Human evolution: the evolutionary ecology of extinct hominins; the evolution of human behaviour and culture; prehistory and archaeology of early human populations; evolutionary theory in archaeology and anthropology.
The archaeology and rock art of Australia, New Guinea and Island Southeast Asia and the links between these regions; Pleistocene colonisation and settlement, interactions between humans and their environment, adaptations to small islands and maritime technology.
Medieval and social archaeology, particularly gender and religion; burial, magic and religious communities, including nunneries, monasteries, hospitals, Norwich Cathedral and Glastonbury Abbey
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