Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in related fields of interest in
- Later prehistory or applied studies of artefacts and monuments
Masters supervision on related themes. Graduates enabled to participate in active fieldwork and engage with new data and research team.
Public outreach & key achievements
Major outreach through museum displays, TV documentaries in UK, Europe and USA (some featuring on https://www.youtube.com/ArchaeologyAtQueensBelfast/), Conferences and workshops in Italy, Malta and UK. Award and completion of Advanced ERC Fragsus Project has generated 6 PhD projects, 3 Masters, 3 Monographs and many papers and public impact in Malta
Research students
Current:
- Carmen Esposito – Isotope studies of burials from Villanovan-Etruscan sites
- Robert Barratt – Virtual Reality and site reconstruction of Maltese temple sites
- Clare Privilege – The origins of textile production in early Ireland
- Naomi Carver – Post Medieval Ceramics in Ireland
Recently Completed PhDs:
- Dr Rebecca Enlander – Rock Art in Ireland
- Dr Sara Boyle – GIS studies of landscape in prehistoric Gozo
- Dr Gerard Barrett – Experimental dating of ceramic materials (co Supervisor)
- Dr Evan Hill – Dating and isotope studies of marine molluscs (co Supervisor)
- Dr Anita Antoniadou – North African prehistory (co Supervisor)
- Dr Catriona Brogan – Landscapes of prehistoric Irish megalithic monuments (co Supervisor)
Alumni: Where are they now
- Dr Rebecca Enlander – Historic Environment Division, NI Department for Communities
- Dr Gerard Barratt – 14CHRONO research laboratory, Queen’s University Belfast
Research assistants on Fragsus Project:
- Dr Rowan McLaughlin – British Museum – RA on ERC project
- Dr Catriona Brogan – Marie Curie Fellow, University of Malta
- Jeremy Bennett – completing PhD Cambridge University
- Dr Eoin Parkinson – British School at Rome – Cambridge University CRAASH fellow
- Stephen Armstrong – completing PhD at Exeter University
- Conor McAdam – completing PhD at Wollongong University, Australia