I am an archaeologist specialising in phytolith and starch grain analysis, which I apply to investigate human-environment interactions in Amazonia. I gained my undergraduate, masters and PhD degrees in Archaeology at the University of Exeter, UK (2005-2014). Since 2015, I have worked in the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of the University of São Paulo: first as a post-doctorate researcher (2015-2018), then as Collaborating Researcher (2018-2022), and finally as lecturer (2022-present). In this time, thanks to a FAPESP Young Researcher Grant, I contructed the Archaeobotany Laboratory, an extension of the Microarchaeology Laboratory of the same institution (https://sites.usp.br/labmicro/en/) (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Over the last five years, debates surrounding the extent to which pre-colonial societies were involved in shaping Amazonian forests have intensified to sit once again at the forefront of discussions within the archaeological and ecological disciplines, while also winning public interest. Despite the advances in empirical data that are being gained, there are two key issues, which are curr…
This research has the goal of understanding long-term indigenous history through the diachronical investigation of ceramic from the Monte Castelo archaeological site. These ceramics belong to the Sinimbu and Bacabal phases, whose early chronologies mean they are inserted within debates surrounding the oldest ceramic technologies in the Amazon. The Sinimbu phase, beginning roughly 5,800 B.…
This project, destined for an undergraduate student of Computer Sciences or similar, entails designing and creating an online database of reference collection images of phytoliths, starch grains, and carbonized fruits and seeds. The database must be comprehensive, simple to use, and of high enough quality to be useful to archaeobotanists searching for taxonomic identifications of plant re…
This project focuses on the installation of a permanent reference collection of phytoliths and starch grains at LabMicro, MAE-USP. The candidate will be responsible for processing and mounting plant specimens and residues, organizing slide storage, and compiling and updating a master index of images and information about each species. (AU)
This project proposes the systematic analysis of microbotanical remains in the Monte Castelo shell mound, an archaeological site located in the Guaporé Wetlands, southwestern Amazonia. Through the extraction of microfossils contained in human dental calculus, funerary sediments and associated ceramics, we intend to investigate the role of plants in daily life and in the ritualistic practi…
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