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Professor Janet Montgomery FBA

Janet Montgomery is a bioarchaeologist specialising in the isotopic and chemical analysis of humans and animals to reconstruct ancient diets, residential mobility and exposure to pollutants from the Mesolithic to the 19th century in northwestern Europe.
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Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA
Sections
Archaeology
Website
https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/janet-montgomery/

Current post

Durham University Professor of Bioarchaeology

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