Nicola Jane Whitehouse | |
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| Doctoral advisor | Prof Paul Buckland; Prof Kevin Edwards |
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| Sub-discipline | Environmental archaeology |
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| Website | https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/nickiwhitehouse/ |
Nicki Whitehouse is a British archaeologist and Environmental archaeologist. She is a Professor in Archaeological Science at the University of Glasgow.
Whitehouse has a bachelor's degree in archaeology from Newcastle University,awarded 1988;a master's degree in Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy from the University of Sheffield,awarded 1993;and a doctorate from Sheffield,awarded 2000. Her research is focused on human-environment relationships and the interface between the physical sciences and humanities. [1]
She was Professor of human-environment systems in the School of Geography,Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Plymouth before taking up her current role at the University of Glasgow.
Whitehouse is a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries;she was President of the INQUA Humans and Biosphere Commission (HABCOMM) between 2011-2019. [2] She is on the editorial board of several major journals,including Quaternary International (since 2011), [3] Journal of Archaeological Science:Reports (since 2015), [4] She was a member of the committee of the Association for Environmental Archaeology from 2013 to 2017,and prior to that its membership secretary. [5]
Whitehouse specialises in the analysis of sub-fossil insects and the integration of this data with other environmental proxies. Her research has covered topics including the inter-relationships between archaeology,environmental and climatic change;changing biodiversity as a consequence of climate change and human impact;and the development of the cultural landscape,particularly during the transition to agriculture. Her research has been funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council,Natural Environment Research Council,the Heritage Lottery Fund [6] and INSTAR (Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research). She is global co-lead of the LandCover6K project with Prof Kathy Morrisson and Prof Marco Madella. She has collaborated with Meriel McClatchie,Phil Barratt,Rick Schulting,Rowan McLaughlin and Amy Bogaard. [7] She has long standing collaborations with Tony Brown,University of Southampton,including as Co-I on AHRC funded Celtic Crannogs project. [8] She was also a co-investigator on a European Research Council project,Fragility and sustainability in restricted island environments:adaptation,cultural change and collapse in prehistory (FRAGSUS),from 2013 to 2018. [9]
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