Staff profile

Dan Lawrence is Professor of Archaeology and Director of the Durham Archaeology Informatics Laboratory. He has been a permanent staff member in the department since October 2015. He completed his PhD at Durham (2013) after studying at University College London and the University of Cambridge, and was a post-doctoral researcher on the ERC funded Persia and its Neighbours Project. He also spent a semester as a fellow at the Digital Institute for Archaeology in the Centre for Advanced Spatial Technology, University of Arkansas.

Research Interests

Dan's research focuses on the archaeology of Southwest and Central Asia during the Holocene and uses archaeological evidence to address fundamental questions about the development of human societies and their relevance to challenges facing the modern world.His work investigates how and why societies grow, become more complex, and develop enduring inequalities. He is particularly interested in the emergence of cities, states, and empires; long-term patterns of demographic and economic growth; the origins and consequences of inequality; and the ways in which human societies interact with and transform their environments.

A central theme of his research is the use of archaeology as a long-term laboratory for understanding social and environmental change. By examining thousands of years of human experience, archaeology provides unique evidence for understanding how societies respond to opportunities and constraints, why some social systems prove resilient while others fail, and how different pathways of development affect sustainability and human wellbeing.Much of his recent work focuses on the relationships between economic development, inequality, and sustainability. Building on earlier research into climate change and long-term human–environment interactions, he is increasingly interested in understanding how societies balance growth, resilience, and environmental impacts over the long term, and how archaeological perspectives can contribute to contemporary debates about sustainable development and social justice.

To address these questions, Dan combines archaeological survey, GIS, remote sensing, fieldwork, and computational approaches with large comparative datasets spanning thousands of years and vast geographical regions. He has directed and participated in projects across Southwest and Central Asia, including in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Oman, and Kazakhstan. His work makes extensive use of satellite imagery and archaeological data science to investigate long-term patterns of settlement, land use, and social change.He is also actively involved in cultural heritage research and management through projects such as Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA), contributing to the documentation, monitoring, and protection of archaeological landscapes and sites across the region.

• Archaeology of Southwest Asia
• Computational Archaeology
• GIS and Remote Sensing
• Landscape Archaeology
• Long term human-environment interaction
• Urbanisation and the emergence of complex societies
• Social Inequality

• 2026: Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Archaeological Research:
• 2024: Member of Editorial Board, Levant Journal:
• 2018: External Examiner, University of Glasgow:
• 2017: Member of Editorial Board, Iraq, Journal of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq:
• 2016: Member of the BANEA Steering Committee:
• 2016: Member, AHRC Peer Review College:

Book review

• New Book Chronicle
  
  Lawrence, D. (2019). New Book Chronicle. Antiquity, 93(367), 280-285. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.262
• New Book Chronicle
  
  Lawrence, D. (2018). New Book Chronicle. Antiquity, 92(364). https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.133
• New Book Chronicle
  
  Lawrence, D. (2018). New Book Chronicle. Antiquity, 92(362). https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.37
• New Book Chronicle
  
  Lawrence, D. (2018). New Book Chronicle. Antiquity, 92(366). https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.237
• New Book Chronicle
  
  Lawrence, D. (2018). New Book Chronicle. Antiquity, 92(365). https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.203
• New Book Chronicle
  
  Lawrence, D. (2018). New Book Chronicle. Antiquity, 92(363). https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.90
• New Book Chronicle
  
  Lawrence, D. (2018). New Book Chronicle. Antiquity, 92(361). https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2017.245

Chapter in book

• Route Studies Across Greater Mesopotamia: Past, Present, and Future
  
  de Gruchy, M., & Lawrence, D. (2023). Route Studies Across Greater Mesopotamia: Past, Present, and Future. In T. Kalayci (Ed.), Archaeologies of Roads. The Digital Press, University of North Dakota.
• Sasanian landscapes of the Gorgan Plain: new insights from remote sensing and field survey
  
  Hopper, K., Omrani Rekavandi, H., Ricci, A., Welton, L., Lawrence, D., & Philip, G. (2022). Sasanian landscapes of the Gorgan Plain: new insights from remote sensing and field survey. In E. Sauer, J. Nokandeh, & H. Omrani Rekavandi (Eds.), Ancient Arms Race: Antiquity’s Largest Fortresses and Sasanian Military Networks of Northern Iran: A joint fieldwork project by the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and the University of E. Oxbow Books.
• Cultural Heritage Destruction during the Islamic State's Genocide against the Yazidis
  
  Fobbe, S., Navrouzov, N., Hopper, K., Khudida Burjus, A., Philip, G., Nawaf, M. G., Lawrence, D., Walasek, H., Birjandian, S., Hassan Ali, M., Rashidani, S., Salih, H., Sulaiman Qari, D., & Mishko, F. (2021). Cultural Heritage Destruction during the Islamic State’s Genocide against the Yazidis. In J. Rehman, A. Shahid, & S. Foster (Eds.), The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (pp. 111-114). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004466180_006
• Appendix III. Investigations of ancient canal systems in central and eastern Georgia
  
  Hopper, K., Lawrence, D., Pitskhelauri, K., & Philip, G. (2020). Appendix III. Investigations of ancient canal systems in central and eastern Georgia. In E. Sauer, L. Chologauri, A. Gabunia, K. Hopper, D. Lawrence, E. MacDonald, M. Mashkour, F. Mowat, D. Naskidashvili, K. Pitskelauri, S. Priestman, L. Shumilovkikh, S. Simpson, A. Tiliakou, & et al. (Eds.), Dariali: the Caspian Gates’ in the Caucasus from Antiquity to the Age of the Huns and the Middle Ages. The joint Georgian-British Dariali Gorge excavations & surveys 2013-2016. (pp. 937-954). Oxbow Books.
• Landscape investigations in the Dariali Pass, Georgia
  
  Hopper, K., Lawrence, D., Snape-Kennedy, L., Chologauri, L., Priestman, S., Pitskelauri, K., & Philip, G. (2020). Landscape investigations in the Dariali Pass, Georgia. In E. Sauer, L. Chologauri, A. Gabunia, K. Hopper, D. Lawrence, E. MacDonald, M. Mashkour, F. Mowat, D. Naskidashvili, K. Pitskelauri, S. Priestman, L. Shumilovkikh, S. Simpson, & A. et al Tiliakou (Eds.), Dariali: the Caspian Gates’ in the Caucasus from Antiquity to the Age of the Huns and the Middle Ages. The joint Georgian-British Dariali Gorge excavations & surveys 2013-2016. (pp. 303-412). Oxbow Books.
• Extrapolating Ebla: Combining Remote Sensing, Survey and Textual Sources to Define an Early State
  
  Lawrence, D., & Rey, S. (2020). Extrapolating Ebla: Combining Remote Sensing, Survey and Textual Sources to Define an Early State. In D. Lawrence, G. Philip, & M. Altaweel (Eds.), New agendas in remote sensing and landscape archaeology in the Near East : studies in honour of Tony J. Wilkinson. (pp. 175-188). Archaeopress.
• Conclusion
  
  Lawrence, D., Philip, G., & Altaweel, M. (2020). Conclusion. In D. Lawrence, M. Altaweel, & G. Philip (Eds.), New agendas in remote sensing and landscape archaeology in the Near East : studies in honour of Tony J. Wilkinson. (pp. 321-327). Archaeopress.
• The Northern and Western Borderlands of the Sasanian Empire: Contextualizing the Roman/Byzantine and Sasanian Frontier
  
  Lawrence, D., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2017). The Northern and Western Borderlands of the Sasanian Empire: Contextualizing the Roman/Byzantine and Sasanian Frontier. In E. Sauer (Ed.), Sasanian Persia : between Rome and the steppes of Eurasia. (pp. 99-125). Edinburgh University Press.
• The Northern and Western Borderlands of the Sasanian Empire: Contextualising the Roman/Byzantine and Sasanian Frontier
  
  Lawrence, D., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2017). The Northern and Western Borderlands of the Sasanian Empire: Contextualising the Roman/Byzantine and Sasanian Frontier. In Sasanian Persia: Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia (pp. 99-125).
• Long-term Settlement Trends in the Birecik-Carchemish Sectors
  
  Lawrence, D., & Ricci, A. (2016). Long-term Settlement Trends in the Birecik-Carchemish Sectors. In T. Wilkinson, E. Peltenburg, & E. Wilkinson (Eds.), Carchemish in Context: the Land of Carchemish Project 2006 - 2010 (pp. 38-67). Oxbow.
• Agro-pastoral Landscapes in the Zone of Uncertainty: The Middle Euphrates and the North Syrian Steppe during the 4th and 3rd millennia BC
  
  Smith, S., Wilkinson, T., & Lawrence, D. (2014). Agro-pastoral Landscapes in the Zone of Uncertainty: The Middle Euphrates and the North Syrian Steppe during the 4th and 3rd millennia BC. In D. Morandi Bonacossi (Ed.), Settlement Dynamics and Human-Landscape Interaction in the Dry Steppes of Syria (pp. 151-172). Harrassowitz.

Doctoral Thesis

• Early Urbanism in the Northern Fertile Crescent [electronic resource] : a comparison of regional settlement trajectories and millennial landscape change
  
  Lawrence, D. (2012). Early Urbanism in the Northern Fertile Crescent [electronic resource] : a comparison of regional settlement trajectories and millennial landscape change [Thesis]. Durham University. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5921/

Edited book

• New Agendas in Remote Sensing and Landscape Archaeology in the Near East: Studies in Honour of Tony J. Wilkinson
  
  Lawrence, D., Altaweel, M., & Philip, G. (Eds.). (2020). New Agendas in Remote Sensing and Landscape Archaeology in the Near East: Studies in Honour of Tony J. Wilkinson. Archaeopress.

Journal Article

• Scales, Sources, and Simulations: Reviewing Studies on Human–Environment Interactions in the Mediterranean from 1000 BCE to 1000 CE
  
  Nikulina, A., Foxhall Forbes, H., & Lawrence, D. (2026). Scales, Sources, and Simulations: Reviewing Studies on Human–Environment Interactions in the Mediterranean from 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 33(4), Article 66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-026-09805-0
• A major city of the Kazakh Steppe? Investigating Semiyarka’s Bronze Age legacy
  
  Radivojević, M., Lawrence, D., Merz, V. K., Merz, I. V., Demidkova, E., Woolston-Houshold, M., Villis, R., & Brown, P. J. (2026). A major city of the Kazakh Steppe? Investigating Semiyarka’s Bronze Age legacy. Antiquity, 100(410), Article e19. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10244
• Drought, Conflict and the Use of Historical Data and Methodologies in Interdisciplinary Palaeoclimatic Research
  
  Foxhall Forbes, H., Fafinski, M., Halsall, G., Harland, J. M., Lawrence, D., Clarke-Neish, K., Foxhall, L., Abballe, M., Borroni, M., Lypiridou, I., Manolopoulou, V., Nikulina, A., Sypiański, J., & Fleitmann, D. (2026). Drought, Conflict and the Use of Historical Data and Methodologies in Interdisciplinary Palaeoclimatic Research. Climatic Change, 179(4), Article 73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-026-04112-9
• The distribution of power and inclusiveness across deep time
  
  Feinman, G. M., Stasavage, D., Carballo, D. M., Barber, S. B., Green, A., Holland-Lulewicz, J., Lawrence, D., Munson, J., Nicholas, L. M., Fulminante, F., Klassen, S., Kintigh, K. W., & Douglass, J. (2026). The distribution of power and inclusiveness across deep time. Science Advances, 12(12), Article eaec1426. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec1426
• Making comparative archaeological and historical urbanism rigorous and open access through the URBank data platform
  
  Carleton, W. C., Lawrence, D., Brotherson, D., Ebert, C. E., Lobo, J., Ortman, S. G., Smith, M. E., Tho, T., Romanowska, I., Klassen, S., & Roberts, P. (2026). Making comparative archaeological and historical urbanism rigorous and open access through the URBank data platform. Antiquity. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10287
• Isotopic evidence for changing diet and agriculture in China from the Neolithic to the Early Han period (10-2 ka BP)
  
  Zhang, M., Lawrence, D., & Millard, A. R. (2026). Isotopic evidence for changing diet and agriculture in China from the Neolithic to the Early Han period (10-2 ka BP). Quaternary Science Reviews, 373, Article 109725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109725
• Urban resilience in Ancient Mesopotamia: insights into the socioeconomic system of the Bronze and Iron Age Khabur Valley
  
  Priß, D., Lawrence, D., Wainwright, J., Prell, C., & Turnbull, L. (2026). Urban resilience in Ancient Mesopotamia: insights into the socioeconomic system of the Bronze and Iron Age Khabur Valley. Antiquity. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10272
• The social behind the physical: Assessing tie formation processes of ancient route systems
  
  Priß, D., Prell, C., Lawrence, D., Turnbull, L., & Wainwright, J. (2025). The social behind the physical: Assessing tie formation processes of ancient route systems. Journal of Archaeological Science, 184, Article 106413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2025.106413
• Understanding the Form and Timing of Damage to Archaeological Sites During the Syrian Conflict by Combining Evidence From Remote Sensing With Ground Observation
  
  Almohamad, A., Hopper, K., Deadman, W., Lawrence, D., & Philip, G. (2025). Understanding the Form and Timing of Damage to Archaeological Sites During the Syrian Conflict by Combining Evidence From Remote Sensing With Ground Observation. Archaeological Prospection, 32(4), 813-826. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1997
• Fluctuations of viti- and oleiculture traditions in the Bronze and Iron Age Levant
  
  Riehl, S., Deckers, K., Hinojosa-Baliño, I., Gröcke, D. R., & Lawrence, D. (2025). Fluctuations of viti- and oleiculture traditions in the Bronze and Iron Age Levant. PLOS One, 20(9), Article e0330032. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330032
• Assessing quantitative methods in archaeology via simulated datasets: The Archaeoriddle challenge. Concept, project and motivations
  
  Cortell-Nicolau, A., Carrignon, S., Rodíguez-Palomo, I., Hromada, D., Kahlenberg, R., Mes, A., Priss, D., Yaworsky, P., Zhang, X., Brainerd, L., Lewis, J., Redhouse, D., Simmons, C., Coto-Sarmiento, M., Daems, D., Deb, A., Lawrence, D., O’Brien, M., Riede, F., … Crema, E. (2025). Assessing quantitative methods in archaeology via simulated datasets: The Archaeoriddle challenge. Concept, project and motivations. Journal of Archaeological Science, 177, Article 106179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2025.106179
• Economic inequality is fueled by population scale, land-limited production, and settlement hierarchies across the archaeological record
  
  Kohler, T. A., Bogaard, A., Ortman, S. G., Crema, E. R., Chirikure, S., Cruz, P., Green, A., Kerig, T., McCoy, M. D., Munson, J., Petrie, C., Thompson, A. E., Birch, J., Cervantes Quequezana, G., Feinman, G. M., Fochesato, M., Gronenborn, D., Hamerow, H., Jin, G., … Pailes, M. (2025). Economic inequality is fueled by population scale, land-limited production, and settlement hierarchies across the archaeological record. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(16). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400691122
• Labor, land, and the global dynamics of economic inequality
  
  Bogaard, A., Cruz, P., Fochesato, M., Birch, J., Cervantes Quequezana, G., Chirikure, S., Crema, E. R., Feinman, G. M., Green, A. S., Hamerow, H., Jin, G., Kerig, T., Lawrence, D., McCoy, M. D., Munson, J., Ortman, S. G., Petrie, C. A., & Roscoe, P. (2025). Labor, land, and the global dynamics of economic inequality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(16). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400694122
• Assessing grand narratives of economic inequality across time
  
  Feinman, G. M., Cervantes Quequezana, G., Green, A., Lawrence, D., Munson, J., Ortman, S., Petrie, C., Thompson, A., & Nicholas, L. M. (2025). Assessing grand narratives of economic inequality across time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(16), Article e2400698121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400698121
• War both reduced and increased inequality over the past ten thousand years
  
  McCoy, M. D., Birch, J., Chirikure, S., Cruz, P., Green, A. S., Gronenborn, D., Lawrence, D., & Roscoe, P. (2025). War both reduced and increased inequality over the past ten thousand years. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(16), Article e2400695121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400695121
• Changes in agglomeration and productivity are poor predictors of inequality across the archaeological record
  
  Ortman, S. G., Bogaard, A., Munson, J., Lawrence, D., Green, A. S., Feinman, G. M., Chirikure, S., Uhl, J. H., & Leyk, S. (2025). Changes in agglomeration and productivity are poor predictors of inequality across the archaeological record. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(16). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400693122
• Assessing neighborhoods, wealth differentials, and perceived inequality in preindustrial societies
  
  Thompson, A. E., Munson, J., Ortman, S. G., Mejía Ramón, A. G., Feinman, G. M., Cervantes Quequezana, G., Cruz, P., Green, A. S., Lawrence, D., & Roscoe, P. (2025). Assessing neighborhoods, wealth differentials, and perceived inequality in preindustrial societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(16), Article e2400699121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400699121
• 100 generations of wealth equality after the Neolithic transitions
  
  Kerig, T., Crema, E. R., Birch, J., Feinman, G. M., Green, A. S., Gronenborn, D., Lawrence, D., Petrie, C. A., Roscoe, P., Thompson, A. E., & Kohler, T. A. (2025). 100 generations of wealth equality after the Neolithic transitions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(16). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400697122
• Housing inequality and settlement persistence are associated across the archaeological record
  
  Lawrence, D., Bogaard, A., Cervantes Quequezana, G., Chelazzi, F., Feinman, G. M., Green, A. S., Hamerow, H., Munson, J., Ortman, S. G., & Thompson, A. E. (2025). Housing inequality and settlement persistence are associated across the archaeological record. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(16), Article e2400696122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400696122
• Kuznets’ tides: An archaeological perspective on the long-term dynamics of sustainable development
  
  Green, A. S., Feinman, G. M., Thompson, A. E., Cruz, P., Chirikure, S., Kerig, T., Lawrence, D., Petrie, C. A., & Ortman, S. G. (2025). Kuznets’ tides: An archaeological perspective on the long-term dynamics of sustainable development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(16), Article e2400603121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400603121
• Fuel use in ancient Southwest Asia based on wood charcoal and seed data from fire installations
  
  Deckers, K., Riehl, S., Karakaya, D., Müller, T., Badreshany, K., Tumolo, V., & Lawrence, D. (2025). Fuel use in ancient Southwest Asia based on wood charcoal and seed data from fire installations. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 62, Article 104999. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.104999
• Filling the Gaps—Computational Approaches to Incomplete Archaeological Networks
  
  Priß, D., Wainwright, J., Lawrence, D., Turnbull, L., Prell, C., Karittevlis, C., & Ioannides, A. A. (2025). Filling the Gaps—Computational Approaches to Incomplete Archaeological Networks. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 32(1), Article 19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-024-09688-z
• A multi-proxy reconstruction of anthropogenic land use in southwest Asia at 6 kya: Combining archaeological, ethnographic and environmental datasets
  
  Welton, L., Hammer, E., Chelazzi, F., de Gruchy, M., Gaastra, J., & Lawrence, D. (2025). A multi-proxy reconstruction of anthropogenic land use in southwest Asia at 6 kya: Combining archaeological, ethnographic and environmental datasets. Quaternary Science Reviews, 349, Article 109142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109142
• Long-term trends in settlement persistence in Southwest Asia: Implications for sustainable urbanism, past, present and future
  
  Lawrence, D., de Gruchy, M. W., Hinojosa-Baliño, I., & Al-Hamdani, A. (2025). Long-term trends in settlement persistence in Southwest Asia: Implications for sustainable urbanism, past, present and future. Urban Studies, 62(3), 543-559. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980231161245
• Persistence as Sustainability?: Exploring Urban Longevity in South-West Asia and Egypt
  
  Lawrence, D., Hinojosa-Balino, I., & Chelazzi, F. (2025). Persistence as Sustainability?: Exploring Urban Longevity in South-West Asia and Egypt. Journal of Urban Archaeology, 11, 85-97. https://doi.org/10.1484/j.jua.5.150269
• Canal Mounds as Archives for Human-Environment Interactions in the South Caucasus during Late Antiquity
  
  Snape, L. M., Ricci, A., Bailiff, I. K., Lawrence, D. E., Aliyev, T., & Helwing, B. (2025). Canal Mounds as Archives for Human-Environment Interactions in the South Caucasus during Late Antiquity. Journal of Field Archaeology, 50(7), 596-613. https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2025.2493438
• Understanding the long-term development of an irrigation network using a sinuosity-based automatic classification of waterways
  
  Boon, M., Motta, D., Massa, M., Wainwright, J., Lawrence, D., & Ayala, G. (2025). Understanding the long-term development of an irrigation network using a sinuosity-based automatic classification of waterways. The Holocene, 35(1), 29-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836241285795
• A history of olive and grape cultivation in Southwest Asia using charcoal and seed remains
  
  Deckers, K., Riehl, S., Meadows, J., Tumolo, V., Hinojosa Balino, I., & Lawrence, D. (2024). A history of olive and grape cultivation in Southwest Asia using charcoal and seed remains. PLoS ONE, 19(6), Article e0303578. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303578
• Provisioning urbanism: a comparative urban-rural zooarchaeology of ancient Southwest Asia
  
  Gaastra, J. S., Lawrence, D., & Tumolo, V. (2024). Provisioning urbanism: a comparative urban-rural zooarchaeology of ancient Southwest Asia. Antiquity, 98(398), 363-379. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.24
• Impact of anthropogenic activities on woodland in northern Syria (4th-2nd millennia BC): Evidence from charcoal assemblages and oak measurements
  
  Deckers, K., Polisca, F., Riehl, S., de Gruchy, M., & Lawrence, D. (2024). Impact of anthropogenic activities on woodland in northern Syria (4th-2nd millennia BC): Evidence from charcoal assemblages and oak measurements. Environmental Archaeology, 29(2), 129-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2021.1989977
• The Global Dynamics of Inequality (GINI) project: analysing archaeological housing data
  
  Bogaard, A., Ortman, S., Birch, J., Cervantes Quequezana, G., Chirikure, S., Crema, E., Cruz, P., Feinman, G., Fochesato, M., Green, A., Gronenborn, D., Hamerow, H., Jin, G., Kerig, T., Lawrence, D., McCoy, M., Munson, J., Roscoe, J., Rosenstock, E., … Kohler, T. (2024). The Global Dynamics of Inequality (GINI) project: analysing archaeological housing data. Antiquity, 98(397), Article e6. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.188
• A systematic approach for studying the persistence of settlements in the past
  
  Crawford, K. A., Huster, A. C., Peeples, M. A., Gauthier, N., Smith, M. E., Lobo, J., York, A. M., & Lawrence, D. (2023). A systematic approach for studying the persistence of settlements in the past. Antiquity, 97(391). https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2022.175
• Developing Transdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability Challenges: The Need to Model Socio-Environmental Systems in the Longue Durée
  
  Silva, F., Coward, F., Davies, K., Elliott, S., Jenkins, E., Newton, A. C., Riris, P., Vander Linden, M., Bates, J., Cantarello, E., Contreras, D. A., Crabtree, S. A., Crema, E. R., Edwards, M., Filatova, T., Fitzhugh, B., Fluck, H., Freeman, J., Klein Goldewijk, K., … Williams, A. (2022). Developing Transdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability Challenges: The Need to Model Socio-Environmental Systems in the Longue Durée. Sustainability, 14(16), Article 10234. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141610234
• The NERD Dataset: Near East Radiocarbon Dates between 15,000 and 1,500 cal. yr. BP
  
  Palmisano, A., Bevan, A., Lawrence, D., & Shennan, S. (2022). The NERD Dataset: Near East Radiocarbon Dates between 15,000 and 1,500 cal. yr. BP. Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 10. https://doi.org/10.5334/joad.90
• Climate change and early urbanism in Southwest Asia: A review
  
  Lawrence, D., Philip, G., & de Gruchy, M. W. (2022). Climate change and early urbanism in Southwest Asia: A review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 13(1), Article e741. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.741
• Raincheck: A new diachronic series of rainfall maps for Southwest Asia over the Holocene
  
  Hewett, Z., de Gruchy, M., Hill, D., & Lawrence, D. (2022). Raincheck: A new diachronic series of rainfall maps for Southwest Asia over the Holocene. Levant, 54(1), 5-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2022.2052660
• Landscapes, climate and choice: Examining patterns in animal provisioning across the Near East c. 13,000-0 BCE
  
  Gaastra, J., Welton, L., de Gruchy, M., & Lawrence, D. (2021). Landscapes, climate and choice: Examining patterns in animal provisioning across the Near East c. 13,000-0 BCE. Quaternary International, 595, 54-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.03.045
• Intensive olive production at Levantine sites. New data from Fadous-Kfarabida and Khirbet-ez Zeraqon
  
  Deckers, K., Riehl, S., Tumolo, V., Genz, H., & Lawrence, D. (2021). Intensive olive production at Levantine sites. New data from Fadous-Kfarabida and Khirbet-ez Zeraqon. Journal of Archaeological Science, Reports., 36, Article 102841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102841
• Potential of deep learning segmentation for the extraction of archaeological features from historical map series
  
  Garcia-Molsosa, A., Orengo, H. A., Lawrence, D., Philip, G., Hopper, K., & Petrie, C. (2021). Potential of deep learning segmentation for the extraction of archaeological features from historical map series. Archaeological Prospection, 28(2), 187-199. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1807
• Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization
  
  Morrison, K. D., Hammer, E., Boles, O., Madella, M., Whitehouse, N., Gaillard, M., Bates, J., Vander Linden, M., Merlo, S., Yao, A., Popova, L., Hill, A. C., Antolin, F., Bauer, A., Biagetti, S., Bishop, R. R., Buckland, P., Cruz, P., Dreslerová, D., … Zanon, M. (2021). Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization. PLoS ONE, 16(4), Article e0246662. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246662
• Collapse and continuity: A multi-proxy reconstruction of settlement organization and population trajectories in the Northern Fertile Crescent during the 4.2kya Rapid Climate Change event
  
  Lawrence, D., Palmisano, A., & de Gruchy, M. W. (2021). Collapse and continuity: A multi-proxy reconstruction of settlement organization and population trajectories in the Northern Fertile Crescent during the 4.2kya Rapid Climate Change event. PLoS ONE, 16(1), Article e0244871. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244871
• Wealth Inequality in the Ancient Near East: A Preliminary Assessment Using Gini Coefficients and Household Size
  
  Basri, P., & Lawrence, D. (2020). Wealth Inequality in the Ancient Near East: A Preliminary Assessment Using Gini Coefficients and Household Size. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 30(4), 689-704. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774320000177
• Holocene regional population dynamics and climatic trends in the Near East: a first comparison using archaeo-demographic proxies
  
  Palmisano, A., Lawrence, D., de Gruchy, M. W., Bevan, A., & Shennan, S. (2020). Holocene regional population dynamics and climatic trends in the Near East: a first comparison using archaeo-demographic proxies. Quaternary Science Reviews, 252, Article 106739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106739
• Impacts of long term climate change during the collapse of the Akkadian Empire
  
  Cookson, E., Hill, D. J., & Lawrence, D. (2019). Impacts of long term climate change during the collapse of the Akkadian Empire. Journal of Archaeological Science, 106, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2019.03.009
• Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use
  
  Stephens, L., Fuller, D., Boivin, N., Rick, T., Gauthier, N., Kay, A., Marwick, B., Geralda, C., Armstrong, D., Barton, C. M., Denham, T., Douglass, K., Driver, J., Janz, L., Roberts, P., Rogers, J. D., Thakar, H., Altaweel, M., Johnson, A. L., … Ellis, E. (2019). Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use. Science, 365(6456). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax1192
• Human mobility and early sedentism: the Late Neolithic landscape of southern Azerbaijan
  
  Ricci, A., D’Anna, M. B., Lawrence, D., Helwing, B., & Aliyev, T. (2018). Human mobility and early sedentism: the Late Neolithic landscape of southern Azerbaijan. Antiquity, 92(366). https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.230
• Progress, problems, and possibilities of GIS in the South Caucasus: an international workshop summary
  
  Lindsay, I., Rubinson, K. S., Greene, A. F., Hammer, E., & Lawrence, D. (2018). Progress, problems, and possibilities of GIS in the South Caucasus: an international workshop summary. Antiquity, 92(362). https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.55
• Regional Power and Local Ecologies: Accumulated Population Trends and Human Impacts in the Northern Fertile Crescent
  
  Lawrence, D., Philip, G., Wilkinson, K., Buylaert, J., Murray, A., Thompson, W., & Wilkinson, T. (2017). Regional Power and Local Ecologies: Accumulated Population Trends and Human Impacts in the Northern Fertile Crescent. Quaternary International, 437(Part B), 60-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.026
• Long term population, city size and climate trends in the Fertile Crescent: a first approximation
  
  Lawrence, D., Philip, G., Hunt, H., Snape-Kennedy, L., & Wilkinson, T. (2016). Long term population, city size and climate trends in the Fertile Crescent: a first approximation. PLoS ONE, 11(3), Article e0152563. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152563
• Northern outpost of the Caliphate: maintaining military forces in a hostile environment (the Dariali Gorge in the Central Caucasus in Georgia)
  
  Sauer, E., Pitskhelauri, K., Hopper, K., Tiliakou, A., Pickard, C., Lawrence, D., Diana, A., Kranioti, E., & Shupe, C. (2015). Northern outpost of the Caliphate: maintaining military forces in a hostile environment (the Dariali Gorge in the Central Caucasus in Georgia). Antiquity, 89(346), 885-904. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2015.80
• Hubs and upstarts: pathways to urbanism in the northern Fertile Crescent
  
  Lawrence, D., & Wilkinson, T. (2015). Hubs and upstarts: pathways to urbanism in the northern Fertile Crescent. Antiquity, 89(344), 328-344. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2014.44
• Contextualizing Early Urbanization: Settlement Cores, Early States and Agro-Pastoral Strategies in the Fertile Crescent during the Fourth and Third Millennia BC
  
  Wilkinson, T., Philip, G., Bradbury, J., Dunford, R., Donoghue, D., Galiatsatos, N., Lawrence, D., Ricci, A., & Smith, S. (2014). Contextualizing Early Urbanization: Settlement Cores, Early States and Agro-Pastoral Strategies in the Fertile Crescent during the Fourth and Third Millennia BC. Journal of World Prehistory, 27(1), 43-109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-014-9072-2
• Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Landscapes of Settlement and Mobility in the Middle Euphrates: A Reassessment.
  
  Wilkinson, T. J., Galiatsatos, N., Lawrence, D., Ricci, A., Dunford, R., & Philip, G. (2012). Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Landscapes of Settlement and Mobility in the Middle Euphrates: A Reassessment. Levant., 44(2), 139-185. https://doi.org/10.1179/0075891412z.0000000007
• Chronology, Uncertainty and GIS: A Methodology for Characterising and understanding Landscapes of the Ancient Near East
  
  Lawrence, D., Bradbury, J., & Dunford, R. (2012). Chronology, Uncertainty and GIS: A Methodology for Characterising and understanding Landscapes of the Ancient Near East. ETopoi., Special Volume 3, 1007-1014.