Assistant Professor I am an environmental archaeologist and maritime archaeologist with an appointment in the Department of Anthropology and direct the Laboratory of Tree-Ring and Archaeological Wood Analysis at Georgia (TRAWG). My research uses dendrochronology, wood anatomy, stable isotope geochemistry, and wider archaeobotanical methods to investigate human interactions with climate and environment and their long-term impact legacies on forest and coastal ecosystems. My other research interests include integrating archaeology with modern conservation and sustainability practices and incorporating heritage and archaeological sciences into cultural heritage preservation and digital storytelling. I am currently part of heritage science and underwater archaeological field projects at Late Bronze Age, Byzantine, and medieval sites and wooden heritage collections in Cyprus and at the Roman-Late Antique harbor at Lechaion in Corinth, Greece. I am also a co-investigator of the Dating Iroquoia Project, which works with descendent communities in Canada and New York to reconstruct Indigenous settlement histories in the St. Lawrence River Valley. Research Research Areas: Archaeology Research Interests: Dendrochronology Anthracology and wood anatomy Stable isotope analysis Radiocarbon dating Environmental change Paleoclimate Maritime and coastal archaeology Heritage science Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeology Digital storytelling Selected Publications Selected Publications: “Resolving Indigenous village occupations and social history across the long century of European permanent settlement in Northeastern North America: The Mohawk River Valley ~1450-1635 CE” Sturt W. Manning, Brita Lorentzen, and John P. Hart Published: October 15, 2021 Article Link “Beyond megadrought and collapse in the Northern Levant: The chronology of Tell Tayinat and two historical inflection episodes, around 4.2ka BP, and following 3.2ka BP” Sturt W. Manning, Brita Lorentzen, Lynn Welton, Stephen Batiuk, and Timothy P. Harrison Published: October 29, 2020 Article Link “Shipbuilding and maritime activity on the eve of mechanization: Dendrochronological analysis of the Akko Tower Shipwreck, Israel” Brita Lorentzen, Sturt W. Manning, and Deborah Cvikel July 24, 2020 Article Link
