Supervision areas:
Julian is interested in supervising students in the following areas:
- Prehistoric (Neolithic/Bronze Age) Britain and Europe.
- Monumentality, architecture, landscape.
- Philosophy of archaeology.
- Material Culture, theory and application.
- Archaeology and modernity.
Some past PhD topics supervised:
- Functional microwear analysis of lithics from British Early Neolithic timber structures (Jolene Debert, 2010, joint supervision with Chantal Conneller)
- Media for movement and making the world: an examination of the Mesolithic experience of the world and the Mesolithic to Neolithic transition in the northern Irish Sea basin (Hannah Cobb, 2007, joint supervision with Chantal Conneller)
- Accountability and sociopolitics in the archaeology of prehistoric Wales: with a focus on Bronze Age monumentality (Marcus Brittain, 2007)
- Standing stones and stone circles in the Hebrides (Joanna Wright, 2007, joint supervision with Colin Richards)
- Soul searching in human evolution: a neurophenomenological investigation into hominid memoryscapes (Tim Clack, 2006, joint supervision with Tim Insoll)
- On discourse and materiality: personhood in the Neolithic of the Isle of Man (Chris Fowler, 1999)
- The construction and use of categories of Neolithic pottery from Wales (Rick Peterson, 1999)
- The architecture and context of mortuary practices in the Neolithic period in North Wales (Matthew Leivers, 1999)
He welcomes enquiries from prospective research students interested in British and European prehistory, or any aspect of archaeological theory.
Current Teaching:
- Archaeological Perspectives I (Level 1 core unit)
- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (Co-ordinator of School-wide Level 1 unit)
- Theory and Philosophy of Archaeology (Level 2 core unit)
- The Age of Stonehenge (Level 3 option)
- Neolithic Archaeology of Britain (MA unit - taught with Colin Richards)
- Neolithic Europe (MA unit - taught with Colin Richards)
Additional information:
In his spare time Julian enjoys the countryside, reading, music, swimming, and the company of his children.
