Staff
Dr. Ros Coard BA, PhD. (Sheffield)
Head of Department, Lecturer in Archaeology
Ros's main research interests focus on plio-pleistocene fossil assemblages and faunal analysis, vertebrate taphonomy, human evolution and the archaeology of the earliest humans
Email: r.coard@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
Professor David Austin BA (Southampton), DipArch (Durham), FSA
Professor of Archaeology
David's main research interests focus on the archaeology of medieval communities and their landscapes, theory in medieval archaeology and medieval castles
Email: d.austin@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
Dr. Martin Bates BSc, PhD. ( London)
Lecturer in Archaeology
Martin's main research interests focus on geoarchaeology, palaeogeography and archaeological landscapes
Email: m.bates@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
Jemma Bezant BA, PGDip (Wales) PhD (Wales)
Teaching Fellow
Jemma’s main area of research focuses on the archaeology of historical periods in Britain and northern Europe and her current research project is funded by the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth. She specialises in landscape reconstruction through remote sensing, geomatics and GIS. When she isn’t analysing medieval rentals or post-medieval estate maps she can probably be found in a remote Welsh upland conducting survey, geophysics or excavation, although she would describe herself as a practical theorist.
Email: j.bezant@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
Professor Barry C. Burnham MA, PhD (Cambridge), FSA, MIFA
Professor of Archaeology
Barry's main research interests focus on urbanisation in Roman Britain, native and Roman interaction in the north-west provinces and Roman frontiers and urban studies
Email: b.burnham@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
Dr Nick Campion BA (Cambridge), MA (London), PhD (West of England).
Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Anthropology
Director of the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture.
Nick’s research interests include the history of astrology and astronomy as well as the place of both disciplines in contemporary culture, millenarian and apocalyptic belief, magic, New Age and pagan ideas and practices, the sociology of new religious movements and the nature of belief in general.
Email: n.campion@lamp.ac.uk | Research and Publications
Ms Astrid Caseldine BSc, PGCE
Lecturer in Environmental Archaeology - CADW
Email: a.caseldine@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
Dr. John Crowther MA (Cambridge) PhD (Hull)
Reader in Environmental Science and Director of Archaeological Services (UWLAS)
John's main research interests focus on archaeological prospection, chemical and magnetic properties of soils/sediments in archaeological site investigation, and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
Email: j.crowther@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
Dr. Penny Dransart Diploma in Art (Grays School of Art, Robert Gordon University), PCTA (Jordanhill), MA, MSt, DPhil (Oxford), FSA, FSA ( Scotland)
Reader in Archaeology and Anthropology
Penny’s research interests are in landscape and the environment (in particular relationships between human and herd animals), material culture, textiles, dress and gender. Her areas of research are the Andes (northern Chile, highland Bolivia and southern Peru) and northeastern Scotland.
Email: p.dransart@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
Mr Quentin Drew BA (Durham)
Lecturer in Archaeology, Director of Foundation Studies
Email: q.drew@lamp.ac.uk
Dr. Sam Hurn BA, PhD (London)
Lecturer in Anthropology
Sam’s main research interests focus on cross-cultural interactions between humans and non-human animals (anthrozoology), conservation, political anthropology (conflict and political activism), ritual and sacrifice, visual anthropology and new media, anthropological research methods and ethics and medical anthropology (especially animal assisted therapy and ethnoveterinary knowledge) with a regional focus on Southern Africa and Europe.
Email: s.hurn@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
Nigel Nayling BA (Durham), MA (Bradford), MIFA, FSA
Lecturer in Archaeology
Nigel's main research interests focus on dendrochronology and maritime archaeology
Email: n.nayling@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
Dr. Louise Steel BA (Liverpool), PhD (London)
Lecturer in Archaeology
Louise's main research interests focus on late Bronze Age ceramic production and consumption, east mediterranean interconnections, representations, prehistoric Greece and Cyprus, and Bronze Age Gaza
Email: l.steel@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
Other Academic Staff
Professor Andrew Fleming MA (Cambridge), FSA
Emeritus Professor of Archaeology
Andrew's main research interests focus on prehistoric archaeology and archaeological landscapes
Email: a.fleming@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
Catherine Griffiths BA (SDUC), MSc (Sheffield)
Assistant Environmental Archaeologist - CADW
Catherine's specialist area is archaeobotnay, especially plant macro fossils, wood and charcoal identification.
Email: cgriffiths@lamp.ac.uk
Dr. Trevor Kirk BA (Liverpool), PGDip Museum Studies (Leicester), PhD (Sheffield)
Honorary Research Fellow
Trevor's main research interests focus on British and European prehistoric monumentality, archaeological theory, and the archaeologies of death, burial and ritual.
Email: t.kirk@lamp.ac.uk
Dr Zoë Crossland
Honorary Research Fellow
Zoë's main research interest are landscape, embodiment, forensic archaeology, space and place, Argentina, Madagascar.
Email: z.crossland@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
Dr. Greg Stevenson BA, MA, PhD (Wales)
Honorary Research Fellow
Greg's main interest are on Welsh heritage, vernacular building conservation, vernacular furniture of Wales, non traditional housing in Britain, Design and British Society.
Email: g.stevenson@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
Professor Mike Walker BA (Oxford), MSc (Calgary), PhD (Edinburgh), FSA
Emeritus Professor of Quaternary Science
Mike's main research interests focus on reconstructing Quaternary environments, the nature and chronology of environmental change during the last glacial-interglacial transition, human/landscape interactions in western Britain
Email: walker@lamp.ac.uk | Publications and Research
| Dr Stephen Briggs Honorary Research Fellow |
Professor Claudine Dauphin (CNRS) Honorary Research Fellow |
Mr Robin Heath Honorary Research Fellow Email: r.heath@lamp.ac.uk |
| Mr Gwilym Hughes (CADW) Honorary Research Fellow |
Dr Elisabeth Reichel-Dolmatoff Honorary Research Fellow |
Dr. Adam Stout Honorary Research Fellow Email: a.stout@lamp.ac.uk |
| Emeritus Professor Charles Thomas Honorary Research Fellow |
Professor Geoffrey Wainwright Honorary Research Fellow |
Mr Peter White Honorary Research Fellow |