Jade d'Alpoim Guedes
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
University of Washington
In the News:
- Liu, D'Alpoim Guedes, and Co-authors Study changes in Prehistoric Wood Procurement in Northern China (04/11/2024)
- CSDE Welcomes 5 New Research Affiliates! (02/01/2024)
Jade d'Alpoim Guedes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington. Dr. D’Alpoim Guedes is an environmental archaeologist and ethnobiologist who employs an interdisciplinary research program to understand how humans adapted their foraging practices and agricultural strategies to new environments and have developed resilience in the face of climatic and social change. She employs a variety of different methodologies in her research including archaeobotany, paleoclimate reconstruction and computational modeling. Dr. d’Alpoim Guedes’ primary region of focus is Asia, where she has worked extensively in China, but also has interests in Nepal, Thailand and Pakistan. Dr. d’Alpoim Guedes also works closely with crop scientists to examine the potential of landraces of traditional crops such as millet, wheat, barley and buckwheat for modern agricultural systems.