Background
Nicholas has
- a BA Hons in Archaeology and Education from the University of York (1997)
- a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Bradford (1998),
- a MSc in Osteology, Palaeopathology and Funerary Archaeology from the University of Sheffield (1999)
- a DPhil in Biological Anthropology/Archaeology from the University of Oxford (2006).
During his MSc and DPhil Nicholas specialised in the analysis of human skeletal remains primarily from Punic and Roman Spain, focusing on health, disease and interpreting the data within a biocultural framework. For a number of years, he also worked on human skeletal remains from Prehistoric to early 20th century sites in the UK, Spain, France and Portugal and he has undertaken work on a number of museum collections.
From 2008 to 2013 Nicholas worked full time as a forensic anthropologist and archaeologist for two major forensic science providers in the UK – LGC Forensics and Cellmark Forensic Services – attending crime scenes and mortuaries for a number of police forces in England and Wales.
Nicholas is also a Research Associate at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, where he has taught since 2001. He took up his post as Lecturer in Forensic Anthropology at Cranfield University in October 2013.
Current activities
Nicholas's interests include:
- age estimation in the living
- methods of sex, stature and age-at-death estimation from human skeletal remains
- bioarchaeology – reconstructing lifestyle, health and disease from past populations
- forensic archaeology – the application of archaeological principles, techniques and methodologies in a legal context
- taphonomy – the study of organism decay and fossilisation
- trauma - the study of physical wounds and injuries
- ethics of human remains
- promoting the disciplines of forensic archaeology, anthropology and bioarchaeology
- global perspectives in forensic anthropology and archaeology (legislation, methods, human rights investigations).
Clients
- Police forces in England and Wales
- Forensic science providers
- Solicitors
- Local governments
- Archaeological companies
- Universities
- Museums
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Vachirawongsakorn V, Márquez Grant N & Painter J (2023) Survival of sharp-force trauma in burnt bones: effects of environmental factors, International Journal of Legal Medicine, 137 (3) 809-823.
- Giles S, Errickson D, Harrison K & Márquez-Grant N (2023) Solving the inverse problem of post-mortem interval estimation using Bayesian Belief Networks, Forensic Science International, 342 (January 2023) Article No. 111536.
- Finaughty C, Heathfield LJ, Kemp V & Marquez-Grant N (2023) Forensic DNA extraction methods for human hard tissue: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of technologies and sample type , Forensic Science International: Genetics, 63 (March) Article No. 102818.
- Giles SB, Errickson D & Márquez-Grant N (2022) A retrospective comparative study to evaluate the reliability of post-mortem interval sources in UK and US medico-legal death investigations, Science and Justice, 62 (2) 246-261.
- Vachirawongsakorn V, Painter J & Márquez-Grant N (2022) Knife cut marks inflicted by different blade types and the changes induced by heat: a dimensional and morphological study, International Journal of Legal Medicine, 136 (1) 329-342.
- Squires K, Hookway E & Márquez-Grant N (2022) Don´t forget the children! A review of the consequences of natural disasters and epidemics on childhood health and mortality in the past, Childhood in the Past, 16 (1) 57-78.
- García-Rubio A, Marí J, Graziani G, Márquez-Grant N & Ramos J (2022) Arqueología y derechos humanos en Ibiza: tres añosde exhumaciones en el cementerio de ses Figueretes, Fites, 22 (2022) 35-46.
- Giles SB, Errickson D & Márquez-Grant N (2022) Decomposition variability between the scene and autopsy examination and implications for post-mortem interval estimations, Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 85 (January) Article No. 102292.
- Kent D, Márquez-Grant N & Lane DW (2022) The application of dual energy x-ray soil screening in forensic archaeology, Science and Justice, 62 (5) 582-593.
- Végh EI, Márquez-Grant N & Schulting RJ (2022) Physicochemical changes in bone bioapatite during the late postmortem interval pre- and post-burning, Applied Spectroscopy, 76 (9) 1080-1099.
- Salerno M, Cocimano G, Roccuzzo S, Russo I, Piombino-Mascali D, Márquez-Grant N, Zammit C, Esposito M & Sessa F (2022) New trends in immunohistochemical methods to estimate the time since death: a review, Diagnostics, 12 (9) Article No. 2114.
- Mata-Tutor P, Villoria-Rojas C, Benito-Sánchez M & Marquez-Grant N (2022) Dismemberment as a method of body disposal in Spanish forensic cases, Forensic Sciences, 2 (3) 492-504.
- Fortuna M, Corrales L, Robinson A, Enríguez Farias R & Márquez-Grant N (2022) Unidentified bodies in the Mexican context (Cuerpos No Identificados en el Contexto Mexicano), Forensic Anthropology, 5 (3) 195-205.
- Mata-Tutor P, Villoria-Rojas C, Márquez-Grant N. Alvarez de Buergo Ballester M, Pérez-Ema N & Benito-Sánchez M (2022) Measuring dimensional and morphological heat alterations of dismemberment-related toolmarks with an optical roughness metre, International Journal of Legal Medicine, 136 (1) 343-356.
- Cobham L, Márquez-Grant N, Barker C, Sanabria Medina C, Naranjo-Santana J, Collett G & Harris M (2022) Integrating humanitarian mine action and humanitarian forensic action, The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, 25 (3).
- Márquez-Grant N, Baldini E, Jeynes V, Biehler-Gomez L, Aoukhiyad L, Passalacqua NV, Giordano G, Di Candia D & Cattaneo C (2022) How do drugs affect the skeleton? implications for forensic anthropology, Biology, 11 (5) Article No. 524.
- Squires K, Roberts CA & Márquez-Grant N (2022) Ethical considerations and publishing in human bioarcheology, The American Journal of Biological Anthropology (AJBA), 177 (4) 615-619.
- Márquez-Grant N & Roberts J (2021) Redefining forensic anthropology in the 21st century and its role in mass fatality investigations, European Journal of Anatomy, 25 (Supplement number 2) 19-34.
- Herrasti L, Márquez-Grant N & Etxeberria F (2021) Spanish Civil War: the recovery and identification of combatants, Forensic Science International, 320 (March) Article No. 110706.
- Olivé-Busom J, López-Costas O, Marquez-Grant N & Kirchner H (2021) Estudio antropológico de las alquerías de Benizahat y Zeneta (Vall d´Uixó, Castellón). Una ventana a la vida rural andalusí (Anthropological study of Benizahat and Zeneta hamlets. A window into Andalusian rural life), SAGVNTVM. Papeles del Laboratorio de Arqueología de Valencia, 53 (2021) 193-212.
- Molina A, Bravo M, Fonseca GM, Márquez-Grant N & Martín-de-las-Heras S (2021) Dental age estimation based on pulp chamber/crown volume ratio measured on CBCT images in a Spanish population, International Journal of Legal Medicine, 135 (January) 359-364.
- Vegh E, Czermak A, Marquez-Grant N & Schulting R (2021) Assessing the reliability of microbial bioerosion features in burnt bones: a novel approach using feature-labelling in histotaphonomical analysis, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 37 (June) Article No. 102906.
- Mata Tutor P, Benito Sánchez M, Villoria Rojas C, Muñoz García A, Pérez Guzmán I & Márquez-Grant N (2021) Cut or burnt? - categorizing morphological characteristics of heat-induced fractures and sharp force trauma, Legal Medicine, 50 (May) Article No. 101868.
- Márquez-Grant N, Errickson D, Morgan S, Ronner E & Giles SB (2021) Final thoughts on WWI and WWII legislation, recovery, identification and burial of human remains: best practice, challenges, and recommendations, Forensic Science International, 323 (June) Article No. 110767.
- Etxeberria F, González-Ruibal A, Herrasti L, Márquez-Grant N, Muñoz-Encinar L & Ramos J (2021) Twenty years of forensic archaeology and anthropology of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) and Francoist Regime, Forensic Science International: Synergy, 3 Article No. 100159.
- Márquez-Grant N & Errickson D (2021) The legislation, search, recovery, identification and repatriation of conflict casualties worldwide: Introducing the WWI and WWII Special Issue, Forensic Science International, 320 (March) Article No. 110716.
- Olivé-Busom J, López-Costas O, Quer-Agustí M, Márquez-Grant N & Kirchner H (2021) Evidence of otitis media and mastoiditis in a Medieval Islamic skeleton from Spain and possible implications for ancient surgical treatment of the condition, International Journal of Paleopathology, 32 (March) 17-22.
- Mata P, Márquez-Grant N, Villoria Rojas C, Muñoz A, Pérez Guzmán I & Benito M (2021) Through fire and flames: post-burning survival and detection of dismemberment-related toolmarks in cremated cadavers, International Journal of Legal Medicine, 135 (3) 801-815.
- McGivern H, Greenwood C, Marquez-Grant N, Kranioto EF, Xhemali B & Zioupos P (2020) Age-related trends in the trabecular micro-architecture of the medial clavicle: is it of use in forensic science?, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 7 (January) Article No. 467. Dataset/s: 10.17862/cranfield.rd.11673606.v1
- Marquez-Grant N (2020) What happened to the body of Julia Pastrana (1834-1860)? addressing ethical issues and human remains, Forensic Science International: Reports, 2 (December) Article No. 100103.
- Stokes S, Marquez-Grant N & Greenwood C (2020) Establishing a minimum PMI for bone sun bleaching in a UK environment with a controlled desert simulated comparison, International Journal of Legal Medicine, 134 (6) 2297-2306.
- D’Arcy G, Márquez-Grant N & Lane DW (2020) Baggage scanners and their use as an imaging resource in mass fatality incidents, International Journal of Legal Medicine, 134 (4) 1419-1429.
- Osipov B, Alaica AK, Pickard C, Garcia-Donas JG, Márquez-Grant N & Kranioti EF (2020) The effect of diet and sociopolitical change on physiological stress and behavior in late Roman-early Byzantine (300-700 AD) and Islamic (902-1235 AD) populations from Ibiza, Spain,, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 172 (2) 189-213.
- Giles SB, Harrison K, Errickson D & Márquez-Grant N (2020) The effect of seasonality on the application of accumulated degree-days to estimate the early post-mortem interval, Forensic Science International, 315 (October) Article No. 110419.
- Cummaudo M, Raffone C, Cappella A, Márquez-Grant N & Cattaneo C (2020) Histomorphometric analysis of the variability of the human skeleton: forensic implications, Legal Medicine, 45 (July) Article No. 101711.
- Marquez-Grant N (2020) Detection of early postmortem changes in burnt bones through histotaphonomical analysis, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 171 (69, Prog: 89th Ann Mtg - Am Assoc of Physical Anthropologists) 294-295.
- Cummaudo M, Cappella A, Giacomini F, Raffone C, Màrquez-Grant N & Cattaneo C (2019) Histomorphometric analysis of osteocyte lacunae in human and pig: exploring its potential for species discrimination, International Journal of Legal Medicine, 133 (3) 711-718.
- Carew RM ,Viner MD, Conlogue G, Márquez-Grant N & Beckett S (2019) Accuracy of computed radiography in osteometry: a comparison of digital imaging techniques and the effect of magnification, Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging, 19 (December) Article No. 100348.
- Corrieria B & Márquez-Grant N (2019) Using nutrient foramina to differentiate human from non-human long bone fragments in bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology, HOMO, 70 (4) 255-268.
- Doyle E, Márquez-Grant N, Field L, Holmes T, Arthurs OJ, van Rijn RR, Hackman L, Kasper K, Lewis J, Loomis P, Elliott D, Kroll J, Viner M, Blau S, Brough A, Martín de las Heras S & Garamendi PM (2019) Guidelines for best practice: imaging for age estimation in the living, Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging, 16 (March) 38-49.
- Marquez-Grant N, Wessling R, Öfele A & Moore V (2019) Searching for the missing soldier: identifying casualties from the First World War, Mètode Science Studies Journal, 2019 (10).
- Dury G, Lythe A, Marquez-Grant N, Garcia-Rubio A, Graziani G, Mari J, Ziriax M & Schulting R (2018) The Islamic cemetery at 33 Bartomeu Vicent Ramon, Ibiza: investigating diet and mobility through light stable isotopes in bone collagen and tooth enamel, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 11 (8) 3913-3930.
- Cummaudo M, Cappella A, Biraghi M, Raffone C, Màrquez-Grant N & Cattaneo C (2018) Histomorphological analysis of the variability of the human skeleton: forensic implications, International Journal of Legal Medicine, 132 (5) 1-11.
- Pickard C, Girdwood LK, Kranioti E, Márquez-Grant N, Richards MP & Fuller BT (2017) Isotopic evidence for dietary diversity at the mediaeval Islamic necropolis of Can Fonoll (10th to 13th centuries CE), Ibiza, Spain, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 13 (June) 1-10.
- Cummaudo M, Cappella A, Giacomini F, Marquez-Grant N & Cattaneo C (2017) Histomorphometric analysis of bone lacunae in human and pig: can it be useful for species discrimination?, Revue de Médecine Légale, 8 (4).
- Muñoz A, Maestro N, Benito M, Sánchez JA, Márquez-Grant N, Trejo D & Rios L (2017) Sex and age at death estimation from the sternal end of the fourth rib. Does Íşcan's method really work?, Legal Medicine (US), 31 (December).
- Johnson V, Beckett S & Marquez-Grant N (2017) Differentiating human versus non-human bone by exploring the nutrient foramen: implications for forensic anthropology, International Journal of Legal Medicine, 131 (6) 1757-1763.
- Macoveciuc I, Marquez-Grant N, Horsfall I & Zioupos P (2017) Sharp and blunt force trauma concealment by thermal alteration in homicides: an in-vitro experiment for methodology and protocol development in forensic anthropological analysis of burnt bones, Forensic Science International, 275 260-271.
- Serrulla F, Herrasti L, Navarro C, Cascallana JL, Bermejo AM, Márquez-Grant N & Etxeberría F (2016) Preserved brains from the Spanish Civil War mass grave (1936) at La Pedraja1, Burgos, Spain, Science and Justice, 56 (6) 453-463.
- Caccia G, Magli F, Tagi V, Porta D, Cummaudo M, Márquez-Grant N & Cattaneo C. (2016) Histological determination of the human origin from dry bone: a cautionary note for subadults, International Journal of Legal Medicine, 130 (1) 299-307.
- Corrieri B & Marquez-Grant N (2015) What do bones tell us? The study of human skeletons from the perspective of forensic anthropology, Science Progress, 98 (4) 391-402.
- Marquez-Grant N (2015) An overview of age estimation in forensic anthropology: perspectives and practical considerations, Annals of Human Biology, 42 (4) 308-322.
- Liversidge HM, Buckberry J & Marquez-Grant N (2015) Age estimation, Annals of Human Biology, 42 (4) 299-301.
- Young A, Márquez-Grant N, Stillman R, Smith M & Korstjens A. (2015) An Investigation of Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) and Eurasian Badger (Meles meles) Scavenging, Scattering, and Removal of Deer Remains: Forensic Implications and Applications, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 60 (S1) S39-S55.
- Rissech C, Márquez-Grant N & Turbón D (2013) Collation of European formulae for age estimation of sub-adult skeletal remains: recommendations for forensic anthropology and osteoarchaeology., Journal of Forensic Sciences, 58 (S1) S163-S168.
- Nehlich O, Fuller B, Márquez-Grant N & Richards MP (2012) Investigation of diachronic dietary patterns on the islands of Ibiza and Formentera, Spain: evidence from sulphur stable isotope ratio analysis., American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 149 (1) 115-124.
- Pollard AM, Ditchfield P, McCullagh JSO, Allen TG, Gibson M, Boston C, Clough S, Márquez-Grant N & Nicholson RA (2011) "These boots were made for walking": the isotopic analysis of a C4 Roman inhumation from Gravesend, Kent, UK., American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 146 (3) 446-456.
- Marquez-Grant N (2011) Las condiciones de vida en época púnica en Ibiza a través de los restos humanos., Mainake, XXXII (2010) 159-203.
- Fuller B, Márquez-Grant N & Richards MP (2010) Investigation of diachronic dietary patterns on the islands of Ibiza and Formentera, Spain: evidence from carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratio analysis., American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 143 (4) 512-522.
- Fuller B, Márquez-Grant N & Richards M (2010) Investigation of diachronic dietary patterns on the islands of Ibiza and formentera, Spain: Evidence from carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratio analysis, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 143 (4) 512-522.
Conference Papers
- Márquez-Grant N, Olivé Busom J & Ramon Torres J (2021) Los restos humanos de la necrópolis púnica de Ses Païsses de Cala d’Hort (Can Sorà, Ibiza): Estudio antropológico. In: Coloquio Fenicio-Púnico, Ibiza, 27-29 November 2019.
- Vachirawongsakorn V, Marquez-Grant N, Painter J, Beckett S & Greenwood C (2018) Taphonomic processes of chop marks in terrestrial and buried environments: A micro-CT and stereo-microscopic study [poster]. In: Taphos-Nomos 2018, School of Forensic and Applied Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, 2-4 November 2018.
- McGivern H, Greenwood C, Marquez-Grant N & Zioupos P (2018) Getting to the bare bones of the age –related changes to the mechanical and structural properties of the clavicle. In: Bone Research Society (BRS) Annual Meeting, Stripe Building, King Alfred Campus, University of Winchester, Winchester, 27-29 June 2018.
- Márquez-Grant N, García-Rubio A & Harrison K (2014) El valor de la arqueologia y la antropologia forense en las operaciones policiales de busqueda de personas desparecidas (The value of archaeology and forensic anthropology in police operations on searching for missing persons). In: VI REUNIóN CIENTíFICA DE LA ASOCIACIóN ESPAñOLA DE ANTROPOLOGíA Y ODONTOLOGíA FORENSE : 6th Scientific Meeting of Spanish Association of Forensic Anthropology and Odontology, Madrid, 10-11 October 2014.
- Kyriakou XP, Márquez-Grant N, Langstaff H, Samuels C, Pacelli CS, Castro J, Roig J & Kranioti EF (2012) The human remains from the Mediaeval Islamic cemetery of Can Fonoll, Ibiza, Spain: preliminary results.. In: Twelfth Annual Conference of the British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, Cambridge, 17 September 2010.
Books
- Márquez-Grant N, Webster H, Dussault M-C, Harris M, Roberts J, Errickson D & Sanabria-Medina C (2021) Chapter 12: Identifying blast trauma in the human skeleton applications for forensic anthropology. In: Crimes in the past: archaeological and anthropological evidence, Oxford: Archaeopress, p. 206-243.
- Márquez N & Busom JO (2020) Food in the Punic world: a biological perspective through the study of human remains from the island of Ibiza : La alimentación en el mundo púnico: una perspectiva biológica a través del estudio de restos humanos de la isla de Ibiza. In: Food in the Phoenician-Punic world : productions, processes and consumption : La alimentación en el mundo fenicio-púnico: producciones, procesos y consumos, Seville, Spain: University of Seville, p. 45-78.
- Squires K, Errickson D, Marquez-Grant N (eds), (2020) Ethical approaches to human remains : a global challenge in bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology, New York, NY: Springer.
- Marquez-Grant N & Johnson V. (2016) Forensic Anthropology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Marquez-Grant N, Groen W J M, Janaway, R C (eds), (2015) Forensic Archaeology: A Global Perspective, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Marquez-Grant N, Fibiger L (eds), (2013) The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation: An International Guide to Laws and Practice in the Excavation and Treatment of Human Remains., London: Routledge, ed. Paperback.
- Roberts J, Marquez-Grant N (eds), (2012) Forensic Ecology Handbook: From Crime Scene to Court, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Roberts J & Marquez-Grant N (2012) Forensic Anthropology. In: Forensic Ecology Handbook: From Crime Scene to Court. Marquez-Grant N, Roberts J (ed.), Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 49-65.
- Marquez-Grant N, Litherland S & Roberts J (2012) Forensic Archaeology in Europe and the Role of the Forensic Archaeologist in the UK. In: A Companion to Forensic Anthropology. Dirkmaat D (ed.), Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 596-626.
- Litherland S, Márquez-Grant N & Roberts J (2012) Forensic Archaeology. In: Forensic Ecology Handbook: From Crime Scene to Court. Marquez-Grant N, Roberts J (ed.), Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 23-45.
- Marquez-Grant N, Fibiger L (eds), (2011) The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Human Remains and Legislation: An International Guide to Laws and Practice in the Excavation and Treatment of Human Remains, London: Routledge.
- Márquez-Grant N, Rissech C, López-Costas O, Alemán I & Caro Dobón L (2011) Spain/España. In: The Routledge Handbook of Archaeological Remains and Legislation: An International Guide to Laws and Practice in the Excavation and Treatment of Human Remains.. Marquez-Grant N, Fibiger L (ed.), London: Routledge, p. 423-440.
- Marquez-Grant N (2010) The Human Remains from the Churches of São João and São Vicente, Bragança (Portugal). Palma de Mallorca: Vessants Arqueologia i Cultura.
- Simmonds A, Marquez-Grant N & Loe L (2008) Life and Death in a Roman City: Excavation of a Roman Cemetery with a Mass Grave at 118-120 London Road, Gloucester.. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology.