While my professional profile is on Linkedin, here you’ll find some of the archaeological and heritage things I’ve done or am engaged in. Having worked in the private sector for over 20 years as a Sales Operations manager for global hi-tech corporations, some of the digging goes way back—now’s the time to refresh!
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interests | heritage
Community Archaeology | interfaces between academic, public and commercial- Mesolithic Period | human-environmental interactions, litho-landscapes, mobility, gender, especially northern England
- Lithic Analysis | technology, function, interpretation, recording, historiography, raw material, landscapes
- Transitions | Early-Late Mesolithic and Mesolithic-Neolithic continuity and change
- Island Dynamics | the pre-pottery Neolithic in Cyprus and the Levant
experience | community archaeology
Council for British Archaeology: Yorkshire Group | Honorary Editor and Trustee | Elected Committee Member Feb 2013
♦ Volunteer
Supporting, evangelizing and advocating for the archaeology and heritage of Yorkshire as a charity franchisee of CBA National—enabling Archaeology for all | more »
Teesside Archaeological Society | e-Communications Manager | Elected Committee Member Jan 2013
♦ Volunteer
Deploying up-to-date e-communications technology to improve visibility of the society and provide cost-effective, interactive communications paths between members, the committee and regional stakeholders. Monthly e-newsletter, manage web pages with Tees Archaeology | more →
experience | fieldwork
Goldsborough, Nr Whitby, North Yorkshire | R Grahame Tees Archaeology | North-East Yorkshire Mesolithic Project Phase 3, 2012 – 2013
♦ Volunteer
Multi-period activity area including significant Mesolithic lithic finds in coastal location.
2013-03 Test pit excavation and on-site lithic assessment.
2012-09 Field-walking in advance of geophysical survey and trial excavation | See blog update and press coverage →
Esklets, Westerdale, North Yorkshire | Independent Research 2012 (ongoing)
♦ Independent Researcher
Pollen coring (palynology and paleo-environmental) and trial 
excavation of an eroding Late Mesolithic lithic site where flints occur in waterlogged peat, not underneath the peat. Assistance and ongoing analysis provided by Dr J Innes (Durham University) and Dr J Blackford (Manchester University) | Cores 2012-08-30, Excavation 3m² 2012-09-01
River Dove, North Yorkshire | Independent Research 2012 (ongoing)
♦ Independent Researcher
Desk-based research and field-walking in search of Mesolithic transit routes along a sample river valley.
Upleatham, Cleveland | B Webb-Ireland | Teesside Archaeological Society 2012-04
♦ Volunteer
Field-walking an enigmatic rectilinear crop mark site pre-dated by Mesolithic activity.
White Gill, Westerdale, North Yorkshire | Independent Research 2000–2012 (ongoing)
♦ Independent Researcher
Rescue excavation of Late Mesolithic activity area with National Park authorization. Lithic assemblage analysis, extending comparative analysis to surface assemblages at Esklets and Glaisdale. Bio analysis of carbonized material with potential for AMS aging. Interim publication autumn 2012, full publication 2013-14.
Danebury Environs Project, Nether Wallop, Wiltshire | Prof B Cunliffe | Oxford University 1995
♦ Excavation Volunteer
Late Iron Age to Romano-British ditched farming settlement.
Cunliffe, B. 2000. Danebury Environs Programme, the Prehistory of a Wessex Landscape, Vol. 1. English Heritage and Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph 48, Oxford.
Sobiejuchy, Znin, Poland | Prof AF Harding | Durham & Newcastle Universities 1987
♦ Site Supervisor and Student Trainer, named in acknowledgements
Geophysical survey and excavation of Early Iron Age Biskupin-type lakeside settlement.
Harding, A., Ostoja-Zagorski, J., Palmer, C. & Rackham, J. 2004. Sobiejuchy: A Fortified Site of the Early Iron Age in Poland. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw.
Bursea Grange, Holme-on-Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire | Prof M Millett | Durham University 1986
♦ Site Supervisor and Student Trainer, named in acknowledgements
Excavation of Iron Age round house and rectilinear enclosure.
Halkon, P. & Millett, M. (eds.) 1999. Rural Settlement and Industry: Studies in the Iron Age and Roman Archaeology of Lowland East Yorkshire, Yorkshire Archaeological Report 4, Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Leeds.
Danby Rigg, North Yorkshire | Prof AF Harding | Durham University 1985–1986
♦ Site Supervisor and Student Trainer (triple dykes), named in acknowledgements
Bronze Age upland landscape, cairn-fields, ring cairn and triple dykes radiocarbon-dated to Viking period. Survey, excavation and post-excavation illustrations. Discovered late Mesolithic site. Managed project catering supplies.
Harding, A., Ostoja-Zagorski, J. 1994. Prehistoric and Early Medieval Activity on Danby Rigg, North Yorkshire, Archaeological Journal 151, 16-97.
Seamer Carr and Star Carr, North Yorkshire | T Schadla-Hall | Vale of Pickering Trust 1985–1986
♦ Student Volunteer
Early to Late Mesolithic wetland activity. Excavation at Seamer Carr, test pits at Star Carr.
Schadla-Hall, R. T. 1988. The early post glacial in eastern Yorkshire, in Manby, T. G. Archaeology of Eastern Yorkshire: Essays presented to TCM Brewster, 25-34, Sheffield University.
Schadla-Hall, R. T. & Lane, P. (eds.) forthcoming. The Early Mesolithic in the Vale of Pickering, MacDonald Institute Monographs, Cambridge.
Bywell, Northumberland | A Boddington | Durham University 1985–1986
♦ Student Volunteer
Twin Anglo-Saxon churches and shrunken Medieval village by the River Tyne. Geophysical survey, graveyard survey, church fabric survey.
Boddington, A. 1987. The Bywell Project, in Archaeological Reports for 1986, University of Durham and University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 52-58, Durham.
Redican, H. 1987. Unpublished Undergraduate Dissertation, Durham.
Scarth Wood Moor, North Yorkshire | Dr C Batey | Leeds University Adult Education 1985
♦ Survey Volunteer
Field survey of Bronze Age barrows, orthostat walls, Late Mesolithic flint scatters.
Batey, C. E. 1995. Survey at Scarth Wood Moor 1984-90, in Vyner, B. E. (ed.) Moorland Monuments: Studies in the Archaeology of North-East Yorkshire in Honour of Raymond Hayes and Don Spratt. CBA Research Report 101, 171-177.
Eston Nab, North Yorkshire | Dr S Sherlock | Cleveland County Archaeology & Manpower Services Commission 1985
♦ Excavation Volunteer
Excavation of Late Bronze Age palisaded enclosure to early Iron Age hillfort.
Vyner, B. E. 1988. The Hill-fort at Eston Nab, Eston, Cleveland, Archaeological Journal 145, 60-98.
Crickley Hill, Gloucestershire | Prof P Dixon | Nottingham University 1984
♦ Excavation Volunteer
Excavation of Neolithic long-cairn and causewayed enclosure, Iron Age hillfort.
Dixon, P. 1994. Crickley Hill. The Hillfort Defences, University of Nottingham.
Potto, North Yorkshire | R Inman | Independent 1982–1983
♦ Sole Excavation Volunteer
Excavation of Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed farmstead.
Inman, R. 1988. Romano-British Settlement in the south Tees basin, in Price, J. & Wilson, P. R. Recent Research in Roman Yorkshire, British Archaeological Reports 193, 219-234, Oxford.
Little Broughton, North Yorkshire | R White, Snr Conservation Archaeologist at Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority | Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough 1982
♦ Sole Survey Volunteer
Plane table field survey of shrunken Medieval village.
experience | conservation and museums
Old Fulling Mill Archaeology Museum, Durham | Durham University 1985–1986 | Dr Elizabeth Healey, Curator
♦ Student Volunteer
Recording and storage of archive collections including the renowned Oswald-Plicque Samian Ware collection, refurbishment of building interior. Created a popular public display—Your Past from The Fields—comprising artefacts from the Mesolithic, microliths, to a 20th Century discarded digital watch.
Tocketts Mill, Guisborough, North Yorkshire | South Park College 1982–1984 | John Harrison, Head of Design & Technology, Chairman of Cleveland Industrial Archaeology Society
♦ Student Volunteer
Medieval to 19th Century water-driven corn mill. Restoration, conservation, reconstruction of wooden mill-wheel and corresponding building fabric, drainage and mill infrastructure.
memberships | involvement
♦ Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland
♦ Council for British Archaeology | CBA Yorkshire | CBA North
♦ Lithic Studies Society
♦ National Trust
♦ North York Moors Association | Life member
♦ PLACE | People, Landscape and Cultural Environment
♦ Prehistoric Society
♦ Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
♦ Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
♦ Teesside Archaeological Society | Volunteer eCommunications Coordinator
♦ Tyne-Forth Prehistoric Forum
♦ Yorkshire Archaeological Society | Prehistoric Research Section
recent and forthcoming conferences
- Lithics Studies Society | Style and Function: Cultural Identities in Stone (Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark and Dr Seren Griffiths) | Oxford, UK 2013-06
- CBA North West | Mesolithic Day Conference (Andy Myers) | Salford, UK 2013-05 (forthcoming)
MUGE 150 | Mesolithic Shell Middens | Salvaterra de Magos, Portugal 2013-03- Wild Things | Recent Advances in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Research | Durham University, UK 2012-03
education | learning
Watford College | Italian RSA 1 AAA 1994–1995- University of Durham | BA Hons Archaeology 1984–1987
Distinction Awards for Practical Work and Presentation 1985 and 1986
Hatfield College Baxter Prize (Archaeology) 1985
Secretary and President of Durham University Archaeology Society 1985–1987
Staff-Student Representative 1986–1987 - South Park College, Normanby, Clevaland | A Level Chemistry, History and Latin, O Level Ancient Greek Language
Volunteer Restoration at Tocketts Mill, Guisborough 
Nunthorpe School, Cleveland | 10 O Levels
St. John’s Ambulance First Aid- British Safety Council Key Supervisors (Health and Safety in the workplace) | Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Marketing and Communications |
Crossing the Chasm Sales and Marketing Geoffrey A. Moore | JAWS Value and solutions selling methodology | Holden Value-based account planning and sales methodology
