Dr. Patxi Pérez Ramallo

 Historian and archaeologist with specialization in osteological, stable isotopes and radiocarbon dating analysis

SHORT BIO

Patxi Pérez Ramallo (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) is a postdoctoral researcher in the Social History of Capitalism (SHOC) Research Group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He holds an International PhD in Forensic Analysis from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU, 2021), with Research Stays at the Max Planck Insitute of Geoanthropology (Jena, Germany), and the University of Oxford (Oxford, the UK); an MSc in Archaeological Sciences from the University of Bradford (UK, 2015), and a BA in History (Archaeology, Medieval History, Prehistory) from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC, 2012).
His research focuses on bioarchaeology, stable isotope analysis, and historical archaeology to investigate identity, inequality, and human mobility in past societies. His doctoral work examined the Camino de Santiago’s medieval origins through osteological, isotopic, and aDNA analyses. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (Jena, Germany), he specialized in the bioarchaeology of marginalized groups in medieval Iberia.

RESEARCH TOPICS

• Paleodiet
• Stable Isotope
• Radiocarbon Dating
• Osteology
• Middle Ages

KEY PUBLICATIONS

• Pérez‑Ramallo, P., Rodríguez‑Varela, R., Staniewska, A., Ilgner, J., Krzewińska, M., Chivall,
  D., Higham, T., Götherström, A., & Roberts, P. (2024). Unveiling Bishop Teodomiro of Iria Flavia? Antiquity 98(400): 973–990. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.91
• Barquera, R., del Castillo‑Chávez, O., Nägele, K., Pérez‑Ramallo, P., et al. (2024). Ancient
  genomes reveal insights into ritual life at Chichén Itzá. Nature 630(8018): 912–919. 
  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07509-7
• Pérez‑Ramallo, P., Rissech, C., Lloveras, L., Lucas, M., Urbina, D., Urquijo, C., and Roberts, P.
  (2024). Unravelling social status in the first medieval military order of the Iberian Peninsula using isotope analysis. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 11074. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61792-y
• Pérez‑Ramallo, P., Lorenzo‑Lizalde, J.I., Staniewska, A., et al. (2023). To the Field of Stars:
  Stable isotope analysis of Medieval pilgrims and populations along the Camino de Santiago in
  Navarre and Aragon, Spain. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 48: 103847.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.103847
• Pérez‑Ramallo, P., Grandal‑d´Anglade, A., Organista, E., et al. (2022). Multi‑isotopic study of
  the earliest mediaeval inhabitants of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 14(11): 214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01678-0
• Pérez‑Ramallo, P., Lorenzo‑Lizalde, J. I., Staniewska, A., et al. (2022). Stable isotope analysis
  and differences in diet and social status in northern Medieval Christian Spain (9th–13th centuries
  CE). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 41: 103325. 
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103325
• Barquera, R., Lamnidis, T. C., Lankapalli, A. K., Kocher, A., Hernández‑Zaragoza, D. I., Nelson,
  E. A., Zamora‑Herrera, A. C., Ramallo, P., Bernal‑Felipe, N., Immel, A., Bos, K., Acuña‑Alonzo,
  V., Barbieri, C., Roberts, P., Herbig, A., Kühnert, D., Márquez‑Morfín, L., & Krause, J. (2020).
  Origin and Health Status of First‑Generation Africans from Early Colonial Mexico. Current
  Biology 30(11): 2078–2091.e11. 
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.002
• Rodríguez‑Varela, R., Yaka, R., Pochon, Z., Sanchez‑Pinto, I., Solaun, J. L., Naidoo, T., Guinet,
  B., Pérez‑Ramallo, P., et al. (2024). Five centuries of consanguinity, isolation, health, and conflict
  in Las Gobas: A Northern Medieval Iberian necropolis. Science Advances, 10(35).
  https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp8625
• Rodríguez‑Varela, R., Moore, K.H.S., Sunna Ebenesersdóttir, S., … Pérez‑Ramallo, P., et al.
  (2023). The genetic history of Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the present. Cell 186(1):
  32–46.e19. 
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.11.024
• Pérez‑Ramallo, P., Veiga López, N., Grandal‑d´Anglade, A., and Sánchez Pardo, J.C. (2023).
  Social elite in the centre of late antique Gallaecia? Cogent Arts & Humanities, 10(1): 2231698.
  https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2023.2231698