Dr Tom Maltas

Research Interests:

My research focuses on understanding prehistoric farming in the Mediterranean through archaeobotany, particularly its roles within urbanisation and the formation of wealth and socio-political inequality. I am also interested in agricultural adaptations to climate change in the past. My doctoral work (Oxford, 2021) utilised stable isotope analysis and functional ecological analysis of archaeobotanical remains to investigate these themes within Bronze Age western Anatolia. My current programme of research seeks to build on this to address long-standing debates surrounding the role of farming within cultural developments across the Bronze Age Aegean.  

Prior to returning to Oxford, I held a position as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Archaeology at the Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Vienna.