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People and the Amazon
New Exeter exhibition at the tropical forest biome of Eden Project
Amazonian Archaeology Conference
Call for proposals to the VI EIAA, September 2024, San José de Guaviare, Colombia.
The Painted Forest Book
With an initiative funded by UKRI Translational Funds -Open Innovation Platform we have written and donated 250 books for the Vereda de Cerro Azul community in Guaviare.
Upcoming Events
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
29th EAA Annual Meeting
30 August – 2 September 2023
Belfast, Northern Ireland
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.
Presentations
National Geographic Explorer Festival
New light under the Amazon forest
Early rock art symposium
Work groups
