Neil Duncan
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Central Florida
United States of America
Biography
Neil Duncan is an archaeologist specializing in paleoethnobotany. He received his PhD in Anthropology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Duncan served as a Fulbright Research Specialist in Ecuador and completed a postdoctoral appointment at the Archaeology Center at Stanford University. Dr. Duncan’s research focuses on the interrelationships of humans and plants in prehistory using micro-remain analyses, starch grains and phytoliths, as well as plant macro-remains. His current research areas include Peru, Colombia, the Caribbean, and China.
Research Interest
Paleoethnobotany, Archaeobotany, Microfossils: phytoliths, starch grains, Agricultural Origins, Ancient environments, Food, cuisine, feasting, ritual, Pre- and Early Neolithic life ways, Neotropics: Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Caribbean, China Historical ecology, Ethnobiology, Ethnoarchaeology, Archaeometry.
Publications
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P.E. Siegel, J.G. Jones, D.M. Pearsall, N.P. Dunning, P. Farrell, N.A. Duncan, Jason H. Curtis, and Sushant K. Singh 2016 Humanizing the Landscapes of the Lesser Antilles during the Archaic. In The Archaeology of Caribbean and Circum-Caribbean Farmers (5000 BC - AD 1500), edited by Basil A. Reid. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
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Pearsall, D., N.A. Duncan, J.G. Jones, D.E. Friedel, C.I. Veintimilla, and H. Neff 2016 Human-environment interactions during the early mid-Holocene in coastal Ecuador as revealed by mangrove coring in Santa Elena Province. The Holocene. DOI:10.1177/0959683616638421
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Liu, L., N.A. Duncan, X. Chen, P. Jing Plant-based Subsistence Strategies and Development of Complex Societies in Neolithic Northeast China: Evidence from Grinding Stones. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 7:247-261 (2016)
