Dr Miles Russell is a senior lecturer in prehistoric and Roman archaeology in the School of Applied Sciences at Bournemouth University, with 30 years experience of archaeological fieldwork and publication. He has worked as a field officer and project manager for the UCL Field Archaeology Unit, the Oxford Archaeological Unit and Bournemouth Archaeology on sites across Southern England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Germany, Sicily and Russia. He is currently co-director of both the Durotriges Project and REGNVM investigating the transition from the Iron Age to Roman period in SW and SE Britain. Miles is a regular contributor to television and radio, his most recent appearances being in Time Team, Timewatch, The Seven Ages of Britain, Museum Discoveries, Gangsters of Science, Mysteries in the Landscape, the One Show and Digging for Britain. He is the author of eleven books, including Piltdown Man: the Secret Life of Charles Dawson, Monuments of the British Neolithic: the Roots of Architecture, Flint Mines in Neolithic Britain, Rough Quarries Rocks and Hills, Prehistoric Sussex, Roman Sussex, Digging Holes in Popular Culture: Archaeology and Science Fiction, Bloodline: the Celtic Kings of Roman Britain and UnRoman Britain (the latter with Stuart Laycock) and numerous other papers and journal articles. He lives in Dorset with his family, collection of industrial music CDs and extensive archive of hats.
Blog: http://archaeospeak.blogspot.com/