About

Field archaeologist and artefact specialist, experienced in post-excavation management and aerial/satellite image interpretation. Also a practising copy-editor, proofreader, indexer, and typesetter, as well as a published writer and volume editor, book illustrator, and translator. Founding editor of the Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies.

I am a specialist on the Roman army and Roman artefact studies with long-term interests in the archaeological applications of computing and all aspects of publishing in archaeology.

Education

The University of Sheffield
BA Hons Ancient History and Classical Archaeology with Classical Civilisation 1978–1981
The University of Sheffield
PhD ‘Roman Military Equipment in the First Century AD: an Interpretation of the Evidence’ 1981–4, awarded 1986

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    The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

    The Society of Antiquaries

    The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

    The Roman Finds Group

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