Osteoarchaeology MSc

Academic staff

The School of Applied Sciences has over 40 academic staff with a further 60 involved in running our laboratories and working on research projects. The profiles of our principal teaching team for this course will give you a taste of who you will get to work with.

Mark Maltby

Mark's background in prehistoric archaeology and zooarchaeology has seen him look back in time to consider the significant yet complex relationship “between humans and animals”. Mark has worked on a vast range of projects, initiatives and collaborations across an assortment of geographical locations. He has been fortunate enough to work on rare materials from medieval Russia, Poland, Iron Age France, as well as a wealth of sites across England and Wales that still hold prehistoric and historic significance today. To find out more, please visit Mark's staff profile.

Dr Martin Smith

Martin is interested in the study of conflict from prehistoric to modern times. A question that continues to fascinate him is the extent to which war / organised conflict is 'hard-wired' in humans, rather than simply a practical response to environmental or social circumstances.Martin has repeatedly involved himself in current debates over the retention of skeletal assemblages and maintains the importance of keeping such collections, as once reburied they are effectively gone forever. To find out more, please visit Martin's staff profile.

Dr Ellen Hambleton

Ellen is an archaeologist specialising in the study of animal remains. Ellen is co-director of a BU project investigating the social, political and economic landscape of the Durotriges in later Prehistoric and Roman Britain. Since joining BU Ellen have worked on a range of animal and human osteoarchaeology research projects, completing assessments and reports on archaeological faunal material from a wide range of periods and sites around Britain and have undertaken research and consultancy for leading archaeology field units, museums and government bodies, including English Heritage and CADW. To find out more, please visit Ellen's staff profile.

We also draw upon the rest of the academic team for specific expertise. To find out more about our academic staff and their expertise, please visit the staff profile page.