Mr Tommie Bloomfield

Mr Tommie Bloomfield

Research interests

  • Environmental archaeology and palaeoecological reconstruction
  • Human-environment interactions in the Roman world 
  • Sedimentary Ancient DNA (sedaDNA) in archaeology 

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Research

Research groups

Research interests

  • Environmental archaeology and palaeoecological reconstruction
  • Human-environment interactions in the Roman world 
  • Sedimentary Ancient DNA (sedaDNA) in archaeology 
  • Ecological resilience in the past 

Current research

My research employs a high-resolution, multi-proxy palaeoecological approach to reconstructing the intensity and scale of environmental impact from specific Roman industries in Britain.

Proxies include pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs, macrofossils and Sedimentary Ancient DNA (sedaDNA) to track ecological responses and biodiversity change due to anthropogenic disturbance across the Roman period and into late antiquity.