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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.
Catch up with the Painted Forest talks
All of our rock art symposium presentations are now available on the ICANH website.
Urbanism in Amazonia
Glad to see the cover of Nature illustrated with our lidar work revealing low density urbanism in the Llanos de Moxos.
It was voted some the of best stories of the year by Nature Briefing.
Upcoming Events
V Encuentro Internacional de Arqueologia Amazonica
Nov 8-12, 2022
Lima, Peru
88th Annual Meeting – Society for American Archaeology
March 29–April 2, 2023
Portland, Oregon
World Neolithic Congress
Sept 18-22, 2023
Şanlıurfa, Turkey
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
