The Archaeology of Human-Animal Relations in the Mediterranean
I am an environmental archaeologist. My research examines how humans adapted in the face of growing populations and resource stress in the Mediterranean region. I employ a novel combination of approaches from social zooarchaeology, contextual taphonomy, and behavioral ecology to elucidate changing strategies of subsistence, ritual practice, and refuse management across the Middle Paleolithic–Iron Age. Understanding human adaptation over time in the Mediterranean is critical for understanding the rise of the social inequality, because it is where humans first transitioned from hunter-gatherer to agriculturalist life ways.
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In the Press: The Mycenaean Tombs of Aidonia
I have the privilege of working with a great team of researchers on the TAPHOS project, a field school excavation of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Corinth and the Nemea Center of Classical Archaeology of UC Berkeley.
Read about the recent findings of this project in the Greek Reporter and the Washington Post.
In the Press: The Mycenaean Tombs of Aidonia
I have the privilege of working with a great team of researchers on the TAPHOS project, a field school excavation of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Corinth and the Nemea Center of Classical Archaeology of UC Berkeley.
Read about the recent findings of this project in the Greek Reporter and the Washington Post.
