Reverse engineering collective action: complex technologies in stateless societies. An archaeological science project funded by an ERC Advanced Grant

Cambridge, England
Joined March 2022
Latest REVERSEACTION #research on pre-Hispanic raised field systems from La Mojana, published with @SpringerNature in Communications Sustainability today! nature.com/articles/s44458-0… Key takeaways👇 #openaccess #archaeology #watermanagement #sustainability #collectiveaction (1/6)
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New textile research from REVERSEACTION! doi.org/10.1007/s10816-025-0… 🌟New method for assessing quality and complexity of archaeological textiles 🌟 Microscope analysis of pre-Hispanic cotton mantas from three regions of Colombia #openaccess #archaeology #textileresearch
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The result? We can start to identify real and meaningful differences in how different ancient communities crafted vessels with unique shapes and recipes 🏺 Stats is not just for spreadsheets, it can also tell us stories of human creativity too! #WorldStatisticsDay #Archaeology
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📈 MANOVA tests (to test whether identified ware clusters really mean something) #Statistics
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🎨 PCA plots (to reduce the many variables we take under consideration and look for trends across pottery styles, dates, and archaeological sites)
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🌀 Elliptical Fourier Analysis (to translate the curves that make up pottery shapes into equations!) #3Darchaeology #EFA #Pottery
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📊 #WorldStatisticsDay meets Ancient Pottery! Did you know we use statistics to study archaeological materials? Our open access paper in Open Archaeology reveals new insights into pottery from pre-Hispanic Nariño by turning vessel shapes and paste compositions into numbers...
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And on Sunday, the latest on prehispanic goldwork in Colombia #SAA2025
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At the #SAA2025? Come to say hi to some of the Reverseaction team! First on, Thurs at 11 on gold and heterarchy
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Replying to @JustALittleRoo
@justalittleroo would like you all to know that she was also there supporting her team from the side-lines (she got fomo and booked a holiday) and as such, we have fixed the first photo accordingly #archaeologistoffduty #stillinamuseum
In March, Lina María Campos Quintero, Jasmine Vieri and @martinontorres participated in a workshop about #earlymetallurgy from Mexico to #Colombia, in San José, #CostaRica 1/5
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