About
Russell Adams is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at McMaster University. His work focuses on geoarchaeology, environmental archaeology, and ancient metallurgy in the Near East, particularly Jordan.
- Research Themes: Human-environment interaction, copper mining/pollution, desertification, and Bronze Age innovation.
- Key Sites: Wadi Faynan, Khirbat en-Nahas, Jebel Hamrat Fidan, Wadi Khalid.
His publications reveal sustained engagement with Jordanian landscapes, combining geophysical surveys, metallurgical analysis, and ecological modeling across millennia. Recent work explores floodwater farming (2022), while older studies reconstruct Bronze Age industrial practices (2003) and Neolithic pollution (2017).
Dr. Adams collaborates widely, with research disseminated through journals like Antiquity, Levant, and Geoarchaeology. His work has been cited in 1 Wikipedia page and attracted media attention from 21 news outlets.
