Dr Andrés Teira-Brión

andres teira brion
Research Associate
andres.teirabrion@arch.ox.ac.uk

As a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Andrés Teira-Brión undertook the research ‘Old crops for new insights: agricultural systems of broomcorn and foxtail millet cultivation in Iberia’, with Prof. Amy Bogaard as mentor. The research aimed to investigate the farming strategies and diversity of millet cultivation practices in Europe, both past and present, through the study of stable isotopes, weed ecology, experimental farming, and ethnoarchaeology.

Research Interests

Millet farming, Prehistoric agriculture, crop management strategies, social and cultural uses of plants, agricultural sustainability, isotope analysis, functional plant ecology.

Geographic Area

Europe, Iberian Peninsula

Research Profile

Andrés Teira-Brión is an archaeobotanist working on comparative approaches on past and recent agricultural systems and the social implications of farming practices, but his investigation endeavours also involve works in ethnobotany, experimental archaeology (pottery production and consumption), methodology and material evidence.

Andrés obtained his Ph.D. in archaeology from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (2019). Dr. Teira-Brión has previously been Assistant Professor at the University of Vigo (2021) in an interuniversity master's degree in Archaeology and Antiquity Sciences, teaching the subjects of Public Archaeology, Ethnography and Experimental Archaeology.

Current Activities

MILLET: Old crops for new insights: agricultural systems of broomcorn and foxtail millet cultivation in Iberia

PI: A. Teira-Brión

Scientist in charge: A. Bogaard (University of Oxford)

Funding: European Commission (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 2020, Grant No. 101018935)

Publications