Finds

Emily is a senior zooarchaeologist with over a decade of experience analysing animal bone assemblages in the UK and beyond. She completed her PhD in 2017 at the University of Exeter which focused on using bone fracture and fragmentation to understand early Neolithic bone fat exploitation in Europe. Since then she has been analysing bones in development-led archaeology for Archaeology South-East. In addition, Emily coordinates ASE’s program of digital outreach, managing social media accounts and creating blogs, videos and podcasts.

Imogen is a pottery specialist and petrographer based in the South West of England with 25 years of experience in regional Prehistoric, Romano-British and early medieval ceramics. Her career spans field archaeology, doctoral research and freelance work, pursuing her research interests into the early medieval period in Cornwall through excavation and new sociocultural approaches to interpreting petrographic analysis. Imogen is passionate about disseminating archaeology working with primary schools and numerous community projects.

Having been inspired to pursue a career in archaeology while fieldwalking with friends, Bekky graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2002 and put her career on hold to start a family and raise four children. After establishing herself as a freelance post excavation specialist Bekky joined Archaeology Warwickshire in 2017 and now supervises the post excavation department, working closely with project staff and specialists to facilitate smooth project delivery and ensure standards are maintained. She has a love of all things finds related and is developing a specialism in archaeobotany.

Ruth has been a professional archaeologist for over 30 years, beginning her career at the Museum of London as a field archaeologist in central London. Moving into post-excavation she worked with artefact assemblages on a range of sites across the country, with particular focus on East Anglia. Since 2008 Ruth has worked as a small finds specialist, reporting on a wide variety of assemblages for development-led archaeology. Ruth completed her PhD in petrographic analysis of Vietnamese pottery in 2000, following seven seasons of fieldwork in Vietnam, ranging from excavation to survey and museum-based studies. In addition, Ruth has considerable experience with archaeological archiving.

Peter is an independent archaeologist and numismatist with 30+ years’ experience as a researcher, teacher, excavator, curator and project manager (Vianova Archaeology & Heritage Services). Areas of expertise include Roman coinage and the monetary economy, as well as the archaeology of Britannia and the north-western provinces. Peter has identified and published more than 30,000 Roman coins for commercial units, museums and universities, including numerous site-find assemblages as well as several important coin hoards. Previously Reader in Roman Archaeology at Cardiff University (2000-2019), Research Assistant at The British Museum (1996-1997) and Manager of the Roman Legionary Museum (National Museum Wales, 1994-1996).

Anna has worked as a curator and PAS FLO for 30 years. She is currently a freelance finds specialist, at home identifying pottery, stone implements and flint alongside her main specialisms, metalwork and numismatics. Her current work is largely for the Cornwall Archaeological Unit processing and identifying finds from 16 sites associated with the A30 enlargement scheme. She will start PhD study on the Iron Age and Roman coins and metalwork of the South West at the University of Leicester in October 2023.

Mags is an archaeological conservator working on all materials both freshly excavated and those in museums. She has a keen interest in bone and antler objects as well as metals, maritime archaeology and on-site conservation and lifting of fragile materials. She has attended excavations/heritage sites in Orkney, Turkey, Jordan, Azerbeijan and Turkmenistan, and those closer to home. Mags worked at York Archaeological Trust from 2005-2020 and recently took up an archaeological conservator post at the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo. She is an accredited member of the Institute of Conservation (ICON) and links the FSIG committee with the ICON Archaeology Group.