Matt Jones has been doing archaeology for nearly 20 years starting paid archaeological work in the school holidays between terms. He studied at Cardiff University doing student excavations at Durrington Walls as well as the ‘Islands in a common sea’ project on the Isles of Scilly. He has worked all over the country: starting in Canterbury before stints in Gloucestershire, Chester, Worcester, and back to Canterbury, before settling in Cambridgeshire for over 10 years before starting with Archaeology Warwickshire in 2020. His main interests are prehistoric and Roman archaeology, with a focus on transitions, such as Bronze Age to Iron Age/ Iron Age to Roman as well as the beginning of monumentality in the UK.
Lecture Speaker: Matthew Jones