Mark Sier
Postdoc
- Name
- Dr. M.J. Sier
- Telephone
- 071 5272727
- m.j.sier@arch.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-4145-0556
Postdoc
- Faculty of Archaeology
- World Archaeology
- Human Origins
- Pop E., Reidsma F.H., Reimann T., Sier M.J., Arps C.E.S., Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. & Roebroeks W. (2021), Identifying heated rocks through feldspar luminescence analysis (pIRIR290) and a critical evaluation of macroscopic assessment, Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 4: art. 13.
- Reidsma F.H., Sifogeorgaki I, Dinckal A., Huisman D.J, Sier M.J., Os B. van & Dusseldorp G.L. (2021), Integrating geoarchaeological techniques to reveal the invisible stratigraphy at Umhlatuzana rockshelter, South Africa: a grid-based approach. Developing International Geoarchaeology, Faro. 17 May 2021 - 19 May 2021. [conference poster].
- Reidsma F.H., Sifogeorgaki I., Dinckal A., Huisman H., Sier M.J., Os B. van & Dusseldorp G.L. (2021), Making the invisible stratigraphy visible: a grid-based, multi-proxy geoarchaeological study of Umhlatuzana Rockshelter, South Africa, Frontiers in Earth Science 9: 664105.
- Lewis S.G., Ashton N., Field M.H., Hoare P.G., Kamermans H., Knul M., Mücher M.J., Parfitt S.A., Roebroeks W. & Sier M.J. (2019), Human occupation of northern Europe in MIS 13: Happisburgh Site 1 (Norfolk, UK) and its European context, Quaternary Science Reviews 211: 34-58.
- Sier M.J., Langereis G.C., Dupont-Nivet G., Feibel C.S., Joordens J.C.A., Van der Lubbe H.J.L., Beck C.C., Olago D., Cohen A. & WTK Science team members (2017), The top of the Olduvai Subchron in a high-resolution magnetostratigraphy from the West Turkana core WTK13, hominin sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP), Quaternary Geochronology 42: 117-129.
- Cohen A., Campisano C., Arrowsmith R., Asrat A., Behrensmeyer A.K., Deino A., Feibel C., Hill A., Johnson R., Kingston J., Lamb H., Lowenstein T., Noren A., Olago D., Owen R.B., Potts R., Reed K., Renaut R., Schäbitz F., Tiercelin J.-J., Trauth M.H., Wynn J., Ivory S., Brady K., O'Grady R., Rodysill J., Githiri J., Russell J., Foerster V., Dommain R., Rucina S., Deocampo D., Russell J., Billingsley A., Beck C., Dorenbeck G., Dullo L., Feary D., Garello D., Gromig R., Johnson T., Junginger A., Karanja M., Kimburi E., Mbuthia A., McCartney T., McNulty E., Muiruri V., Nambiro E., Negash E.W., Njagi D., Wilson J.N., Rabideaux N., Raub T., Sier M.J., Smith P., Urban J., Warren M., Yadeta M., Yost C. & Zinaye B. (2016), The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project: inferring the environmental context of human evolution from eastern African rift lake deposits, Scientific Drilling 21: 1-16.
- Cohen A., Campisano C., Arrowsmith R., Asrat A., Behrensmeyer A.K., Deino A., Feibel C., Hill A., Johnson R., Kingston J., Lamb H., Lowenstein T., Noren A., Olago D., Owen R.B., Potts R., Reed K., Renaut R., Schäbitz F., Tiercelin J.-J., Trauth M.H., Wynn J., Ivory S., Brady K., O'Grady R., Rodysill J., Githiri J., Russell J., Foerster V., Dommain R., Rucina S., Deocampo D., Russell J., Billingsley A., Beck C., Dorenbeck G., Dullo L., Feary D., Garello D., Gromig R., Johnson T., Junginger A., Karanja M., Kimburi E., Mbuthia A., McCartney T., McNulty E., Muiruri V., Nambiro E., Negash E.W., Njagi D., Wilson J.N., Rabideaux N., Raub T., Sier M.J., Smith P., Urban J., Warren M., Yadeta M., Yost C. & Zinaye B. (2016), The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project: inferring the environmental context of human evolution from eastern African rift lake deposits, Scientific Drilling 21(1): 1-16.
- Sier M.J., Parés J.M., Antoine P., Locht J.L., Dekkers M.J., Limondin-Lozouet N. & Roebroeks W. (2015), Evidence for the Blake Event recorded at the Eemian archaeological site of Caours, France, Quaternary International 357: 149-157.
- Sier M.J., Peeters J., Dekkers M.J., Parés J.M., Chang L., Busschers F.S., Cohen K.M., Wallinga J., Bunnik F.P.M. & Roebroeks W. (2015), The Blake Event recorded near the Eemian type locality – A diachronic onset of the Eemian in Europe, Quaternary Geochronology 28: 12-28.
- Liu W., Martinón-Torres M., Cai Y.J., Xing S., Tong H.W., Pei S.W., Sier M.J., Wu X.H., Edwards R.L., Cheng H., Li Y.Y., Yang X.X., Castro J.M. de & Wu X.J. (2015), The earliest unequivocally modern humans in southern China, Nature 526(7575): 696-699.
- Sier Mark J., Pares Josep M., Antoine Pierre, Locht Jean-Luc, Dekkers Mark J., Limondin-Lozouet Nicole & Roebroeks Wil (2015), Evidence for the Blake Event recorded at the Eemian archaeological site of Caours, France, Quaternary International 357: 149-157.
- Sier Mark J., Peeters Jan, Dekkers Mark J., Pares Josep M., Chang Liao, Busschers Freek S., Cohen Kim M., Wallinga Jakob, Bunnik Frans P.M. & Roebroeks Wil (2015), The Blake Event recorded near the Eemian type locality - a diachronic onset of the Eemian in Europe, Quaternary Geochronology 28: 12-28.
- Bermúdez de Castro J.M., Martinón-Torres M., Sier M.J. & Martín-Francés L. (2014), On the variability of the dmanisi mandibles, PLoS ONE 9(2): e88212.
- Bermúdez de Castro J.M., Martinón-Torres M., Sier M.J. & Martín-Francés L. (2014), On the variability of the Dmanisi mandibles, 9(2): e88212.
- Pias-Peleteiro Juan Manuel, Aldrey Jose Manuel, Martinon-Torres Maria & Sier Mark J. (2014), The daphne (Daphne gnidium L.): a European ancestral timbo, Revista de Neurologia 58(7): 335-336.
- Pias-Peleteiro Juan Manuel, Aldrey Jose Manuel, Martinon-Torres Maria & Sier Mark J. (2014), The daphne (Daphne gnidium L.): a European ancestral timbo, Revista de Neurologia 58(7): 335-336.
- Joordens J.C.A., Feibel C., Lubbe J. van der, Sier M.J., Dupont-Nivet G., Langereis C., Beck C., Cohen A. & Vonhof H. (2014), The ICDP HSPDP-Turkana project: towards integrated core and outcrop paleoclimate records. Aardwetenschappelijk Congres (NAC), Veldhoven. 8 April 2014 - 9 April 2014. [conference poster].
- Joordens J.C.A., Dupont-Nivet Guillaume, Feibel Craig S., Spoor Fred Sier Mark J., Lubbe Jeroen H.J.L. van der, Kellberg Nielsen Trine, Knul Monika V., Davies Gareth R. & Vonhof Hubert B. (2013), Improved age control on early Homo fossils from the upper Burgi Member at Koobi Fora, Kenya, Journal of Human Evolution 65(6): 731-745.
- Joordens J.C., Dupont-Nivet G., Feibel C.S., Spoor F., Sier M.J., Lubbe J.H. van der, Nielsen T.K., Knul M.V., Davies G.R. & Vonhof H.B. (2013), Improved age control on early Homo fossils from the upper Burgi Member at Koobi Fora, Kenya, Journal of Human Evolution 65(6): 731-45.
- Sier M.J. & Dekkers M.J. (2013), Magnetic property analysis as palaeoenvironmental proxy: a case study of the Last Interglacial Middle Palaeolithic site at Neumark-Nord 2 (Germany). In: , Geochronology and Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Neumark-Nord.
- Sier M.J., Dekkers M.J., Parés J.M. & Roebroeks J.W.M. (2013), Land-sea correlation of the Last Interglacial via the Blake palaeomagnetic Event: implications for Neandertal occupation history of northwestern Europe, 3 rd annual meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution. European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE) 21 September 2017 - 23 September 2017. Vienna 209.
- Sier M.J. & Dekkers M.J. (2013), Magnetic property analysis as palaeoenvironmental proxy: a case study of the Last Interglacial Middle Palaeolithic site at Neumark-Nord 2 (Germany). In: Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. & Roebroeks W. (Eds.), Geochronology and Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Neumark-Nord no. 69. Saxony-Anhalt, Germany: Eröffntlichungen des Landesamtes für Denkmalpflege und Archäeologie. 117-130.
- Sier M.J. (21 January 2014), Neandertals in the forests : a palaeomagnetic study of the Eemian interglacial stage deposits from north-western and central Europe (Dissertatie, Faculty of Archeology, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Roebroeks J.W.M., Dekkers M.J. & Parés J.M.
- Roebroeks W., Sier M.J., Nielsen T.K., Loecker D. de, Parés J.M., Arps C.E. & Mücher H.J. (2012), Use of red ochre by early Neandertals, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109(6): 1889-1894.
- W. Roebroeks, Sier M., Kellberg Nielsen Trine, De Loecker D., Parés Josep Maria, Arps C.E.S. & Mucher H. (2012), Use of red ochre by early Neandertals, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109(6): 1889-1894.
- Sier M., Roebroeks W., Bakels C.C., Dekkers M.J., Bruehl E., De Loecker D., Gaudzinski S., Hesse N., Jagich A.P., Kindler L., Kuijper W.J., Laurat T., Mucher H., Penkman K.E.H., Richter D. & Van Hinsbergen D.J.J. (2011), Direct Terrestrial-Marine Correlation Demonstrates Surprisingly Late Onset of the Last Interglacial in Central Europe, Quaternary Research 75(1): 213-218.
- Joordens Josephine C.A., Vonhof Hubert B., Feibel Craig S., Lourens Lucas J., Dupont-Nivet Guillaume, Van der Lubbe Jeroen H.J.L., Sier Mark J., Davies Gareth R. & Kroon Dick (2011), An astronomically-tuned climate framework for hominins in the Turkana Basin, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 307(1-2): 1-8.
- Sier M.J., Roebroeks W., Bakels C.C., Dekkers M.J., Brühl E., Loecker D. de, Gaudzinski-Windheuser S., Hesse N., Jagich A., Kindler L., Kuijper W.J., Laurat T., Mücher H.J., Penkman K.E., Richter D. & Hinsbergen D.J. van (2011), Direct terrestrial-marine correlation demonstrates surprisingly late onset of the last interglacial in central Europe, Quaternary Research 75(1): 213-8.
- Joordens J.C.A., Vonhof H.B., Feibel C.S., Lourens L.J., Dupont-Nivet G., Van der Lubbe H.J.L., Sier M., Davies G.R.D. & Kroon D. (2011), An astronomically-tuned climate framework for hominins in the Turkana Basin, Geophysical research abstracts 13: .
- Joordens J.C.A., Vonhof H.B., Feibel C.S., Lourens L.J., Dupont-Nivet G., Van der Lubbe H.J.L., Sier M., Davies G.R. & Kroon D. (2011), An astronomically-tuned climate framework for hominins in the Turkana Basin, Earth and Planetary Science Letters : .
- Sier M., Roebroeks W., Dekkers M.J., Bakels C.C. & Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. (2011), Mismatch between MIS 5e and the Last Interglacial (Eemian) of Central Europe, Geophysical research abstracts 13: .
- Roebroeks W., Sier M. & Jagich A.P. (2010), The Last Interglacial (Eemian) site complex of Neumark-Nord 2 (Germany), 16th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists : .
- Campisano C.J., Wynn J.G., Arrowsmith J.R., DiMaggio E.N., Dupont-Nivet G. & Sier M. (2010), THE HADAR BASIN LACUSTRINE RECORD: TECTONIC AND CLIMATIC INFLUENCES ON AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS HABITATS, 45: 405.
- Sier M. (8 March 2010), Ergebnisse der paläomagnetischen Untersuchungen an der Sedimentfüllung der Beckenstruktur Neumark-Nord 2. Paläoumwelt, Geochronologie und Archäologie der Fundstelle Neumark-Nord. Halle. [lecture].
- Roebroeks W., Jagich A.P., Kindler L., Laurat T., De Loecker D., Bruhl E., Sier M. & Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. (2009), Neumark-Nord 2: The Current State of Knowledge, Paleoanthropology society meeting Abstracts : .
- Kolfschoten M. van, Field M.H., Sier M., Langereis C.J., Vasiliev I., Westerhof W., Meijer T. & Wallinga J. (2009), A new, recently discovered, Early Pleistocene mammal Fauna from Tegelen Maalbeek (The Netherlands), SEQS 2009 conference volume : .
- Dupont-Nivet G., Sier M., Campisano C.J., Arrowsmith J.R., DiMaggio E.N., Reed K., Lockwood C.A., Franke C. & Huesing S.K. (2009), Magnetostratigraphy of the eastern Hadar Basin (Ledi-Geraru research area, Ethiopia), implications for hominin paleoenvironments, GSA Special Paper 446: 67-85.