Photo: Associate Professor Faculty Associate Anthropology Contact Info brita.lorentzen@uga.edu I am an environmental archaeologist and maritime archaeologist with an appointment in the Department of Anthropology and direct the Laboratory of Tree-Ring and Archaeological Wood Analysis at Georgia (TRAWG). My research uses dendrochronology, wood anatomy, stable isotope geochemstiry, and wider archaeobotanical methods to investigate human interactions with climate and environment and their long-term impact legacies on forest and coastal ecosystems. My other research interests include integrating archaeology with modern conservation and sustainability practices and incorporating heritage and archaeological sciences into cultural heritage preservation and digital storytelling. I am currently part of heritage science and underwater archaeological field projects in Cyprus and Greece, and am a co-investigator of the Dating Iroquoia Project, which works with descendent communities in Canada and New York to reconstruct Indigenous settlement histories in the St. Lawrence River Valley. Research Research Interests: Dendrochronology Anthracology and wood anatomy Stable isotope analysis Radiocarbon dating Environmental change Paleoclimate Maritime and coastal archaeology Heritage science Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeology Digital storytelling Of note: I am currently working on funded projects, in which we are using archaeological wood and botanical assemblages to investigate impacts of plant physiology and seasonal carbon update on dating precision using 14C and wood economy and landscape useage during the Early Bronze Age in Turkey/northern Syria. I have other charcoal assemblages that could form student projects and am open to establishing dendrochronological and archaeobotanical research projects with students using materials in the museum collections.
