Dr Enrico Crema

My research interest focuses primarily on the application and development of quantitative methods in archaeology and anthropology. I applied these techniques to tackle a variety of research themes, including the study of long-term changes in settlement patterns, the reconstruction of prehistoric population dynamics, and the statistical inference of cultural transmission modes using archaeological data. I am particularly interested in the theoretical and methodological cross-fertilization between biology and archaeology within a cultural evolutionary framework and the interplay between population dynamics, migration, and cultural change.

I am currently the prinicipal investigator of the ERC-funded ENCOUNTER Project and co-investigator for the Leverhulme-funded Crops, Pollinators, and People (BuckBee) Project. 

• Statistical Inference
• Cultural Evolution
• Human settlement and landscape ecology
• Prehistoric Demography
• Japanese Prehistory

I am also one of the main developer of rcarbon, nimbleCarbon, and other R packages. 

My research interest focuses on the use and development of computational and quantitative methods, in particular the use of agent-based simulations and spatial statistics. I applied these techniques to a variety of research themes, including the study of long-terms changes in settlement patterns, the reconstruction of prehistoric population dynamics, and the statistical inference of cultural transmission modes using archaeological data. I am particular interested in the theoretical and methodological cross-fertilization between biology and archaeology within a cultural evolutionary framework.