Dr Rachel Ballantyne

Research Interests

Direct biological evidence for prehistoric lifestyles, economy, and environments, in particular at stunningly preserved wetland settlements. The EXPLO Project is further developing these research interests through investigation of the pile-dwelling settlements of the earliest farming communities in South-eastern Europe.

Field archaeology; archaeobotany; palaeoecology; diet; settlement syntax; nature conservation. 

Geographic areas

British Isles
Scandinavia, Mediterranean and Balkans