Department Member, School of Science and Engineering
researcher
School of Science and Engineering
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Tim Thompson
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About
My research interests are mainly derived from my work experience in the Forensic Service in Chile. Currently I am focused in the asymmetry of the adult human limb bones with special emphasis on shape differences. I have gathered data for my research from the Forensic Service in Chile, the Department of Anthropology of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Chile, the Padre Le Paige Archaeological Museum in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, the National Museum of Natural History in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, the Archaeology Department in Durham University and from the collection housed in the School of Science and Engineering of Teesside University; institutions with which I hold regular communication and co-operation.
For the analysis of asymmetry I use traditional and geometric morphometrics to quantify the variation among and between individuals with the goal of pair matching remains that come from commingled (mainly mass graves) contexts.
My research also includes the analysis of sexual dimorphism of the appendicular skeleton and population specificity.
