Archaeobotany; archaeology of prehistoric western Asia (Neolithic to Bronze Age); pre-agricultural plant management strategies; early farming communities; origins and spread of agriculture; ethnoarchaeology; weed ecology and stable isotope analysis.
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship: 'Farming before agriculture: investigating variability in plant management and consumption by western Asia’s earliest cultivators'
Tell Nebi Mend Archaeobotanical project
Archaeobotanical investigations at Etruscan Murlo and Orvieto, Italy