I am a freelance archaeological and palaeoecological consultant, currently based in Bristol, UK. I offer services such as analysis of mollusc shells and shell artefacts from archaeological sites, and development of ‘new media’ outreach and education projects. Please do contact me if you would like to make an informal enquiry.
I believe that archaeology, even the very detailed stuff, is for sharing, and so the results of my archaeomalacological analyses can be searched in this database, and (where appropriate) appear on the South West Britain Palaeobiodiversity Maps
I am also an editor (and project director) of the Wiki Archaeological Information Resource, a collaborative online reference tool for archaeologists, and an editor of Kid Vinyl, a e-zine about music.
Hi Matthew,
glad you like our website. Is there any way we can contribute any of our content to your Wiki, and vice versa to yours? And if you’re in London any time over the summer, come and see us, and have a look at the site.
All the best
Lorna
Hello, Matthew
It is interesting to see that some of my oyster shell reports are being used. Regarding the right valve survival theory, perhaps I should search out some of the data that I have amassed over the past thirty years from archaeological sites in the south of England, to see if that idea still holds up. I’ll get back to you when I have had a chance to substantiate or refute the original idea.
Get in touch any time if you have questions about oysters or other edible molluscs from excavations. I still work as an archaeomalacological consultant (Oysters etc.) but do not have an internet presence yet under that particular identity. I’m thinking of creating a site or blog with .pdf files of all the published and unpublished oyster material.
I am mostly connecting my interest in marine molluscs and other nature with photography these days. I work as Artistic Nature Photography at http://www.artnaturephotos.co.uk and have a photographic portfolio at http://www.latentlight.com.
I have just started working on a new blog about seashore life using some of the thousands of photographs I have taken of molluscs and other things on beaches. You can find Jessica’s Nature Blog at http://natureinfocus.WordPress.com
I am glad that I came across your site. It has given me the impetus to look at some of my archaeological work again.
Hi Mathew
Just found your site:
“I believe that archaeology, even the very detailed stuff, is for sharing”
Spot on, could not agree more.
I currently live outside of the academic firewall, and I am committed to making research not just available & accessible, but comprehensible, to as many people as possible.
Hi Matthew,
I’m an undergraduate Anthropolgy major at the University of Rhode Island, currently enrolled in an archaeological ethics course.
I’m am currently doing a research project on the effects of eBay and archaeological sites and artifacts and was wondering if you would be willing to put a link to a quick survey I have created.
I have been reading some scholarly articles on the matter and am quite surprised that there isn’t much research going into the matter.
Here is the link to my survey, just in case.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=oR4ppCPNbjPOn_2fjdUDTCgA_3d_3d
thank you so much
-Rita