Changes in Settlememt-Subsistence Practice in Prehistoric Japan

Together with my collaborators, I conducted GIS analyses of the settlement patterns of Jomon archaeological sites in the northern part of the Tohoku region in Japan, and the results were used to understand changes in Jomon site distribution patterns. Preliminary results of our analyses were presented at the ARF lunch talk titled "Jomon Subsistence-Settlement Practice and Environmental Management: A View from Northern Japan" on April 9, and we are currently preparing a journal article manuscript. 

Studying the Ceramics from an Open-Air Sanctuary at Anavlochos, East Crete; A New Environmental and Archaeological Survey in Eastern Attica (ARTEMIS)

Erny project

I first travelled to Crete to complete my analysis of archaeological ceramics from an open-air sanctuary at the site of Anavlochos near the village of Vrachasi. This study took place in the apotheke (storage facility) of the Anavlochos Excavations between June 15 and July 8, 2025. I then travelled to Porto Rafti in Eastern Attica to begin work on a new archaeological project, ARTEMIS (Attica Regional IntegraTed Environmental and MaterIal Survey), which integrates pedestrian surface survey and environmental study of the East Attic landscape.

Ancient Seafaring Explorers of Cyprus Project

Cyprus survey image

The discovery of new hunter-gatherer and early farming occupations on the Mediterranean Island of Cyprus is dramatically changing our understanding of the timing and nature of the first occupants of the island. Archaeological evidence suggests that Epipalaeolithic hunters-gatherers in Cyprus arrived by at least 13,000 years ago. These early islanders remained deeply connected to their mainland (Levantine and/or Aegean) counterparts and, like them, experimented with plant and animal management.

Residential Mobility, Food Diversity and Landscape Practice at the Goshono Site, Iwate Prefecture

Together with two Berkeley graduate students and one undergraduate apprentice, I conducted field and laboratory research in Japan in summer 2020 1) to analyze floral remains obtained from the Middle Jomon Goshono site, Ichinohe Town, Iwate Prefecture, and 2) to process additional soil samples for further analysis. At the laboratory of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature in Kyoto, we floated soil samples that were previously collected from several pit-dwellings within the site, and sorted both the light and heavy fractions with a guidance from Dr. Yumiko Ito of Aomori Prefecture.

Ancient Explorers of Cyprus: Traversing Land and Sea in the Epipalaeolithic

The Ancient Seafaring Explorers in Cyprus (ASEC) project conducted its inaugural field season from September 10-September 20, 2019. The goals of the project are to investigate the earliest occupation of the island, specifically the Late Epi-Palaeolithic through early Neolithic periods, (ca. 10,000 -8000 years ago). The project aims to reveal evidence for the nature of these early hunter-gatherer occupations at sites on the south coast of Cyprus, both on land and those submerged by rising sea levels over subsequent millennia.