Alex Brown
Areas of Interest:
1) Environmental Archaeology
2) Ecology of conquest and colonization
3) Ecology of frontier landscapes
4) Coastal, intertidal and wetland archaeology
5) Medieval Europe
I am a archaeologist specializing in the application of environmental archaeology as a lens for understanding past ecological and cultural change. Most recently my research has focused on landscape transformations during the late Iron Age and medieval periods in Central and Eastern Europe. Using pollen as part of an interdisciplinary research framework, I have investigated the impact of conquest and colonization in altering indigenous and frontier environments in the Baltic region (Ecology of Crusading Project, directed by Aleks Pluskowski); my research has helped to demonstrate the importance of a diverse range of socio-economic factors (demographic change, agriculture, trade, religion,) in shaping the physical and cultural landscapes of medieval Europe. I am currently developing research on the impact of the Mongol and Ottoman conquests in central Europe (Hungary and Romania). I have a particular interest in the study of wetland archaeology and landscapes, focusing on the resilience and adaptation of communities to highly diverse physical environments.
Phone: 0118 378 7877
1) Environmental Archaeology
2) Ecology of conquest and colonization
3) Ecology of frontier landscapes
4) Coastal, intertidal and wetland archaeology
5) Medieval Europe
I am a archaeologist specializing in the application of environmental archaeology as a lens for understanding past ecological and cultural change. Most recently my research has focused on landscape transformations during the late Iron Age and medieval periods in Central and Eastern Europe. Using pollen as part of an interdisciplinary research framework, I have investigated the impact of conquest and colonization in altering indigenous and frontier environments in the Baltic region (Ecology of Crusading Project, directed by Aleks Pluskowski); my research has helped to demonstrate the importance of a diverse range of socio-economic factors (demographic change, agriculture, trade, religion,) in shaping the physical and cultural landscapes of medieval Europe. I am currently developing research on the impact of the Mongol and Ottoman conquests in central Europe (Hungary and Romania). I have a particular interest in the study of wetland archaeology and landscapes, focusing on the resilience and adaptation of communities to highly diverse physical environments.
Phone: 0118 378 7877
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