I have a background in hunter-gatherer settlement archaeology, specifically focusing on prehistoric structures and houses found in Northern Europe. My PhD research applied microscopic analysis of flint tools and spatial mapping of tool use to explore how space was organised within and around the earliest house structures found in Britain, excavated at Star Carr in North Yorkshire. I have a keen interest in engaging local communities and new audiences in Mesolithic archaeology, particularly looking at how houses can be used as a connecting thread between people living now and those living 11,000 years ago. I have been fortunate enough to co-curate an exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum dedicated to Star Carr and lead on the experimental reconstruction of two Mesolithic houses. 

Within FORAGER, I combine my research background with previous project management experience leading on large scale change programmes within the Department of Archaeology at the University of York, including the relocation of the Department and it's specialist labs from the city centre to the main University campus.