Dr Theo Reeves MA PhD ACIfA

Dr Theo Reeves

Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
Teaching Fellow in Archaeology

Contact details

Address
Arts Building
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Theo is an experienced archaeologist and heritage practitioner across both academic and commercial spheres. His research interests are British prehistory, landscape archaeology, wetland environments and digital heritage approaches. He is also a geoarchaeology consultant.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Archaeology (University of Birmingham, 2025)
  • Associate of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (2024)
  • MA in Archaeology (University of Birmingham, 2018)
  • BA (Hons) in Ancient History and Archaeology (University of Birmingham, 2017)

Biography

Theo completed his Bachelor’s (with Honours) and Master’s degrees in 2017 and 2018, respectively. From 2018 to 2020, he worked as a field archaeologist for Headland Archaeology, excavating a range of sites including a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, Iron Age hilltop enclosure, and a large Victorian cemetery and train station as part of HS2.

Theo completed his PhD, titled “Re-classifying Iron Age Marsh-forts”, between 2020 and 2025, supervised by Prof. Henry Chapman and Dr David Smith. As part of this research, he examined 34 sites across the UK, carrying out additional geoarchaeological fieldwork at 13 of them. Alongside this research, Theo also co-directed the University’s undergraduate archaeology field school.

He has since worked for York Archaeology as a Geoarchaeology Project Officer and more recently for WSP as a Senior Geoarchaeology Consultant, which he continues part-time. As part of this, he oversees the geoarchaeological investigations for multiple significant infrastructure projects.

Teaching

  • LC Understanding Archaeology (33693)
  • LI Material Culture & Heritage (38275)
  • LH Living and Dying in Wetlands (37369, 37371)

Postgraduate supervision


Find out more - our PhD Classics and Ancient History  page has information about doctoral research at the University of Birmingham.

Research

Present research projects include:

  • Heritage classifications of Iron Age marsh-forts
  • Iron Age wetland enclosures in Shropshire