Research outputs
2026
The BEAST Database of Wildlife Representations from Egypt and Nubia (c. 22,000–30BC)
Spedding, J. V., Ikram, S., Snape, S., Lazagabaster, I. A., & Bro-Jørgensen, J. (2026). The BEAST Database of Wildlife Representations from Egypt and Nubia (c. 22,000–30BC). Open Quaternary, 12. doi:10.5334/oq.162
2025
The spread of domesticates across Egypt and their potential impact on indigenous wild animal species: placing Dakhleh in a wider context
Spedding, J., Ikram, S., Lazagabaster Aguilar, I., Thomas, C. D., & Bro-Jorgensen, J. (2025). The spread of domesticates across Egypt and their potential impact on indigenous wild animal species: placing Dakhleh in a wider context. In C. Hope, P. Polkowski, J. Anderson, & L. Kilroy (Eds.), The Oasis Papers 10: the Land Where the Sun Goes Down. the Archaeology of Egypt's Western Desert Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference of Dakhleh Oasis Project. Archaeopress Archaeology.
A chemical examination of faience found in Nubia: preliminary observations
Spedding, J. V. (2025). A chemical examination of faience found in Nubia: preliminary observations. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 67, 105341. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105341
Applying habitat suitability modelling to establish the species identity of ambiguous animal depictions in archaeology: new insights into the wild bovids of ancient Egypt
Bro-Jørgensen, J., Ikram, S., Spedding, J. V., Thomas, C. D., Snape, S., Nilsson, M., & Lazagabaster, I. A. (2025). Applying habitat suitability modelling to establish the species identity of ambiguous animal depictions in archaeology: new insights into the wild bovids of ancient Egypt. Journal of Archaeological Science, 179, 106239. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2025.106239
Calculating ancient human population distributions in the Egyptian Delta: A preliminary examination of methods and available evidence
Spedding, J. V., Snape, S., Ikram, S., Lazagabaster, I. A., & Bro-Jorgensen, J. (2025). Calculating ancient human population distributions in the Egyptian Delta: A preliminary examination of methods and available evidence. In Delta Reports 1 Research in the Cultural History of the Ancient Egyptian Nile Delta (pp. 95-107).
Delta Reports 1
Eva, L. -A., & Penelope, W. (Eds.) (2025). Delta Reports 1. doi:10.32028/9781803279770
Patterns in the Population Distribution of Lower Egypt from the Predynastic to the Ptolemaic Period as Estimated from Archaeological Evidence
Spedding, J. V., Snape, S., Ikram, S., Lazagabaster, I. A., & Bro-Jorgensen, J. (2025). Patterns in the Population Distribution of Lower Egypt from the Predynastic to the Ptolemaic Period as Estimated from Archaeological Evidence. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, 23(1), 53-77. doi:10.1163/21915784-BJA10043
2024
Evaluating species distribution model predictions through time against paleozoological records.
Lazagabaster, I. A., Thomas, C. D., Spedding, J. V., Ikram, S., Solano-Regadera, I., Snape, S., & Bro-Jørgensen, J. (2024). Evaluating species distribution model predictions through time against paleozoological records.. Ecology and evolution, 14(10), e70288. doi:10.1002/ece3.70288
Creatures of the Nile
Criscenzo Laycock, G., & Spedding, J. (2024, May 3). Creatures of the Nile [Exhibition]. Victoria Gallery and Museum.
2023
Species distribution models fail to predict paleozoological occurrences during the Holocene Green Sahara phase
Lazagabaster, I., Spedding, J., Solano-Regadera, I., Thomas, C., Ikram, S., Snape, S., & Bro-Jorgensen, J. (2023). Species distribution models fail to predict paleozoological occurrences during the Holocene Green Sahara phase. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-16871
‘To See a World in a Grain of Sand’: Glass from Nubia and the Ancient Mediterranean
Spedding, J. V. (2023). ‘To See a World in a Grain of Sand’: Glass from Nubia and the Ancient Mediterranean. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. doi:10.2307/jj.3452817
SEM-EDS identification of glass groups in Meroitic period and Early Nobadian Nubia
Spedding, J. V. (2023). SEM-EDS identification of glass groups in Meroitic period and Early Nobadian Nubia. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 57(4), 500-531. doi:10.1080/0067270x.2022.2157624
2022
Lead isotope analysis of Meroitic period glass from Nubia with LA-MC-ICP-MS
Spedding, J. V. (2022). Lead isotope analysis of Meroitic period glass from Nubia with LA-MC-ICP-MS. ARCHAEOMETRY, 64(5), 1148-1167. doi:10.1111/arcm.12780
2019
A PRELIMINARY ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF NUBIAN GLASS OF THE MEROITIC PERIOD
Spedding, J. V. (2019). A PRELIMINARY ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF NUBIAN GLASS OF THE MEROITIC PERIOD. In Current Research in Nubian Archaeology (pp. 37-80). Gorgias Press. doi:10.31826/9781463239534-005
‘To See A World in a Grain of Sand’: The Glass of Nubia in the Meroitic Period and its Relationship to Glass of The Ancient Mediterranean World
Spedding, J. (2019, August 19). ‘To See A World in a Grain of Sand’: The Glass of Nubia in the Meroitic Period and its Relationship to Glass of The Ancient Mediterranean World.
Indian Glass In Ancient Nubia
Spedding, J. (2019). Indian Glass In Ancient Nubia. Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 22.
2016
Appendix 6.1. Analysis by scanning electron microscope with energy-dispersive spectrometry of a wax sample from a writing tablet
Ponting, M. J., George, N., & Spedding, J. (2016). Appendix 6.1. Analysis by scanning electron microscope with energy-dispersive spectrometry of a wax sample from a writing tablet: Roman London's first voices (72).