Samuel Walker

I am an archaeologist, specialising in zooarchaeology. My research focuses on long-term patterns in fauna across Fennoscandia, particularly Norway. The purpose of my research is to further our understanding of past fauna by investigating both biological and archaeological questions, looking at reasons behind range shifts, population changes, species introductions and extinctions. I work on several Norwegian projects including EvoCave and SaveCave, investigating deposits excavated from caves in northern Norway, to better understand past biodiversity from the last Glacial into the Holocene. I also hold a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship investigating ‘People & Puffins: Developing new scientific methods to investigate how environmental change and exploitation by past communities of Northern Europe has impacted current auk populations.’