Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith

2025

Journal - Research Article

Paulino, Y. C., Camacho, F., Paulino, T. V. C., Lee, D. J., Natividad, L. L., Matisoo-Smith, E., Merriman, T. R., & Gosling, A. L. (2025). Conducting genetic epidemiology research on hyperuricaemia and gout in an indigenous community in Guam: A feasibility study. BMC Public Health, 25, 484. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21643-5

2024

Chapter in Book - Research

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2024). Em i tisa blong mi: On the value of community engagement in research. In A. Ford, B. Shaw & D. Gaffney (Eds.), Forty years in the south seas: Archaeological perspectives on the human history of Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific region. (pp. 33-47). Canberra, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/TA57.2024

Journal - Research Article

Velsko, I. M., Fagernäs, Z., Tromp, M., Buckley, H. R., Clark, G., Dudgeon, J., … Kinaston, R., … Matisoo-Smith, E., … Warinner, C. (2024). Exploring the potential of dental calculus to shed light on past human migrations in Oceania. Nature Communications, 15, 10191. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-53920-z

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2024, November). From Africa to Aotearoa: The story of modern human migration. Verbal presentation at the Global Migrations Past and Present Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2023

Chapter in Book - Research

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2023). Biological anthropology and genetics in Pacific history. In R. T. Jones & M. K. Matsuda (Eds.), The Cambridge history of the Pacific Ocean (Vol. 1): The Pacific Ocean to 1800. (pp. 225-245). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108539272.015

Matisoo-Smith, E., & Gosling, A. L. (2023). What does DNA tell us about past connections and the settlement of Sahul? In I. J. McNiven & B. David (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea. (pp. 301-326). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190095611.013.11

Journal - Research Article

Gosling, A. L., Lord, E., Boocock, J., Cameron-Christie, S., Horsburgh, K. A., Kardailsky, O., … Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2023). A population history of Tokelau: Genetic variation and change in atoll populations. Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology, 18(1), 100-117. doi: 10.1080/15564894.2021.1901805

Journal - Research Other

Kowal, E., Weyrich, L. S., Argüelles, J. M., Bader, A. C., Colwell, C., Cortez, A. D., … Matisoo-Smith, E., … Tsosie, K. S. (2023). Community partnerships are fundamental to ethical ancient DNA research. Human Genetics & Genomic Advances, 4, 100161. doi: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2022.100161

Zalloua, P., Elias, N., Senovska, A., Collins, C., Gosling, A., Karam, S., … Matisoo-Smith, E. (2023). Ancient DNA investigation of the 17 Maronite patriarchs of Qanubin. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 60, 108-113. doi: 10.1016/j.culher.2022.12.006

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paulino, T., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Gosling, A. (2023). Contextualizing the Pacific: Identifying cardiometabolic disease risk factors among Micronesians in Guam. In R. Richards, I. Walter, A. Finigan, T. Ruhe, L. Avia, M. Schaaf & E. Fehoko (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XX. (pp. 33). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/16433

van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Jeunen, G.-J., Collins, C., McDonald, K., Kinaston, R., Vlok, M., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2023). The conundrum of related taxa: Detection and authentication of pathogen DNA in bioarchaeological samples from the Pacific. Proceedings of the 1st Australian & New Zealand Environmental DNA (eDNA) Conference: Innovation & Application. Retrieved from https://ednaconference.com.au

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2023, November-December). Human settlement of the Pacific: Reconnecting to the past. Verbal presentation at the 10th Asia Pacific International Congress of Anatomists (APICA) and the 20th Australian & New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (ANZACA) Conference: Reconnect, Ka Mua, Ka Muri, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Other Research Output

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2023, February). Ancient DNA and migration. Migration: Past and Present. University of the Third Age, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].

2022

Journal - Research Article

Kramer, R. T., Greig, K., Campbell, M., Pillay, P., Allen, M., King, C., Buckley, H., … Barr, D., Reid, M., Stirling, C., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Kinaston, R. (2022). An exploratory and integrative study of Māori kurī (Canis familiaris) at the NRD archaeological site in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 13(1), 8-27. doi: 10.1353/asi.2022.0036

Luu, S., Radclyffe, C. J. T., Hamilton, R. J., Walter, R., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2022). Back on the rat trail: Analyses of ancient mitochondrial genomes of Rattus exulans from the Western Solomons. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 45, 103586. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103586

Buckley, H. R., Petchey, P., Ritchie, N., Kinaston, R. L., King, C., Geber, J., Matisoo-Smith, E., Snoddy, A. M., … Gröcke, D. R. (2022). 'Buried with his boots on': An integrated life course case-study of a liminal burial from the New Zealand goldrushes. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 12(2), 92-109. Retrieved from https://pacificarchaeology.org/index.php/journal/article/view/335

Miszkiewicz, J. J., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., & Weisler, M. I. (2022). Behavior and intra-skeletal remodeling in an adult male from 1720 BP Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands, eastern Micronesia. Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology, 17(3), 445-459. doi: 10.1080/15564894.2020.1837305

Buckley, H. R., Roberts, P., Kinaston, R., Petchey, P., King, C., Domett, K., Snoddy, A. M., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2022). Living and dying on the edge of the Empire: A bioarchaeological examination of Otago’s early European settlers. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 52(1), 68-94. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2020.1837189

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Collins, C., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2022). Pathogen hunters: Using ancient DNA to authenticate the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other microbes in early Polynesian settlers of Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Collins, C., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2022). Pathogen hunters: Using ancient DNA to authenticate the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other microbes in early Polynesian settlers of Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Annual Conference. (pp. 39). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org

King, C. L., Buckley, H. R., Sohler-Snoddy, A. M., Kinaston, R., Kavale Henderson, L., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Petchey, P. (2022). Story of a Chinese sojourner: Using bioarchaeological evidence to reconstruct life histories from our colonial past. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Annual Conference. (pp. 22). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

de Jonge, W., Van Hout, I., Leleai, M., Gosling, A., Parry, D., Coffey, S., Jones, P. P., Schwenke, D. O., Matisoo-Smith, L., Coppell, K., & Lamberts, R. R. (2022, August-September). Representation of Māori and Pacific Island patients in cardiac research requiring tissue collection in the Southern District Health Board region in Aotearoa. Poster session presented at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2022, December). A long and winding road: Learning to work with communities in genomic research. Verbal presentation at the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Gosling, A. L., Paulino, Y. C., Camacho, F., Paulino, T., Chennaux, J. S. N., Mori, E., Cadzow, M., Merriman, T. R., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2022, August). Insights into metabolic disease in CHamoru in Guam, Western Micronesia. Verbal presentation at the Metabolic & Cardiovascular Disease Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Matisoo-Smith, L., & Gosling, A. L. (2022, August-September). Community engaged and community driven research: An example from PNG. Verbal presentation at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Collins, C., Gosling, A., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2022, August-September). Kiore and their contribution to understanding the movement of people across the Pacific. Verbal presentation at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

2021

Journal - Research Article

Knapp, M., Collins, C. J., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2021). Ancient invaders: How Paleogenetic tools help to identify and understand biological invasions of the past. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics, 52, 111-129. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-012021-100938

García, A., Nores, R., Motti, J. M. B., Pauro, M., Luisi, P., Bravi, C. M., … Gosling, A. L., Kardailsky, O., … Matisoo-Smith, E. A., … Demarchi, D. A. (2021). Ancient and modern mitogenomes from Central Argentina: New insights into population continuity, temporal depth and migration in South America. Human Molecular Genetics, 30(13), 1200-1217. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab105

King, C. L., Petchey, P., Kinaston, R., Gröcke, D. R., Millard, A. R., Wanhalla, A., Brooking, T., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Buckley, H. R. (2021). A land of plenty? Colonial diet in rural New Zealand. Historical Archaeology, 55, 250-268. doi: 10.1007/s41636-020-00276-y

King, C. L., Buckley, H. R., Petchey, P., Roberts, P., Zech, J., Kinaston, R., Collins, C., Kardailsky, O., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Nowell, G. (2021). An isotopic and genetic study of multi-cultural colonial New Zealand. Journal of Archaeological Science, 128, 105337. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105337

Platt, D. E., Artinian, H., Mouzaya, F., Khalil, W., Kamar, F. G., Matisoo-Smith, E., … Zalloua, P. (2021). Autosomal genetics and Y-chromosome haplogroup L1b-M317 reveal Mount Lebanon Maronites as a persistently non-emigrating population. European Journal of Human Genetics, 29, 581-592. doi: 10.1038/s41431-020-00765-x

Heathcote, G. M., Pietrusewsky, M., Weiss, E., Sava, V. J., Anderson, B. E., Ikehara-Quebral, R. M., … Matisoo-Smith, E. A., … Hanson, D. B. (2021). Enigmatic cranial superstructures among Chamorro ancestors from the Mariana Islands: Comparative geographic variation and a proposal about their meaning. Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology, 16, 438-481. doi: 10.1080/15564894.2019.1638470

Journal - Research Other

Boukhdoud, L., Parker, L. D., Rotzel Mcinerney, N., Saliba, C., Kahale, R., Cross, H., Matisoo-Smith, E., … Bou Dagher Kharrat, M. (2021). First mitochondrial genome of the marbled polecat Vormela peregusna (Carnivora, Mustelidae) [Miogenome announcement]. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 6(3), 1009-1011. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1894997

Boukhdoud, L., Parker, L. D., Rotzel Mcinerney, N., Saliba, C., Kahale, R., Cross, H., Matisoo-Smith, E., … Bou Dagher Kharrat, M. (2021). First mitochondrial genome of the Caucasian squirrel Sciurus anomalus (Rodentia, Sciuridae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 6(3), 883-885. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1886012

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

King, C. L., Buckley, H. R., Petchey, P., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Gröcke, D. R. (2021). Histories hidden in hair: Using isotopic methods to reconstruct everyday life on the goldfields. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Conference. (pp. 20). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org

Buckley, H., Petchey, P., King, C., Snoddy, A. M., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2021). The best of times, the worst of times: The Southern Cemeteries Bioarchaeology Project. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Conference. (pp. 14). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org

van Os, M., Cross, H., Kardailsky, O., Collins, C., McDonald, K., Kinaston, R., Vlok, M., Walter, R., Cook, G., Aung, H. L., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., & Knapp, M. (2021). Tuberculosis or soil bacteria? Detection and authentication of highly degraded M. tuberculosis DNA in bioarchaeological remains from the Pacific. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

Paulino, Y. C., Camacho, F., Merriman, T., Matisoo-Smith, L., Paulino, T., Chennaux, J. S. N., … Gosling, A. L. (2021). Metabolic conditions have high prevalence in CHamoru men in a hyperuricemia feasibility study in Guam. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(Suppl. 1), (pp. i186). doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab168.527

Luu, S., Matisoo-Smith, E., Summerhayes, G. R., Cross, H., & Jeunen, G.-J. (2021). Diving into the bone scrapheap: Ancient DNA metabarcoding of holocene zooarchaeological remains in the Papua New Guinea highlands. Proceedings of the Australasian Research Cluster for Archaeological Science (ARCAS) Virtual Conference: From Micro to Macro: Exploring the Big Picture in Archaeology. Retrieved from http://arcas.org.au

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Gosling, A., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Merriman, T. (2021, February). The evolution of Pacific genomes and the implications for the health of Pacific peoples: Genomic considerations. Verbal presentation at the Quantitative Genetics Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Matisoo-Smith, L., Merriman, T., & Gosling, A. (2021, February). The evolution of Pacific genomes and the implications for the health of Pacific peoples: An anthropological perspective. Verbal presentation at the Quantitative Genetics Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2020

Chapter in Book - Research

Thomas, F. R., Geraghty, P., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2020). Lapita archaeology in the Southwest Pacific. In C. Smith (Ed.), Encyclopedia of global archaeology. (Living ed.) Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_3410

Journal - Research Article

Lord, E., Collins, C., deFrance, S., LeFebvre, M. J., Pigière, F., Eeckhout, P., … Matisoo-Smith, E. (2020). Ancient DNA of guinea pigs (Cavia spp.) indicates a probable new center of domestication and pathways of global distribution. Scientific Reports, 10, 8901. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65784-6

Peña-Ahumada, B., Saldarriaga-Córdoba, M., Kardailsky, O., Moncada, X., Moraga, M., Matisoo-Smith, E., … Seelenfreund, A. (2020). A tale of textiles: Genetic characterization of historical paper mulberry barkcloth from Oceania. PLoS ONE, 15(5), e0233113. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233113

King, C. L., Buckley, H. R., Petchey, P., Kinaston, R., Millard, A., Zech, J., … Matisoo-Smith, E., … Gröcke, D. R. (2020). A multi-isotope, multi-tissue study of colonial origins and diet in New Zealand. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 172, 605-620. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24077

Tromp, M., Matisoo-Smith, E., Kinaston, R., Bedford, S., Spriggs, M., & Buckley, H. (2020). Exploitation and utilization of tropical rainforests indicated in dental calculus of ancient Oceanic Lapita culture colonists. Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 489-495. doi: 10.1038/s41562-019-0808-y

Journal - Research Other

McDonald, S. K., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., Buckley, H. R., Walter, R. K., Aung, H. L., Collins, C. J., Cook, G. M., Kardailsky, O., Krause, K., & Knapp, M. (2020). 'TB or not TB': The conundrum of pre-European contact tuberculosis in the Pacific. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 375, 20190583. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0583

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2020, September). Why does understanding Pacific prehistory matter? Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, [Online].

Other Research Output

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2020, July). The ancient origins of the beloved guinea pig Radio New Zealand, Nine to Noon. Retrieved from https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018754856/the-ancient-origins-of-the-beloved-guinea-pig

2019

Journal - Research Article

Olivares, G., Peña-Ahumada, B., Peñailillo, J., Payacán, C., Moncada, X., Saldarriaga-Córdoba, M., Matisoo-Smith, E., … Seelenfreund, A. (2019). Human mediated translocation of Pacific paper mulberry [Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent. (Moraceae)]: Genetic evidence of dispersal routes in Remote Oceania. PLoS ONE, 14(6), e0217107. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217107

Biagini, S. A., Solé-Morata, N., Matisoo-Smith, E., Zalloua, P., Comas, D., & Calafell, F. (2019). People from Ibiza: An unexpected isolate in the Western Mediterranean. European Journal of Human Genetics, 27, 941-951. doi: 10.1038/s41431-019-0361-1

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Bou Khdoud, L., Saliba, C., Kahale, R., Rotzel McInerney, N., Parker, L. D., Cross, H., Matisoo-Smith, E., … Bou Dagher, M. (2019). Characterizing diets of mammals from the eastern Mediterranean forest region using DNA metabarcoding. Genome, 62(6), (pp. 355-356). doi: 10.1139/gen-2019-0083

Zalloua, P., Matisoo-Smith, L., Guirguis, M., Gosling, A., & Nigro, L. (2019). Phoenician settlements: A story of integration and cultural assimilation. Proceedings of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 84th Annual Meeting. (pp. 988-989). Washington, DC: Society for American Archaeology. Retrieved from http://www.saa.org

Matisoo-Smith, L., Gosling, A., & Burley, D. (2019). A tale of Tongan chickens. Proceedings of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 84th Annual Meeting. (pp. 529). Washington, DC: Society for American Archaeology. Retrieved from http://www.saa.org

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Knapp, M., McDonald, S. K., Buckley, H., Kardailsky, O., Aung, H. L., Cross, H., Jeunen, G.-J., Matisoo-Smith, E., Walter, R., & Cook, G. M. (2019, August-September). Origin and evolution of tuberculosis in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Penman, D., Scott, B., Allison, J., Buckley, T., Dearden, P., Drummond, A., … Henaghan, M., … Matisoo-Smith, L., … Robertson, S., Wilcox, P., Everett-Hincks, J., King, M., … Fineran, P., Gemmell, N., … Scott, M. (2019). Gene editing: Scenarios in pest control. Wellington, New Zealand: Royal Society Te Apārangi. [Technical/Scientific Report].

Penman, D., Scott, B., Allison, J., Buckley, T., Dearden, P., Drummond, A., … Henaghan, M., … Matisoo-Smith, L., … Robertson, S., Wilcox, P., Everett-Hincks, J., McMillan, J., & Snelling, J. (2019). Gene editing: Scenarios in healthcare. (pp. 1-27). Wellington, New Zealand: Royal Society Te Apārangi. [Technical/Scientific Report].

2018

Chapter in Book - Research

Matisoo-Smith, E., & Wilson, G. (2018). Wilson, Allan. In W. Trevathan (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of biological anthropology. John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118584538.ieba0520

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2018). Ancient DNA in Zooarchaeology: New methods, new questions and settling old debates in Pacific commensal studies. In C. M. Giovas & M. J. LeFebvre (Eds.), Zooarchaeology in practice: Case studies in methodology and interpretation in archaeofaunal analysis. (pp. 209-225). Springer International Publishing AG. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64763-0_11

Journal - Research Article

Zalloua, P., Collins, C. J., Gosling, A., Biagini, S. A., Costa, B., Kardailsky, O., … Matisoo-Smith, E. (2018). Ancient DNA of Phoenician remains indicates discontinuity in the settlement history of Ibiza. Scientific Reports, 8, 17567. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-35667-y

Greig, K., Gosling, A., Collins, C. J., Boocock, J., McDonald, K., Addison, D. J., … Higham, C. F. W., … Walter, R., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2018). Complex history of dog (Canis familiaris) origins and translocations in the Pacific revealed by ancient mitogenomes. Scientific Reports, 8, 9130. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27363-8

Matisoo-Smith, E., & Gosling, A. L. (2018). Walking backwards into the future: The need for a holistic evolutionary approach in Pacific health research. Annals of Human Biology, 45(3), 175-187. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2018.1448889

Greig, K., Boocock, J., Allen, M. S., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Walter, R. (2018). Ancient DNA evidence for the introduction and dispersal of dogs (Canis familiaris) in New Zealand. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 9(1), 1-10.

Gosling, A. L., Boocock, J., Dalbeth, N., Harré Hindmarsh, J., Stamp, L. K., Stahl, E. A., … Matisoo-Smith, E. A., & Merriman, T. R. (2018). Mitochondrial genetic variation and gout in Māori and Pacific people living in Aotearoa New Zealand. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 77(4), 571-578. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212416

Matisoo-Smith, E., Gosling, A. L., Platt, D., Kardailsky, O., Prost, S., Cameron-Christie, S., Collins, C. J., … Zalloua, P. (2018). Ancient mitogenomes of Phoenicians from Sardinia and Lebanon: A story of settlement, integration, and female mobility. PLoS ONE, 13(1), e0190169. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190169

Lord, E., Collins, C., deFrance, S., LeFebvre, M. J., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2018). Complete mitogenomes of ancient Caribbean Guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 17, 678-688. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.12.004

Journal - Research Other

Bedford, S., Blust, R., Burley, D. V., Cox, M., Kirch, P. V., Matisoo-Smith, E., … Sheppard, P. (2018). Ancient DNA and its contribution to understanding the human history of the Pacific Islands. Archaeology in Oceania, 53(3), 205-219. doi: 10.1002/arco.5165

Robertson, S. P., Harré Hindmarsh, J., Berry, S., Cameron, V. A., Cox, M. P., Dewes, O., … Matisoo-Smith, E., … Sika-Paotonu, D., … Merriman, T. R., … Wilcox, P. (2018). Genomic medicine must reduce, not compound, health inequities: The case for hauora-enhancing genomic resources for New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1480), 81-89. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Gosling, A. L., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2018). The evolutionary history and human settlement of Australia and the Pacific. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 53, 53-59. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2018.06.015

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2018). Genomics and Working with Indigenous Communities in the Pacific. American Anthropologist, 120(2), 337-340. doi: 10.1111/aman.13045

Haber, M., Doumet-Serhal, C., Scheib, C., Xue, Y., Danecek, P., Mezzavilla, M., … Matisoo-Smith, E., … Tyler-Smith, C. (2018). Response to Giem. American Journal of Human Genetics, 102(2), 331. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.01.002

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

King, C., Buckley, H., Petchey, P., Kinaston, R., Matisoo-Smith, L., Smith, B., … Nowell, G. (2018). Tracing travellers: Using multiple isotopic systems to understand colonial mobility. Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA). (pp. 163). Retrieved from https://www.ippasecretariat.org/past-congresses

Buckley, H., Petchey, P., Kinaston, R., King, C., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Smith, B. (2018). Life and death in the early colonial settlement period of Otago, New Zealand. Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA). (pp. 160-161). Retrieved from https://www.ippasecretariat.org/past-congresses

Tromp, M., Hendy, J., Kinaston, R., Buckley, H., Matisoo-Smith, L., Galipaud, J.-C., … Spriggs, M. (2018). A new hope: The efficacy of microparticle, proteomic and genomic techniques on dental calculus in the Indo-Pacific region. Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA). (pp. 155). Retrieved from https://www.ippasecretariat.org/past-congresses

McDonald, K., Matisoo-Smith, L., Buckley, H., Walter, R., & Knapp, M. (2018). Investigating the origins and impacts of tuberculosis in the Pacific. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) Combined Conference: Trans-Tasman Dialogues. (pp. 85). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org

King, C. L., Buckley, H. R., Petchey, P., Duxfield, T., Kinaston, R., Matisoo-Smith, L., … Nowell, G. M. (2018). In search of the land of milk and honey: Using isotopic approaches to study colonial mobility. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) Combined Conference: Trans-Tasman Dialogues. (pp. 76). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org

deFrance, S., Lord, E., LeFebvre, M., Collins, C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2018). To the Caribbean and beyond: Complete mitogenomes of ancient guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) as a proxy for human interaction in the late Ceramic Age. Proceedings of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 83rd Annual Meeting. (pp. 117). Washington, DC: Society for American Archaeology. Retrieved from http://www.saa.org

Buckley, H., Petchey, P., Matisoo-Smith, L., Knapp, M., Kinaston, R., Geber, J., King, C., Scott, R., & Sohler-Snoddy, A. M. (2018). Life and death on the Otago frontier: A bioarchaeological study of Otago European and Chinese Gold miners and early settlers. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) Combined Conference: Trans-Tasman Dialogues. (pp. 46-47). Retrieved from https://nzarchaeology.org

Shaukat, A., Gosling, A., Bixley, M., Phipps-Green, A., Major, T. J., Cadzow, M., … Stamp, L. K., Matisoo-Smith, E., … Merriman, T. R. (2018). Evaluating a causal role of mitochondrial variation in the development of gout. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 70(9, Suppl.), 1278. doi: 10.1002/art.40700

Merriman, T. R., Shaukat, A., Gosling, A., Bixley, M., Dalbeth, N., Stamp, L., Matisoo-Smith, E., … Riches, P. (2018). Testing for a causal role of mitochondrial variation in the development of gout. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 77(Suppl. 2), (pp. 666). doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-eular.5017

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Shaukat, A., Gosling, A., Bixley, M., Phipps-Green, A., Major, T., Cadzow, M., … Stamp, L., Matisoo-Smith, E., … Merriman, T. (2018, September). Evaluating a causal role of mitochondrial variation in the development of gout. Poster session presented at the Otago Spotlight Symposium on Infectious Disease, Wellington, New Zealand.

2017

Chapter in Book - Research

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2017). The human landscape: Population origins, settlement and impact of human arrival in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In J. Shulmeister (Ed.), Landscape and quaternary environmental change in New Zealand. (pp. 293-311). Atlantis Press. doi: 10.2991/978-94-6239-237-3_8

Journal - Research Article

Walter, R., Buckley, H., Jacomb, C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2017). Mass migration and the Polynesian settlement of New Zealand. Journal of World Prehistory, 30(4), 351-376. doi: 10.1007/s10963-017-9110-y

Clark, A. L., King, C. L., Buckley, H. R., Collins, C. J., Dhavale, N., Elliott, G. E., Gosling, A., Halcrow, S. E., … Matisoo-Smith, E., … Tromp, M., Ward, S., & West, K. (2017). Biological anthropology in the indo-pacific region: New approaches to age-old questions. Journal of Indo-Pacific Archaeology, 41, 78-94.

Haber, M., Doumet-Serhal, C., Scheib, C., Xue, Y., Danecek, P., Mezzavilla, M., … Matisoo-Smith, E., … Tyler-Smith, C. (2017). Continuity and admixture in the last five millennia of Levantine history from ancient Canaanite and present-day Lebanese genome sequences. American Journal of Human Genetics, 101(2), 247-282. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.06.013

Tromp, M., Buckley, H., Geber, J., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2017). EDTA decalcification of dental calculus as an alternate means of microparticle extraction from archaeological samples. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 14, 461-466. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.06.035

West, K., Collins, C., Kardailsky, O., Kahn, J., Hunt, T. L., Burley, D. V., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2017). The Pacific rat race to Easter Island: Tracking the prehistoric dispersal of Rattus exulans using ancient mitochondrial genomes. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution, 5, 52. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00052

Nagle, N., van Oven, M., Wilcox, S., van Holst Pellekaan, S., Tyler-Smith, C., Xue, Y., … and the Genographic Consortium, including Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2017). Aboriginal Australian mitochondrial genome variation: An increased understanding of population antiquity and diversity. Scientific Reports, 7, 43041. doi: 10.1038/srep43041

Platt, D. E., Haber, M., Bou Dagher-Kharrat, M., Douaihy, B., Khazen, G., Bonab, M. A., … Matisoo-Smith, E., & Zalloua, P. A. (2017). Mapping post-glacial expansions: The peopling of Southwest Asia. Scientific Reports, 7, 40338. doi: 10.1038/srep40338

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Matisoo-Smith, L., Greig, K., West, K., & Gosling, A. (2017). The commensal animals in the Pacific: What might DNA results suggest about the animal-human relationships through time? Proceedings of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 82nd Annual Meeting. (pp. 368). Washington, DC: Society for American Archaeology. Retrieved from http://www.saa.org

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2017). Ancient DNA contributions to understanding the human settlement of the Pacific. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 769. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Lord, E., Matisoo-Smith, L., deFrance, S., & LeFebvre, M. (2017). To the Caribbean and beyond: Complete mitogenomes of ancient guinea pigs as a proxy for human interaction post-AD500. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 686. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Greig, K., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Walter, R. (2017). Tracking dogs across the Pacific using ancient mitogenomes. Proceedings of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 82nd Annual Meeting. (pp. 217). Washington, DC: Society for American Archaeology. Retrieved from http://www.saa.org

Buckley, H., Petchey, P., Geber, J., King, C., Matisoo-Smith, L., Knapp, M., Kinaston, R., & Smith, B. (2017). Life and death in the early colonial settlement period of South Otago, New Zealand. Proceedings of the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 10th Annual Conference. (pp. 11). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/global-health/annual-conference

Merriman, T., Boocock, J., Dalbeth, N., Stamp, L., Stahl, E., Choi, H., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Gosling, A. (2017). Mitochondrial genetic variation, copy number and susceptibility to gout in the New Zealand Polynesian (Māori and Pacific) population. Internal Medicine Journal, 47(Suppl. 2), (pp. 8). doi: 10.1111/imj.13426

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2017, November). More than ticking a box: Working with Māori and Pacific communities. Invited presentation at the MapNet Conference, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Collins, C. J., Posth, C., Krause, J., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2017, September). Insights into the settlement of New Zealand utilising modern and ancient DNA datasets. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2016

Chapter in Book - Research

Tromp, M., Dudgeon, J. V., Buckley, H. R., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2016). Dental calculus and plant diet in Oceania. In M. Oxenham & H. Buckley (Eds.), Routledge handbook of bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. (pp. 599-622). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Greig, K., Walter, R., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2016). Dogs and people in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. In M. Oxenham & H. Buckley (Eds.), Routledge handbook of bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. (pp. 462-482). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2016). Human biology and population histories in the Pacific: Is there such thing as a Lapita people? In M. Oxenham & H. Buckley (Eds.), Routledge handbook of bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. (pp. 389-408). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Westbury, M., Prost, S., Seelenfreund, A., Ramírez, J.-M., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., & Knapp, M. (2016). First complete mitochondrial genome data from ancient South American camelids: The mystery of the chilihueques from Isla Mocha (Chile). Scientific Reports, 6, 38708. doi: 10.1038/srep38708

Malaspinas, A.-S., Westaway, M. C., Muller, C., Sousa, V. C., Lao, O., Alves, I., … Matisoo-Smith, E. A., … Willerslev, E. (2016). A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia. Nature, 538, 207-214. doi: 10.1038/nature18299

Rawlence, N. J., Collins, C. J., Anderson, C. N. K., Maxwell, J. J., Smith, I. W. G., Robertson, B. C., Knapp, M., Horsburgh, K. A., Stanton, J.-A. L., Scofield, R. P., … Matisoo-Smith, E. A., & Waters, J. M. (2016). Human-mediated extirpation of the unique Chatham Islands sea lion and implications for the conservation management of remaining New Zealand sea lion populations. Molecular Ecology, 25(16), 3950-3961. doi: 10.1111/mec.13726

Matisoo-Smith, E. A., Gosling, A. L., Boocock, J., Kardallsky, O., Kurumilian, Y., Roudesli-Chebbi, S., … Zalloua, P. A. (2016). A European mitochondrial haplotype identified in ancient Phoenician remains from Carthage, North Africa. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0155046. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155046

Sandoval, J. R., Lacerda, D. R., Acosta, O., Jota, M. S., Robles-Ruiz, P., Salazar-Granara, A., … and the Genographic Consortium, including Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2016). The genetic history of Peruvian Quechua-Lamistas and Chankas: Uniparental DNA patterns among autochthonous Amazonian and Andean populations. Annals of Human Genetics, 80(2), 88-101. doi: 10.1111/ahg.12145

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2016). From Africa to Aotearoa: Mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome diversity of New Zealanders. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Conference. Retrieved from http://nzarchaeology.org/cms/index.php/conferences

Collins, C., Millar, C., Lambert, D., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2016). A genomic study of the people of Wairau Bar. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Conference. Retrieved from http://nzarchaeology.org/cms/index.php/conferences

Buckley, H. R., Kinaston, R., Knapp, M., Cook, G., Collins, C., Walter, R., Halcrow, S., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2016). An osteobiography of a middle aged male from Wairau Bar: Exploring metabolic and infectious disease in prehistoric Polynesians. Proceedings of the New Zealand Archaeological Association (NZAA) Conference. Retrieved from http://nzarchaeology.org/cms/index.php/conferences

2015

Journal - Research Article

Greig, K., Boocock, J., Prost, S., Horsburgh, K. A., Jacomb, C., Walter, R., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2015). Complete mitochondrial genomes of New Zealand's first dogs. PLoS ONE, 10(10), e0138536. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138536

Gosling, A. L., Buckley, H. R., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Merriman, T. R. (2015). Pacific populations, metabolic disease and 'just-so stories': A critique of the 'Thrifty Genotype' hypothesis in Oceania. Annals of Human Genetics, 79(6), 470-480. doi: 10.1111/ahg.12132

Rawlence, N. J., Kennedy, M., Anderson, C. N. K., Prost, S., Till, C. E., Smith, I. W. G., Scofield, R. P., … Hamel, J., Lalas, C., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., & Waters, J. M. (2015). Geographically contrasting biodiversity reductions in a widespread New Zealand seabird. Molecular Ecology, 24(18), 4605-4616. doi: 10.1111/mec.13338

ArunKumar, G. P., Tatarinova, T. V., Duty, J., Rollo, D., Syama, A., Arun, V. S., … and the Genographic Consortium, including Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2015). Genome-wide signatures of male-mediated migration shaping the Indian gene pool. Journal of Human Genetics, 60, 493-499. doi: 10.1038/jhg.2015.51

Rawlence, N. J., Perry, G. L. W., Smith, I. W. G., Scofield, R. P., Tennyson, A. J. D., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., Boessenkool, S., … Waters, J. M. (2015). Radiocarbon-dating and ancient DNA reveal rapid replacement of extinct prehistoric penguins. Quaternary Science Reviews, 112, 59-65. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.01.011

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2015). Ancient DNA and the human settlement of the Pacific: A review. Journal of Human Evolution, 79, 93-104. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.10.017

Journal - Research Other

Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2015). Tracking Austronesian expansion into the Pacific via the paper mulberry plant. PNAS, 112(44), 13432-13433. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1518576112

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Tromp, M., Buckley, H., Matisoo-Smith, L., Bedford, S., & Spriggs, M. (2015). The relationship between Lapita people and plants according to dental calculus. Proceedings of the 8th International Lapita Conference. (pp. 31-32). Retrieved from http://archanth.anu.edu.au/cbap/lapita8conference

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2015). Lapita people, Lapita peoples and post Lapita migrations: How might we identify serial settlement of remote Oceania? Proceedings of the 8th International Lapita Conference. (pp. 27). Retrieved from http://archanth.anu.edu.au/cbap/lapita8conference

Greig, K., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Walter, R. (2015). Is the tail wagging the dog? Archaeological, linguistic and genetic evidence for Lapita human-animal interactions and dispersals. Proceedings of the 8th International Lapita Conference. (pp. 27). Retrieved from http://archanth.anu.edu.au/cbap/lapita8conference

Gosling, A., Merriman, T., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2015). Colonisation, selection or drift? Evolutionary explanations for high metabolic disease burden among Lapita-descendent populations. Proceedings of the 8th International Lapita Conference. (pp. 26). Retrieved from http://archanth.anu.edu.au/cbap/lapita8conference

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Matisoo-Smith, E. A., Gosling, A., & Collins, C. (2015, August-September). Ancient DNA analysis in the Pacific: Implications for human settlement history. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2014

Journal - Research Article

Vilar, M. G., Melendez, C., Sanders, A. B., Walia, A., Gaieski, J. B., Owings, A. C., … and the Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2014). Genetic diversity in Puerto Rico and its implications for the peopling of the Island and the West Indies. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 155(3), 352-368. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22569

Robins, J. H., Tintinger, V., Aplin, K. P., Hingston, M., Matisoo-Smith, E., Penny, D., & Lavery, S. D. (2014). Phylogenetic species identification in Rattus highlights rapid radiation and morphological similarity of New Guinean species. PLoS ONE, 9(5), e98002. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098002

Collins, C. J., Rawlence, N. J., Prost, S., Anderson, C. N. K., Knapp, M., Scofield, R. P., Robertson, B. C., Smith, I., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., … Waters, J. M. (2014). Extinction and recolonization of coastal megafauna following human arrival in New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281, 20140097. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0097

Elhaik, E., Tatarinova, T., Chebotarev, D., Piras, I. S., Calò, C. M., De Montis, A., … Matisoo-Smith, L., … and the Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C. (2014). Geographic population structure analysis of worldwide human populations infers their biogeographical origins. Nature Communications, 5, 3513. doi: 10.1038/ncomms4513

Summerhayes, G. R., Kennedy, J., Matisoo-Smith, E., Mandui, H., Ambrose, W., Allen, C., … Wadra, F. (2014). Lepong: A new obsidian source in the Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea. Geoarchaeology, 29(3), 238-248. doi: 10.1002/gea.21475

Der Sarkissian, C., Brotherton, P., Balanovsky, O., Templeton, J. E. L., Llamas, B., Soubrier, J., … the Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2014). Mitochondrial genome sequencing in mesolithic North East Europe unearths a new sub-clade within the broadly distributed human haplogroup C1. PLoS ONE, 9(2), e87612. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087612

Rawlence, N. J., Till, C. E., Scofield, R. P., Tennyson, A. J. D., Collins, C. J., Lalas, C., … Matisoo-Smith, E., Waters, J. M., Spencer, H. G., & Kennedy, M. (2014). Strong phylogeographic structure in a sedentary seabird, the Stewart Island Shag (Leucocarbo chalconotus). PLoS ONE, 9(3), e90769. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090769

Clarke, A. C., Prost, S., Stanton, J.-A. L., White, W. T. J., Kaplan, M. E., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., and the Genographic Consortium. (2014). From cheek swabs to consensus sequences: An A to Z protocol for high-throughput DNA sequencing of complete human mitochondrial genomes. BMC Genomics, 15, 68. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-68

Gosling, A. L., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Merriman, T. R. (2014). Hyperuricaemia in the Pacific: Why the elevated serum urate levels? Rheumatology International, 34(6), 743-757. doi: 10.1007/s00296-013-2922-x

Journal - Research Other

Storey, A. A., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2014). No evidence against Polynesian dispersal of chickens to pre-Columbian South America. PNAS, 111(35), E3583. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1410780111

Gosling, A. L., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Merriman, T. R. (2014). Gout in Māori: Modern affliction or ancestral trait? Rheumatology, 53(5), 773-774. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket299

2013

Journal - Research Article

Horsburgh, K. A., Prost, S., Gosling, A., Stanton, J.-A., Rand, C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2013). The genetic diversity of the Nguni breed of African Cattle (Bos spp.): Complete mitochondrial genomes of haplogroup T1. PLoS ONE, 8(8), e71956. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071956

Gonzalez, A., Clark, G., O'Connor, S., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2013). A 3000 year old dog burial in Timor-Leste. Australian Archaeology, 76, 13-20.

Storey, A. A., Quiroz, D., Beavan, N., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2013). Polynesian chickens in the New World: A detailed application of a commensal approach. Archaeology in Oceania, 48(2), 101-119. doi: 10.1002/arco.5007

Boattini, A., Martinez-Cruz, B., Sarno, S., Harmant, C., Useli, A., Sanz, P., … the Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2013). Uniparental markers in Italy reveal a sex-biased genetic structure and different historical strata. PLoS ONE, 8(5), e65441. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065441

Brotherton, P., Haak, W., Templeton, J., Brandt, G., Soubrier, J., Adler, C. J., … Clarke, A. C., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., … Ziegle, J. S. (2013). Neolithic mitochondrial haplogroup H genomes and the genetic origins of Europeans. Nature Communications, 4, 1764. doi: 10.1038/ncomms2656

Storey, A. A., Clarke, A. C., Ladefoged, T., Robins, J., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2013). DNA and Pacific commensal models: Applications, construction, limitations, and future prospects. Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology, 8(1), 37-65. doi: 10.1080/15564894.2012.761299

Haber, M., Gauguier, D., Youhanna, S., Patterson, N., Moorjani, P., Botigué, L. R., … Matisoo-Smith, E., … Zalloua, P. A. (2013). Genome-wide diversity in the levant reveals recent structuring by culture. PLoS Genetics, 9(2), e1003316. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003316

Badro, D. A., Douaihy, B., Haber, M., Youhanna, S. C., Salloum, A., Ghassibe-Sabbagh, M., … Matisoo-Smith, E., the Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C. (2013). Y-chromosome and mtDNA genetics reveal significant contrasts in affinities of modern Middle Eastern populations with European and African populations. PLoS ONE, 8(1), e54616. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054616

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Collins, C., Rawlence, N., Knapp, M., Schofield, P., Robertson, B., Smith, I., … Matisoo-Smith, E., & Waters, J. (2013). The genetic effects of extinction-recolonisation in the New Zealand sea lion following historic hunting. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. (pp. 46-47). Retrieved from http://www.marinemammalscience.org/

Tromp, M., Buckley, H., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2013). Analysing plant component of ancient oceanic subsistence from human and pig dental calculus. Proceedings of the 6th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference. (pp. 10). Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth/conference/index.html

Prost, S., Clarke, A., Addison, D., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2013). Reconstructing human colonization of Polynesia using molecular data. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 150(Suppl. 56), (pp. 226). doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22247

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2013, September). Africa to Aotearoa: Understanding the genetic history of New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Inaugural Genetics Week, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2013, September). Ancient DNA and the human settlement of the Pacific. Verbal presentation at the Ozone Research Group Public Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Collins, C., Knapp, M., Robertson, B., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Waters, J. (2013, January). Assessing the impact of human settlement and historic hunting on the New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri, using ancient DNA analyses. Verbal presentation at the VII Southern Connection Congress: Southern Lands and Southern Oceans: Life on the Edge? Dunedin, New Zealand.

2012

Authored Book - Research

Matisoo-Smith, E., & Horsburgh, K. A. (2012). DNA for archaeologists. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 233p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2012). The great blue highway: Human migration in the Pacific. In M. H. Crawford & B. C. Campbell (Eds.), Causes and consequences of human migration: An evolutionary perspective. (pp. 388-416). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Journal - Research Article

Knapp, M., Horsburgh, K. A., Prost, S., Stanton, J.-A., Buckley, H. R., Walter, R. K., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2012). Complete mitochondrial DNA genome sequences from the first New Zealanders. PNAS, 109(45), 18350-18354. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1209896109

Storey, A. A., Athens, J. S., Bryant, D., Carson, M., Emery, K., deFrance, S., Higham, C., … Walter, R., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2012). Investigating the global dispersal of chickens in prehistory using ancient mitochondrial DNA signatures. PLoS ONE, 7(7), e39171. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039171

Harlow, G. E., Summerhayes, G. R., Davies, H. L., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2012). A jade gouge from Emirau Island, Papua New Guinea (Early Lapita context, 3300 BP): A unique jadeitite. European Journal of Mineralogy, 24(2), 391-399. doi: 10.1127/0935-1221/2012/0024-2175

Matisoo-Smith, E., & Daugherty, C. (2012). Africa to Aotearoa: The longest migration. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 42(2), 87-92. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2012.673495

Knapp, M., Clarke, A. C., Horsburgh, K. A., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2012). Setting the stage-building and working in an ancient DNA laboratory. Annals of Anatomy, 194(1), 3-6. doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2011.03.008

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Harlow, G. E., Davies, H. L., Summerhayes, G. R., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2012). Archaeological jade mystery solved using a 119-year-old rock collection specimen. Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 45th Annual Fall Meeting. Retrieved from http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2012/

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2012, August). The origins and settlement history of Polynesia: Recent evidence from ancient and modern DNA studies. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2011

Edited Book - Research

Dennison, J., Summerhayes, G. R., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (Eds.). (2011). St Matthias Group: Results of the expedition to the South Seas: 1908-1910: Vol. 2 [Edited translation]. Seattle: Amazon, 230p.

Jones, T. L., Storey, A. A., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., & Ramírez-Aliaga, J. M. (Eds.). (2011). Polynesians in America: Pre-Columbian contacts with the New World. Plymouth, UK: AltaMira Press.

Chapter in Book - Research

Matisoo-Smith, E., & Martin, K. (2011). Kororāreka Kiore and Russell rats: History according to Pompallier's resident rodents. In K. Martin & B. Mercer (Eds.), The French Place in the Bay of Islands: Essays from Pompallier's printery. (pp. 256-265). Russell, New Zealand: Mātou Matauwhi.

Jones, T. L., Clarke, A. C., Cordero, M.-A., Green, R. C., Irwin, G., Klar, K. A., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., … Weisler, M. I. (2011). Summary and conclusions. In T. L. Jones, A. A. Storey, E. A. Matisoo-Smith & J. M. Ramírez-Aliaga (Eds.), Polynesians in America: Pre-Columbian contacts with the New World. (pp. 263-276). Plymouth, UK: AltaMira Press.

Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2011). Human biological evidence for Polynesian contacts with the Americas: Finding Maui on Mocha? In T. L. Jones, A. A. Storey, E. A. Matisoo-Smith & J. M. Ramírez-Aliaga (Eds.), Polynesians in America: Pre-Columbian contacts with the New World. (pp. 208-222). Plymouth, UK: AltaMira Press.

Storey, A. A., Quiróz, D., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2011). A reappraisal of the evidence for Pre-Columbian introduction of chickens to the Americas. In T. L. Jones, A. A. Storey, E. A. Matisoo-Smith & J. M. Ramírez-Aliaga (Eds.), Polynesians in America: Pre-Columbian contacts with the New World. (pp. 139-170). Plymouth, UK: AltaMira Press.

Storey, A. A., Clarke, A. C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2011). Identifying contact with the Americas: A commensal-based approach. In T. L. Jones, A. A. Storey, E. A. Matisoo-Smith & J. M. Ramírez-Aliaga (Eds.), Polynesians in America: Pre-Columbian contacts with the New World. (pp. 111-138). Plymouth, UK: AltaMira Press.

Journal - Research Article

Balanovsky, O., Dibirova, K., Dybo, A., Mudrak, O., Frolova, S., Pocheshkhova, E., … and the Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2011). Parallel evolution of genes and languages in the Caucasus region. Molecular Biology & Evolution, 28(10), 2905-2920. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msr126

Martínez-Cruz, B., Ziegle, J., Sanz, P., Sotelo, G., Anglada, R., Plaza, S., … for the Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2011). Multiplex single-nucleotide polymorphism typing of the human Y chromosome using TaqMan probes. Investigative Genetics, 2, 13. doi: 10.1186/2041-2223-2-13

Yan, S., Wang, C.-C., Li, H., Li, S.-L., Jin, L., and the Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2011). An updated tree of Y-chromosome Haplogroup O and revised phylogenetic positions of mutations in P164 and PK4. European Journal of Human Genetics, 19, 1013-1015. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.64

Storey, A. A., Quiroz, D., Beavan, N., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2011). Pre-Columbian chickens of the Americas: A critical review of the hypotheses and evidence for their origins. Rapa Nui Journal, 25(2), 5-19.

Aplin, K. P., Suzuki, H., Chinen, A. A., Chesser, R. T., ten Have, J., Donnellan, S. C., … Matisoo-Smith, E., … Cooper, A. (2011). Multiple geographic origins of commensalism and complex dispersal history of Black Rats. PLoS ONE, 6(11), e26357. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026357

Haber, M., Platt, D. E., Badro, D. A., Xue, Y., El-Sibai, M., Bonab, M. A., … and the Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2011). Influences of history, geography, and religion on genetic structure: The Maronites in Lebanon. European Journal of Human Genetics, 19(3), 334-340. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2010.177

Adler, C. J., Haak, W., Donlon, D., Cooper, A., and the Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2011). Survival and recovery of DNA from ancient teeth and bones. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38(5), 956-964. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.11.010

Yang, K., Zheng, H., Qin, Z., Lu, Y., Farina, S. E., Li, S., … and the Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2011). Positive selection on mitochondrial M7 lineages among the Gelong people in Hainan. Journal of Human Genetics, 56(3), 253-256. doi: 10.1038/jhg.2010.165

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Knapp, M., Horsburgh, K. A., Stanton, J.-A., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2011). Sequencing ancient Pacific voyagers using “home-made” in-solution hybridization capture. Proceedings of the 3rd Next Generation Sequencing Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nzconferences.org.nz/NGS%20Conferences/NGS2011/abstracts.html

Other Research Output

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2011, March). Biological what? What is biological anthropology and why does it matter?. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture].

2010

Chapter in Book - Research

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2010). Des rats et des femmes: que révèlent les ADN mitochondriaux humains et animaux sur le peuplement du Pacifique? In F. Valentin & M. Hardy (Eds.), Hommes, milieux et traditions dans le Pacifique Sud. (pp. 13-30). Paris: De Boccard.

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2010). Genetics of island settlement: The Austronesian spread and Lapita. In C. Sand & S. Bedford (Eds.), Lapita: Ancêtres océaniens [Oceanic ancestors]. (pp. 177-189). Paris: Musée du Quai Branly.

Journal - Research Article

Haak, W., Balanovsky, O., Sanchez, J. J., Zaporozhchenko, V., Koshel, S., Alder, C. J., … the Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2010). Ancient DNA from European early Neolithic farmers reveals their Near Eastern affinities. PLoS Biology, 8(11), e1000536. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000536

Zhadanov, S. I., Dulik, M. C., Markley, M., Jennings, G. W., Gaieski, J. B., Elias, G., … and the Genographic Project Consortium, including Matisoo-Smith, L. (2010). Genetic heritage and native identity of the Seaconke Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 142(4), 579-589. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.21281

Qin, Z., Yang, Y., Kang, L., Yan, S., Cho, K., Cai, X., … and the Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2010). A mitochondrial revelation of early human migrations to the Tibetan Plateau before and after the last glacial maximum. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 143(4), 555-569. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.21350

Melé, M., Javed, A., Pybus, M., Calafell, F., Parida, L., . . ., the Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2010). A new method to reconstruct recombination events at a genomic scale. PLoS Computational Biology, 6(11), e1001010. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001010

Seelenfreund, D., Clarke, A. C., Oyanedel, N., Piña, R., Lobos, S., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., & Seelenfreund, A. (2010). Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) as a commensal model for human mobility in Oceania: Anthropological, botanical and genetic considerations. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 48(3-4), 231-247. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.2010.520323

Storey, A. A., Spriggs, M., Bedford, S., Hawkins, S. C., Robins, J. H., Huynen, L., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2010). Mitochondrial DNA from 3000-year old chickens at the Teouma site, Vanuatu. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37(10), 2459-2468. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.05.006

Robins, J. H., McLenachan, P. A., Phillips, M. J., McComish, B. J., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Ross, H. A. (2010). Evolutionary relationships and divergence times among the native rats of Australia. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10, 375. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-375

Summerhayes, G., Matisoo-Smith, E., Mandui, H., Allen, J., Specht, J., Hogg, N., & McPherson, S. (2010). Tamuarawai (EQS): An Early Lapita site on Emirau, New Ireland, PNG. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 1(1), 62-75.

Matisoo-Smith, E., & Ramirez, J.-M. (2010). Human skeletal evidence of Polynesian presence in South America? Metric analyses of six crania from Mocha Island, Chile. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 1(1), 76-88.

Addison, D. J., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2010). Rethinking Polynesians origins: A West-Polynesia Triple-I model. Archaeology in Oceania, 45(1), 1-12.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Halcrow, S. E., Tayles, N., Stanton, J.-A. L., Robins, J., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2010). An application of ancient DNA methods for understanding health and social changes with argricultural intensification in prehistoric Southeast Asia. In C. L. Greenblatt, M. Spigelman, M. Cipollaro, A. G. Nerlich & H. W. Witas (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ancient DNA & Associated Biomolecules 2006 and the 9th International Conference on Ancient DNA and Associated Biomolecules 2008. Napoli, Italy: Giannini Editore. [Full Paper]

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Matisoo-Smith, L., Horsburgh, A., Ono, R., & Addison, D. (2010). Human-mediated oceanic atoll faunal translocations: A 1000-year record from Atafu Atoll, Tokelau. Proceedings of the 11th International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) International Conference. (pp. 185). Retrieved from http://www2.mnhn.fr/archeozoo-archeobota/IMG/pdf/All_abstracts.pdf

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2010). East is east and west is west: Where do the two meet? Proceedings of the 11th International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) International Conference. (pp. 185). Retrieved from http://www2.mnhn.fr/archeozoo-archeobota/IMG/pdf/All_abstracts.pdf

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2010, September). Predicting the past from the present and explaining the present from the past: Analysis of ancient and modern genetic diversity in the Pacific. Verbal presentation at the Fourth Annual Division of Health Sciences Research Forum, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Other Research Output

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2010, September). One woman's journey in prehistory. Federation of Graduate Women, Otago Branch, Winter Lecture. Dunedin, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].

2009

Chapter in Book - Research

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2009). Pigs and Goats. In R. G. Gillespie & D. A. Clague (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Islands. (pp. 741-743). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Journal - Research Article

El-Sibai, M., Platt, D. E., Haber, M., Xue, Y., Youhanna, S. C., Wells, R. S., … and the Genographic Consortium, including Matisoo-Smith, L. (2009). Geographical structure of the Y-chromosomal genetic landscape of the Levant: A coastal-inland contrast. Annals of Human Genetics, 73, 568-581. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00538.x

Matisoo-Smith, E., & Robins, J. (2009). Mitochondrial DNA evidence for the spread of Pacific rats through Oceania. Biological Invasions, 11, 1521-1527. doi: 10.1007/s10530-008-9404-1

Matisoo-Smith, E., Hingston, M., Summerhayes, G., Robins, J., Ross, H. A., & Hendy, M. (2009). On the rat trail in Near Oceania: Applying the commensal model to the question of the Lapita colonization. Pacific Science, 63(4), 465-475.

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2009). The commensal model for human settlement of the Pacific 10 years on: What can we say and where to now? Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology, 4(2), 151-163. doi: 10.1080/15564890903155273

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Parida, L., Javed, A., Melé, M., Calafell, F., Bertranpetit, J., and Genographic Consortium, including Clarke, A. C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2009). Minimizing recombinations in consensus networks for phylogeographic studies. BMC Bioinformatics, 10(Suppl. 1), S72. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-10-S1-S72

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Matisoo-Smith, L. (2009). DNA sampling in and with Pacific communities: Implications, prospects and future developments. Proceedings of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA) 19th Congress. (pp. 11). Retrieved from http://arts.anu.edu.au/arcworld/ippa/ippa.htm

Summerhayes, G., Matisoo-Smith, L., Mandui, H., Allen, J., Specht, J., Amanga, K., … Hogg, N. (2009). An early Lapita site from Emira. Proceedings of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA) 19th Congress. (pp. 1). Retrieved from http://arts.anu.edu.au/arcworld/ippa/ippa.htm

2008

Chapter in Book - Research

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2008). Using DNA in landscape archaeology. In B. David & J. Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of Landscape Archaeology. (pp. 521-529). Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

Journal - Research Article

Zalloua, P. A., Platt, D. E., El Sibai, M., Khalife, J., Makhoul, N., Haber, M., … and the Genographic Consortium, including Matisoo-Smith, L. (2008). Identifying genetic traces of historical expansions: Phoenician footprints in the Mediterranean. American Journal of Human Genetics, 83(5), 633-642. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.10.012

Ramírez-Aliaga, J. M., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2008). Polinesios en el sur de Chile en tiempos prehispánicos: Evidencia dura, nuevas preguntas y una nueva hipótesis. Clava, 7, 85-100.

Storey, A. A., Ladefoged, T., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2008). Counting your chickens: Density and distribution of chicken remains in archaeological sites of Oceania. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 18, 240-261. doi: 10.1002/oa.947

Robins, J. H., McLenachan, P. A., Phillips, M. J., Craig, L., Ross, H. A., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2008). Dating of divergences within the Rattus genus phylogeny using whole mitochondrial genomes. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 49, 460-466. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.001

Horrocks, M., Grant-Mackie, J., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2008). Introduced taro (Colocasia esculenta) and yams (Dioscorea spp.) in Podtanean (2700-1800 years BP) deposits from Mé Auré Cave (WMD007), Moindou, New Caledonia. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35, 169-180. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.03.001

Matisoo-Smith, E., Roberts, K., Welikala, N., Tannock, G., Chester, P., Feek, D., & Flenley, J. (2008). Recovery of DNA and pollen from New Zealand lake sediments. Quaternary International, 184(1), 139-149.

Journal - Research Other

Storey, A. A., Quiroz, D., Ramírez, J. M., Beavan Athfield, N., Addison, D. J., Walter, R., … Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2008). Pre-Columbian chickens, dates, isotopes, and mtDNA [Letter]. PNAS, 105(48), E99. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0807625105

2007

Chapter in Book - Research

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2007). Animal translocations, genetic variation, and the human settlement of the Pacific. In J. S. Friedlaender (Ed.), Genes, language, and culture history in the Southwest Pacific. (pp. 157-170). Oxford University Press.

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2007). Lapita: A genetic perspective. In S. Chiu & C. Sand (Eds.), From Southeast Asia to the Pacific: Archaeological perspectives on the Austronesian expansion and the Lapita cultural complex. (pp. 243-268). Taipei, Taiwan: Center for Archaeological Studies, Academia Sinica.

Matisoo-Smith, E. (2007). The peopling of Oceania. In M. Crawford (Ed.), Anthropological genetics: Theory, methods and applications. (pp. 409-432). Cambridge University Press.

Journal - Research Article

Larson, G., Cucchi, T., Fujita, M., Matisoo-Smith, E., Robins, J., Anderson, A., … Intoh, M., … Dobney, K. (2007). Phylogeny and ancient DNA of Sus provides insights into neolithic expansion in island Southeast Asia and Oceania. PNAS, 104(12), 4834-4839. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607753104

Robins, J. H., Hingston, M., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Ross, H. A. (2007). Identifying Rattus species using mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Ecology Notes, 7, 717-729. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01752.x

Storey, A. A., Ramírez, J. M., Quiroz, D., Burley, D. V., Addison, D. J., Walter, R., … Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2007). Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile. PNAS, 104(25), 10335-10339. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0703993104

2006

Journal - Research Article

Robins, J. H., Ross, H. A., Allen, M. S., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2006). Sus bucculentus revisited. Nature, 440, E7. doi: 10.1038/nature04770

Barnes, S. S., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Hunt, T. L. (2006). Ancient DNA of the Pacific rat (Rattus exulans) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Journal of Archaeological Science, 33, 1536-1540. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.02.006

Feek, D. T., Flenley, J. R., Chester, P. I., Welikala, N., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., & Tannock, G. W. (2006). A modified sampler for uncontaminated DNA cores from soft sediments. Journal of Archaeological Science, 33, 573-574. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.09.013