About Lisa Gray

TRAINING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS: I have an MSc in Bioarchaeology (archaeobotany specialism -Gordon Hillman 1995-1996)  and an MA in Maritime Archaeology (with Distinction -2007-2009- Dr Joe Flatman) from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL). My research interests include the archaeobotanical aspects of submerged/intertidal cultural landscapes, shipwreck archaeobotany and Northern European ethnobotany.

EXPERIENCE: In 1996 I started working as an archaeobotanist for the Museum of London. There I worked with John Giorgi and Anne Davis and carried out post-excavation archaeobotany, from processing to publication, for sites in and around London.

In 2002 I started working as a freelance archaeobotanist. Since then I've had the chance to work on samples from a wide range of site types in England, Ireland and France. My reports are held within the archives of the following units:

ADS, Archaeology South East, Archaeological Solutions, ArchaeoScape, Amelie France, Avon Archaeological Unit, Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Context One, Durham University Archaeological Services, Gerry Martin Associates Ltd, L-P Archaeology, Southampton Archaeological Unit, Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Sussex Archaeological Society, Trust for Thanet Archaeology and Wessex Archaeology.  

I have delivered outreach activities for for AMTeC co-op Ltd/Medway Childrens' University and Faversham Society Archaeological Research Group, am an assistant tutor for the Nautical Archaeology Society and have been a guest lecturer for Canterbury Christ Church University.

MEMBERSHIPS: I am an Associate member of the Institute for Archaeologists, a member of The Association for Environmental Archaeology, the Nautical Archaeology Society, the Faversham Society and Kent Archaeological Society.

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