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Martin is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading where he has worked since 1997. At Reading he taught Geoarchaeology, Coastal and Maritime and Experimental Archaeology. A particular research focus for the last 32 years has been the prehistory of the Severn Estuary on which he has published four monographs which, with current fieldwork, provide the basis of this day school contribution. A current focus is on Mesolithic research in the Severn Estuary and Kennet Valley. He also has a project on Experimental Archaeology and the formation processes of the archaeological record and is part of as team writing up an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Sussex. He is author, with M.J.C. Walker, of Late Quaternary Environmental Change: physical and human perspectives, 2nd edition 2005. His most recent book is 2000 Making One’s Way in the World: The footprints and trackways of prehistoric people. Oxford: Oxbow. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and the British Academy.
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Vincent Gaffney studied archaeology at the University of Reading and is now the Anniversary Chair in Landscape Archaeology at the University of Bradford, where he is a member of the Submerged Landscapes Research Centre. He has undertaken landscape research across the UK, Continental Europe, America, and Africa, and this has included studies on World Heritage Sites such as Stonehenge, Diocletian’s Palace, the Stari Grad field in Croatia, and Cyrene in Libya. His recent major awards include funding for the AHRC Unpath’d Waters and Taken at the Flood projects”, an ERC Advanced Grant (Europe’s Lost Frontiers), and most recently as a PI on the ERC Synergy Grant Subnordica.
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Fraser's research focuses on addressing complex social questions through generation, integration and analysis of data from multiple sources, often within a geospatial framework. While his focus is on maritime prehistory, the interdisciplinary nature of his work and the utility of methods employed have seen him carry out research on a wide range of projects across the world (on land and underwater).
In recent years this has seen an increase in interdisciplinary research on contemporary topics; from environmental impact assessment and evaluation, to civic and community focused initiatives.
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As Senior National Archaeologist at the National Trust Hannah oversees the relationship between the historic environment and archaeology and the Trust's ambitious landscape scale programmes for nature and climate, in particular with regard to peatland restoration, tree planting and river management. Prior to joining the Trust in 2022 Hannah was Head of Environmental Strategy at Historic England overseeing its work on climate change, increasing awareness of the relevance of heritage to climate change policy and action, and has become a leading voice on the subject. A graduate of the University of Oxford (BA Archaeology and Anthropology, 1997- 2000), Hannah is a founding steering committee member of the Climate Heritage Network (founded at UN Climate Action Summit, San Francisco 2018), contributing author for the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment, and author of Historic England’s Climate Change Adaptation Report.
