Dr Carly Ameen

Carly Ameen (she/her) is an archaeological scientist specialising in bioarchaeology and digital imaging. She is an expert on the application of geometric morphometrics (GMM) to the study of archaeological materials and a founding memeber of the Centre for HumAnE Bioarchaeology. Some of her most significant work has been on exploring the anthropogenic evolution of our closest domestic companions, namely dogs, and horses.  Her other primary area of interest surrounds the application of digital technolgoies, particulalry radiography (xray and CT) to the study of both heritage and forensic materials. She is the Director of the SHArD 3D Lab.

Biography:

Carly was appointed as a lecturer at Exeter in October 2022. She holds degrees in both archaeological science and anthropology and completed her PhD at the University of Liverpool in 2018 as part of the NERC funded “Deciphering Dog Domestication” project following study at the University of Aberdeen (MSc 2014) and Williams College (BA 2011). Her doctoral research focused on exploring the morphometric variability in prehistoric New World dogs, and investigated how changes in canid morphology can reflect changes in the cultural, technological and economic use of dogs in the Americas. She joined the department in Exeter in 2018 as a research associate on the AHRC 'Exploring the Easter E.g.' project, and from 2019-2022 worked as a research fellow and project officer for the AHRC project 'Warhorse: The Archaeology of a Military Revolution'.