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Charlotte Howsam
Project Officer
Post-Excavation & Research Team

Charlotte graduated with a BA (Hons) in Classical and Historical Archaeology from the University of Sheffield in 2010 and stayed on to complete an MA in Material Culture Studies, having developed a particular interest in the material culture of the medieval period. She then completed her PhD research on late medieval book fittings recovered from English monastic sites, also at the University of Sheffield, in 2016. Following a period of work with the University, Charlotte joined the post-excavation team at Archaeology South-East (UCL) in 2017, before joining Oxford Archaeology in 2019. As a Post-Excavation Project Officer, Charlotte is responsible for the production of a wide variety of grey literature reports and publications, covering a broad spectrum of archaeological sites from different regions and ranging in date from the prehistoric period through to the modern era. 

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Chris Booth
Project Officer
Post-Excavation & Research Team

Chris holds a BA in Archaeology and an MA in Medieval Archaeology from The University of Sheffield, and joined Oxford Archaeology in 2022 following stints in commercial fieldwork, archaeological archiving, and the completion of his PhD at The University of Nottingham. He has research interests in late medieval and post-medieval material culture relating to science, medicine, retailing, and global trade and has published on distillation equipment and the evidence for chemistry at British monasteries. 

Chris’ role at Oxford Archaeology includes stratigraphic work, report writing, and publication of projects with evidence spanning the Mesolithic to the twentieth century and he enjoys the process of drawing out the narrative of a site through time from the evidence which we excavate. 

Chris is a Practitioner of the Chartered Institute of Archaeology, an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. 

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Christopher Hayden
Senior Project Manager
Post-Excavation & Research Team

Chris is a senior project manager in the post-excavation department at our Oxford office. His responsibilities are focused on the management of the final stages of projects: assessment and analysis of the results of excavations, and publication of a final report. This role involves focusing resources as efficiently as possible upon both the needs of our clients and relevant academic research questions.

Chris has worked at OA for over 14 years on projects ranging from an early Neolithic long house in Kent to the world’s first purpose-built office building, Somerset House in London. He has special interests in the prehistoric period, especially the Neolithic and Bronze Age, and in the use of quantitative methods in post-excavation analysis.

Chris has a BSc from the Institute of Archaeology in London and a PhD from Cambridge. He has worked on numerous excavations in Britain, France, Germany, Malta and Peru, and lectured for two years at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Denis Sami
AS Pottery Specialist
Post-Excavation & Research Team
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Edward Biddulph
Senior Project Manager
Post-Excavation & Research Team

Edward Biddulph is a Senior Project Manager responsible for managing post-excavation projects, delivering reports for clients, and bringing the results of archaeological fieldwork to publication. He joined Oxford Archaeology in 2001 as a project officer, becoming a manager in 2005.  

Edward graduated with a BA (Hons) in Archaeology from UCL Institute of Archaeology in 1995, staying on to complete an MA in Archaeology in 1996. He began his professional career as a field archaeologist in Bedfordshire and he subsequently worked in Buckinghamshire, Essex and Lincolnshire. Edward is a Roman pottery specialist, and his research interests include samian ware, Roman cemeteries, and cultural evolution. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA), a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (MCIfA), and a trustee of the Study Group for Roman Pottery. 

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Graeme Clarke
Project Officer
Post-Excavation & Research Team

Graeme holds a BSc in archaeological science from University of Edinburgh. He has 20 years of experience working as an archaeologist, with much of that time spent in the field, excavating and reporting on a variety of rural prehistoric, Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlements across the East of England.  

In 2019, Graeme turned to a purely post-excavation role at Oxford Archaeology, primarily delivering client-based reports and publications and providing editing capacity to the team. Some recently completed projects include monographs on the Anglo-Saxon/Scandinavian beginnings of Norwich and on Anglo-Saxon and medieval salt-making on the coastal marshes of King’s Lynn, Norfolk. Further research focussing on production-orientated landscapes includes an article on medieval charcoal-making and post-medieval brick production at Great Horkesley, Essex. Graeme has also developed an interest in urban archaeology with recent projects including the Anglo-Saxon and later archaeology of Duke Street, Norwich and Lower Brook Street, Ipswich.

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Hana Lewis
Project Officer
Post-Excavation & Research Team

Hana graduated from the University of Sydney with a BA (Honours) degree in Prehistoric & Historical Archaeology and Medieval Studies. She holds an MA in Archaeology of London and a PhD from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Her doctoral thesis investigated the material culture of early medieval settlement sites in England. 

Hana has substantial experience in the commercial archaeology sector in England, having previously worked as a Senior Archaeologist delivering diverse archaeological projects in London. She has also participated in archaeological projects in Italy, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and Cambodia. Hana has further experience of cultural heritage management in Australia, having worked for the NSW government providing regulatory advice and supporting the protection and management of state heritage. 

Hana’s role at Oxford Archaeology includes the stratigraphic analysis and interpretation of archaeological sites, report writing, and publication. 

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Joanne McKenzie
Project Officer
Post-Excavation & Research Team

Jo has over 25 years’ experience as a field archaeologist, post-excavation researcher and environmental specialist, with degrees from the University of Nottingham (BA Joint Hons), Bradford (MA Arch Sci) and Stirling (PhD, Geoarchaeology). Her specialist areas are soil micromorphology, environmental archaeology and the prehistory of Scotland and the Northern Isles. Prior to joining OA, Jo worked in both the commercial and academic sector, and currently holds a Visiting Fellowship with the University of Bradford and is a Relief Lecturer for the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI).  

 At OA, Jo contributes to interpretation, reporting and publishing of field projects as part of the Post-Excavation team, and also provides advice and support on geoarchaeology. Currently, Jo is also co-authoring publication of the Iron Age sites of Mine Howe, Orkney, and High Pasture Cave, Isle of Skye, and spends some of each summer supervising excavation and leading geoarchaeology programmes at the excavations of the Ness of Brodgar and the Cairns Broch, both in Orkney.  

Jo is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSAScot), a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (MCIfA), and is a long-term Committee member and Membership Secretary for the Association of Environmental Archaeology (AEA).