Academic Research – Practice + Pedagogy
Spiros, M.C., Nakhaeizadeh, S., Thompson, T.J.U., Morgan, R.M., Arvidsson, M., Olsson, V., Berivoe, A. and Hefner, J.T. (early view) Using eye-tracking technology to quantify the effect of experience and education on forensic anthropological analyses. Forensic Anthropology.
Gowland, R.L. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2021) The skeleton and human identity. In: Ferguson, R., Littlefield, M and Purdon, J. (eds.) The Art of Identification. Princeton University Press.
Thompson, T.J.U., Collings, A.J., Horsman, G., Earwaker, H., Nakhaeizadeh, S. and Parekh, U. (2020) Forensic undergraduate education during and after the COVID-19 imposed lockdown: strategies and reflections from India and the UK. Forensic Science International. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110500.
Thompson, T.J.U. (2020) Choose your own murder: Non-linear narratives enhance student understanding in forensic science education. Forensic Science International: Synergy 2: 82-85.
Errickson, D., Fawcett, H., Thompson, T.J.U. and Campbell, A. (2020) The effect of different imaging techniques for the visualisation of evidence in court on jury comprehension. International Journal of Legal Medicine 134: 1451-1455.
Nakhaeizadeh, S., Morgan, R.M., Olsson, V., Arvidsson, M. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2019) The value of eye-tracking technology in the analysis and interpretations of skeletal remains: A pilot study. Science & Justice 60: 36-42.
Errickson, D. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2019) Sharing is not always caring: Social media and the dead. In: Squires, K., Errickson, D. and Marquez-Grant, N. (eds.) Ethical approaches to human remains: A global challenge in bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology. Springer: Switzerland. pp299-313.
Thompson, T.J.U., Jiménez Gaytan, D., Bedoya Sánchez, S. and Ninel Pleitez Quiñónez, A. (2018) Forensic anthropology: Whose rules are we playing by? – Contextualising the role of forensic protocols in human rights investigations. In: Waterlow, J. and Schuhmacher, J. (eds.) War crimes trials and investigations: A multidisciplinary introduction. Palgrave Macmillan: UK. pp59-80.
Thompson, T.J.U. (2015) Deconstructing the ‘ideal’ of standardisation. In: Crossland, Z. and Joyce, R. (eds.) Disturbing bodies: Perspectives on forensic anthropology. SAR Press. pp63-84.
Fowler, G. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2015) A mere technical exercise? Challenges and technological solutions to the identification of individuals in mass grave scenarios in the modern context. In: Anstett, E. et al (eds.) Search and identification of corpses and human remains in post-genocide and mass violence contexts. pp117-141.
Butler, M., Thompson, T.J.U. and Bel, É. (2014) Exploring the implementation of head mounted camera technology in Volume Crime Scene Investigation. In de Guzman, Das and Das (ed.) The evolution of policing: worldwide innovations and insights. CRC Press, Inc.: Florida, USA. pp281-297.
Gowland, R. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2013) Human identity and identification. Cambridge University Press.
Rankin B.W.J., Taylor G. and Thompson T.J.U. (2012) Should Higher Education respond to recent changes in the forensic science marketplace? New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences 8: 27-32.
Thompson, T.J.U. (2008) The role of the photograph in the application of forensic anthropology and the interpretation of clandestine scenes of crime. Photography & Culture 1(2): 163-182.
Thompson, T.J.U. and Black, S.M. (eds.) (2007) Forensic human identification: an introduction. CRC Press, Inc.: Florida, USA.
Thompson, T.J.U. (2003) The quality and appropriateness of forensic anthropological education in the UK. Public Archaeology 3(2): 88-94.
Thompson, T.J.U. and Evison, M.P. (eds.) (2003) Forensic anthropology in the United Kingdom – Current trends, problems and concerns. Science and Justice 43(4).
Thompson, T.J.U. (2003) Supply and demand: Shifting expectations in forensic anthropology. Science and Justice 43(4): 183-186.
Thompson, T.J.U. (2001) Legal and ethical considerations of forensic anthropological research. Science and Justice 41(4): 261-270.
Academic Research – Burned bone, diagenesis + taphonomy
Thompson, T.J.U. (2023) Challenges of biological profile estimation from burnt remains. In: Ellingham, S., Adserias-Garriga, J., Zapico, S.C. and Ubelaker, D.H. (eds.) Burnt Human Remains. John Whiley & Sons Ltd. pp133-146.
Gafner, K., Monetti, L. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2021) Trial by fire. Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports – Special Issue: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-archaeological-science-reports/special-issue/10ZVLW1XZLP
Monetti, L., Gafner, K.B. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2021) Burning issues with the archaeology of fire. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 39: 103156.
Paba, R., Thompson, T.J.U., Fanti, L. and Lugliè, C. (2021) Rising from the ashes: A multi-technique analytical approach to determine cremation. A case study from a Middle Neolithic burial in Sardinia (Italy). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 36: 102855.
Morton-Hayward, A.L., Thompson, T., Thomas-Oates, J.E., Buckley, S., Petzold, A., Ramsøe, A., O’Connor, S. and Collins, M.J. (2020) A conscious rethink: Why is brain tissue commonly preserved in the archaeological record? Commentary on: Petrone P, Pucci P, Niola M, et al. Heat-induced brain vitrification from the Vesuvius eruption in C.E. 79. N Engl J Med 2020;382:383-4. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1909867. STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research doi: 10.1080/20548923.2020.1815398
Martyn, R., Craig, O.E., Ellingham, S.T.E., Islam, M., Fattore, L., Sperduti, A., Bondioli, L. and Thompson, T. (2020) A re-evaluation of manner of death at Roman Herculaneum following the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius. Antiquity 94: 76–91.
Thompson, T.J.U., Gonçalves, D., Squires, K. and Ulguim, P. (2017) Thermal alteration to the body. In: Schotsmans, E. et al (eds.) Taphonomy of human remains: forensic analysis of the dead and the depositional environment. Wiley-Blackwell. pp318-334.
Thomas, B., McIntosh, D., Fildes, T., Smith, L., Hargrave, F., Islam, M., Thompson, T.J.U., Layfield, R., Scott, D., Shaw, B., Burrell, C.L. and Taylor, S. (2017) Second-harmonic generation imaging of collagen in ancient bone. Bone Reports 7: 137-144.
Ellingham, S.T.D., Thompson, T.J.U. and Islam, M. (2017) Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-ray (SEM/EDX): A rapid diagnostic tool to aid the identification of burnt bone and contested cremains. Journal of Forensic Sciences 63: 504-510.
Thompson, T.J.U., Szigeti, J., Gowland, R.L. and Witcher, R.E. (2016) Death on the frontier: military cremation practices in the north of Roman Britain. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports 10: 828-836.
Griffith, S.J., Thompson, C.E.L., Thompson, T.J.U., and Gowland, R.L. (2016) Experimental abrasion of water submerged bone: The influence of bombardment by different sediment classes on microabrasion rate. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports 10: 15-29.
Ralebitso-Senior, T.K., Thompson, T.J.U. and Carney, H.E. (2016) Microbial ecogenomics and forensic archaeology: New methods for investigating clandestine gravesites. Human Remains and Violence: An Interdisciplinary Journal 2: 41-57.
Piga, G., Guirguis, M., Thompson, T.J.U., Isidro, A., Enzo, S., and Malgosa, A. (2016) A case of semi-combusted pregnant female in the Phoenician-Punic necropolis of Monte Sirai (Carbonia, Sardinia, Italy). Homo – Journal of Comparative Human Biology 67: 50-64.
Piga, G., Gonçalves, D., Thompson, T.J.U., Brunetti, A., Malgosa, A. and Enzo, S. 2016. Understanding the crystallinity indices behaviour of burned bones and teeth by ATR-IR and XRD in the presence of bioapatite mixed with other phosphate and carbonate phases. International Journal of Spectroscopy http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4810149.
Ellingham, S.T.D., Thompson, T.J.U., and Islam, M. (2016) The effect of soft tissue on temperature estimation from burnt bone using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Journal of Forensic Sciences 61: 153 – 159.
Thompson, T.J.U. and Ulguim, P.F. (2016) Burned human remains. In: Blau, S. and Ubelaker, D. (eds.) Handbook of forensic anthropology and archaeology (2nd Edition). Left Coast Press: USA. pp391-401.
Thompson, T.J.U. (ed.) (2015) The Archaeology of cremation: Burned human remains in funerary studies. Oxbow Books.
Thompson, T.J.U. (2015) Fire and the body; fire and the people. In: Thompson, T.J.U. (ed.) The Archaeology of cremation: Burned human remains in funerary studies. Oxbow Books. pp1-17.
Thompson, T.J.U. (2015) Cremated bone. In: Payne-James, J. (ed.) Encyclopaedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine. Elsevier.
Thompson, T.J.U. (2015) The analysis of heat-induced crystallinity change in bone. In: Schmidt, C. and Symes, S. (eds.) The analysis of burned human remains (2nd ed). Academic Press. pp323-337.
Gonçalves, D., Cunha, E. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2015) The estimation of the pre-burning condition of human remains in forensic contexts. International Journal of Legal Medicine 129: 1137-1143.
Olakanye, A.O., Thompson, T.J.U. and Ralebitso-Senior, K. (2015) Shifts in soil biodiversity – A forensic comparison between Sus scrofa domesticus and vegetation decomposition. Science & Justice 55: 402–407.
Gonçalves, D., Thompson, T.J.U. and Cunha, E. (2015) Sexual dimorphism of the lateral angle of the internal auditory canal and its potential for sex estimation of burned human skeletal remains. International Journal of Legal Medicine 129: 1183-1186.
Chimutsa, M., Olakanye, A.O., Thompson, T.J.U. and Ralebisto-Senior, K. (2015) Soil fungal community shift evaluation as a potential cadaver decomposition indicator. Forensic Science International 257: 155-159.
Ellingham, S.T.D., Thompson, T.J.U and Islam, M. (2015) Thermogravimetric analysis of property changes and weight loss in incinerated bone. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 438: 239-244.
Ellingham, S.T.D, Thompson, T.J.U., Islam, M. and Taylor, G. (2015) Estimating temperature exposure on burnt bone – a methodological review. Science & Justice 55: 181-188.
Piga, G., Malgosa, A., Thompson, T.J.U., Guirguis, M. and Enzo, S. (2015) A unique case of prone position in the primary cremation Tomb 252 of Monte Sirai necropolis (Carbonia, Sardinia, Italy). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 25: 146-159.
Olakanye, A., Thompson, T.J.U., Ralebitso-Senior, K. (2014) Changes to soil bacterial profiles as a result of Sus scrofa domesticus decomposition. Forensic Science International 245: 101-106.
Bergmann, R., Ralebitso-Senior, K. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2014) An RNA-based analysis of changes in biodiversity indices in response to Sus scrofa domesticus decomposition. Forensic Science International 241:190-194.
DeBattista, R., Tidy, H. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2014) An investigation into the persistence of textile fibres on buried carcasses. Science & Justice 54: 288-291.
DeBattista, R., Thompson, T.J.U., Thompson, C.E.L. and Gowland, R.L. (2013) A comparison of surface features on submerged and non-submerged bone using scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 20: 770-776.
Gonçalves, D., Cunha, E. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2013) Weight references for burned human skeletal remains from Portuguese samples. Journal of Forensic Sciences 58: 1134-1140.
Gonçalves, D., Cunha, E. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2013) Osteometric sex determination of burned human skeletal remains. Journal of Legal and Forensic Medicine 20: 906-911.
Piga, G., Solinas, G., Thompson, T.J.U., Brunetti, A., Malgosa, A. and Enzo, S. (2013) Is X-Ray Diffraction able to distinguish between animal and human bones? Journal of Archaeological Science 40: 778-785.
Thompson, T.J.U., Islam, M. and Bonniere, M. (2013) A new statistical approach for determining the crystallinity of heat-altered bone mineral from FTIR spectra. Journal of Archaeological Science 40: 416-422.
Starkie, A., White, L. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2013) An investigation into the effects of decomposition on the post-mortem location of trans-dermal artefacts. Forensic Science International 224: 68-72.
Gonçalves, D., Thompson, T.J.U. and Cunha, E. (2011) Implications of heat-induced changes in bone on the interpretation of funerary behaviour and practice. Journal of Archaeological Science 38: 1308-1313.
Squires, K.E., Thompson, T.J.U., Islam, M., Chamberlain, A. (2011) The application of histomorphometry and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy to the analysis of early Anglo-Saxon burned bone. Journal of Archaeological Science 38: 2399-2409.
Thompson, C.E.L., Ball, S., Thompson, T.J.U. and Gowland, R.L. (2011) The abrasion of modern and archaeological bones by mobile sediments: the importance of transport modes. Journal of Archaeological Science 38: 784-793.
Thompson, T.J.U., Islam, M., Piduru, K. and Marcel, A. (2011) An investigation into the internal and external variables acting on crystallinity index using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy on unaltered and burned bone. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 299: 168-174.
Thompson, T.J.U. (2009) Burned human remains. In: Blau, S. and Ubelaker, D. (eds.) Handbook of forensic anthropology and archaeology. Left Coast Press: USA. pp 295-303.
Piga, G., Thompson, T.J.U., Malgosa, A., and Enzo, S. (2009) The potential of X-ray Diffraction (XRD) in the analysis of burned remains from forensic contexts. Journal of Forensic Sciences 54(3): 534-539.
Thompson, T.J.U., Gauthier, M. and Islam, M. (2009) The application of a new method of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy to the analysis of burned bone. Journal of Archaeological Science 36(3): 910-914.
Piga, G., Malgosa, A., Thompson, T.J.U. and Enzo, S. (2008) A new calibration of the XRD technique for the study of archaeological burned human remains. Journal of Archaeological Sciences 35(8): 2171-2178.
Thompson, T.J.U. and Chudek, J.A. (2007) A novel approach to the visualisation of heat-induced structural change in bone. Science & Justice 47(2): 99-104.
Thompson, T.J.U. (2005) Heat-induced dimensional changes in bone and their consequences for forensic anthropology. Journal of Forensic Sciences 50(5): 1008-1015.
Thompson, T.J.U. (2004). Recent advances in the study of burned bone and their implications for forensic anthropology. Forensic Science International 146S: S203–S205.
Hiller, J., Thompson, T.J.U., Evison, M.P., Chamberlain, A.T. and Wess, T.J. (2003) Bone mineral change during experimental heating: An X-ray scattering investigation. Biomaterials 24(28): 5091-5097.
Thompson, T.J.U. (2002) The assessment of sex in cremated individuals: Some cautionary notes. Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal 35(2): 49-56.
Thompson, T.J.U. (2000). A preliminary investigation into the influence of burning on the ability to sex the human pelvis. In: Proceedings from the 46th annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, November 16-21.
Academic Publications – Imaging + Visualisation
Crowther, M., Li, B., Thompson, T.J.U., and Islam, M. (2021) A comparison between visible wavelength hyperspectral imaging and digital photography for the detection and identification of bloodstained footwear marks. Journal of Forensic Sciences 66: 2424-2437.
Crowther, M., Reidy, S., Walker, J., Islam, M. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2021) Application of non-contact scanning to forensic podiatry: a feasibility study. Science & Justice 61: 79-88.
Jani, G., Johnson, A., Parekh, U. Thompson, T.J.U. and Pandey, A. (2020) Effective approaches to three-dimensional digital reconstruction of fragmented human skeletal remains using laser surface scanning. Forensic Science International: Synergy 2: 215-223 doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2020.07.002.
Shamata, A. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2019) Determining the effectiveness of noncontact three‐dimensional surface scanning for the assessment of open injuries. Journal of Forensic Sciences 65: 627-635.
Williams, R., Thompson, T.J.U., Orr, C., Birley, A. and Taylor, G. (2019) 3D imaging as a public engagement tool: Investigating an Ox cranium used in target practice at Vindolanda. Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal 2 doi: http://doi.org/10.16995/traj.364.
Brookes, G.K. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2019) The impact of personal perception on the identification of tattoo pattern in human identification. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 64: 34-41.
Shamata, A. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2018) Documentation and analysis of traumatic injuries in clinical forensic medicine involving structured light three-dimensional surface scanning versus photography. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 58: 93-100.
Shamata, A. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2018) Using structured light three-dimensional surface scanning on living individuals: Key considerations and best practice for forensic medicine. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 55: 58-64.
Thompson, T.J.U and Norris, P. (2018) A new method for the recovery and evidential comparison of footwear impressions using 3D structured light scanning. Science & Justice 58: 237-243.
Errickson, D. and Thompson, T.J.U. (eds.) (2017) Human remains – another dimension: The application of imaging to the study of human remains. Elsevier: GB.
Errickson, D., Grueso, I., Griffith, S.J., Setchell, J.M., Thompson, T.J.U., Thompson, C.E.L. and Gowland, R.L. (2017) Towards a best practice for the use of active non-contact surface scanning to record human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 27: 650-661.
Errickson, D., Thompson, T.J.U. and Rankin, B. (2014) The application of 3D visualization of osteological trauma for the courtroom: a critical review. Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging 2: 132-137.
Starkie, A., Birch, W., Ferllini, R. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2011) An investigation into the merits of infrared imaging in the investigation of tattoos post mortem. Journal of Forensic Sciences 56: 1569-1573.
Black, S.M. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2007) Body modifications. In: Thompson, T.J.U. and Black, S.M. (eds.) Forensic human identification. CRC Press, Inc.: Florida, USA. pp 379-400.
Thompson, T.J.U. (2007) Biometric identity cards. In: Thompson, T.J.U. and Black, S.M. (eds.) Forensic human identification. CRC Press, Inc.: Florida, USA. pp 415-423.
Thompson, T.J.U. and Puxley, A. (2007) Personal effects. In: Thompson, T.J.U. and Black, S.M. (eds.) Forensic human identification. CRC Press, Inc.: Florida, USA. pp 365-377.
Academic Publications – Osteology + Bioarchaeology
Kilburn, N.N., Gowland, R.L., Halldórsdóttir, H.H., Williams, R. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2021) Assessing pathological conditions in archaeological bone using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 37 doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102980.
Hansford, J. Wright, P.C., Rasoamiaramanana, A., Pérez, V.R., Godfrey, L.R., Errickson, D., Thompson, T. and Turvey, S.T. (2018) Early Holocene human presence in Madagascar evidenced by exploitation of avian megafauna. Science Advances 4 doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aat6925.
Garrido-Varas, C.E., Rathnasinghe, R., Thompson, T.J.U. and Savriama, Y. (2015) A new method to pair-match metacarpals using bilateral asymmetry and shape analysis. Journal of Forensic Sciences 60: 118-123.
Errickson, D. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2015) Animal attacks and injuries: Anthropological findings. In: Payne-James, J. (ed.) Encyclopaedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine (2nd Ed.). Elsevier. pp 143-147.
Chrysostomou, P. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2015) Ancestry assessment. In: Payne-James, J. (ed.) Encyclopaedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine. Elsevier.
Garrido-Varas, C.E., Thompson, T.J.U. and Campbell, A. (2014) Parámetros métricos para la determinación de sexo en restos esqueletales Chilenos modernos [Metric parameters for sex dertermination of modern Chilean skeletal remains]. Chungara – Revista de Antropología Chilena [Journal of Chilean Anthropology] 46: 285-293.
Garrido-Varas, C.E. and Thompson, T.J.U. (2011) Metric dimensions of the proximal phalanges of the human hand and their relationship to side, position, and asymmetry. Homo – Journal of Comparative Human Biology 62: 126-143.
Thompson, T.J.U. and Inglis, J. (2009) Differentiation of serrated and non-serrated blades from stab marks in bone. International Journal of Legal Medicine 123(2): 129-135.