Academics with expertise in Archaeology

Derek Pitman

Dr Derek Pitman

Deputy Head Of Department Of Archaology And Anthropology

Areas of expertise

Derek is an archaeologist whose research focuses on how humans use and exploit resources and how early communities became settled and subsequently urbanised. He also combines archaeological science, field archaeology and experimental archaeology to explore themes such as social complexity, identity and communication. Derek has conducted fieldwork in Britain, Russia, Greece, Serbia and Spain and… Read more »

Professor Timothy Darvill OBE

Professor of Archaeology

Areas of expertise

As a European prehistorian, Tim is best known for his publications on prehistoric Britain, archaeological excavations in Britain, and studies of the way that archaeological sites are managed. He is one of the leading authorities on Stonehenge and led an excavation inside the circles. He is currently focusing his attention on the origins and meaning… Read more »