Mike parker pearson biography sample

Mike parker pearson biography sample: Mike Parker Pearson is Professor

Mike Parker-Pearson is co-director of the Riverside Project. He is is a Professor of Archaeology. He is an internationally renowned expert in the archaeology of death and also specialises in the later prehistory of Britain and Northern Europe and the archaeology of Madagascar and the western Indian Ocean. He has published 14 books and over academic papers, on topics that range from architecture, food and warfare to ethnoarchaeology, archaeological theory and heritage management.

Mike was voted 'Archaeologist of the Year' for His Stonehenge Riverside Project also received the award of 'Archaeological Research Project of the Year' for , after his team discovered 'Bluestonehenge', the remains of a second stone circle close to Stonehenge in He is currently seeking an extension of the period allowed for the study of the cremated remains found in the Aubrey Holes, which were first excavated in the s.

PfA: What is your role in the Riverside Project? MPP: I'm a co-director with five others. I basically started us off and persuaded the others to join in, and I'm in overall charge of all the admin I carry the can for the grants, the permissions, etc etc but I don't dictate the research results, obviously! We spend a lot of time discussing and arguing about interpretations and the next step.