Carol Palmer is a British anthropologist, environmental archaeologist and botanist.
She is an Honorary Fellow at Bournemouth University, and a part of the Thimar collective.
[9] In 2010, Palmer won the Society for Medieval Archaeology's Martyn Jope Award for "the best novel interpretation, application of analytical method or presentation of new findings" published in that year's volume of Medieval Archaeology along with co-authors Christopher Knüsel, Catherine M. Batt, Gordon Cook, Janet Montgomery, Gundula Müldner, Alan R. Ogden, Ben Stern, John Todd, and Andrew S Wilson.
[10][11] Carol Palmer completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield in 1998 under Prof. Glynis Jones.
[12] Her dissertation was entitled "Crop husbandry practices in the Mediterranean zone and their implications for ancient agriculture".