Research Interests

I am a doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Colorado State University studying landscape archaeology. My research focuses on landscape modification, land use, and human-environment interactions in precolumbian Amazonia and Middle to Upper Paleolithic Portugal. In Brazil, I am interested in precolumbian landscape modification and the built environment in Amazonia and documenting early forms of infrastructure and urbanism in tropical environments. In Portugal, I analyze occupation patterns of Neanderthals and modern humans at the cave site Lapa do Picareiro to understand site formation processes and how caves were used during the Paleolithic.