Mike Morley

Associate Professor Mike Morley is a geoarchaeologist at the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, with over 20 years of experience in academic and commercial archaeology. He specializes in archaeological site formation processes and paleoenvironmental reconstruction through stratigraphy, geological sequences, and geomorphological analysis. His work spans Europe, North Africa, southern Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, focusing on human and hominin interactions with dynamic landscapes.

• Current research: ARC Future Fellow leading the Disperscapes project (Late Pleistocene sites in Southeast Asia)
• Editorial roles: Associate Editor at Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports and Geoarchaeology: An International Journal

His research interests include:

• Geoarchaeology (site formation, sediment analysis)
• Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction (climate change, river systems)
• Human-Environment Interaction (landscape use, resource dynamics)
• Cave Archaeology (stratigraphy, hominin occupation)

Recent publications focus on 2024-2025 work in Southeast Asia and Zanzibar, addressing human dispersal, coastal trade networks, and paleoenvironmental transitions. He contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals via landscape and climate research. Supervisory interests include cultural landscapes, archaeological science, and cave geoarchaeology.