Independent Researcher

About

* Researching the practical application of geoconservation in the planning system in the UK, as part of Geodiversity Action Plan work. This includes environmental impact assessment for geodiversity.
* Researching Mythic Geography, as discourse about places with 'meaning' and the meaning of 'place'.

Other work
Freelance work for the Norfolk Geodiversity Partnership and the Association of Local Government Ecologists. Currently Project Officer for 'Accessing Ancient Dunwich' (an HLF-funded project based at Dunwich Museum, Suffolk), and co-ordinator for the East of England Geodiversity Partnership (Geo-East) (see websites link below).

Field work
In 1994 I carried out rescue excavation of Ipswichian vertebrates at Shropham gravel pit, Norfolk. The results are not yet published, pending work by a colleague on the stratigraphic context. It is the richest site for Ipswichian palaeoenvironmental evidence yet found in the UK.
In 1997 I excavated mammal bones and wooden structure from a peat/alluvial context in the Dove valley, Suffolk. C14 dating has recently dated the wood to 420 to 580AD. I am looking for researchers interested in excavating this freshly preserved post-Roman / early Saxon site before oxidation of the peat destroys the waterlogged wood.

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