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Contact Details
Mark Lake
Senior Lecturer
UCL Institute of Archaeology
- Tel: 020 7679 1535
- Ext: 21535
- mark.lake@ucl.ac.uk
- Room 115, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY UK
Human Evolution Interest
I am actively engaged in the development and use of quantitative and
computational methods for studying the past, especially agent-based
computer simulation and geographical information systems. I have used
these techniques to study the evolutionary origins of cultural
transmission, Mesolithic settlement strategies in Scotland and the
spread of farming in Neolithic Europe. I also have a long standing
interest in the problem of memes and the manner in which human
innovation explores design space.