's School of Archaeology, affiliated with the New Bantu Mosaics project. Their research focuses on stratigraphy and chronology, zooarchaeology, stable isotope analysis, human-environment interactions, human-animal relationships, subsistence economies, and social variability in Southern Africa, East Africa, and Eastern North America.

• Specializes in radiocarbon dating techniques (ostrich eggshell, ungulate enamel)
• Investigates Holocene climate impacts on hunter-gatherer societies
• Collaborates with researchers like S.A. Brandt, F. Marshall, E.R. Henry, and R. Tibesasa

Recent publications highlight their work on Lake Victoria shoreline abandonment, Later Stone Age occupation in arid Somalia, and ritual earthworks in Kentucky. Their research integrates faunal analysis with isotopic methods to reconstruct environmental and cultural histories.

Key project: New Bantu Mosaics, focusing on prehistoric cultural dynamics across regions.