Current Research Students

Postgraduate research in Archaeology ranges from the geoarchaeology of Winchester to the rock-hewn churches of Ethiopia

Shobhakar Adhikari

Taphonomy of metal artefacts: a study of artefacts and environment from excavations at St Mary Magdalen Hospital, Winchester
Supervisor: Dr Simon Roffey

Noha Al-Sharif

The Making of the Kiswa, the black silk covering of the Holy Ka'ba at Makka al-Mukarrama from the Ottoman period to recent decades
Supervisor: Dr Niall Finneran

Nathalie Barrett

Coastal promontory forts: landscape and continuity
Supervisor: Dr Keith Wilkinson

Dawn Cansfield

A contextual review of the anatomy, pathology and taphonomy of the human remains from Neolithic causewayed enclosures
Supervisor: Dr Nick Thorpe

Debbie Charlton

Rural settlement in central southern Roman Britain: a case study from the Basingstoke area
Supervisor: Prof. Tony King

Jeremy Clutterbuck

Osteoarchaeological analysis of faunal remains from the excavations at St Mary Magdalen Hospital, Winchester
Supervisor:  Dr Simon Roffey

Eyob Derillo

St George and the Warrior Saints in the Ethiopian iconographic and art tradition
Supervisor: Dr Niall Finneran

Rouhi Downing

Examining the enigma of the Ardabil Medallion carpets from a contemporary perspective
Supervisor: Dr Niall Finneran

Rose Drew

Skeletal assessments: an alternative approach
Supervisor: Prof. Tony King

Janet Eastment

Reconstructing a past landscape: an investigation of prehistoric activity in the Middle Thames Valley from a study of lithic evidence
Supervisor: Dr Nick Thorpe

Kiros Gebreab

Church archaeology and conservation management
Supervisor: Dr Niall Finneran

David Grant

A socio-spatial analysis of the post-mortem treatment of the inhabitants of the early medieval leprosarium
Supervisor: Dr Nick Thorpe

Dan Heale

Egypt's hidden heritage: cultural heritage management and the archaeology of the Coptic Church
Supervisor: Dr Niall Finneran

Stephen Hoadley

Risk and sustainability in the transport and industrial heritage sector
Supervisor: Dr Paul Everill

Jennie Hughes

The ceramic sequence of North Cornwall in the Romano-British and early medieval periods (c. AD 100 - 1000)
Supervisor: Dr Niall Finneran

Lee Janes

The Anglo-Saxon settlement and estates of Berkshire
Supervisor: Dr Simon Roffey

Josephine Kiddle

Human uniqueness: twentieth-century perspectives from theology, science and archaeology
First supervisor: Prof. Liz Stuart; second supervisor: Dr Nick Thorpe

Bryan Moore

The art and burials in the Mendip caves: a reappraisal
Supervisor: Dr Nick Thorpe

Rachel Nicholls

Cultural heritage and archaeological site management in the Egyptian Delta: archaeological training and research at Kafr Hassan Dawood
Supervisor: Dr Paul Everill 

Richard Payne

Geoarchaeological modelling of stratigraphy in Winchester
Supervisor: Dr Keith Wilkinson

Camille Shepherd

The Bronze Age hoards of southern central England: an analysis of their landscape context
Supervisor: Dr Nick Thorpe

Nastassja Smart

Archaeology of Coptic monastic landscapes - the reuse of sacred spaces in Egypt
Supervisor: Dr Niall Finneran

Joel Sperry

‘Seeing’ through the eyes of a lens
Supervisor: Dr Niall Finneran

Colin Stewart-Thaxter

Psychgeography of Ethiopian landscapes
Supervisor: Dr Niall Finneran

Katie Tucker

An osteological and archaeological study of human decapitation in Britain
Supervisor: Prof. Tony King

Katherine Weikert

All the chief men and their wives: gender visibility, landholding and the landscape of southern England in the Central Middle Ages
Supervisor: Dr Simon Roffey

Sophie Wood

A Survey of the historic buildings of Speightstown, Barbados
Supervisor: Dr Niall Finneran