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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I am an environmental archaeologist specializing in the intersection of high-resolution biomolecular science and Roman Britain. Currently, I am undertaking a NERC-funded PhD at the University of Southampton, where I utilize sedaDNA and multi-proxy environmental analysis to reconstruct the ecological footprint of Roman industry. With an excavation background spanning the Avebury World Heritage Site to multiple Romano-British projects, I bridge the gap between rigorous fieldwork and advanced laboratory analysis. My work focuses on how ancient human activity - specifically industrialisation - reshaped the British landscape.

Key Expertise: sedaDNA, Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction, Roman Archaeology, and Multi-proxy Integration