Our people

Katie is a Project Officer in the Lancaster office. She has worked for Oxford Archaeology since 2018, when she joined as a Graduate Trainee, after graduating from the University of Manchester with an Ancient History and Archaeology BA and an MA in Archaeology. She has worked on a diverse range of fieldwork projects particularly prehistoric and Romano-British sites, and has developed a personal research interest in wetland sites. She has experience delivering projects from the outset through to post-excavation, with complimentary skills in survey and GIS. Katie is passionate about training others in archaeological skills and methods, working on community projects with Oxford Archaeology, and student training research projects with universities as a volunteer. Katie is a member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists at ACIfA level, and serves on the CIfA Early Careers Special Interest Group committee.


Lee graduated with an Archaeology BA degree from the University of Winchester in 2007 and started at Oxford Archaeology in the same year.
Lee has worked with the company ever since, working on a variety of projects and large infrastructure schemes such as HS2 and the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme and is currently a Project Officer working out of the Oxford office, responsible for directing a range of fieldwork projects covering urban and rural developments

Louise has worked in commercial archaeology across the East of England since 2005, after gaining a BA in Ancient History and Archaeology, then an MA in Practical Archaeology at the University of Birmingham. She is also a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (MCIfA). Louise has a particular interest in Bronze Age settlement and funerary practices.
In her current role, Louise manages fieldwork projects from the tendering stage through into post-excavation. She has extensive experience overseeing a wide variety of schemes, from residential developments to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects. Louise has particular strengths in logistical organisation, stakeholder communication and project delivery.

Marcus graduated with a BA from the University of Otago in 2000, and after working in other industries, began in commercial archaeology in 2004. At first based in New Zealand, then followed by a year with the United States Forestry Service. After emigrating to the UK in June 2007, Marcus worked in archaeology across England and Wales both directly for a variety of commercial units as well as subcontracting for a number of sole traders.

Mariusz graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. After several years of working in academic and commercial archaeology in Poland, Italy, Slovakia, Israel, and Jordan – with an interest in Bronze Age - Involved with British commercial archaeology in 2002; with Oxford Archaeology on continuous service since 2013. He ran various types of projects - the largest being The A21 Widening Scheme in Kent, Hinkley Point C, and HS2 Fleet Marston. Wide experience in urban archaeology but running usually rural sites. Author and co-author of about fifty published academic articles and grey literature archaeological reports.

Mark has been working in commercial archaeology since graduating in 2004 from the University of Exeter. After joining Oxford Archaeology in 2006, he has gained experience on a wide variety of projects, working extensively across both the UK and France.
In his role as a Fieldwork Project Officer, Mark is responsible for directing a range of fieldwork projects covering infrastructure, housing and urban developments. From 2019 to 2021, he led a joint venture with Cotswold Archaeology on a substantial trial-trenching project for the proposed Lower Thames Crossing. Mark is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (MCIfA) and also assists with project management tasks as required.

Mike has been working in the field of flint analysis since 1994. He has conducted the excavation, analysis and publication of lithics assemblages from Britain, France and Cyprus. He has excavated over 300 in situ lithic scatters/knapping floors and has conducted detailed analysis on several important assemblages of flint, including the Arran Water Ring Main scheme, Scotland, the Dagenham Beam Washlands Scheme, London, Dorset Visual Impact Project, Cross Levels Way, Eastbourne and the Guildford late Upper Palaeolithic site.
His current major project which is nearing completion is the full analysis and publication of 480,000 flints from around 280 flint scatters at Bexhill in Sussex, one of Europe’s most important preserved early Holocene landscapes. He has presented papers/posters at several conferences, including at the XVII World UISPP congress, Burgos, Spain (2014), at the Mesolithic In Europe, Belgrade, Serbia (2015) and Toulouse, France (2020), at the Paleo 20/20 in London (2016), and at The Unravelling the Palaeolithic, in Southampton (2023). He has taught flint handling, technology, and analysis at the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education from 2017 onwards.