Head of Environmental Studies/Archaeobotanist

 Gill Campbell

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Environmental Archaeology. University College London

MSc Utilisation and Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources. University of Birmingham

 

Main activities

Responsible for managing Environmental Studies and co-ordinating  the provision of specialist advice and services in environmental archaeology for English Heritage and more widely; responsible for ensuring best practice in environmental studies through training, teaching and the development, promotion and maintenance of high professional standards and stimulating and managing targeted, integrated research & publication within environmental archaeology in line with the English Heritage Research Agenda; encouraging public awareness and appreciation of the historic environment.

Main interests

I trained as an archaeobotanist and began my career working on the Raunds Area Project as an environmental assistant. Recent research includes the analysis of plant macroscopic remains from the Roman phase of the Danebury Environs Roman Project following on from my work on the Iron Age sites.  I am also working on a review of the archaeobotanical evidence for Roman and Medieval brewing and have a particular interest in plant remains associated with cremation deposits.  For the last six years I have organised and project managed a major National Archaeology Week event at Fort Cumberland.  I have also been working with the National Occupational Standards in Archaeology Practice as part of developing the first English Heritage Professional Placements in Conservation archaeological science internship (zooarchaeology).  I am a member of the Museum Documentation Association Object Thesaurus group and am part of a wider project seeking to establish methods for the inclusion of Archaeological Science Data in Historic Environment Records.

I am married with two children and love pottering in the garden and going for long walks.

Bibliography

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Contact

Tel: +44 (0)2392 856780

Email: gill.campbell@english-heritage.org.uk