Phil joined ARCA as a full-time geoarchaeologist in January 2014.
Phil completed his undergraduate degree in Archaeology at the Department of Archaeology, University of Winchester in 2007 and went on to complete an MSc in Geoarchaeology at the University of Reading in 2010, the latter funded by a Natural Environment Research Council studentship. Between 2010 and 2013,
Phil undertook full-time doctoral research, funded by the School of Archaeology, Geography and
Environmental Science, University of Reading, on a thesis titled ‘Examining the relationships between Holocene climate change, hydrologyand human society in Ireland’ which Is pending submission in 2014.
Phil completed his undergraduate degree in Archaeology at the Department of Archaeology, University of Winchester in 2007 and went on to complete an MSc in Geoarchaeology at the University of Reading in 2010, the latter funded by a Natural Environment Research Council studentship. Between 2010 and 2013,
Phil undertook full-time doctoral research, funded by the School of Archaeology, Geography and
Environmental Science, University of Reading, on a thesis titled ‘Examining the relationships between Holocene climate change, hydrologyand human society in Ireland’ which Is pending submission in 2014.
Commercial archaeology
Following the completion of his undergraduate studies in 2007, Phil joined Oxford Archaeology as an Archaeologist and subsequently Assistant Supervisor where he excavated on a number of sites across southern England including large-scale excavations in central Bristol, Woolwich, Hampton Court Palace
and the A421 improvement works scheme. Leaving Oxford in 2009 to pursue postgraduate studies,
Phil has also worked as a commercial archaeologist for Cornwall County Council and Archaeology
South East, and more recently again at Oxford Archaeology to work at another site in Woolwich,
Greater London. During the course of his postgraduate studies, Phil worked on a part-time basis with
both Quest and ARCA carrying out commercial geoarchaeological fieldwork on a number of sites both
in the UK and in Ireland and carrying laboratory analysis of peat cores from Ireland.
and the A421 improvement works scheme. Leaving Oxford in 2009 to pursue postgraduate studies,
Phil has also worked as a commercial archaeologist for Cornwall County Council and Archaeology
South East, and more recently again at Oxford Archaeology to work at another site in Woolwich,
Greater London. During the course of his postgraduate studies, Phil worked on a part-time basis with
both Quest and ARCA carrying out commercial geoarchaeological fieldwork on a number of sites both
in the UK and in Ireland and carrying laboratory analysis of peat cores from Ireland.
Research Interests
Phil’s research interests cover a broad range of topics including environmental archaeology and geoarchaeology but are particularly focused on the themes of Holocene climate change, human-environment interactions and peatland palaeoenvironments. Phil has carried out geoarchaeological research in the UK, Corsica (France) and Ireland, has experience of a range of sedimentological techniques and palaeoenvironmental proxies, and has an active interest in statistical modelling of palaeoenvironmental
and archaeological data. Publications include research on human-environment interactions in prehistoric Ireland and contribution to a large-scale review of evidence for Holocene climate variability in Ireland.
Phil has presented his research at a number of conferences in the UK and Ireland and as far afield as India.
Memberships
Association for Environmental Archaeology
Quaternary Research Association
PAGES (Past Global Changes) network
Irish Quaternary Association
Phil’s research interests cover a broad range of topics including environmental archaeology and geoarchaeology but are particularly focused on the themes of Holocene climate change, human-environment interactions and peatland palaeoenvironments. Phil has carried out geoarchaeological research in the UK, Corsica (France) and Ireland, has experience of a range of sedimentological techniques and palaeoenvironmental proxies, and has an active interest in statistical modelling of palaeoenvironmental
and archaeological data. Publications include research on human-environment interactions in prehistoric Ireland and contribution to a large-scale review of evidence for Holocene climate variability in Ireland.
Phil has presented his research at a number of conferences in the UK and Ireland and as far afield as India.
Memberships
Association for Environmental Archaeology
Quaternary Research Association
PAGES (Past Global Changes) network
Irish Quaternary Association
Phillip Stastney
BA MSc
Geoarchaeologist
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Geoarchaeology
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