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Professor Mark Gillings - Professor And Head Of Department For Archaeology and Anthropology

Mark is a Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology, Anthropology & Forensic Science at Bournemouth University. His research interests concentrate upon the productive spaces that emerge through the integrated study of landscape, archaeological theory and digital archaeology, …

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Professor Mark Brisbane - Professor

Mark is a medieval archaeologist who first began digging in Winchester in 1971 and went on to study Archaeology at the University of Southampton. From 1978 to 1989 he worked for Southampton City Council managing their archaeological unit, curating the Museum of Archaeology and leading a multi- …

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Paul Cheetham - Senior Lecturer In Archaeological Science

Educated as an archaeological scientist, I have specialised in archaeological geophysics since 1989, and in forensic geophysics, together with forensic archaeology since 1994, working first at Bradford and subsequently Bournemouth University, where I currently teach these three topics. I have …

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Dr Fiona Coward - Associate Professor in Archaeological Sciences

I am an archaeologist whose work focuses on the multidisciplinary study of the evolution of human social life and cognition. I have a BA (Hons) in Archaeology and Anthropology from the University of Cambridge and an MA in Osteoarchaeology and PhD in Palaeolithic Archaeology from the University …

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Professor Timothy Darvill - Professor of Archaeology

Tim is a prehistorian with a strong international public profile. He leads research projects and publishes widely on the archaeology of early farming communities in northwest Europe, and on archaeological resource management. He has undertaken pioneering research into the history and development …

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Dr Ellen Hambleton - Principal Academic in Zooarchaeology

I am an archaeologist specialising in the study of animal remains. After studying Archaeological Science at Sheffield, I obtained a NERC research studentship at Durham University and completed my PhD in 1998. My doctoral research involved a comparative study of archaeological faunal assemblages …

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Iain Hewitt - Associate Practice Fellow

Specialises in buldings archaeology with particular reference to churches but also has a strong interest in vernacular structures of all periods. Currently attention is focused upon an unpublished Dorset Roman villa at Dewlish, Dorset. This research includes Fusion inspired participation by both …

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Dr Emma Jenkins - Associate Professor

I am an Associate Professor in Archaeology and Director for the Institute for the Modelling of Socio-Environmental Transitions (IMSET). My research specialisms lay in environmental archaeology and I have a focus on how societies in the past interacted with their environment; how they responded …

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Professor Mark Maltby - Professor In Archaeology

I have a background in prehistoric and Roman archaeology and have carried out extensive research in the field of zooarchaeology. Recent and current projects include: butchery practices in Iron Age and Roman Britain; animal exploitation in Novgorod and other medieval sites in NW Russia; the food …

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Professor Dave Parham - Professor In Archaeology Anthropology and Forensic Science

Dave Parham is an experienced archaeologist and diver / diving supervisor who has directed maritime archaeological projects that range in date from the Bronze Age to the Second World War and in scope from strategic studies to extensive field investigations. He has worked extensively throughout …

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Dr Fabio Parracho Silva - Senior Lecturer in Archaeological Modelling

I am Senior Lecturer in Archaeological Modelling at Bournemouth University and co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Skyscape Archaeology. Although my background is in theoretical astrophysics I have retrained in prehistoric archaeology and have held postdoctoral research positions at …

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Dr Derek Pitman - Deputy Head Of Department Of Archaology And Anthropology

I joined the Department of Archaeology, Anthropology & Forensic Science at Bournemouth University in 2014 as a Lecturer in Archaeology. I am currently the unit leader for Field and Research Skills, Later Prehistoric Britain and Archaeological Practice. While at Bournemouth I have taught …

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Dr Philip Riris - Lecturer in Archaeological/(Palaeo)Environmental Modelling

I am a Lecturer in Archaeological & Palaeoenvironmental Modelling at the Institute for the Modelling of Socio-Environmental Transitions. Previously I held postdoctoral fellowships at the UCL Institute of Archaeology.

I earned my PhD in 2015 from the University of Southampton, focusing …

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Dr Miles Russell - Senior Lecturer In Archaeology

Dr Miles Russell is a senior lecturer in prehistoric and Roman archaeology.

He graduated from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London in 1988 and worked as a field officer for the UCL Field Archaeology Unit and as a project manager for the Oxford Archaeological Unit, …

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Dr Martin Smith - Principal Academic In Forensic and Biological Anthropology

Martin Smith is a Biological Anthropologist with particular interests in prehistoric populations. After completing his PhD and a subsequent three year postdoctoral post at Birmingham University, Martin took up his current post at BU in 2008. His past work has covered a range of periods with …

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Dr Marc Vander Linden - Senior Lecturer in Archaeological/(Palaeo)Environmental Modelling

I am a member of the Institute for the Modelling of Socio-Environmental Transitions (IMSET). As an archaeologist working on Holocene Europe, my research interests include population (pre-)history, long-term human-environment interactions, and modelling. I have conducted fieldwork in Belgium, …

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Professor Kate Welham - Professor Of Archaeological Sciences

My primary research focus is the application of remote sensing techniques in an archaeological context. I am an experienced archaeological surveyor with expertise in topographical survey, geophysical prospection, GIS, and 3D scanning technology. I have directed a number of recent archaeological …

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Dr Eileen Wilkes - Associate Professor and Deputy Head Of Department In Archaeology & Anthropology

My archaeological interests range from Palaeolithic art to current techniques and practices in the field. My primary research concentrates on the later prehistory of Britain, particularly landscape and intertidal archaeology - exploring riverine and maritime networks related to coastal …

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Gabrielle Delbarre - Demonstrator In Archaeology And Anthropology

Gabrielle Delbarre is an osteoarchaeologist and museum curator with interests in prehistoric populations, mortuary practices, Palaeolithic art, experimental archaeology, museum collections, and heritage interpretation. At Bournemouth University Gabrielle manages the Anthropology and …

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Damian Evans - Demonstrator in Field Archaeology and Collections

An Archaeology graduate from Bournemouth (1995) my current job involves the management of existing teaching and reference collections and the post excavation management of the 'Big Dig' Durotriges project. My teaching and laboratory commitments cover all three academic groups within the school …

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Tom Cousins - Diving and Maritime Archaeology Officer
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Dr Kimberley Davies - Postdoctoral Researcher in Cultural Ecology

Post-doctoral researcher in the Institute for Modelling Socio-Environmental Transitions (IMSET).

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Dr Sarah Elliott - Postdoctoral Research Fellow British Academy

I am an environmental archaeologist and a geoarchaeologist with a focus on Middle Eastern Neolithic Archaeology and Ethnoarchaeology. My research focuses on applying scientific methodologies to investigate human and animal occupation/activity signatures. I currently hold a British Academy …

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Daniel Pascoe - Technical Officer Maritime Archaeology

Daniel has been a marine archaeologist for 18 years specialising in the investigation of historic shipwrecks. In that time he has worked for some of the main organisations in UK maritime archaeology including the Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology, the Mary Rose Trust and Wessex …

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