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Mike Parker Pearson

Mike Parker Pearson

Mike Parker Pearson is a Professor of Archaeology at Sheffield University. He is an internationally renowned expert in the archaeology of death and also specialises in the later prehistory of Britain and Northern Europe and the archaeology of... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Life's not fair - get over it Q. With whom in history do you most identify? A. The 99% whose names we don't know Q. What’s your best quality? A. Enthusiasm Q. What trait is most noticeable about you? A. Beard and broken nose, probably Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. At home with my cat Learn more about Mike Parker Pearson

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School Library Journal, March 30, 2013
...so many died during Jamestown’s early years.” Archaeological research has yielded new insights. In Marc Aronson and Mike Parker Pearson’s If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge (National Geographic, 2010; Gr 5-8), the authors...
Washington University in St. Louis, March 19, 2013
...Few places on earth conjure up more mystery than Stonehenge, the ancient monolith in southwestern England. Suggested reasons for the existence of this prehistoric ruin abound, and, in 2003, a large-scale, multiple-year initiative began to try to unlock...
Southern Daily Echo, May 8, 2013
...The three sets of human remains on display do not include any of those recently excavated by Professor Mike Parker Pearson from one of the Aubrey Holes at Stonehenge. ''The reburial of this set of remains, a separate issue being championed by King...
Huffington Post UK, May 8, 2013
..."The three sets of human remains on display do not include any of those recently excavated by Professor Mike Parker Pearson from one of the Aubrey Holes at Stonehenge. "The reburial of this set of remains, a separate issue being championed by King...
Popular Science, May 4, 2013
...Franken-muuuuuummy! Mike Parker Pearson, University of Sheffield Ancient toothaches, smells, franken-mummies, and more! Scientific studies do a pretty good job of answering questions about how the world works. But often, researchers are...
ITechPost, April 24, 2013
...and that must make these very few eggs already in museum and private collections very valuable," archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson, a professor at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London told National Geographic. Although the new owner...
Leisure Management, April 22, 2013
...learned from the experiment will be used to recreate the exhibit at the visitor centre. Excavation by Professor Mike Parker Pearson has unveiled floors of the houses and stake holes where the walls once stood but the above ground appearance of the...
Leisure Week, April 22, 2013
...learned from the experiment will be used to recreate the exhibit at the visitor centre. Excavation by Professor Mike Parker Pearson has unveiled floors of the houses and stake holes where the walls once stood but the above ground appearance of the...
English Heritage, April 17, 2013
...The three houses have been selected from about ten that were discovered in 2006 and 2007 by Professor Mike Parker Pearson at Durrington Walls, a large henge monument 3km north-east of Stonehenge which was believed to be the largest Neolithic settlement...