Robert Janaway
Associate Professor
| Faculty/Dept/School |
School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences (Faculty of Life Sciences) |
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| r.c.janaway@bradford.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +441274 233543 |
Biography
Rob is Lecturer in Archaeological Sciences and has more than 35 years experience of Archaeology in both the field and the laboratory. He originally qualified in Archaeological Conservation and specialised in the relationship between materials degradation and depositional environments. He has worked on a range archaeological sites including, peat bogs, desert sites, and deep stratified urban deposits. He is a specialist on the taphonomy of inhumation burials and has worked on material from cemeteries, crypts and mausoleums. In addition to a traditional archaeological role he acts as a Forensic Archaeologist. He has worked on more than 25 criminal cases for a variety of British police forces in a variety of roles including excavator and taphonomy consultant. He has acted as an expert witness in court.
Research
His early research focussed on the taphonomy of inhumation burials and combined approaches from both archaeological and forensic science. This resulted in the key publication: Boddington, Garland and Janaway eds. (1987) Death, Decay and Reconstruction. This was followed by further consideration of the taphonomy of archaeological burials in Garland and Janaway (1989) The Taphonomy of Inhumation Burials (In Roberts, Lee and Bintliff eds. Burial Archaeology: Current Research, Methods and Developments. Further work was carried out on the 18th/19th century crypt burials including the major Christchurch Spitalfields Project. This refined ideas concerning the decomposition of bodies under different conditions and their effect of textiles and other associated materials buried with it. This led to both site specific reports (e.g. Janaway 1993) and review papers (Janaway 1998). With a growing involvement in Forensic Archaeology, research focussed onto areas that are relevant to both forensic and archaeological research questions. In conjunction with Andrew Wilson there have been extensive field experiments using pig carcasses as human body analogues. These have been used to refine ideas concerning the dynamic environment in the grave during soft tissue decomposition. Recent outputs include (Wilson et al. 2007). He has continued to publish both in the field of forensic taphonomy (Janaway 2002) with a new publication due out later in 2007 (Janaway in press) as well as more general Forensic Archaeology review papers such as (Janaway 2006). He has recently conducted taphonomy field experiments in conjunction with Dr. A Wilson and post-graduate students from Bradford at the Anthropological Research Facility, Knoxville, Tennessee and in the coastal desert of Southern Peru. Recent archaeological work has included the analysis of textiles and clothing from the Wreck of the Mary Rose with a former student (Emma Green) published in: Gardiner, J. and Richards, M. eds. Before the Mast: Life and Death Aboard the Mary Rose. There has also been a consideration of the taphonomy and conservation of material from WWI sites in Flanders and the relationship between soil chemistry, land use and the survival of vulnerable metal artefacts from the medieval battlefield of Bosworth Field.Professional activities
- Consultant: Consultant (Taphonomy and Conservation) to Messines Ridge Excavations (WWI)
- Consultant: Consultant Forensic Archaeologist to UK police forces including Cleveland, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Metropolitan police
- Consultant: Consultant/Advisor (Taphonomy) to Battlefields Trust (Bosworth and Edgehill Battlefield projects)
- External examiner: External examiner (Forensic Archaeology) to University of Bournemouth
- Founder Member: Founder Member of (FSAG) (recognised by Association of Chief Police Officers)
- OTHER: Forensic Archaeologist to Independent Commission for location of Victim’s Remains to recover the bodies of “the disappeared” from Ireland predominately from 1970s and 1980s
Publications
| Title | Long-term effects of hydrated lime and quicklime on the decay of human remains using pig cadavers as human body analogues (2014) |
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| Authors | Schotsmans, Eline M.J.; Fletcher, Jonathan N.; Denton, J.; Janaway, Robert C.; Wilson, Andrew S. |
| Journal | Forensic Science International |
| Title | Short-term effects of hydrated lime and quicklime on the decay of human remains using pig cadavers as human body analogues: Laboratory experiments (2014) |
| Authors | Schotsmans, Eline M.J.; Denton, J.; Fletcher, Jonathan N.; Janaway, Robert C.; Wilson, Andrew S. |
| Journal | Forensic Science International |
| Title | Long-term effects of hydrated lime and quicklime on the decay of human remains using pig cadavers as human body analogues: Field experiments (2014) |
| Authors | Schotsmans E.;Fletcher J.;Denton J.;Janaway R.;Wilson A. |
| Journal | Forensic Science International |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.12.046 |
| Title | A study of 18th century Coptic icons of Ibrahim Al-Nasekh using Raman microscopy and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: Indigo as an organic pigment in Egyptian panel paintings (2012) |
| Authors | Abdel-Ghani M.;Stern B.;Edwards H.;Janaway R. |
| Journal | Vibrational Spectroscopy |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.vibspec.2012.05.003 |
| Title | Effects of hydrated lime and quicklime on the decay of buried human remains using pig cadavers as human body analogues (2012) |
| Authors | Schotsmans, Eline M.J.; Denton, J.; Dekeirsschieter, J.; Ivaneanu, T.; Leentjes, S.; Janaway, Robert C.; Wilson, Andrew S. |
| Journal | Forensic Science International |
| Title | Exceptional preservation of a prehistoric human brain from Heslington, Yorkshire, UK. (2011) |
| Authors | O'Connor, Sonia A.; Ali, Esam M.A.; Al-Sabah, S.; Anwar, D.; Bergström, E.; Brown, K.A.; Buckberry, Jo; Collins, M.; Denton, J.; Dorling, K.; Dowle, A.; Duffey, P.; Edwards, Howell G.M.; Faria, E.C.; Gardner, P.; Gledhill, Andrew R.; Heaton, K.; Heron, Carl P.; Janaway, Robert C.; Keely, B.; King, D.G.; Masinton, A.; Penkman, K.E.H.; Petzoldk, A.; Pickering, M.D.; Rumsbyl, M.; Schutkowski, Holger; Shackleton, K.A.; Thomas, J.; Thomas-Oates, J.; Usai, M.; Wilson, Andrew S.; O'Connor, T.P. |
| Journal | Journal of Archaeological Science |
| Title | Evaluating histological methods for assessing hair fibre degradation (2010) |
| Authors | Wilson, Andrew S.; Dodson, Hilary I.; Janaway, Robert C.; Pollard, A. Mark; Tobin, Desmond J. |
| Journal | Archaeometry |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00524.x |
| Title | Gristhorpe man: an early bronze age log-coffin burial scientifically defined (2010) |
| Authors | Melton, Nigel D.; Montgomery, Janet; Knüsel, Christopher J.; Batt, Catherine M.; Needham, S.; Parker Pearson, M.; Sheridan, A.; Heron, Carl P.; Horsley, T.; Schmidt, Armin R.; Evans, Adrian A.; Carter, E.A.; Edwards, Howell G.M.; Hargreaves, Michael D.; Janaway, Robert C.; Lynnerup, N.; Northover, P.; O'Connor, Sonia A.; Ogden, Alan R.; Taylor, Timothy F.; Wastling, Vaughan; Wilson, Andrew S. |
| Journal | Antiquity |
| DOI | 10.1017/S0003598X00100237 |
| Title | Fourier-transform Raman spectroscopic study of a Neolithic waterlogged wood assemblage (2009) |
| Authors | Petrou, M.; Edwards, Howell G.M.; Janaway, Robert C.; Thompson, Gill B.; Wilson, Andrew S. |
| Journal | Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry |
| Title | Characterization of paint and varnish on a medieval Coptic-Byzantine icon: Novel usage of dammar resin (2009) |
| Authors | Abdel-Ghani M.;Edwards H.;Stern B.;Janaway R. |
| Journal | Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.saa.2008.10.050 |
| Title | Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2009) |
| Authors | Petrou M.;Edwards H.;Janaway R.;Thompson G.;Wilson A. |
| Journal | Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00216-009-3178-x |
| Title | Characterization of paint and varnish on a medieval Coptic-Byzantine icon: Novel usage of dammar resin? (2009) |
| Authors | Abdel-Ghani, Mona H.; Edwards, Howell G.M.; Stern, Ben; Janaway, Robert C. |
| Journal | SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A: MOLECULAR & BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.saa.2008.10.050 |
| Title | A Raman microscopic and gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric study of two 19th century overlapping Coptic icons of Anastasy Al-Romi (2008) |
| Authors | Abdel-Ghani M.;Edwards H.;Janaway R.;Stern B. |
| Journal | Vibrational Spectroscopy |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.vibspec.2008.02.013 |
| Title | Modelling the buried human body environment in upland climes using three contrasting field sites (2007) |
| Authors | Wilson, Andrew S.; Janaway, Robert C.; Holland, Andrew D.; Dodson, Hilary I.; Baran, Eve N.; Pollard, A. Mark; Tobin, Desmond J. |
| Journal | Forensic Science International |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.07.023 |
| Title | Selective Biodegradation in Hair Shafts Derived from Archaeological, Forensic and Experimental Contexts (2007) |
| Authors | Wilson, Andrew S.; Dodson, Hilary I.; Pollard, A. Mark; Tobin, Desmond J.; Janaway, Robert C. |
| Journal | British Journal of Dermatology |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.07973.x |
| Title | Forensic archaeology and forensic taphonomy experience in the UK: implications for the recovery of physical evidence. (2006) |
| Authors | Janaway, Robert C. |
| Title | Histological correlates of post mortem mitochondrial DNA damage in degraded hair (2006) |
| Authors | Gilbert M.;Janaway R.;Tobin D.;Cooper A.;Wilson A. |
| Journal | Forensic Science International |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.02.019 |
| Title | Histological correlates of postmortem DNA damage in degraded hair (2006) |
| Authors | Janaway, Robert C.; Cooper, A.; Gilbert, M.T.P.; Tobin, Desmond J.; Wilson, Andrew S. |
| Journal | Forensic Science International |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.02.019 |
| Title | Resistance of degraded hair shafts to contaminant DNA (2006) |
| Authors | Gilbert, M.T.P.; Menez, L.; Janaway, Robert C.; Tobin, Desmond J.; Cooper, A.; Wilson, Andrew S. |
| Journal | Forensic Science International |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.02.021 |
| Title | Ancient mitochondrial DNA from hair (2004) |
| Authors | Gilbert, M.T.P.; Wilson, Andrew S.; Bunce, M.; Hansen, A.J.; Janaway, Robert C.; Willerslev, E.; Shapiro, B.; Higham, T.F.G.; Richards, Michael P.; O'Connell, T.C.; Tobin, Desmond J.; Cooper, A. |
| Journal | Current Biology |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.008 |
| Title | The development of a histological index for assessing the condition of hair from archaeological or forensic contexts (2004) |
| Authors | Wilson, Andrew S.; Dodson, Hilary I.; Janaway, Robert C.; Pollard, A. Mark; Tobin, Desmond J. |
| Journal | JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology |
| Title | Ancient mitochondrial DNA from hair [1] (2004) |
| Authors | Gilbert M.;Wilson A.;Bunce M.;Hansen A.;Willerslev E.;Shapiro B.;Higham T.;Richards M.;O'Connell T.;Tobin D.;Janaway R.;Cooper A. |
| Journal | Current Biology |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.008 |
| Title | Yesterday's hair--human hair in archaeology (2001) |
| Authors | Wilson, Andrew S.; Dixon, Ronald A.; Dodson, Hilary I.; Janaway, Robert C.; Pollard, A. Mark; Stern, Ben; Tobin, Desmond J. |
| Journal | Biologist |
| Title | Towards an Understanding of the Interaction of Hair with the Depositional Environment (2001) |
| Authors | Wilson, Andrew S.; Dixon, Ronald A.; Edwards, Howell G.M.; Farwell, Dennis W.; Janaway, Robert C.; Pollard, A. Mark; Tobin, Desmond J. |
| Journal | Chungara |
| DOI | 10.4067/S0717-73562001000200016 |
| Title | Survival of Human Hair - The Impact of the Burial Environment (2001) |
| Authors | Wilson, Andrew S.; Janaway, Robert C.; Pollard, A. Mark; Dixon, Ronald A.; Tobin, Desmond J. |
| Title | The experimental earthwork at Wareham, dorset after 33 years: 3. Interaction of soil organisms with buried materials (2000) |
| Authors | Lawson T.;Hopkins D.;Chudek J.;Janaway R.;Bell M. |
| Journal | Journal of Archaeological Science |
| DOI | 10.1006/jasc.1999.0462 |
| Title | Effect of the Burial Environment on Hair Shaft Morphology - Relevance for Archaeology and Medico-legal Investigations (1999) |
| Authors | Wilson, Andrew S.; Janaway, Robert C.; Tobin, Desmond J. |
| Journal | Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings |
| Title | Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy: Evaluation as a non- destructive technique for studying the degradation of human hair from archaeological and forensic environments (1999) |
| Authors | Wilson, Andrew S.; Edwards, Howell G.M.; Farwell, Dennis W.; Janaway, Robert C. |
| Journal | Journal of Raman Spectroscopy |
| Title | A curious clinker (1987) |
| Authors | Henderson J.;Janaway R.;Richards J. |
| Journal | Journal of Archaeological Science |
| DOI | 10.1016/0305-4403(87)90025-2 |
| Title | Textile casts in corroded 16th century lead cloth seals from fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire (2001) |
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| Authors | Frith J.;Janaway R. |
| Journal | Archaeological Textiles Newsletter |
| Title | Forensic archaeology in the United Kingdom and quality assurance (2015) |
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| Authors | Janaway, Robert C. |
| Journal | Forensic archaeology: A global perspective |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118745977 |
| Title | Introduction (2014) |
| Authors | Groen W.;Márquez-Grant N.;Janaway R. |
| Journal | Forensic Archaeology: A Global Perspective |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118745977 |
| Title | Forensic Archaeology in the United Kingdom and Quality Assurance (2014) |
| Authors | Janaway R. |
| Journal | Forensic Archaeology: A Global Perspective |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118745977.ch24 |
| Title | Gristhorpe Man: preservation, taphonomy and conservation, past and present (2013) |
| Authors | Janaway, Robert C.; O'Connor, Sonia A.; Wilson, Andrew S. |
| Journal | Gristhorpe Man: A Life and Death in the Bronze Age |
| Publisher | Oxbow |
| Title | No certain roof but the coffin lid: exploring the commercial and academic need for a high level research framework to safeguard the future of the post-medieval burial resource (2013) |
| Authors | Powers, N., Wilson, A., Montgomery, J., & Janaway, R. |
| Journal | Archaeology, the Public and the Recent Past |
| Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
| Title | 'Men that are gone … come like shadows, so depart': research practice and sampling strategies for enhancing our understanding of post-medieval human remains. (2013) |
| Authors | Wilson, A., Powers, N., Montgomery, J., Town, M., & Janaway, R. |
| Journal | Archaeology, the Public and the Recent Past |
| Publisher | Boydell & Brewer. |
| Title | ‘No certain roof but the Coffin Lid’. Exploring the commercial and academic need for a high level research framework to safeguard the future of the post-medieval burial resource (2011) |
| Authors | Powers N.;Wilson A.;Montgomery J.;Bowsher D.;Brown T.;Beaumont J.;Janaway R. |
| Journal | Archaeology, the Public and the Recent Past |
| Title | ‘Men that are gone … come like shadows, so depart’: Research practice and sampling strategies for enhancing our understanding of post-medieval human remains (2011) |
| Authors | Wilson A.;Powers N.;Montgomery J.;Buckberry J.;Beaumont J.;Bowsher D.;Town M.;Janaway R. |
| Journal | Archaeology, the Public and the Recent Past |
| Title | Decomposition of human remains (2009) |
| Authors | Janaway R.;Percival S.;Wilson A. |
| Journal | Microbiology and Aging: Clinical Manifestations |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-59745-327-1_14 |
| Title | Decomposition of Human Remains (2009) |
| Authors | Janaway, Robert C.; Percival, S.L.; Wilson, Andrew S. |
| Journal | Microbiology and Aging |
| Publisher | Springer |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-59745-327-1 |
| Title | Taphonomic changes to the buried body in arid environments: an experimental case study in Peru (2009) |
| Authors | Janaway, Robert C.; Wilson, Andrew S.; Carpio Díaz, G.; Guillen, S. |
| Journal | Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics |
| Publisher | Springer |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4020-9204-6 |
| Title | The degradation of lignocellulosics under conditions applicable to wetlands in northern Greece (2008) |
| Authors | Petrou, M.; Edwards, Howell G.M.; Janaway, Robert C.; Kavvouras, P.; Thompson, Gill B.; Wilson, Andrew S. |
| Journal | Preserving Archaeological Remains in Situ : proceedings of the 3rd conference 7-9 December 2006, Amsterdam |
| Publisher | Institute for Geo and Bioarchaeology, VU University |
| Title | The decomposition of materials associated with buried cadavers. (2008) |
| Authors | Janaway, Robert C. |
| Journal | Soil Analysis in Forensic Taphonomy Chemical and Biological Effects of Buried Human Remains |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Title | Information on Grauballe man from his hair (2007) |
| Authors | Wilson, Andrew S.; Richards, Michael P.; Stern, Ben; Janaway, Robert C.; Pollard, A. Mark; Tobin, Desmond J. |
| Journal | Grauballe Man: An Iron Age Bog Body Revisited. |
| Publisher | Jutland Archaeological Society |
| Title | Understanding the economic influence of the dyeing industry in Pompeii through the application of experimental archaeology and thermodynamics (2005) |
| Authors | Hopkins, Heather J.; Willimott, L.; Janaway, Robert C.; Robinson, Damian; Seale, W.J. |
| Journal | Scientific Analysis of Ancient and Historic Textiles |
| Publisher | Archetype |
| Title | Survival and alteration - experiments in hair degradation (2003) |
| Authors | Wilson, Andrew S.; Dodson, Hilary I.; Janaway, Robert C.; Pollard, A. Mark; Tobin, Desmond J. |
| Journal | Mummies in a new millenium : Proceedings of the 4th World Congress on Mummy Studies, Nuuk, Greenland, Sept. 4th to 10th, 2001 |
| Publisher | Danish Polar Center |
| Title | Degradation of clothing and other dress materials associated with buried bodies of both archaeological and forensic interest. (2001) |
| Authors | Janaway, Robert C. |
| Journal | Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and Archaeological Perspectives |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Title | Pressures on Osteological Collections - The Importance of Damage Limitation (2001) |
| Authors | Caffell, Anwen C.; Roberts, Charlotte A.; Janaway, Robert C.; Wilson, Andrew S. |
| Journal | Human remains conservation, retrieval and analysis : Proceedings of a conference held in Williamsburg, VA, Nov 7-11th 1999 |
| Publisher | Archaeopress |
| Title | Human skeletal collections: the responsibilities of project managers, physical anthropologists, conservators and the need for standardized condition assessments (2001) |
| Authors | Janaway, Robert C.; Wilson, Andrew S.; Caffell, Anwen C.; Roberts, Charlotte A. |
| Journal | Human remains : conservation, retrieval and analysis : proceedings of a conference held in Williamsburg, VA, Nov. 7-11th 1999 |
| Publisher | Archaeopress |
| Title | Forensic Archaeology: A Global Perspective (2015) |
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| Authors | Groen W.;Márquez-Grant N.;Janaway R. |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118745977 |
| Title | Author(s) |
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| Taphonomic change to the buried body and associated materials in an upland peat environment: experiments using pig carcasses as human body analogues (2003) | Janaway, Robert C.; Wilson, Andrew S.; Holland, Andrew D.; Baran, Eve N. |
| Experimental investigation of silvering in late Roman coinage (2002) | Vlachou C.;McDonnell J.;Janaway R. |