Publications
Selected publications
- Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago (Journal article - 2023)
- BaTwa populations from Zambia retain ancestry of past hunter-gatherer groups (Journal article - 2024)
- From Hand to Handle: The First Industrial Revolution (Book - 2013)
- A biomechanical investigation of the efficiency hypothesis of hafted tool technology (Journal article - 2022)
- Semiotics and the origin of language in the Lower Paleolithic (Journal article - 2020)
- New geomorphological and archaeological evidence for drainage evolution in the Luangwa Valley (Zambia) during the Late Pleistocene (Journal article - 2021)
- The Middle Stone Age of Zambia, South Central Africa (Book - 2000)
- The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa. (Journal article - 2024)
- 2002 'Bone tools from Broken Hill (Kabwe) and their evolutionary significance.' (Journal article - 2002)
- A Dynamical Analysis of the Suitability of Prehistoric Spheroids from the Cave of Hearths as Thrown Projectiles (Journal article - 2016)
2025
Lithic use-wear analysis of Lupemban Middle Stone Age core-axes from Kalambo Falls, Zambia
Taylor, N., & Barham, L. S. (2025). Lithic use-wear analysis of Lupemban Middle Stone Age core-axes from Kalambo Falls, Zambia. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 17(5). doi:10.1007/s12520-025-02204-8
2024
BaTwa populations from Zambia retain ancestry of past hunter-gatherer groups
Barham, L. (2024). BaTwa populations from Zambia retain ancestry of past hunter-gatherer groups. Nature.
The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa.
Fortes-Lima, C. A., Burgarella, C., Hammarén, R., Eriksson, A., Vicente, M., Jolly, C., . . . Schlebusch, C. M. (2024). The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa.. Nature, 625(7995), 540-547. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06770-6
2023
Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago
Barham, L., Duller, G. A. T., Candy, I., Scott, C., Cartwright, C. R., Peterson, J. R., . . . Nkombwe, P. (n.d.). Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06557-9
Kalambo Falls, Zambia: wood objects from Site BLB (2019)
Barham, L. (n.d.). Kalambo Falls, Zambia: wood objects from Site BLB (2019). Kalambo Falls, northern Zamibia. doi:10.17638/datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/2200
2022
A biomechanical investigation of the efficiency hypothesis of hafted tool technology
Coe, D., Barham, L., Gardiner, J., & Crompton, R. (2022). A biomechanical investigation of the efficiency hypothesis of hafted tool technology. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE, 19(188). doi:10.1098/rsif.2021.0660
2021
New geomorphological and archaeological evidence for drainage evolution in the Luangwa Valley (Zambia) during the Late Pleistocene
Colton, D., Whitfield, E., Plater, A. J., Duller, G. A. T., Jain, M., & Barham, L. (2021). New geomorphological and archaeological evidence for drainage evolution in the Luangwa Valley (Zambia) during the Late Pleistocene. Geomorphology, 392, 107923. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107923
2020
Semiotics and the origin of language in the Lower Paleolithic
Barham, L., & Everett, D. (n.d.). Semiotics and the origin of language in the Lower Paleolithic. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. doi:10.1007/s10816-020-09480-9
2016
A Dynamical Analysis of the Suitability of Prehistoric Spheroids from the Cave of Hearths as Thrown Projectiles
Wilson, A. D., Zhu, Q., Barham, L., Stanistreet, I., & Bingham, G. P. (2016). A Dynamical Analysis of the Suitability of Prehistoric Spheroids from the Cave of Hearths as Thrown Projectiles. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6. doi:10.1038/srep30614
2013
From Hand to Handle: The First Industrial Revolution
Barham, L. S. (2013). From Hand to Handle: The First Industrial Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2002
2002 'Bone tools from Broken Hill (Kabwe) and their evolutionary significance.'
Barham, L., Pinto, A., & Stringer, C. (2002). 2002 'Bone tools from Broken Hill (Kabwe) and their evolutionary significance.'. Before Farming, 2(2), 1-16.
2000
The Middle Stone Age of Zambia, South Central Africa
Barham, L. S., & Andrews, P. (2000). The Middle Stone Age of Zambia, South Central Africa. Bristol: Western Academic & Specialist Press.