Mike Parker Pearson
Michael Parker Pearson ( born June 26, 1957) is a British Prehistoric archaeologist and professor at the University of Sheffield.
- 4.1 Books
- 4.2 Articles ( selection)
Life
Parker Pearson 1979 acquired his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Southampton in 1985 and his doctoral degree ( PhD) at the University of Cambridge. Since 1990 it belongs to the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield (as of 2010).
Teaching
Parker Pearson gives lectures on the topics of Late European history, European Iron Age burial culture, osteology and paleoanthropology. In addition, however, he executes exercise excavations at archaeological sites in England, Scotland, in the Outer Hebrides, in Stonehenge through also in around Sheffield.
Research
He is one of the pioneers of grave ideology in archeology.
Madagascar
1995 and 1996 led Parker Pearson an archaeological research project in Madagascar. In addition to the archaeologists also anthropologists, a geomorphologist and a botanist were involved in the investigation. Madagascar is one of the last landmasses settled by humans. The team identified some of the oldest grave stones in Androy and put them in the landscape, social and genealogical context. Thus, the history of the first settlement and the rise and fall of the stone settlements was examined. The research also extended to the extinction of the megafauna, such as the elephant bird. Finally, it was possible to prove the authenticity of the report of Robert Drury, who had reported in his book Robert Drury 's Journal about his stay 1703-1709 on the island.
Bluestonehenge
Bluestonehenge, also called Bluehenge, is a monumental stone circle near Stonehenge in England. He was part of the Stonehenge Riverside Project discovered in the summer of 2009 by archaeologists under the direction of Parker Pearson. This was preceded by several excavations between 2003 and 2009 in and around Stonehenge. Here, a large village was uncovered with the remains of houses. The stone circle of Bluestonehenge has a diameter of 10 meters, consisted of 27 stones and is dated to the period 3000-2400 BC.
Publications
Partly with coauthors
Article ( selection)
- 2007 The age of Stonehenge. Antiquity 81: 617-39.
- 2008 Chieftains and pastoralists in Neolithic and Bronze Age Wessex: a review. In P. Rainbird (ed. ) Monuments in the Landscape. Stroud: Tempus. 34-53
- 2009 The date of the Stonehenge cursus. Antiquity 83: 40-53.
- 2010 Ancient DNA preserved fossil avian eggshell in Holocene and Pleistocene. Proceedings of the Royal Society.
Memberships
Parker Pearson is a member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists ( MIFA ), Vice President of the Prehistoric Society, and since 1991 a member of the Society of Antiquaries in 1989.
Honors
Parker Pearson was elected to the archaeologists of 2010. His Stonehenge Riverside Project 2010 received the award Archaeological Research Project of the Year.