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Areas of interest
- Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Archaeology
- Stone artefacts
- Site formation processes
- Quaternary sequences
- Landscape and environmental reconstruction
Research centres and groups
Landscape, Climate and the Lived Environment Research ClusterResearch projects
Behavioural and technological variability in MIS 9 from intra-site to landscape scales
The research will focus around the newly discovered Palaeolithic site of Maritime Academy, Frindsbury. It will attempt to show what a high-resolution Palaeolithic site within a chalk landscape capture point can do to enhance understanding of human behaviour, technological change and variability during the MIS 10/9/8 climate cycle in Britain and northwest Europe. This was potentially a transitional period where humans were beginning to think and behave in more complex ways and this research could allow better understanding of different cultures or populations present in Britain at the time. It will also demonstrate the significance of certain capture points with a potential for preserving high resolution and stratified archaeological signatures, and how identification and excavation of similar capture points using modern methods can greatly increase our understanding of periods of occupation.
Supervisors:
Professor Rob Hosfield (University of Reading)
Dr Alison MacLeod (University of Reading)
Background
I hold a BA(Hons) in Archaeology and Anthropology and an MSc in Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic Archaeology, both from the Institute of Archaeology (UCL), where I focussed on Lower and Middle Palaeolithic archaeology, stone tool analysis, and site formation processes.
Since 2017 I have worked as a Pleistocene Geoarchaeologist for Archaeology South-East (UCL) where I have specialised in assessment of Pleistocene deposits, excavation of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites, and environmental and landscape reconstruction. This has allowed me to work on a variety of sites in the southeast of Britain and it is one of these sites that has become a central focus for my PhD.
Prior to becoming an archaeologist I worked as an English teacher for many years and I try and bring those skills into my current work through outreach events, especially with children and young people. For example, working with Hackney museum in London to teach local primary school children about Palaeolithic art, along with events at other museums and schools. My other public outreach includes giving talks to local archaeology and geology societies about current projects I am involved in.