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The Archaeology of Amazonia: A Human History
Forthcoming in 2024.
Field Discovery Award
The 5th Shanghai Archaeology Forum.
People and the Amazon
New Exeter exhibition at the tropical forest biome of Eden Project
Upcoming Events
VI International Meeting of Amazonian Archaeology
12-16, September 2024
San José de Guaviare, Colombia
World Congress of Environmental History
19-23 August, 2024
Oulu, Finland
SAA’s 89th Annual Meeting
April 17–April 21, 2024,
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
About me
I am an Archaeologist and Archaeobotanist with a strong track record of research on human environmental interactions, the development of agricultural economies, and the emergence of complex societies in lowland South and Central America.
I currently direct the University of Exeter Archaeobotany and Paleoecology Laboratory and I’m member of the Centre for the Archaeology of the Americas and the HUMANE research group.
My research has extensive visibility in international media including BBC, National Geographic, New Scientist, Scientific American to mention a few.