Dr Jade Whitlam

Dr Jade Whitlam
Departmental Lecturer in Archaeology, Continuing Education
+44 (0)1865 278261
jade.whitlam@arch.ox.ac.uk

Research Interests

Archaeobotany; archaeology of prehistoric western Asia (Neolithic to Bronze Age); pre-agricultural plant management strategies; early farming communities; origins and spread of agriculture; ethnoarchaeology; weed ecology and stable isotope analysis.

 

Geographic Area

Southwest Asia and Europe

Research Profile

Current Activities

  • British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship: 'Farming before agriculture: investigating variability in plant management and consumption by western Asia’s earliest cultivators'
  • Tell Nebi Mend Archaeobotanical project
  • Archaeobotanical investigations at Etruscan Murlo and Orvieto, Italy
Publications