Human Earth Lab

Martin Janovský

Head of Lab

Head of Human Earth Lab · geoarchaeology & data integrationDepartment of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

Martin Janovský leads Human Earth Lab and develops its research concept. His work focuses on geoarchaeology, archaeological geochemistry, soil and sediment archives, spatial analysis and long-term landscape change.

In the lab, he coordinates research sites, field sampling, laboratory analyses, data workflows and interpretation of results.

My approach to researchWhy I connect natural processes, archaeology and spatial data when reading landscape memory.

martin.janovsky@ff.cuni.cz

Research profiles

ORCID 0000-0001-5584-4719 Google Scholar University profile Open data and code · Zenodo ResearchGate

Research focus

GeoarchaeologyArchaeological geochemistryStable isotopesDark EarthpXRF & pOSLSpatial & multivariate analysis

Research connections

Třebokov · 2024

Stable isotope analysis in soil prospection reveals the type of historic land-use under contemporary temperate forests in Europe

Contribution in the study: Research design, data analysis, all figures and tables, lead writing.

Mikulčice-Valy · 2025

Explaining Dark Earth’s formation processes may help to understand the settlement strategy

Contribution in the study: Concept and design, methodology, analysis, interpretation, data curation, visualisation and study leadership.

Wenceslas Square · 2026

Anthropogenic signatures in the heart of Prague: Urban Dark Earth and soil–sediment processes in a medieval marketplace

Contribution in the study: Conceptualisation, methodology, investigation, formal analysis, data curation, visualisation and writing.

Tel Burna · 2025

Geoarchaeology in the Absence of Layers: Large-Scale Sampling From an Iron Age Urban Context in the Southern Levant

Contribution in the study: Study concept and design, field and laboratory data, analysis, interpretation, writing and funding acquisition.

Academic profile

Archaeology + ecology, with doctoral training in both fields. Assistant Professor at the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University; research integrates soils, sediments, geochemistry, isotopes and spatial data.