Professor Mike Charles

Professor Mike Charles

Fellow by Special Election

Professor of Environmental Archaeology
Director of Graduate Studies, School of Archaeology

Research Interests

• Archaeobotany, palynology, plant functional ecology, stable isotopes, plant ancient DNA analysis and ethnoarchaeology.
• Farming societies of western Asia and Europe from 15,000 B.C. Origins and spread of agriculture, plant domestication, the role of plants in prehistory.
• Interactions between humans and the environment in western Asia and Europe since the last glaciation.