About
I am a Quaternary scientist working at the interface of archaeology and geology with an interest in both past and future environmental change.
Qualifications
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BSc (Hons) Geography
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PhD (theme of Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology)
Biography
I have held posts of various grade at the Universities of Nottingham, Leeds and Newcastle prior to moving to Birmingham.
Teaching
I teach on a wide variety of programmes and modules with particular emphasis on Quaternary environmental change, landscape evolution, geoarchaeology and Palaeolithic archaeology.
Postgraduate supervision
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Geoarchaeology
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Quaternary environmental change
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Future climate change and cultural resource management
Research
I am interested in Quaternary landscape evolution and the role that humans as well as natural processes have played in environmental change. I have worked extensively on Pleistocene and Holocene geoarchaeological records in the UK and northern Europe, as well as the Mediterranean region including north Africa. I am also increasingly interested in the effects of future climate change on the wider Heritage record.
Other activities
Publications
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(with Boreham, S., White, T.S., Bridgland, D.R. & White, M.J.) (2010). The Quaternary history of the Wash fluvial network. Proceedings of the Geologists Association 121, 393-409. Special Issue: Quaternary Geology of the British Isles Part 2.
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(with Lobb, M., Krawiec, K., Gearey, B.R. & Chapman, H.) (2010). A New Approach to Recording and Monitoring Wet-Preserved Archaeological Wood using Three Dimensional Laser Scanning. Journal of Archaeological Science 37, 2995-2999.
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(with White, T.S., Bridgland, D.R., Westaway, R., & White, M.J.) (2010). Evidence from the Trent terrace archive, Lincolnshire, UK, for lowland glaciation of Britain during the Middle and Late Pleistocene. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 121, 141-153. Special Issue: Fluvial records as archives of human activity and environmental change.
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(with Gearey, B.R., Hill, T.C.B., Fletcher, W. & Marshall, P.) (2009) Fluvial sediments, correlations and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction: the development of robust radiocarbon chronologies. Journal of Archaeological Science 36, 2680-2688.
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(with Holden, J., West, L.J., Maxfield, E., Panter, I. & Oxley, J.) (2009). A critical review of hydrological data collection for assessing preservation risk for urban waterlogged archaeology: a case study from the City of York, UK. Journal of Environmental Management 90, 3197-3204.
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(with Challis, K. & Kincey, M.) (2009). Airborne remote sensing of valley floor geoarchaeology using Daedalus ATM and CASI. Archaeological Prospection 16, 17-33.
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(with Brown, A.G., Carey, C.J., Challis, K., Cooper, L.P., Kincey, M. & Toms, P.) (2008) Archaeological resources and prospection within Temperate river valleys: elucidating floodplain evolution, confluence zone dynamics and archaeological preservation. A case study from the River’s Trent and Soar, UK. Antiquity 82 (318), 1040-1054.
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(with Challis, K.C., Holden, J., Kincey, M. & Passmore, D.G.) (2008) The impact of climate change on archaeological resources in Britain: a catchment scale assessment. Climatic Change 91, 405-422.
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(with Challis, K., Kokalj, Z., Kincey, M. & Moscrop, D.) (2008) Airborne Lidar and Historic Environment Records. Antiquity 82 (318), 1055-1064.
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(with Bridgland, D.R., Knight, D., McNabb, J., Rose, J., Schreve, D., Westaway, R., White, M.J. & White, T.S.) (2007). The British Pleistocene fluvial archive: East Midlands drainage evolution and human occupation in the context of the British and NW European record. Quaternary Science Reviews 26, 2724-2737.