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Warren J. Eastwood is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. The scientist's research spans various interdisciplinary studies that combine historical, environmental, and analytical approaches to ancient societies and their ecosystems.

Their recent publications cover topics relating to environmental history, archaeology, and analytical chemistry methods applied to paleontological and ecological studies. Notable papers include:

  • Demystifying Collapse: Climate, environment, and social agency in pre-modern societies (2020, Millennium)
  • L'émergence d'une histoire environnementale interdisciplinaire (2022, Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales)
  • FTIR spectra from grass pollen: A quest for species-level resolution of Poaceae and Cerealia-type pollen grains (2023, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology)
  • Environmental change and globalization dynamics in Roman Anatolia: Stabilizing an accelerating system (2025, Science Advances)
  • The Emergence of Interdisciplinary Environmental History (2024, Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales (English edition))

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with researchers such as John Haldon, Adam Izdebski, Francis Ludlow, Lee Mordechai, and Çetin Şenkul, reflecting a team-oriented approach within multiple research domains.

Eastwood's work appears regularly in a select group of academic journals, with multiple contributions to Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology and Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales. The scientist's research integrates expertise across several subfields, including:

  • Paleontology
  • Archeology
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology

The main research topics focus on:

  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Paleopathology and ancient diseases
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Eurasian Exchange Networks

Eastwood's interdisciplinary orientation is evident in the blending of environmental history with advanced scientific techniques such as spectroscopy and isotopic analysis. This combination supports investigations into past climates, ecological conditions, and the impacts of globalization dynamics on ancient civilizations.

Best Publications

  • Climatic, vegetation and cultural change in the eastern Mediterranean during the mid-Holocene environmental transition

    Neil Roberts;Warren J. Eastwood;Catherine Kuzucuoğlu;Girolamo Fiorentino

  • Stable isotope records of Late Quaternary climate and hydrology from Mediterranean lakes : the ISOMED synthesis

    Neil Roberts;M.D. Jones;A. Benkaddour;W. J. Eastwood

  • Holocene climate change in the eastern Mediterranean region: a comparison of stable isotope and pollen data from Lake Gölhisar, southwest Turkey

    Warren J. Eastwood;Melanie J. Leng;Neil Roberts;Basil Davis

  • Holocene environmental change in southwest Turkey: a palaeoecological record of lake and catchment-related changes

    W.J. Eastwood;N. Roberts;H.F. Lamb;J.C. Tibby

  • Tephrostratigraphy, chronology and climatic events of the Mediterranean basin during the Holocene: an overview

    Giovanni Zanchetta;Roberto Sulpizio;Neil Roberts;Raffaello Cioni

  • The Climate and Environment of Byzantine Anatolia: Integrating Science, History, and Archaeology

    John Haldon;Neil Roberts;Adam Izdebski;Dominik Fleitmann

  • Chronology and stratigraphy of Late Quaternary sediments in the Konya basin, Turkey: Results from the KOPAL project

    N. Roberts;S. Black;P. Boyer;W.J. Eastwood

  • Eastern Mediterranean hydroclimate over the late glacial and Holocene, reconstructed from the sediments of Nar lake, central Turkey, using stable isotopes and carbonate mineralogy

    Jonathan R. Dean;Jonathan R. Dean;Matthew D. Jones;Melanie J. Leng;Melanie J. Leng;Stephen R. Noble

  • Palaeoecological and archaeological evidence for human occupance in southwest Turkey : The Beyşehir occupation phase

    W. J. Eastwood;N. Roberts;H. F. Lamb

  • Historical landscape change in Cappadocia (central Turkey): a palaeoecological investigation of annually laminated sediments from Nar lake.

    Ann England;Warren J. Eastwood;C. Neil Roberts;Rebecca Turner

  • The origin and spread of olive cultivation in the Mediterranean Basin: The fossil pollen evidence:

    Dafna Langgut;Rachid Cheddadi;Josѐ Sebastián Carrión;Mark Cavanagh

  • Identification of Aniakchak (Alaska) tephra in Greenland ice core challenges the 1645 BC date for Minoan eruption of Santorini

    Nicholas J. G. Pearce;John A. Westgate;Shari J. Preece;Warren J. Eastwood

  • Geochemistry of Santorini tephra in lake sediments from Southwest Turkey

    W.J. Eastwood;N.J.G. Pearce;J.A. Westgate;W.T. Perkins

  • Spatial variability of precipitation regimes over Turkey

    Faize Sariş;David M. Hannah;Warren J. Eastwood

  • The application of laser ablation ICP-MS to the analysis of volcanic glass shards from tephra deposits : bulk glass and single shard analysis

    Nicholas J.G. Pearce;John A. Westgate;William T. Perkins;Warren J. Eastwood

  • Fire, climate and the origins of agriculture: micro-charcoal records of biomass burning during the last glacial-interglacial transition in Southwest Asia

    Rebecca Turner;Neil Roberts;Warren J. Eastwood;Emma L. Jenkins

  • The environmental impact of the Minoan eruption of Santorini (Thera): statistical analysis of palaeoecological data from Golhisar, southwest Turkey

    W. J. Eastwood;J. Tibby;N. Roberts;Harry John Betteley Birks

  • A tale of two lakes: a multi-proxy comparison of Lateglacial and Holocene environmental change in Cappadocia, Turkey

    Neil Roberts;Samantha L. Allcock;Fabien Arnaud;Jonathan R. Dean;Jonathan R. Dean

  • Recognition of Santorini (Minoan) Tephra in Lake Sediments from Golhisar Golu¨, Southwest Turkey by Laser Ablation ICP-MS

    Warren J. Eastwood;Nicholas J.G. Pearce;John A. Westgate;William T. Perkins

  • Interpreting stable isotope records from freshwater snail shell carbonate: a Holocene case study from Lake Gölhisar, Turkey.

    Matthew D. Jones;Melanie J. Leng;Warren J. Eastwood;David H. Keen

  • Not the End of the World? Post-Classical Decline and Recovery in Rural Anatolia

    Neil Roberts;Marica Cassis;Owen Doonan;Warren Eastwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham
Neil Roberts
Neil Roberts Plymouth University
Jessie Woodbridge
Jessie Woodbridge Plymouth University
Sarah E. Metcalfe
Sarah E. Metcalfe University of Nottingham
David M. Hannah
David M. Hannah University of Birmingham
Henry F. Lamb
Henry F. Lamb Aberystwyth University
William T. Perkins
William T. Perkins Aberystwyth University
John A. Westgate
John A. Westgate University of Toronto
Hilary J. Sloane
Hilary J. Sloane British Geological Survey
Nicholas J. G. Pearce
Nicholas J. G. Pearce Aberystwyth University

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