My friend Catherine Kearns stops by to discuss her academic journey as well as some of her experiences as an archaeologist out in the field. We also discuss the differences in some of the important eras including the Bronze Age, Iron Age and the Copper and Stone Age. We also talk about her work in discovering patterns between ancient civilizations, the environment and climate change. This is an extremely exciting conversation with a brilliant human being!
The Rural Landscapes of Archaic Cyprus: An Archaeology of Environmental and Social Change
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Catherine Kearns is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics and the College at the University of Chicago. She earned her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2015 and her research interests include Classical archaeology, Bronze-Iron Age social, cultural, political history, landscape and environments, archaeological method and theory, and spatiality.
Kearns’ research focuses on examining the intersections between social and environmental change in Mediterranean landscapes during the Iron Age period. Her first book project, “The Rural Landscapes of Archaic Cyprus: An Archaeology of Environmental and Social Change,” analyzes the emergence of Iron Age communities on the island of Cyprus through their land-use practices, rural economies, and experiences with changing climates.
Kearns is interested in the political and social dimensions of landscape change and how modern conversations on human-environment relationships can engage with historical evidence. She has co-directed fieldwork on Cyprus through the Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments Project, using geophysics, field survey, excavation, and geospatial analysis to identify Iron Age rural settlements.
Kearns’ recent publications include “The Rural Landscapes of Archaic Cyprus: An Archaeology of Environmental and Social Change,” “Cypriot Iron Age Communities in Time and Place: Considering Amathus in a Regional Context,” and “Mediterranean Interconnections Beyond the City: Rural Consumption and Trade in Archaic Cyprus.” She has also co-edited “New Directions in Cypriot Archaeology” and contributed to various journals and publications, such as the “Journal of Field Archaeology” and “History Compass.”
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