Senior Archaeobotanist/Palaeoecologist

David Earle Robinson

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Botany. University of Edinburgh (1978)

PhD The Vegetational and Land-use History of the West of Arran. University of Glasgow (1982)

Main activities

Research, consultation, teaching and dissemination in palaeoecology (pollen analysis & sediment stratigraphy) and archaeobotany; wetland archaeology – member of English Heritage’s Wetlands Strategy group.

Present research projects

The palaeoecology of iron-ore mining on Exmoor – studies at Roman Lode. The Heath Project – the history and development of the heath landscape of south-western Cornwall. Groundwell Ridge – plant resources at a Roman Villa near Swindon.

Recently completed projects

Viborg Søndersø II – archaeological and scientific investigation of an 11th century (Viking Age) workshop area. Vegetation and land use prior to the Roman Wall at Black Carts (Hadrian’s Wall).

External activities

Chair of Association for Environmental Archaeology
English Heritage’s representative on English Nature’s Wetland Habitat Action Plan Steering Group
Member of International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany – steering group