I am an archaeological chemist and anthropological archaeologist specializing in the organic residue analysis of pottery to explore ancient culinary practices in Southeast Asia. I have my BS in Chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry, College of Science and my MS in Archaeology from the Archaeological Studies Program (now School of Archaeology) at the University of the Philippines-Diliman, as well as PhD in Anthropology, major in Archaeology from Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and Science, University of Florida. I am also a registered, licensed chemist in the Philippines. Even before I joined the School of Archaeology as a full-time faculty member and in various roles, I had been involved in collaborative and multidisciplinary research and extension projects in the University of the Philippines on health, disease, traditional medicine, stable isotopes, traditional craft, and archaeological education for K-12.

I am willing to mentor students who share my interests on Southeast Asian archaeology, archaeological chemistry, biomolecular archaeology (specifically, organic residue analysis), food and foodways, uses of natural products, ceramics analysis, human-environment interactions, making archaeology relevant to contemporary concerns, experimental archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, integration of archaeological science and theory in research, as well as history of science and technology from archaeological point of view.

Selected Works

Eusebio, Michelle S. and Fredeliza Z. Campos. 2024. The Ethnoarchaeology of Restaurants in Southern Vietnam: Fish Stew Culinary Practices and Organic Residues in Earthenware Cooking Pots. Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Part II of thematic section on Brewing Beer and Breaking Bread: Integrating Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Research on Food and Culinary Habits) 16(1): 77-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/19442890.2024.2303794

Eusebio, Michelle S., Philip Piper, T. Elliott Arnold, and John Krigbaum. 2023. Possible Leafy Vegetables in Prehistoric Southern Vietnamese Cuisine with a Distinctive Biomolecular Profile. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 47 (February): 103741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103741.

Eusebio, Michelle S., Philip Piper, Fredeliza Campos, T. Elliott Arnold, Andrew Zimmerman, and John Krigbaum. 2022. Using Organic Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Ratios to Identify Animals in Prehistoric Foodways of Southeast Asia. In Isotope Research in Zooarchaeology: Methods, Applications, and Advances, edited by Ashley E. Sharpe and John Krigbaum, pp. 201-227. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2zx9q60.13

Eusebio, Michelle S. 2020. State of Organic Residue Analysis in Southeast Asia: Plant Biomolecules as Archaeobotanical Evidence. In Advancing Southeast Asian Archaeology 2019: Selected Papers from the Third SEAMEO-SPAFA International Conference on Southeast Asian Archaeology, Bangkok, Thailand, 2019, edited by Noel Hidalgo Tan, pp. 261- 270. SEAMEO-SPAFA, Bangkok. https://www.seameo-spafa.org/selected-papers-from-the-3rd-seameo-spafa-international-conference-on-southeast-asian-archaeology/

Eusebio, Michelle S. 2020. The Relevance of Archaeology to Contemporary Concerns: The Department of Agriculture of the Philippines and Ancient Foodways. In EURASEAA14 Volume II: Material Culture and Heritage, Papers from the Fourteenth International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, edited by Helen Lewis, pp. 159- 171. Archaeopress, Oxford. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1zcm1tq.20