Archaeobotany, palynology, plant functional ecology, stable isotopes, plant ancient DNA analysis and ethnoarchaeology.
Farming societies of western Asia and Europe from 15,000 B.C. Origins and spread of agriculture, plant domestication, the role of plants in prehistory.
Interactions between humans and the environment in western Asia and Europe since the last glaciation.
ERC Advanced Grant. Evolutionary Origins of Agriculture
Co-investigator with Prof G Jones, Prof. M Rees, Dr C Osborne, Dr N Fieller (Sheffield) & Prof T Brown (Manchester). ERC-2010-AdG_20100407
2010-13
NERC. Origins of Agriculture: an ecological perspective on crop domestication. Co-investigator with Profs G. Jones & M Rees & Dr C Osborne. NE/H0227161/1.
2007-10
National Science Foundation (USA). Economic integration and cultural survival at neolithic Çatalhöyük Turkey. Co-investigator with Dr. K Twiss, SUNY, USA and Dr Bogaard, (Oxford).
2008-11
NERC. Out of Asia. Co-investigator with Profs G Jones, C Buck & P Blackwell (Sheffield). NE/E019242/1.