Co-I, Tanzania
Daryl is a Lecturer in Sustainability with the Department of Archaeology, University of York, UK, and co-leads the MA in Sustainability Studies and MSc in Sustainability Science, which are run jointly by the Department of Archaeology and Department of Environment and Geography. This reflects Daryl’s research interests in using archaeological data and techniques within transdisciplinary projects in order to assess the sustainability of human-environment interactions, with a particular focus on agricultural systems in eastern Africa. Daryl has worked as a field archaeologist since 1992, and holds a degree in Social Anthropology and African Archaeology from SOAS (1999), and an MA and PhD in African Archaeology from UCL (2001 and 2006).
Sustainability concerns survival over time, whether past or predicted future conditions. Archaeologists are uniquely positioned to inform sustainability assessments, as their work examines how social, technological and environmental factors drive continuity or change. We can not only identify threats to African heritage but reveal how communities have historically responded to sustainability challenges.
Read more about Daryl on the University of York website.