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Erika Weiberg serves as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Cultural Preservation at Uppsala University, specializing in Ancient Culture and Social Life. Her research bridges archaeological, environmental, and climate science disciplines with a geographic focus on the Mediterranean region, particularly Greece.
Her research interests center on human-environment dynamics in ancient societies, examining how Bronze Age communities in the Peloponnese responded to climate change through resilience theory frameworks. She investigates long-term socio-ecological systems using interdisciplinary approaches combining pollen analysis, GIS modeling, and archaeological survey data. Key themes include vulnerability assessment of ancient agricultural systems, boom-bust land use cycles, and the interplay between environmental stressors and societal transformation.
Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals consistent focus on Mediterranean paleoenvironmental reconstruction (2016-2023), with increasing emphasis on computational modeling of climate-land use interactions since 2018. Her work demonstrates strong collaboration with climate scientists (Finné, Holmgren) and archaeologists (Bonnier, Unkel), producing significant contributions to understanding historical climate vulnerability through publications in Quaternary Science Reviews, PLOS ONE, and Journal of Archaeological Science.
Weiberg actively contributes to methodological advances in archaeological science, particularly through GIS-based land use analysis and interdisciplinary data integration. Her 2019 work re-evaluating the Berbati-Limnes survey demonstrates innovative application of kernel density estimation to legacy archaeological datasets. She also participates in major collaborative projects examining Mediterranean socio-environmental history, evidenced by co-authorship on the comprehensive 2016 Quaternary Science Reviews paper on Peloponnesian Holocene history.
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