Current postgraduate research in Archaeology and Anthropology


To make an informal enquiry about graduate study in archaeology or anthropology at Bristol, send an email to alison.johnston@bristol.ac.uk or contact the Graduate Tutor for Archaeology and Anthropology - Dr Alistair Pike (alistair.pike@bristol.ac.uk)

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Human Origins and Bioarchaeology

Sarah Gosling

 

sarah.gosling@bris.ac.uk

MPhil Predicting mechanical spinal loading in an archaeological skeletal population
Heidi Dawson arhsd@bristol.ac.uk PhD The Social Status of Children in the Medieval Period: an Osteoarchaeological approach
Joanna Higgins johiggins67@google.com MPhil Early Bronze Age mortuary variability in southern Britain: osteological evidence for the nature of funerary rituals
Hylke de Jong H.N.dejong@bristol.ac.uk PhD Identifying dietary change
Sharon Redrobe sredrobe@bristolzoo.org.uk MLitt Lemur/Primate growth and development  and its implications for evolution and further conservation of the species
Laurie Winch lauren.winch@gmail.com MLitt The role and relevance of rock art to hunter-gatherer culture and society: a comparative exploration of a unique Thai dataset and studies of pre-existing corpora
Annsofie Witkin avwitkin@yahoo.co.uk PhD Osteology of post-medieval population


European, Indian and African History and Archaeology

Ruman Bannerjee deccanruman@gmail.com MLitt Rock Art (India) as the medium of Social Change
Maxime Brami MLitt Hacilar and the spread of framing to southeast Europe: a reassessment
Matthew Butler matthew.butler8@btinternet.com MLitt Landscapes of Dissent
Heidi Da Costa Martins martinshaide@gmail.com MLitt The Neolithic in the Great Mediterranean context
Jeffrey Davies arxjd@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Societal change in Wessex
Paul Driscoll pd0843@bris.ac.uk PhD The Archaeology of Jersey
Chris Kerns arxck@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Development of socio-political relationships in the Neolithic
Neil Morris neilmorris1980@hotmail.com MPhil Material Culture of the Celtic West in the Post-Roman Period
John Perkins john.perkins@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Coins on the Swahili coast, 800-1500 CE
Jim Pimpernell  

jim.pimpernell@headspring.co.uk

MLitt The use of GIS and Historical Data (Berkeley Estate)
Erendira Quintana Morales areqm@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Swahili settlement archaeology, urban development, trading cultures, the spread of Islam in Africa
Tony Roberts MLitt Evidence of Viking Occupation of the SW of England
Bob Smisson smisson@supanet.com MLitt Late Antiquity in Somerset
Lucija Soberl lucija.soberl@gmail.com PhD Organic Residue Analysis of British Bronze Burial Vessels
Patrick Tierney chipperlane@btinternet.com MPhil Edward Jenner: with particular reference to 'The Chantry' his home in Berkeley
Paul Tubb arpct@bristol.ac.uk PhD What was the extent and nature of prehistoric activity in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, from the end of the Mesolithic to the Late Iron Age?
Hege Usborne hege@westleyfarm.co.uk MLitt Exploring networks of exchange and social interaction in Neolithic Wessex through isotopic analysis of domesticated animal bones and teeth
Katharine Walker kw3934@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Stone tools and identity: investigating the roles that movement and the exchange of stone and flint objects played in identity formation during the British Neolithic
Jacqueline Wilson lansdownplace@aol.com PhD Becoming Irish: The Materiality of Transcultural Identities in the Later Irish Iron Age


Mediterranean Archaeology

Andrew Brown andrew.brown@bristol.ac.uk PhD Settlement patterns in the Troad from the Neolithic to the Archaic period
Nektarios Karadimas nekkaradimas@yahoo.gr PhD Aegean Chronology
Sara Karatas sarakaratas@aol.com MLitt Sanctuaries of Demeter in Eastern Greece
Petros Kounouklas pkounouclas@hotmail.com PhD The Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age coastal settlement of Kynos: architecture, spatial organisation and function
Natalia Pascalidis nataliapascalidis@hotmail.com PhD Cultural Transference of Isis and Sarapis


Historical Archaeology, Conflict Archaeology and Heritage Studies

Deborah Atwood debatwood@gmail.com MLitt Examination of Confinement Art Created in Bermuda
Susie Callow

sc7892@bristol.ac.uk

MLitt The Archaeology of Bone Objects and Iconography as Material Culture of Twentieth Century Conflict
Tamsin Chambers tc8287@bristol.ac.uk PhD The Garden Archaeology of Trees in English Designed Landscapes
Ros Delany r.j.delany@bristol.ac.uk PhD The Landscape Archaeology of the Game Larder
James Dixon jimd_bsamd@yahoo.co.uk MLitt Art and Archaeology in the Context of Urban Renewal
Emily Glass  

emilyglass@yahoo.com

 

MLitt The Materialities of communist defence in C20th Albanian Conflict Landscape
Mary Gray grazies@btinternet.com MPhil Changing Spaces for Mental Illness in the Context of Mental Hospital Closure
Helen MacQuarrie arhcm@bristol.ac.uk MPhil Material Culture of a 19th century slave cemetery
Elaine Massung elainemassung@mail.com PhD Visitor Interaction with Museums and Heritage Sites
Vanda Morton vanda.morton@bristol.ac.uk PhD The Historical Archaeology of Baptist Mills, Bristol in International Perspective
Cassie Newland cassienewland@yahoo.co.uk PhD Archaeologies of Rivalry: Telecommunications Technologies and the Administration of the British Empire (1860-1930).[more details]
Jeremy Northover peter.northover@materials.ox.ac.uk PhD The history and archaeology of the Swyre Valley
Phil Rowe philip.R.Rowe@Bristol.ac.uk MLitt An Archaeological Landscape investigation examining the defensive measures constructed to protect Bristol and its immediate hinterland from the threatened German Invasion of 1940
John Scott aryjs@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Conflict Archaeology along the Hejaz Railroad between Ma'an and Mudawara, Jordan
Jane Seiter janeseiter@yahoo.com PhD Historical Archaeology in St Lucia, eastern Caribbean
Angela Smith ange752@berkeley.edu MPhil Bridging the Gap: The Use of Internet and Digital Technologies to Link Archaeologists and the Public. [more details]
Aisling Tierney aislingtierney@gmail.com MLitt The Irish Hell-fire Clubs: Historical Archaeology of the C18th
John Winterburn  

john.winterburn@bristol.ac.uk

 

MLitt Conflict Landscapes of South Jordan


Maritime Archaeology

William Haines angela.haines@virgin.net MLitt Trade in Iron Age and Roman Britain
Michael Kent armdk@bris.ac.uk PhD The Historical Archaeology of Maritime defences in the British Virgin Islands
Kimberley Monk k.monk@bristol.ac.uk PhD The Archaeology of 19th Century Ships
Louisa Pittman lwpittman@mac.com MLitt The evolution of the fore-and-aft rig in European shipping of the 17th and 18th centuries
David Sivier ws007e7895@blueyonder.co.uk MLitt The Development of Bridgwater 1200-1741


Social Anthropology

Steve Adam skadam@ix.netcom.com PhD Cultural Anthropology - the Tigua
Konstantinos Ardavanis  

arxka@bristol.ac.uk

PhD Private Greek-american Parochial Schools and anti-Turkish sentiment amongst Greek-American communities in New York
MacKenzie Paige Belt  

mp.belt@hotmail.com

PhD  Sri Lankan immigrants in Cyprus
Mark Burchell m.burchell@bristol.ac.uk PhD Army Life
Costas Constantinou c.constantinou@bristol.ac.uk PhD Birth Beliefs and Practices in Cyprus
Fabian Graham 4fabian@gmail.com MLitt A crpss-national analysis of Chinese popular religion in Taiwan and Singapore
Yueh-Po Huang arxyh@bristol.ac.uk PhD A comparative study of the Tienry religion
Munadi Ishaq munadi_ishak@yahoo.com MLitt Implementation of Syari'ah Law in Aceh, Indonesia and its influence on local religious and cultural identities
Alexis Karkotis alexis.karkotis@bristol.ac.uk PhD Identity and Tradition among teh Naso People of the Teribe River, Panama
Sam Lewis madeleine.slewis@ukonline.co.uk MLitt Exploring Semi-Nomadic Lifestyles in Contemporary Britain
Nikitas Palantzas nikitas.palantzas@bristol.ac.uk PhD Views of Islam and Europe from Istanbul
Nicos Philippou philippou.n@intercollege.ac.cy PhD Photographic representation of Cyprus under British colonial rule
Sandra Lopez-Rocha s.lopezrocha@bristol.ac.uk PhD Identity, Adaptation and Community Making Among Chileans in England
Nicoletta Paphitou npaphitou@cto.org.cy PhD Cultural Tourism in Cyprus
Emily Pierini  

ep7265@bristol.ac.uk

PhD Narrators of the afterlife:spirit membership in the Brazilian religion of the Vale do Amanhecer
Jitka Soukopova soukopka@hotmail.com PhD Rock art in the Sahara Desert
Caroline Tee caroline_tee@hotmail.co.uk PhD The Turkish Alevi community through the medium of its poetic tradition

Garden and Architectural History

Gillian Barker g.m.barker@bristol.ac.uk PhD 'A Well of Living Waters' - Patterns of unity and diversity in gardens of the Islamic world from the seventh to the fourteenth centuries and their reflections in later garden design.
Caroline Dalton cd5545@bristol.ac.uk PhD 'Where Nature borrows dress from Vanbrook's Art' - Sir John Vanbrugh as Landscape Architect
Kate Felus haxkf@bristol.ac.uk PhD Garden Buildings in England, 1720-1820 - Architectural Form and Social Function
Janice Gooch j.gooch@mcbainscooper.com MLitt Return from Exile  - the influence of the returning nobility on the design and construction of domestic building following the Restoration (c1660 - 1688)
Elain Harwood haxeh@bristol.ac.uk PhD 'Reviving a great sector of London to the benefit of the community' - the London County Council's Rebuilding of the South Bank as a Cultural Quarter, 1945-76
Helen Lawrence hl9565@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Thomas Archer (c 1668-1743)
Ben Lennon arxbl@bristol.ac.uk PhD The Landscape History of Savernake Forest, Wiltshire
Laura Mayer lm9717@bristol.ac.uk PhD Arbiters of Taste: Landscaping, Architecture and Design - The Society of Dilettanti and British Patronage (1736-1789)
Wim Oers arwmgo@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Schonenberg, a Palace in an Enlightened Europe
Jean Reader

jean.reader@bristol.ac.uk

PhD The role of women in the history of the gardens of south and west Wales between 1750 and 1850
Nancy Sheridan nancy.sheridan@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Art for Conservation's Sake
Susan Wilson susan.wilson@bristol.ac.uk PhD The historical and theoretical roots of a Swiss garden cottage
Martin Wood m.wood@virgin.net MPhil The rise of the 'Picturesque' placemaking in Northern Europe