Alexander Brown

Dr. Alexander Brown is a researcher at the University of Reading, specializing in environmental archaeology and medieval landscape transformation. His work spans interdisciplinary studies across the Baltic region, the Severn Estuary, and Europe, focusing on palaeoenvironmental analysis, land-use changes, and the ecological impact of historical events like the Crusades and Black Death.

His research combines pollen analysis, geochemical methods, and multi-proxy studies to reconstruct human-environment interactions during the Iron Age, Neolithic, and medieval periods. Key collaborations include Professor Alfred Pluskowski and other Baltic archaeologists.

Recent publications highlight his expertise in

• Medieval frontier ecology
• Island archaeology in Mauritius
• Baltic colonization
• Coastal environmental change
• Geochemical and palynological methods

He has contributed to edited volumes on the Archaeology of the Prussian Crusades and Prehistoric Coastal Communities, emphasizing comparative case studies in Spain and the eastern Baltic.