Master’s & Dissertation research
Plant cultivation in Pastoral Landscapes
My dissertation project uses plant stable isotopes (Δ13C & δ15N) of cereal grains and weed ecology to understand labor investment in agriculture during the spread of domesticates across Eurasia. National Science Foundation DDRI, Grant # 2230527
of Bronze Age Inner Asia
Paleoethnobotany projects
Tasbas Archaeological project
Archaeological investigations at a Bronze Age settlement in southeastern Kazakhstan to understand land-use patterns, the spread of pastoralism, craft production, and pastoralist agriculture. Directed by Paula Dupuy.
Koken Archaeological project
Archaeological investigations at a Mesolithic-Iron Age settlement in northeastern Kazakhstan to understand land-use patterns, the spread of pastoralism, and craft production. Directed by Paula Dupuy & Aidyn Zhuniskhanov.
Tagunbulak Archaeological project
Archaeological investigations at a medieval city in southern Uzbekistan to understand pastoral city-making and trading activities during the Silk Road. Directed Michael Frachetti and Farhod Maksudov.
Kotið Archaeological project
Archaeological investigations at the earliest (and smallest) known settlement in Iceland – Kotið – to understand the social and functional relationship of small farms to the settlement process of Iceland. Directed by Kathryn Catlin and Douglas Bolender.
Hólar Archaeological Survey Project
Multi-year survey to understand the origins and institutionalization of social and economic hierarchies in Hjaltadalur, Iceland. Directed by Guðný Zoega and John Steinberg.