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Background
Thomas completed a PhD in Archaeology in 2018 at Paris-Nanterre University (France). His doctoral research focused on the analysis of archaeological materials to highlight the transformation of the ceramic production and distribution during the late Antiquity in Northwestern Europe. Between 2018 and 2020, he held a postdoc position at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark (DK), working in the archaeometry group CHART. Thomas joined Cranfield University as a research fellow in October 2020.
Current activities
Thomas's research interests are focused on the investigation of archaeological and cultural heritage materials using mineralogical and chemical analytical techniques. Recent activities involved projects related to the characterisation and the dating (thermoluminescence) of fired clay materials, the measurements of trace elements in archaeological human skeletons, pigment identification, and glass analysis. Thomas is mainly working with techniques such as petrography, XRF, XRD, vibrational spectroscopy, and LA-ICP-MS.
His work was initially focused on the late Roman period in Europe, but he broadened the scopes of his activities to medieval and post-medieval periods on a wide geographic scale.
Thomas is currently part of two international projects in collaboration with French, Danish and Italian institutions.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Rasmussen KL, Rasmussen BB, Delbey T, Bonaduce I, Kjeldsen F, .... (2024). Analyses of the brown stain on the Parthenon Centaur head in Denmark. Heritage Science, 12(1)
- Delbey T, Norris D, Douglas D & Shortland AJ. (2024). Self-seal laser ablation open cell for trace elements analysis of full-size archaeological artefacts: application on Famille Rose enamel. Microchemical Journal, 207
- Kemp V, Delbey T & Shortland AJ. (2023). The dating and provenance of glass fragments from the site of Serabit el-Khâdim, Sinai. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 49(June)
- Goemaere E, Vanmontfort B, Bonjean D, Bosquet D, Bostyn F, .... (2023). Middle Neolithic fluorites in Northern France and Belgium: characterization, sourcing and methodological limitations. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 49(June)
- Norris D & Delbey T. (2023). The influence of Qing glass technology on Qianlong and Jiaqing painted enamel copperwares. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 61(May - June)
- Torres J, Toftgaard CJ, Delbey T, Brewer D, Farchette III J, .... (2023). Thermoluminescence and radiocarbon dating of pre-colonial ceramics and organic midden material from the US Virgin Islands: outline for a revised chronology. Heritage Science, 11(1)
- Delbey T, Harrison Hall J, Sheaf C & Shortland AJ. (2023). Characterising Chinese Ru ware in the Sir Percival David collection at the British Museum using handheld XRF analysis. Advances in Archaeomaterials, 3(2)
- Rasmussen KL, van der Plicht J, Degano I, Modugno F, Colombini MP, .... (2022). Defining multiple inhabitations of a cave environment using interdisciplinary archaeometry: the ‘Christmas Cave’ of the Wadi en-Nar/Nahal Qidron, west of the Dead Sea. Heritage Science, 10(1)
- Goemaere E, Challe S, de Longueville S, Delbey T & Demaiffe D. (2022). Tracking the source of lead of medieval glazed pottery of the Meuse valley (Belgium) through lead isotope analyses. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 42(April)
- Bourdin V, Delbey T, Rasmussen KL & Charlier P. (2022). Do you dig your grave with your teeth? Potential interest of the elementary analysis of ancient ceramics regarding public health (Pre-Columbian era, Ecuador). Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, 23(August)
- Rasmussen KL, Delbey T, Jørgensen B, Høegh Jensen K, Poulsen B, .... (2022). Materials and technology of mosaics from the House of Charidemos at Halikarnassos (Bodrum, Turkey). Heritage Science, 10(1)
- Giosa A, Delbey T, Menbrivès C, Rasmussen KL, Elliott M, .... (2022). Indurated soil nodules: a vestige of ancient agricultural practices?. Geoarchaeology, 37(6)
- Rasmussen KL, van der Plicht J, La Nasa J, Ribercini E, Colombini MP, .... (2021). Investigations of the relics and altar materials relating to the apostles St James and St Philip at the Basilica dei Santi XII Apostoli in Rome. Heritage Science, 9(1)
- Goemaere É, Hanut F, Bosquet D, Delbey T, De Waele É, .... (2021). Étude archéométrique et recherche de l’origine de la matière première des poteries produites dans l’agglomération gallo-romaine de Tourinnes-Saint-Lambert (Walhain, Belgique). Revue du Nord, Tome 102(5)
- Rasmussen KL, van der Plicht J, La Nasa J, Ribechini E, Colombini MP, .... (2021). Correction to: Investigations of the relics and altar materials relating to the apostles St James and St Philip at the Basilica dei Santi XII Apostoli in Rome. Heritage Science, 9(1)
- Rasmussen KL, Delbey T, Skytte L, La Nasa J, Colombini MP, .... (2021). In the darkest hour: Analyses of a black spot on the last page of the diary of polar explorer Jørgen Brønlund (d. 1907). Archaeometry, 63(4)
- Goemaere É, Hanut F, Bosquet D, Delbey T, De Waele É, .... (2021). Archaeometric study and sourcing of the raw material of the pottery produced in the Gallo-Roman settlement at Tourinnes-Saint-Lambert (Brabant Wallon, Belgium). Revue du Nord, 439(1)
- Rasmussen KL, Milner GR, Delbey T, Jensen LKI, Witte F, .... (2020). Release of lead from Renaissance lead-glazed ceramics from southern Denmark and northern Germany: Implications from acetic acid etching. Heritage Science, 10(1)
- Rasmussen KL, Milner GR, Delbey T, Skytte L, Lynnerup N, .... (2020). Trace element distribution in human cortical bone microstructure: the potential for unravelling diet and social status in archaeological bones. Heritage Science, 8(1)
- Rasmussen KL, Delbey T, d’Imporzano P, Skytte L, Schiavone S, .... (2020). Comparison of trace element chemistry in human bones interred in two private chapels attached to Franciscan friaries in Italy and Denmark: an investigation of social stratification in two medieval and post-medieval societies. Heritage Science, 8(1)
- Rasmussen KL, Milner GR, Delbey T, Skytte L, Søvsø M, .... (2020). Copper exposure in medieval and post-medieval Denmark and northern Germany: its relationship to residence location and social position. Heritage Science, 8(1)
- Delbey T, Holck JP, Jørgensen B, Alvis A, Smith VH, .... (2019). Poisonous books: analyses of four sixteenth and seventeenth century book bindings covered with arsenic rich green paint. Heritage Science, 7(1)
- Hedegaard SB, Delbey T, Brøns C & Rasmussen KL. (2019). Painting the Palace of Apries II: ancient pigments of the reliefs from the Palace of Apries, Lower Egypt. Heritage Science, 7(1)
- Delbey T, Quevedo A & Laubenheimer F. (2015). Amphores vinaires Gauloise 4 de Narbonnaise (France) exportées à Carthagène (Espagne) ? Analyse statistique exploratoire multidimensionnelle de données géochimiques. ArchéoSciences, 39(39)
- Goemaere E, Henrotay D, Collette O, Golitko M, Delbey T, .... (2014). Caractérisation de la céramique médiévale d’Autelbas (Arlon, Belgique) et identification de la source de la matière première. ArchéoSciences, 38(1)