• Geoarchaeology & Phytoliths studies, the Yiluo Regional Survey, Henan, China. Dr. Arlene Rosen. Studies of soil micromorphology are being pursued by Dr. Richard MacPhail.
• Phytoliths at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey. Dr. Arlene Rosen
• Geoarchaeology at Samara, Russia. Dr. Arlene Rosen
• Geoarchaeology at Gordion, Central Anatolia. . Dr. Arlene Rosen
• Geoarchaeology at Tell Megiddo, Israel. Dr. Arlene Rosen
• Geoarchaeology and phytoliths of the Talgar Regional Survey and Excavation Project, Kazakhstan. Dr. Arlene Rosen
• Becoming Insular? Human Responses to Past Global Warming and Rising Sea Levels... Dr. Marcello Mannino (post-doctoral fellow)
  and Professor Ken Thomas
• Past environments on the Thames, various London environmtal archaeology projects. Dr. Jane Sidell

View over Pre-Pottery Neolithic village at Beidha in Jordan (Photo: A. Garrard)

• Dr. Richard MacPhail, Senior Research fellow, works widely for research projects and commercial archaeology projects on soil micromoprhology, including recent work in UK, Europe, the Horn of Africa, the USA and the Near and Far East.

Sampling for micromophology: Yangshao sedimenta, Huizui, Henan Province, China (Richard MacPhail)

Scan of a thin section from above.

Current PhD Research Projects

Phytoliths and the use of space at Catal Hoyuk... Phillippa Ryan

Vegetation, Agriculture and Social Change in Late Neolithic central China: a phytolith investigation... Alison Weisskopf

Phytolith analyses on Santonrini... Lefteris Zorzos

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Recent PhD Research Projects

An investigation of the pedosedimentary characteristics of deposits associated with managed livestock...J.L. Heathcote (2002)

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Recent MSc Research Projects

[list coming soon]

project title... student name