Alison Sheridan

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Alison Sheridan
Born
London
NationalityBritish
OccupationArchaeologist
Years active1979 till present
Known forNeolithic Chalcolithic Bronze Age Britain Ireland Scotland

Alison Sheridan FBA FSA FSA Scot FRSE is a British archaeologist and was Principal Curator of Early Prehistory at National Museums Scotland, where she worked from 1987 to 2019. She specialises in the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age of Britain and Ireland, and particularly in ceramics and stone axeheads.

She was President of The Prehistoric Society from 2010 to 2014 [1] and is Projet JADE Co-ordinator for Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands [2] as well as being the Chair of the Implement Petrology Group and a member of several Editorial Boards. Research topics include the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition and prehistoric jewellery of jet and jet-like materials, faience and amber.

Sheridan was awarded the 2018 British Academy Grahame Clark Medal for outstanding work in prehistoric archaeology. [3] In July 2019 she was elected Fellow of the British Academy. [4]

In 2020 she was voted Archaeologist of the Year by Current Archaeology readers [5] and presented the prestigious Rhind Lectures hosted by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on the topic of "Neolithic Scotland: the Big Picture and Detailed Narratives in 2020" [6]

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References

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  2. Pierre Pétrequin; et al. (January 2015). "Projet JADE 2. 'Object-signs' and social interpretations of Alpine jade axeheads in the European Neolithic: theory and methodology". ResearchGate .
  3. "Award-winning journalists, prehistorians and world-leading economists honoured with prestigious British Academy prizes and medals". British Academy. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  4. "New Fellows 2019" (PDF). The British Academy. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  5. "Professor Alison Sheridan wins Current Archaeology's prestigious Archaeologist of the Year award for 2020". Current Archaeology (Press release). 9 March 2020.
  6. Rhind Lectures 2020. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland via YouTube.