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David K. Wright

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University of Oslo

Norway

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David K. Wright is an Associate Professor at the University of Oslo, Norway. His research focuses on late Quaternary human occupation, paleoenvironmental impacts, and isotopic ecology. He has published extensively on topics including the animal economy of Viking Age towns and anthropogenic effects on African landscapes. His recent work also explores ancient DNA and human-environment interactions in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Ecological Archaeologies of the Afrotropics (EcoArch)

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Close Date: 2032-02-29

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Past moisture and vegetation conditions at Lake Aura, Norway using n -alkanes and pollen

Late Quaternary human occupation of the Kilwa coast (Tanzania): OSL ages and paleoenvironmental proxies from isotope geochemistry

Episodic settlement and mound formation context at Cubalel and Siwré sites, Middle Senegal River

Walking commodities: A multi-isotopic approach (δ13C, δ15N, δ34S, 14C and 87/86Sr) to trace the animal economy of the Viking Age town of Birka

Palaeoenvironmental data indicate late quaternary anthropogenic impacts on vegetation and landscapes in Mzimba, northern Malawi

DIGITAL KITAMBO: DECOLONISING NARRATIVES AND BRINGING THE PAST INTO THE FUTURE AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA

DIGITAL KITAMBO: DECOLONISING NARRATIVES AND BRINGING THE PAST INTO THE FUTURE AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA

Stable isotope ecology of terra preta in Caxiuanã National Forest, Brazil

Ancient DNA and deep population structure in sub-Saharan African foragers

Impact of farming on African landscapes

Hunter-gatherer environments at the Late Pleistocene sites of Mwanganda's Village and Bruce, northern Malawi

Faecal biomarkers as tools to reconstruct land‐use history in maar sediments in the Westeifel Volcanic Field, Germany

Early human impacts and ecosystem reorganization in southern-central Africa

The emergence and intensification of early hunter‐gatherer niche construction

A new local scale prediction model of Amazonian landscape domestication sites

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Julio Mercader Florin

Myra F. Laird

Erik Otarola-Castillo

Jan-Pieter Buylaert

Benjamin Davies

Jessica Thompson

Kathryn de Luna

Susan M. Mentzer

Ron Pinhasi

Sabine Fiedler

Kerry Louise Sayle

Sarah Ivory

Kathryn Ranhorn

Steven Forman

Amanuel Beyin

Axel Mjærum

Christian Tryon

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