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Zachary C. Dunseth is an experienced field archaeologist specializing in geoarchaeology and phytolith science, particularly in desert environments of the ancient southern Levant. His research explores the long-term trajectories of human-animal-environmental interactions in deserts, focusing on how people lived, thrived, and adapted to arid environments amid climatic, environmental, and social change. Dunseth's work focuses on the microscopic physical and chemical fingerprints left in archaeological sediments, utilizing this information to explore questions of mobility, subsistence, and plant, animal, and metal economies at local and regional scales. His primary regional focus is the eastern Mediterranean, where he has supervised excavations at world-famous sites in modern Israel, including Megiddo, Kiriath Jearim, and Arad. Over the years, he has worked on more than a dozen sites in the Negev Highlands and has ongoing interdisciplinary collaborations and active legacy projects in Jordan, Syria, Cyprus, Sardinia (Italy), and the southwestern United States.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).