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Academic position:ÌýAssociate ProfessorÌýof Geoarchaeology and Historical Ecology

Department:ÌýInstitute of Archaeology

Email:Ìým.arroyo-kalin@ucl.ac.uk

Biography:

I am interested in Human Niche Construction and Historical Ecology in the deep past. My methodological specialism is in geoarchaeology: I use earth science methods to study past anthropic landscape modification, especially anthropogenic soils.Ìý My main focus is the pre-Columbian history ofÌýtropicalÌýlowland South America, especially the Amazon basin, where I am engaged in a) the long-term comparative study of Amazonian Dark Earths,Ìý b) studiesÌýofÌýpalaeodemographyÌýbased on the aggregate analysis of large datasets of archaeological evidence; and c) exploringÌýintersections between scholarly and indigenous approaches to history, memory and landscapeÌý(through theÌýProgrammeÌýof Intercultural Archaeology of the Northwest Amazon - PARINÃ).ÌýIÌýam currently co-coordinator of the Institute of Archaeology’sÌýAnthropocene Research Network.