Enrico R Crema

Enrico R Crema is an Associate Professor in Computational Analysis of Long-Term Human Cultural and Biological Dynamics at the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. His work integrates computational modeling, quantitative analysis, and cultural evolutionary theory to address long-term human societal changes.

• Research Focus: Cultural evolution, prehistoric demography, settlement archaeology, and the Jomon-Yayoi transition in Japan.
• Key Projects: ERC-funded ENCOUNTER on rice farming diffusion, Leverhulme-funded BuckBee on crop-pollinator dynamics, and Marie Sklodowska-Curie supervised projects on archaeological modeling.

Recent Publications highlight his expertise in Bayesian radiocarbon analysis, demographic modeling, and cultural transmission studies. His methodological contributions include the rcarbon and nimbleCarbon R packages for open science in archaeology.

Scientific Awards include the

• McDonald Anniversary Research Fellowship
• Philip Leverhulme Prize in Archaeology
• Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship (Host Supervisor)

Advising involves mentoring current PhD candidates like

• Leah Brainerd
• Christiane-Marie Cantwell
• Alexes Mes
• Charles Simmons
• Finn Stileman
• Andriana Xenaki

and former students including

• Rachel Blevis
• Jasmine Vieri
• Benjamin J Utting

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