Shalen Prado
Ph.D.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Stavanger
shalen.prado@uis.no
Research Areas
Paleoethnobotany
Foodways
Diatoms
Coastal Environments
Phytoliths
Museum Archaeology
Human-plant relationships
Starch Granules
Shalen Prado
Ph.D.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Stavanger
shalen.prado@uis.no
Research Areas
Paleoethnobotany
Foodways
Diatoms
Coastal Environments
Phytoliths
Museum Archaeology
Human-plant relationships
Starch Granules
Shalen Prado
Ph.D.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Stavanger
shalen.prado@uis.no
Research Areas
Paleoethnobotany
Foodways
Diatoms
Coastal Environments
Phytoliths
Museum Archaeology
Human-plant relationships
Starch Granules
Fieldwork
Sediment/soil sampling
Project design and management
Excavation
Laboratory
Skills
Artifact and dental sampling
Microscopic analysis
Chemical processing
Research
Database management
Data analysis (Excel, SQL, Python)
Museum and archive collaboration
Fieldwork
Sediment/soil sampling
Project design and management
Excavation
Laboratory
Skills
Artifact and dental sampling
Microscopic analysis
Chemical processing
Research
Database management
Data analysis (Excel, SQL, Python)
Museum and archive collaboration
Fieldwork
Sediment/soil sampling
Project design and management
Excavation
Laboratory
Skills
Artifact/dental sampling
Microscopic analysis
Chemical processing
Research
Database management
Data analysis (Excel, SQL, Python)
Museum and archive collaboration
Projects
Recent Publications
Mooney, D.E., Guðmundsdóttir, L., and Prado, S. The changing fortunes of seaweeds in the North Atlantic from prehistory to the present day. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 1–29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2025.2605681
2025
Prado, S., and Noble, G. Flavours of Pictish Life: Using Starch Grains and Phytoliths to Trace Late Roman and Early Medieval Culinary Traditions. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 58:104695. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104695
Prado, S., and Noble, G. Flavours of Pictish Life: Using Starch Grains and Phytoliths to Trace Late Roman and Early Medieval Culinary Traditions. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 58:104695. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104695
Prado, S., and Noble, G. Flavours of Pictish Life: Using Starch Grains and Phytoliths to Trace Late Roman and Early Medieval Culinary Traditions. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 58:104695. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104695
2024
Masson-MacLean, E., Fraser, E., Lee, V., Niehaus, S., Prado, S., O’Driscoll, J., Fawcett, J., Czére, O., Girdland-Flink, L., Noble, G., and Britton, K. New zooarchaeological evidence from Pictish sites in Scotland: implications for early medieval economies and animal–human relationships. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology (Zooarchaeology), 2.
Masson-MacLean, E., Fraser, E., Lee, V., Niehaus, S., Prado, S., O’Driscoll, J., Fawcett, J., Czére, O., Girdland-Flink, L., Noble, G., and Britton, K. New zooarchaeological evidence from Pictish sites in Scotland: implications for early medieval economies and animal–human relationships. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology (Zooarchaeology), 2.
Masson-MacLean, E., Fraser, E., Lee, V., Niehaus, S., Prado, S., O’Driscoll, J., Fawcett, J., Czére, O., Girdland-Flink, L., Noble, G., and Britton, K. New zooarchaeological evidence from Pictish sites in Scotland: implications for early medieval economies and animal–human relationships. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology (Zooarchaeology), 2.
Masson-MacLean, E., Fraser, E., Lee, V., Niehaus, S., Prado, S., O’Driscoll, J., Fawcett, J., Czére, O., Girdland-Flink, L., Noble, G., and Britton, K. New zooarchaeological evidence from Pictish sites in Scotland: implications for early medieval economies and animal–human relationships. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology (Zooarchaeology), 2. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fearc.2023.1208908
2023
Prado, S., and Noble, G. A hut on the hill: a multi-proxy microbotanical and micro-algae approach to a Pictish roundhouse floor at Cairnmore, Aberdeenshire. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 46: 103652. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103652
Prado, S., and Noble, G. A hut on the hill: a multi-proxy microbotanical and micro-algae approach to a Pictish roundhouse floor at Cairnmore, Aberdeenshire. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 46: 103652. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103652
Prado, S., and Noble, G. A hut on the hill: a multi-proxy microbotanical and micro-algae approach to a Pictish roundhouse floor at Cairnmore, Aberdeenshire. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 46: 103652. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103652
2022
Prado, S. Esoteric Botanical Knowledge–Scapes of Medieval Iberia. Archaeological Review from Cambridge, 35(2): 98–111. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.71851
Prado, S. Esoteric Botanical Knowledge–Scapes of Medieval Iberia. Archaeological Review from Cambridge, 35(2): 98–111. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.71851
Prado, S. Esoteric Botanical Knowledge–Scapes of Medieval Iberia. Archaeological Review from Cambridge, 35(2): 98–111. DOI:
2021
University of Leicester
University of Leicester
MA Archaeology & Heritage
MA Archaeology & Heritage
McMaster University
McMaster University
Ph.D. Anthropology (Archaeology)
Ph.D. Anthropology (Archaeology)
University of Stavanger
University of Stavanger
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow