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Contributors
John Hunter, formerly Reader in Archaeology at Bradford, took up the Chair in Ancient
History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham in 1996. He specialises in Viking
studies and has carried out multi-period fieldwork in Scotland, particularly in Orkney and Fair
Isle, on which he has published Fair Isle, the archaeology of an island community. He also has interests
in cultural resource management and in forensic archaeology which he has helped to develop as
a recognised sub-discipline. Studies in crime: an introduction to forensic archaeology appeared in 1994.
Ian Ralston taught at the University of Aberdeen before moving to Edinburgh, where he is
now a Professor of Archaeology. A former Chairman of the Institute of Field Archaeologists,
his research interests include Scottish archaeology (notably its later prehistory), the Iron Age of
France and applied archaeology. He recently co-edited Scotland: environment and archaeology 8000
BC-AD 1000 and has previously edited Archaeological resource management in the UK: an introduction
with John Hunter.
Nicholas Barton is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Oxford Brookes
University. His main areas of research are in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology. He is currently
writing up research on the human uses of caves in the Wye Valley, Herefordshire, and is codirector
with Professor Christopher Stringer of the Gibraltar Caves Project. He sits on the UISPP
Commission for the European Upper Palaeolithic and has recently published Stone Age Britain.
Timothy Champion is a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton, and a
former President of the Prehistoric Society. His research interests include the later Bronze Age
and Iron Age of western Europe, the evolution of complex societies, and the contemporary
understanding of the past. Recent publications (as co-editor) include Nationalism and archaeology in
Europe and England’s coastal heritage.
Kate Clark lectured in industrial archaeology at the Ironbridge Institute, was Monuments Manager
for the Ironbridge Gorge museum and whilst there, collaborated with Judith Alfrey on a major
research project, published as Landscape of industry (Routledge: 1994). Since then she has been
Conservation Officer for the Council for British Archaeology and is now Head of the Historical
Analysis and Research Team at English Heritage. Her research interests lie in industrial archaeology,
and the integration of buildings and landscapes as a basis for conservation.
Timothy Darvill is Professor of Archaeology in the School of Conservation Sciences,
Bournemouth University. His research interests focus on archaeological resource management
and the Neolithic period in northern Europe. He is currently Director of the Billown Neolithic