Mark graduated from Bradford University with a Degree in Archaeology in 1996. He worked as an archaeologist on sites throughout the UK, before founding Allen Archaeology on Valentine’s day in 2005. A highly experienced archaeologist, Mark is especially skilled at producing project designs and mitigation strategies for everything from small housing developments to large-scale infrastructure projects and managed archaeological work on the River Witham Flood Alleviation Scheme (for the Environment Agency) and the Lincoln Eastern Bypass (for Lincolnshire County Council). When asked the question, ‘found any gold?’, Mark is one of the few archaeologists who can say yes, having discovered two Bronze Age gold armlets which are now housed safely in the British Museum. With a keen interest in both the Bronze Age, and wetland archaeology, Mark has some unhealthy ideas about prehistoric cannibalism. Mark is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (MCIfA), the Federation of Archaeological Mangers and Employers (FAME) and of the Prehistoric Society.

Selected publications:

Allen, M, 2010, Prehistoric Activity at Willows Well Site in Reighton Parish, North Yorkshire, Proceedings of the Yorkshire Archaeology Society, Prehistory Research Section No. 47, 86–93

Williams, J, Hunter, R, Branch, N, Swindle, G, Walsh, N, Valcarez, I, Palmer, A, Langdale-Smith, T, and Allen, M, Monitoring leaching from cast in situ piles, Preserving Archaeological Remains in situ Conference, Amsterdam 2006