Department of Archaeology & Anthropology staff

I am an Associate Professor and Deputy Head in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology. I teach practical archaeology, geomatics, archaeological materials, and landscape archaeology. I have research projects in Greece and the UK.

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- …

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 …

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 …

I am Professor of 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 to past …

Melie Le Roy is a specialist in biological anthropology with particular interest in the study of funerary practices related to children.

Melie graduated at the University of Bordeaux in France, her PhD (awarded in 2015) concerned social consideration to children through the study of …

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 …

I am Deputy Head of Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at Bournemouth University and co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Skyscape Archaeology– the leading academic publication on the topic of archaeoastronomy. My research focuses on how societies perceive and conceive their worlds …

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 …

Dr Miles Russell is Principal Academic in Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology and Director of Fieldwork in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology.

He graduated from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London in 1988 and worked as a Field Officer for the UCL Field …

Dr Martin Smith is Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology at Bournemouth University, UK. He has over 20 years experience training Undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral students to excavate, analyse and interpret human remains from archaeological and forensic contexts. His research has …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

I am an archaeologist, specialising in zooarchaeology. My research focuses on long-term patterns in fauna across Fennoscandia, particularly Norway. The purpose of my research is to further our understanding of past fauna by investigating both biological and archaeological questions, looking at …