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alexandra.morton-hayward@merton.ox.ac.uk

Alexandra Morton-Hayward

DPhil Student

Recent publications

Deep palaeoproteomic profiling of archaeological human brains.

Morton-Hayward A. et al, (2025), PLoS One, 20

Human brains preserve in diverse environments for at least 12 000 years.

Morton-Hayward AL. et al, (2024), Proc Biol Sci, 291

Lipidomics of Naturally Preserved Brains from the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia Cemetery

Cebak JE. et al, (2024)

A conscious rethink: Why is brain tissue commonly preserved in the archaeological record? Commentary on: Petrone P, Pucci P, Niola M, et al. Heat-induced brain vitrification from the Vesuvius eruption in C.E. 79. N Engl J Med 2020;382:383-4. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1909867

Morton-Hayward AL. et al, (2020), Science and Technology of Archaeological Research, 6, 87 - 95

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