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Dr Matthew Pope
UCL Institute of Archaeology
31 - 34 Gordon Square
London
WC1H OPY
Appointment
- Principal Research Fellow
- Institute of Archaeology ASE
- Institute of Archaeology
- Faculty of S&HS
Research Themes
Research Summary
Matthew Pope is Principal Research fellow in Palaeolithic archaeology at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, Matthew is currently leading on excavations at the Neanderthal site of La Cotte de St Brelade, Jersey, as well as further high profile Palaeolithic excavations in Southern Britain and the Channel Islands. In addition he is undertaking analysis and interpretation of stone tool assemblages from the Middle Pleistocene site of Boxgrove and developing methodological approaches to Palaeolithic fieldwork.
His research interests include:
Landscape use and adaptation in the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic
Site formation processes and behavioural complexity in open air Palaeolithic sites.
The evolutionary origin of 'home-base' locales as an expression of human niche-construction
The early human occupation record of the La Manche region
The deep prehistory of the Anthropocene
Island Archaeology: Including the prehistoric record of vulnerable coastal and intertidal landscapes
Early human weaponry
Fieldwork strategies in Palaeolithic survey and excavation
Teaching Summary
The Archaeology of Early Human Origins
The Archaeology of Human Evolution
Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain and Northern Europe
Archaeotech: The Experimental Archaeology Course
Geoarchaeology
Appointments
01-AUG-2016 | Principal Research Fellow | Institute of Archaeology | UCL, United Kingdom |
01-JAN-2012 | Senior Teaching Fellow | Archaeology | Institute of Archaeology, United Kingdom |
11-DEC-2007 – 10-AUG-2009 | Senior Research Fellow | Archaeology | UCL, United Kingdom |
08-AUG-2001 – 10-NOV-2007 | Research Fellow | Archaeology | UCL, United Kingdom |
06-JUN-1994 – 07-AUG-2001 | Research Assistant | Archaeology | UCL, United Kingdom |
Academic Background
2003 | Doctorat | University of Southampton | |
Bachelor of Science | Cardiff University |