What is your job role?
Geophysics Project Officer
How long have you worked for Allen Archaeology?
6 years and 9 months
How would describe your excavation technique?
Hulk Smash
How long have you been working in archaeology?
6 years and 9 months
How did you get into archaeology?
A long and complicated story involving being a medical student, a holiday entertainer in Cyprus and then finally a stint at Bristol University studying Archaeological Science (mostly playing hockey). That’s very much the short version.
What is the best thing about your job?
Having minions to boss around is certainly a plus, but actually it’s getting out to new sites and through the magic of fluxgate magnetometry getting to be the first person to see archaeological features that have been buried for hundreds if not thousands of years.
Specialist skills?
The ability to continue walking all day every day and cover ridiculous amounts of area whilst surveying in a remarkably short period of time.
Nothing stops Rob’s dedication to walking for geophysics
Best site hut biscuit?
Bourbon. And if you don’t think so, then you’re wrong.