Mark Gillings

Mark Gillings is a British archaeologist.

Gillings is a professor of anthropology and archaeology at the University of Bristol. His specialization is landscape archaeology, in particular prehistoric sites; spatial analysis using geographic information systems (GIS) and archaeological theory. He has performed fieldwork at Orkney, Exmoor, and Avebury among other sites.

Gillings was educated at the University of Bradford in archaeological science and received his PhD in chemical analysis. During his post-doctorate research he worked on landscape archaeology using GIS when it was still a developing field. He has been teaching since 1992, and has taught at the University of Leicester, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, among other institutions.

See also

Joshua Pollard

References

  1. ↑ Holl, Balázs (April 2002). "Reviews: Mark Gillings and Alicia Wise, eds, GIS Guide to Good Practice. (Archaeological Data Service, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 1999, 88 pp., pbk, ISBN 1 900188 69 4)". European Journal of Archaeology. 5 (1). doi:10.1177/14619571020050010702.
  2. ↑ Levine,. “Review of Gillings, Hacıgüzeller, & Lock (2020), ‘Archaeological Spatial Analysis: A Methodological Guide.’” Antiquity, 2020, doi:10.15184/AQY.2020.142., Evan (2020). ""Review of Gillings, Hacıgüzeller, & Lock (2020), 'Archaeological Spatial Analysis: A Methodological Guide.'"". Antiquity. doi:10.15184/AQY.2020.142.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Landeschi, Giacomo (2023). "Re-Mapping Archaeology: Critical Perspectives, Alternative Mappings. Mark Gillings, Piraye Hacıgüzeller, and Gary Lock, editors. 2018". American Antiquity. 89 (1): 160–161. Retrieved 12 October 2026.
  4. ↑ Brown, Marley (January 2018). "The Square Inside Avebury's Circle". Archaeology Magazine. Retrieved 12 October 2026.
  5. ↑ Devlin, Hannah (29 June 2017). "Avebury stone circle contains hidden square, archaeologists find". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Professor Mark Gillings". University of Bristol. Retrieved 12 October 2026.
  7. ↑ "Mark Gillings - Curriculum Vitae". Leicester.academia.edu. Retrieved 13 October 2026.

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