Postgraduate research in Archaeology and Anthropology

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 (Alison.Johnston@bristol.ac.uk) or contact the Graduate Tutor for Archaeology and Anthropology - Dr Alistair Pike (Alistair.Pike@bristol.ac.uk).

Human Origins, Bioarchaeology and Biological Anthropology

Lucie Clech  

lucie.clech@bristol.ac.uk

 

PhD A Population in movement: rural-ruban linkages among Oromo in contemporary Ethiopia
Samantha Field  

arsjf@bristol.ac.uk

 

MPhil Investigation into the microstructure of Harris lines
Jessica Galea  

arjcg@bristol.ac.uk

 

MLitt The microstructure and biocultural implications of cribra orbitalia as seen in 19th century patients from the Bristol Royal Infirmary
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
Brian Machin bm7458@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Can genetic data substitute character morphology when describing primate disparity?
Francesca Migliaccio arfbmm@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Application of Modern DNA Analysis to Palopathology
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 PhD Metabolism,mythology, magic or metaphor? Animals in Thai rock art.

 

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
Matthew Butler matthew.butler8@btinternet.com MLitt Landscapes of Dissent
Haidé Da Costa Martins arhmdcm@bristol.ac.uk MLitt The Neolithic in the Great Mediterranean context
Paul Driscoll pd0843@bris.ac.uk PhD The Archaeology of Jersey
David Etheridge ardje@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Early Medieval Burial Practice in Western and Northern Britain, AD 400-1100
Abby George  

ag4525@bristol.ac.uk

 

MLitt Re-evaluating Mesolithic settlement patterns, landscape relations and economy in Southern Britain: a case study of the upper Kennet Valley
Richard Israel ri4284@bristol.ac.uk MLitt How did technological advances in warfare define the fortifications of the English Civil War (1642-51) in Bristol, Gloucestershire and Somerset
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 PhD Swahili settlement archaeology, urban development, trading cultures, the spread of Islam in Africa
Tony Roberts ar5713@bristol.ac.uk 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
Susan Stalinski arsvs@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Deforestation during the Neolithic
Patrick Tierney chipperlane@btinternet.com MPhil Edward Jenner: with particular reference to 'The Chantry' his home in Berkeley
Valerie Wolfkamp vw8264@bristol.ac.uk MLitt The Ritual significance of Dogs during the Later Iron Age and Roman Period in Britain

Mediterranean Archaeology

Claire Gilmour arxcg@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Post-New Kingdom non-Theban Funerary Assemblages
Christopher Holland ch7535@bristol.ac.uk MPhil Placing the Etruscan House within the Early Iron Age Mediterranean.
Sara Karatas sarakaratas@aol.com PhD 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
Peter Steer ps6955@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Laocoon: A Roman interpretation of teh Hellenistic Baroque

Historical Archaeology, Conflict Archaeology and Heritage Studies

Jimena Lobo Guerrero Arenas  

arjlga@bristol.ac.uk

 

MLitt The Goldsmith's Workshop: a study of mining and metallurgy in Columbia during the contact period
Deborah Atwood debatwood@gmail.com MLitt Examination of Confinement Art Created in Bermuda
Esther Breithoff eb8723@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Conflict Landscapes of the Chaco War
Martin Brown arxmb@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Military Training Landscapes of the Great War
Susie Callow

sc7892@bristol.ac.uk

PhD The Archaeology of Bone Objects and Iconography as Material Culture of Twentieth Century Conflict
James Dixon jimd_bsamd@yahoo.co.uk MLitt Art and Archaeology in the Context of Urban Renewal
Tamas Fero artxf@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Usages of the Past in Politics (in pre-Hispanic America)
Lindsay Keniston arlask@bristol.ac.uk MLitt The Life of a Victorian Garden Cemetery, Arnos Vale Cemetery, South Bristol
Matthew Leonard ml9196@bristol.ac.uk MLitt An Archaeological and Anthropological Exploration of the Subterranean Worlds of The Western Front During the First World War
Cassie Newland cassienewland@yahoo.co.uk PhD Archaeologies of Rivalry: Telecommunications Technologies and the Administration of the British Empire (1860-1930).[more details]
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
Chantel Summerfield cs9973@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Wood within Warfare - the physical and emotional use of wood within twentieth century warfare
Aisling Tierney aislingtierney@gmail.com MLitt The Hell-fire Clubs: Historical Archaeology of the C18th
John Winterburn john.winterburn@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Conflict Landscapes of South Jordan
Melanie Winterton  

melanie.winterton@bristol.ac.uk

 

MLitt Experiencing First World War Aviation: an anthropological archaeological perspective, 1914 - present.

Maritime Archaeology

Kimberley Monk k.monk@bristol.ac.uk PhD The Archaeology of 19th Century Ships
Louisa Pittman lwpittman@mac.com PhD Contact Period Archaeology in Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
David Sivier ws007e7895@blueyonder.co.uk PhD The Development of Bridgwater 1200-1741

Social Anthropology

MacKenzie Paige Belt mp.belt@hotmail.com PhD Sri Lankan immigrants in Cyprus
Mark Burchell m.burchell@bristol.ac.uk PhD Army Life
Yueh-Po Huang arxyh@bristol.ac.uk PhD A comparative study of the Tienry religion
Jack Hunter jh5895@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Anomalous Experience in Contemporary Spiritualism
Munadi Ishaq munadi_ishak@yahoo.com PhD 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
Sarah Keller sk8445@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Genital Mutilation in Egypt
Nicos Philippou philippou.n@intercollege.ac.cy PhD Photographic representation of Cyprus under British colonial rule
Emily Pierini emily.pierini@bristol.ac.uk PhD The Journey of the Jaguares: Spirit Mediumship 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

James Bartos jb7290@bristol.ac.uk MLitt
Helen Lawrence-Beaton hl9565@bristol.ac.uk PhD The Life and Work of Thomas Archer (1668-1743)
Gerald Luckhurst arxgl@bristol.ac.uk MLitt Monserrate: An English Landscape Garden in Portual (1780-1930)
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 PhD Art for Conservation's Sake
Martin Wood m.wood@virgin.net MPhil The rise of the 'Picturesque' placemaking in Northern Europe