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Caroline CartwrightBritish Museum - Caroline Cartwright
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Caroline Cartwright
Scientist
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Caroline Cartwright's primary areas of scientific expertise cover the identification and interpretation of organics such as wood, charcoal, fibres and other plant remains, shell, ivory and bone from all areas and time periods in the British Museum's collection.
She has led many teams of archaeobotanists, archaeozoologists and human osteologists on archaeological projects in various parts of the world including the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe.
Before taking up her post at the British Museum, Caroline was a lecturer for many years at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London teaching the topics mentioned above as well as ceramic and stone petrography, lithic technology and early agriculture.Her research interests have focused on the human resource exploitation of plant and animals, modelling environmental reconstruction, past human ecology and subsistence change.Also, in examining the evidence from the archaeological record for the biology, biogeography and diversity of Mediterranean-climate ecosystems.