Glynis Eleanor Jones FBA is a British

archaeobotanist Paleoethnobotany (also spelled palaeoethnobotany), or archaeobotany, is the study of past human-plant interactions through the recovery and analysis of ancient plant remains. Both terms are synonymous, though paleoethnobotany (from the Greek words ...

, who is Professor of Archaeology at the

University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...

Biography

Jones graduated from

Cardiff University Cardiff University () is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It was renamed Unive ...

with a degree in

zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...

, before working as a science teacher in the UK and

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

. Next, Jones worked as a research assistant at the

British School at Athens The British School at Athens (BSA; ) is an institute for advanced research, one of the eight British International Research Institutes supported by the British Academy, that promotes the study of Greece in all its aspects. Under UK law it is a reg ...

, before undertaking an MPhil and then PhD in Archaeology at the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

. After completing her PhD, Jones worked in the Department of Urban Archaeology,

Museum of London London Museum (known from 1976 to 2024 as the Museum of London) is a museum in London, covering the history of the city from prehistoric to modern times, with a particular focus on social history. The Museum of London was formed in 1976 by ama ...

, before commencing an academic post at the

in 1984. In 2004 Jones was appointed Professor of Archaeology. Jones has pioneered the development of archaeobotanical methodologies including ethnobotany, crop-processing analysis, weed ecology, and aDNA, and archaeobotanical research in Greece. Early work used ethnographic observations of crop-processing in Greece to produce models which could be applied to archaeobotanical remains. From the 1990s onwards, Jones has worked with colleagues including Amy Bogaard to develop the application of functional weed ecology to archaeobotanical assemblages in order to reconstruct past crop husbandry. More recently, Jones has been utilising DNA of modern landraces to investigate the spread of domesticated cereals into Europe, and working to develop the application of stable isotope analysis to archaeobotanical remains. Jones is noted for her skill in teaching and research. Jones is credited with initiating archaeobotanical study in Greece, training Greek archaeologists in archaeobotany and initiating the recovery of macroscopic plant remains from archaeological sites. Jones was elected as a Fellow of the

British Academy The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the sa ...

in 2013. She is a vice-president of the

, and serves on the editorial board of the ''

Journal of Archaeological Science The ''Journal of Archaeological Science'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers "the development and application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology". The journal was established in 1974 by Acad ...

''.

Selected publications

* Jones, G. and Rowley-Conwy, P. 2007. On the importance of cereal cultivation in the British Neolithic, in S. Colledge and J. Conolly (eds.) ''The Origins and Spread of Domestic Plants Southwest Asia and Europe''. Left Coast Press: 391-419. * Jones, G., Charles, Bogaard, A. and Hodgson, J. 2010. Crops and weeds: the role of weed functional types in the identification of crop husbandry methods. ''

'' 37: 70-77. * Jones, G., Charles, M., Colledge, S., Jones, M. Leigh, F., Lister, D., Powell, W., Smith L., Brown, T. and Jones. H. 2013. Barley DNA evidence for the routes of agricultural spread into Europe following multiple domestications in W. Asia. '' Antiquity'' 87: 701-13. * Boardman, S. and Jones, G. 1990. Experiments on the effects of charring on cereal plant components.

17: 1-11. * Jones, G. 1991. Numerical analysis, in W. van Zeist, K. Wasylikowa and K.-E. Behre (eds.) ''Progress in Old World Palaeoethnobotany''. Rotterdam: 63-80. * Jones, G. 1992. Weed phytosociology and crop husbandry: identifying a contrast between ancient and modern practice. ''Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology'' 73: 133-43. * Jones, G. and Halstead, P. 1995. Maslins, mixtures and monocrops: on the interpretation of archaeological crop samples of heterogenous composition. ''Journal of Archaeological Science'' 22: 103-14. * Jones, G., Valamoti, S. and Charles, M. 2000. Early crop diversity: a `new´ glume wheat from northern Greece. ''Vegetation History and Archaeobotany'' 9: 133-46.

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