Associate Professor in Archaeology, University of Exeter
My research applies interdisciplinary techniques to explore coupled human-environment relationships. I use archaeobotanical techniques, combined with geochemistry and remote sensing to understand resource exploitation, cultural practices, and anthropogenic impacts on the forest. I’ve worked extensively thoughout the New World, with ongoing projects in Belize, Brazil, Bolivia, and Colombia, with contexts ranging from the peopling of the Americas during the Late Pleistocene, to the collapse of the Maya civilisation.
Currently I direct the ERC/UKRI Biodiversity and the Legacy of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Ecosystems in the Neotropics (BLADEN) project, exploring the long-term human impact on tropical forests in the Bladen Nature Reserve of Belize.