Dr Simon Fitch

 

Research Fellow in Marine Archaeology

Archaeology

Contact details

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 8003

Email s.fitch@bham.ac.uk

Arts Building
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

About

Dr Simon Fitch is a marine archaeologist interested exploring the impacts of environmental and landscape change upon human populations in prehistory through the examination of submerged prehistoric landscapes

Qualifications

  • BSc – Geology
  • MA – Landscape Archaeology
  • PhD – The Mesolithic landscape of the Southern North Sea

Research

Simon’s research focuses upon the study of submerged prehistoric landscapes and marine archaeology worldwide. Simon has a particular interest in the Mesolithic landscape of the southern North Sea and the effects of its submergence on the cultures surrounding the North Sea basin. Current research projects being undertaken are the ‘West Coast Palaeolandscapes Project’ and ‘Between the salt water and the sea strand: A comparative study of inundated marine landscapes'.

Other activities

  • Member of the ISAP
  • Member of the Prehistoric Society
  • Geophysical software beta tester and consultant
  • Member of the Mesolithic working group for the English Maritime Research Framework.
  • SPLASHCOS Early Career Researcher

Publications

Fitch S., Gearey B.R., Hopla E., Ramsay E., Chapman H and Bates R. (2011) Archaeology of the Humber REC area. In: The Humber Regional Environmental Characterisation. HMSO

Cuttler R., Fitch S. And Al-Naimi F.A. (2010) Considering the ‘Terra Incognita’ and the implications for the Cultural Resource Management of the Arabian Gulf Palaeolandscape. In (Eds.) Potts D., Al Naboodah H. and Hellyer P. Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the Second Conference on the Archaeology of the UAE. Trident press, London

Gaffney V. Fitch S. and Smith D. (2009). Europe's Lost World: The Rediscovery of Doggerland. CBA Research Report

Gaffney V., Thomson K. and Fitch S. (Eds.) 2007. Mapping Doggerland: The Mesolithic Landscapes of the Southern North Sea. Archaeopress. Oxford.

Fitch, S., Gaffney, V. and Thomson K. 2007. In Sight of Doggerland: From Speculative Survey to Landscape Exploration. Internet Archaeology 22

Fitch, S., Thomson, K. and Gaffney, V. 2005. Late Pleistocene and Holocene depositional systems and the palaeogeography of the Dogger Bank, North Sea. Quaternary Research. 64, 185-196

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