Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Projects

Projects at MPI GEA are linked to the institute’s core research themes and are staffed by teams of interdisciplinary researchers. To learn more about a particular project, explore the links below.

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Stylized map with people, buildings, and thought bubbles featuring eyes and compasses

Cognitive Landscapes of Cities

Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project Transformations of Collective Behavior

What if the way we navigate a city today was shaped by choices made thousands of years ago? more

On a paved street, several people board a tram while other pedestrians walk by and buildings can be seen in the background.

‘Reverse Engineering’ Past Urban Mobilities

Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project The Technosphere as a Complex System

Past urban mobility used to be much more sustainable from today’s point of view. How did it work, how did it feel, and what can we learn? more

Measuring devices in snow next to a measuring stick, gloved hands in view.

Antarctic Fieldwork

Extreme Events and Shocks Great Acceleration Observatory Project Tipping Points and Major Transitions

An antique map of the Principalities of Reuss Junior and Reuss Senior Lines and their administrative structure.

Computational Approaches to 19th-century Thuringian Ecosystems

Project The Anthropocene Biosphere

Experimental Archaeology and the Transportation Network of Angkor

Great Acceleration Observatory Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project The Technosphere as a Complex System

Modeling Ancient Urban Trajectories and Land-Use Dynamics

Great Acceleration Observatory Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project The Technosphere as a Complex System Transformations of Collective Behavior

Developing and Testing New Field Methods for Rapidly Dating Ancient Urban Trajectories

Developing and Testing New Field Methods for Rapidly Dating Ancient Urban Trajectories

Great Acceleration Observatory Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project

Ancestral interactions between human and non-human animals in the Americas

Ancestral interactions between human and non-human animals in the Americas

Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project

RESILIENT Forest Cities: Utopia and Development in the Modern Amazon

RESILIENT Forest Cities: Utopia and Development in the Modern Amazon

Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project The Anthropocene Biosphere

Making Heritage in the Anthropocene: The Afterlife of Extractivist Cities in the Brazilian Amazon

Making Heritage in the Anthropocene: The Afterlife of Extractivist Cities in the Brazilian Amazon

Project The Anthropocene Biosphere Transformations of Collective Behavior

Dietary Changes in the Holocene in Central-Eastern South America

Dietary Changes in the Holocene in Central-Eastern South America

Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project Tipping Points and Major Transitions

Integrated assessment of land use and landcover changes and hydrological dynamics within the montane forest of Kenya

Integrated assessment of land use and landcover changes and hydrological dynamics within the montane forest of Kenya

Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project

Exploring the impacts of climate change on early urban settlement in Sri Lanka

Exploring the impacts of climate change on early urban settlement in Sri Lanka

Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project Tipping Points and Major Transitions

FIRESCAPES – Fire Regimes in Socio-Cultural and Palaeoecological Environments

FIRESCAPES – Fire Regimes in Socio-Cultural and Palaeoecological Environments

Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project Tipping Points and Major Transitions

Exploring the impact of Nomadic pastoralism on vegetation in East Turkana, Kenya

Exploring the impact of Nomadic pastoralism on vegetation in East Turkana, Kenya

Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project

Assessments of Kenya’s Urban Ecosystems

Assessments of Kenya’s Urban Ecosystems

Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project

(iKOLOGiA ya KALE MiTAANi - Swahili term for Urban-Paleoecology)
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Ancient agro-ecosystems as cultural heritage

Ancient agro-ecosystems as cultural heritage

Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project

Ancient Trees of the Ek Xux Valley, Belize

Ancient Trees of the Ek Xux Valley, Belize

Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project The Anthropocene Biosphere

Historical insights from tree rings into pollution in eastern Germany

Historical insights from tree rings into pollution in eastern Germany

Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project

PYRUS (Paraguayan Research on Urbanization and Sustainability)

PYRUS (Paraguayan Research on Urbanization and Sustainability)

Land Use Change and Regenerative Practices Project Tipping Points and Major Transitions