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 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
Helen MacQuarrie MPhil Material culture of a C19th slave cemetery
Sharon Redrobe MLitt Lemur/Primate growth and development  and its implications for evolution and further conservation of the species
Laurie Winch 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 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 Retreat
Heidi Da Costa Martins 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 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 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 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 MPhil Late Antiquity in Somerset
Lucija Soberl lucija.soberl@gmail.com PhD Organic Residue Analysis of British Bronze Burial Vessels
Patrick Tierney MPhil Edward Jenner: with particular reference to 'The Chantry' his home in Berkeley
Paul Tubb arpct@bristol.ac.uk PhD Prehistoric activity in the Vale of Pewsey
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
Katherine Walker kw3934@hotmail.com MLitt Neolithic Stone Tool Exchange Networks between mainland Britain and Europe
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 Attwood 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 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
Elaine Massung elainemassung@mail.com PhD Visitor Interaction with Museums and Heritage Sites
Vanda Morton vandamorton@ukpc.net PhD The Historical Archaeology of Baptist Mills, Bristol in International Perspective
Cassie Newland cassienewland@yahoo.co.uk PhD The Imperial Wireless System: materialities and immaterialities of British colonialism during the early 20th century.[more details]
Jeremy Northover peter.northover@materials.ox.ac.uk PhD The history and archaeology of the Swyre Valley
Phil Rowe philiprrowe@hotmail.com MLitt Landscape analysis of the anti-tank invasion defence network of Great Britain
John Scott 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 MLitt The Irish Hell-fire Clubs: Historical Archaeology of the C18th
John Winterburn 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 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
Jason Wannatiyah MLitt Malaysian Maritime Archaeology


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 MLitt A crpss-national analysis of Chinese popular religion in Taiwan and Singapore
Yueh-Po Huang arxyh@bristol.ac.uk PhD Religious Nationalism at Yasukuni Shrine in Post-War Japan
Munadi Ishaq 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 PhD The Turkish Alevi community through the medium of its poetic tradition

Garden and Architectural History

Gillian Barker 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 PhD 'Where Nature borrows dress from Vanbrook's Art' - Sir John Vanbrugh as Landscape Architect
Kate Felus PhD Garden Buildings in England, 1720-1820 - Architectural Form and Social Function
Elain Harwood 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 MLitt Thomas Archer (c 1668-1743)
Ben Lennon PhD The Landscape History of Savernake Forest, Wiltshire
Laura Mayer PhD Arbiters of Taste: Landscaping, Architecture and Design - The Society of Dilettanti and British Patronage (1736-1789)
Wim Oers MLitt Schonenberg, a Palace in an Enlightened Europe
Jean Reader

 

PhD The role of women in the history of the gardens of south and west Wales between 1750 and 1850
Nancy Sheridan MLitt Art for Conservation's Sake
Susan Wilson PhD The historical and theoretical roots of a Swiss garden cottage
Martin Wood MPhil The rise of the 'Picturesque' placemaking in Northern Europe