Dr Lindsey Buster


NameDr Lindsey Buster
Job titleSenior Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology
Research instituteSchool of Humanities and Education Studies
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4121-9431 (unauthenticated)

Research outputs

Rural settlement: relating buildings, landscape, and people in the European Iron Age rural settlement: relating buildings, landscape, and people in the European Iron Age, edited by D. C. Cowley, M. Fernández-Götz, T. Romankiewicz and H. Wendling, Leiden, Sidestone Press, 2019, 286 pp., Illus. 118, €135.00 (Hardback), ISBN 9789088908194, €45.00 (Paperback), ISBN 9789088908187, open access (e-book)

Buster, L. 2023. Rural settlement: relating buildings, landscape, and people in the European Iron Age rural settlement: relating buildings, landscape, and people in the European Iron Age, edited by D. C. Cowley, M. Fernández-Götz, T. Romankiewicz and H. Wendling, Leiden, Sidestone Press, 2019, 286 pp., Illus. 118, €135.00 (Hardback), ISBN 9789088908194, €45.00 (Paperback), ISBN 9789088908187, open access (e-book). Archaeological Journal. 180 (2), pp. 188-189. https://doi.org/10.1080/00665983.2023.2204699

Kinship practices in Early Iron Age southeast Europe: genetic and isotopic analysis of burials from the Dolge njive barrow cemetery, Dolenjska, Slovenia

Armit, I., Fischer, C.-E., Koon, H., Nicholls, R., Olalde, I., Rohland, N., Buckberry, J, Montgomery, J., Mason, P., Črešnar, M., Buster, L. and Reich, D. 2023. Kinship practices in Early Iron Age southeast Europe: genetic and isotopic analysis of burials from the Dolge njive barrow cemetery, Dolenjska, Slovenia. Antiquity. 392 (7), pp. 403-418. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.2

Mediating worlds: the role of nurses as ritual specialists in caring for the dead and dying

Buster, L., Croucher, K., Green, L. and Faull, C. 2023. Mediating worlds: the role of nurses as ritual specialists in caring for the dead and dying. Mortality. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2023.2198694

A summary round-up list of Scottish archaeological human remains that have been sampled/analysed for DNA between January 2019 and November 2021

Knight, M. G., Sheridan, A., Skoglund, P., Booth, T., Brown, L., Riech, D., Armit, I., Bonsall, C., Anastasiadou, K., Boyle, A., Buster, L., Carver, M., Gilardet, A., Kelly, M., McCabe, J., Montgomery, J., Pickard, C., Rhodes, D., Silva, M. and Williams, M. 2021. A summary round-up list of Scottish archaeological human remains that have been sampled/analysed for DNA between January 2019 and November 2021. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 21, pp. 201-207.

Redefining the timing and circumstances of the chicken's introduction to Europe and north-west Africa

Best, J., Doherty, S., Armit, I., Boev, Z., Buster, L., Cunliffe, B., Foster, A., Frimet, B., Hamilton-Dyer, S., Higham, T., Lebrasseur, O., Mepham, L., Miller, H., Peters, J., Seigle, M., Skelton, C., Symmons, R., Thomas, R., Trentacoste, A., Maltby, M., Larson, G. and Sykes, N. 2021. Redefining the timing and circumstances of the chicken's introduction to Europe and north-west Africa. Antiquity. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.90

Signs from the Pictish underground: Early medieval cave ritual in Scotland

Buster, L. and Armit, I. 2022. Signs from the Pictish underground: Early medieval cave ritual in Scotland. in: Bergsvik, K. A. and Dowd, M. (ed.) Cave Rituals in Medieval Europe, AD 500-1500 Oxford Oxbow Books. pp. 85-96

From human remains to powerful objects: Ancestor research from a deep-time perspective

Buster, L. 2022. From human remains to powerful objects: Ancestor research from a deep-time perspective. Genealogy. 6 (1), p. e23. https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy6010023

Interview on Radio Melbourne: "Problematic stuff" article

Buster, L. Interview on Radio Melbourne: "Problematic stuff" article.

Animated worlds: digital capture technologies at the Sculptor’s Cave

Buster, L. and Armit, I. 2018. Animated worlds: digital capture technologies at the Sculptor’s Cave. Archaeology Scotland. 33, pp. 21-23.

The Covesea Caves Project

Armit, I. and Buster, L. 2015. The Covesea Caves Project. Moray Field Club Bulletin. 43, pp. 11-12.

Chapter 9 - Chronology: Radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modelling

Hamilton, D., McKenzie, J., Armit, I. and Buster, L. 2013. Chapter 9 - Chronology: Radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modelling. in: Armit, I. and McKenzie, J. (ed.) An Inherited Place: Broxmouth Hillfort and the South-East Scottish Iron Age Edinburgh Society of Antiquaries of Scotland . pp. 191-224

A brief consideration of the later prehistoric appearance and possible significance of the great auk (Pinguinus impennis) in the Covesea Caves of north-east Scotland

Fitzpatrick, A., Bond, J., Buster, L. and Armit, I. 2020. A brief consideration of the later prehistoric appearance and possible significance of the great auk (Pinguinus impennis) in the Covesea Caves of north-east Scotland. The Glasgow Naturalist. 27 (2).

Prospections géophysiques sur le plateau, en 2010 et 2011

Armit, I., Gaffney, C., Hayes, A., Parkyn, A., Friel, R. and Buster, L. 2022. Prospections géophysiques sur le plateau, en 2010 et 2011. in: Arcelin, P. and Congès, G. (ed.) Entremont, une agglomeration de Provence au IIe siècle avant notre ère pp. 732-740

Large-scale migration into Britain during the Middle to Late Bronze Age

Patterson, N., Isakov, M., Buster, L., Booth, T., Fischer, C-E., Reich, D. and others 2021. Large-scale migration into Britain during the Middle to Late Bronze Age. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04287-4

A high-resolution picture of kinship practices in an Early Neolithic tomb

Fowler, C., Olalde, I., Cummings, V., Armit, I., Buster, L., Cuthbert, S., Rohland, N., Cheronet, O., Pinhasi, R. and Reich, D 2021. A high-resolution picture of kinship practices in an Early Neolithic tomb. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04241-4

Why couldn’t Iron Age people throw some stuff away?

Buster, L. 2021. Why couldn’t Iron Age people throw some stuff away? Sapiens.

Death, caves and DNA, with Dr Lindsey Büster

Buster, L. and Williams, H. 2021. Death, caves and DNA, with Dr Lindsey Büster .

Interview on Radio Melbourne Drivetime

Buster, L. 2021. Interview on Radio Melbourne Drivetime. Melbourne, Australia

'Problematic stuff': death, memory and the reinterpretation of cached objects

Buster, L. 2021. 'Problematic stuff': death, memory and the reinterpretation of cached objects. Antiquity. 95 (382), pp. 973-985. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.81

Iron Age mnemonics: A biographical approach to dwelling in later prehistoric Britain

Buster, L. 2021. Iron Age mnemonics: A biographical approach to dwelling in later prehistoric Britain. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 31 (4), pp. 661-674. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774321000263

Manuel Fernández-Götz and Nico Roymans, eds. Conflict Archaeology: Materialities of Collective Violence from Prehistory to Late Antiquity (Themes in Contemporary Archaeology 5. Oxford: Routledge, 2018, xiv and 236 pp., 122 figs., 2 tables, hbk, ISBN 978-1-138-50211-6)

Buster, L. 2021. Manuel Fernández-Götz and Nico Roymans, eds. Conflict Archaeology: Materialities of Collective Violence from Prehistory to Late Antiquity (Themes in Contemporary Archaeology 5. Oxford: Routledge, 2018, xiv and 236 pp., 122 figs., 2 tables, hbk, ISBN 978-1-138-50211-6). European Journal of Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2020.60

Le projet COMMIOS. Un nouveau regard sue les populations de l’Age du Fer en Europe

Fischer, C-E., Bleasdale, M., Buster, L., Primeau, C., Booth, T., Reich, D. and Armit, I. 2021. Le projet COMMIOS. Un nouveau regard sue les populations de l’Age du Fer en Europe. Bulletin de l’Association française pour l’étude de l’âge du Fer. 39, pp. 69-70.

Materialising memories: Inheritance, performance and practice at Broxmouth hillfort, south-east Scotland

Buster, L. and Armit, I. 2021. Materialising memories: Inheritance, performance and practice at Broxmouth hillfort, south-east Scotland. in: Stoddart, S., Aines, E. D. and Malone, C. (ed.) Gardening time: Reflections on memory, monuments and history in Scotland and Sardinia Cambridge McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. pp. 27-36

Review: Marion Dowd (ed.). 2016. Underground Archaeology: Studies on Human Bones and Artefacts from Ireland's Caves, Oxbow Books

Buster, L. 2017. Review: Marion Dowd (ed.). 2016. Underground Archaeology: Studies on Human Bones and Artefacts from Ireland's Caves, Oxbow Books. PAST: The Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society.

Archaeology and contemporary death: Using the past to provoke, challenge and engage

Karina Croucher, Buster, L., Jennifer Dayes, Laura Green, Justine Raynsford, Louise Comerford Boyes and Christina Faull 2020. Archaeology and contemporary death: Using the past to provoke, challenge and engage. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244058

Darkness visible: The Sculptor’s Cave, Covesea, from the Bronze Age to the Picts

Armit, I. and Buster, L. 2020. Darkness visible: The Sculptor’s Cave, Covesea, from the Bronze Age to the Picts. Edinburgh Society of Antiquaries of Scotland .

Bone Detectives: Britain’s Buried Secrets

Buster, L. 2020. Bone Detectives: Britain’s Buried Secrets.

New light on the Covesea Caves, north-east Scotland

Buster, L., Armit, I. and Fitzpatrick, A. 2020. New light on the Covesea Caves, north-east Scotland. PAST: The Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society. 96, pp. 2-5.

Mystic Britain

Buster, L. 2019. Mystic Britain.

From macro to micro: multi-scalar digital approaches at The Sculptor’s Cave, NE Scotland

Buster, L., Evans, A., Armit, I., Kershaw, R., Sparrow, T. and Wilson, A. S. 2019. From macro to micro: multi-scalar digital approaches at The Sculptor’s Cave, NE Scotland. in: Buster, L., Warmenbol, E. and Mlekuž, D. (ed.) Between Worlds: Understanding Ritual Cave Use in Later Prehistory Cham Springer.

Between worlds: Understanding ritual cave use in later prehistory

Buster, L., Warmenbol, E. and Mlekuž, D. (ed.) 2019. Between worlds: Understanding ritual cave use in later prehistory. Cham Springer.

Bodies and embodiment

Buster, L. 2018. Bodies and embodiment. in: Lopez Varela, S. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences Hoboken, New Jersey John Wiley & Sons.

The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe

Olade, I., Brace, S., Buster, L., Allentoft, M. and et al. 2018. The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe. Nature. 555, pp. 190-196. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25738

Underworld encounters: recent archaeological research at the Covesea Caves

Buster, L. and Armit, I. 2018. Underworld encounters: recent archaeological research at the Covesea Caves. in: Forgotten, Hidden and Lost: Unearthing Moray’s Archaeology. Proceedings of the Elgin Museum Archaeology Conference 2017 Elgin, Scotland Moray Society.

From plastered skulls to palliative care: what the past can teach us about dealing with death

Buster, Lindsey, Karina Croucher, Jennifer Dayes, Laura Green and Christina Faull 2018. From plastered skulls to palliative care: what the past can teach us about dealing with death. Online Journal in Public Archaeology. 8 (2). https://doi.org/10.23914/ap.v8i2.147

See the Sculptor’s Cave in 3D

Buster, L. 2017. See the Sculptor’s Cave in 3D. Minerva: Archaeology & Ancient Art. 28 (6), p. 5.

Past and present: 10 funeral rituals remembering the dead

Buster, L. 2017. Past and present: 10 funeral rituals remembering the dead. Funeral Zone.

What we can learn from death rites of the past will help us treat the dead and grieving better today?

Buster, L. and Dayes, J. 2017. What we can learn from death rites of the past will help us treat the dead and grieving better today? The Independent Online.

Can the Victorians teach us to talk about death?

Buster, L. 2017. Can the Victorians teach us to talk about death? The Independent. p. 31.

What we can learn from death rites of the past will help us treat the dead and grieving better today?

Buster, L. and Dayes, J. 2017. What we can learn from death rites of the past will help us treat the dead and grieving better today? The Conversation.

Radio broadcast regarding Bradford Dying Matters Week event

Buster, L. 2017. Radio broadcast regarding Bradford Dying Matters Week event. Bradford

Death and Burial in Iron Age Britain, by D. W. Harding

Buster, L. 2017. Death and Burial in Iron Age Britain, by D. W. Harding. Archaeological Journal. 174 (2), pp. 482-483. https://doi.org/10.1080/00665983.2017.1294905

Dennis W. Harding, The Iron Age Round-House: Later Prehistoric Building in Britain and Beyond (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, 350 pp., 16 pp. colour plates, 50 figs., hbk, ISBN 978-0-19-955857-5)

Buster, L. 2011. Dennis W. Harding, The Iron Age Round-House: Later Prehistoric Building in Britain and Beyond (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, 350 pp., 16 pp. colour plates, 50 figs., hbk, ISBN 978-0-19-955857-5). European Journal of Archaeology. 14 (1-2), pp. 323-326. https://doi.org/10.1179/eja.2011.14.1-2.323

Review: Underground Archaeology by Marion Dowd (ed)

Buster, L. 2017. Review: Underground Archaeology by Marion Dowd (ed). PAST: The Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society.

Habiter à Broxmouth : une approche biographique des roundhouses de l'âge du Fer

Buster, Lindsey 2017. Habiter à Broxmouth : une approche biographique des roundhouses de l'âge du Fer. in: Wilczek, Josef, Cannot, Anna, Le Cozanet, Thibault, Remy, Julie, Macháček, Jiří and Klápště, Jan (ed.) Interdisciplinarité et nouvelles approches dans les recherches sur l'âge du Fer Brno Masarykova univerzita. pp. 31-35

Meet the Barbarians: Taking a fresh look at the Iron Age of South-East Europe

Armit, I. and Buster, L. 2016. Meet the Barbarians: Taking a fresh look at the Iron Age of South-East Europe. Current World Archaeology. 80, pp. 38-42.

Developing the 3D imaging of Iron Age art in the ENTRANS Project

Buster, L., Evans, A., Armit. I. and Kershaw, R. 2016. Developing the 3D imaging of Iron Age art in the ENTRANS Project. in: Armit, I., Potrebica, H., Črešnar, M., Mason, P. and Buster, L. (ed.) Cultural Encounters in Iron Age Europe Budapest Archaeolingua. pp. 23-38

Cultural encounters in Iron Age Europe

Armit, I., Potrebica, H., Mason, P., Črešnar, M. and Buster, L. (ed.) 2016. Cultural encounters in Iron Age Europe. Budapest Archaeolingua.

Ancestral homes? Roundhouses, memory and tradition at Broxmouth hillfort

Armit, I., Buster, L. and McKenzie 2015. Ancestral homes? Roundhouses, memory and tradition at Broxmouth hillfort. Current Archaeology.

Encounters and Transformations in Iron Age Europe: the ENTRANS Project

Armit, I., Potrebica, H., Črešnar, M., Mason, P. and Buster, L. 2014. Encounters and Transformations in Iron Age Europe: the ENTRANS Project. Antiquity: A Review of World Archaeology. 88, p. 342.

Live radio broadcast on "Underground Britain"

Buster, L. 2014. Live radio broadcast on "Underground Britain". Bradford

Underground Britain

Buster, L. 2014. Underground Britain.

The Sculptor’s Cave, Covesea: Shining new light on an old archive

Buster, L. and Armit, I. 2019. The Sculptor’s Cave, Covesea: Shining new light on an old archive. Archaeology Scotland Magazine . 19, pp. 20-21.

Caves as ritual spaces in later prehistoric Europe

Buster, L., Warmenbol, E. and Mlekuž, D. 2014. Caves as ritual spaces in later prehistoric Europe. The European Archaeologist. 42, pp. 47-49.

Chapter 7- Phase 6: The Late Iron Age village

Buster, L. 2013. Chapter 7- Phase 6: The Late Iron Age village. in: Armit, I. and McKenzie, J. (ed.) An Inherited Place: Broxmouth Hillfort and the South-East Scottish Iron Age pp. 115-186

CPD from both sides of the fence: Academic vs vocational training

Buster, L. 2013. CPD from both sides of the fence: Academic vs vocational training. The Archaeologist. 87, pp. 6-9.
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