Derek Shaun Pitman | |
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 Derek Pitman | |
| Born | 10 August 1983 (age 40) Dorset, England |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Archaeology |
| Institutions | Bournemouth University, Swedish Institute at Athens |
Derek Pitman is a British archaeologist, lecturer, presenter, and deputy head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at Bournemouth University, [1] [2] specialised in ancient metallurgy and geophysical prospection. [3]
Pitman received his bachelor's degree in Archaeology at Bournemouth University before studying a masters in Archaeomaterials at the University of Sheffield. [2] He researched his PhD, entitled “Craft Practice and Resource Perception in the Southern Urals During the Middle Bronze Age” at the University of Sheffield. [4]
Since 2018 Pitman has led Bournemouth University's excavations at Wytch Farm in Dorset, [5] [6] and he is the survey director of the ongoing Greek-Swedish Palamas Archaeological Project at Thessalian Vlochos, Greece. [7] He has also worked and published on Swedish, [8] [9] Spanish, [10] Russian, [11] and New Zealand archaeology. [2]
Pitman is a host and co-creator (together with Lawrence Shaw) of the archaeology podcast Career in ruins. [12] He has also appeared on multiple episodes of the online revival spin off of the British Archeological TV programme Time Team , Time Team's Tea Time. [13] [14]
In 2021 Pitman was announced as a member of Time Team for their crowd-funded revival. [1] In addition to being part of the team he presents the companion programme “Dig Watch” that gives behind the scenes access to the production of the new episodes alongside Career in Ruins co-host Lawrence Shaw. [15]
Time Team is a British television programme that originally aired on Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to 7 September 2014. It returned in 2022 on online platforms YouTube and Patreon. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining the process in lay terms. The specialists changed throughout the programme's run, although it consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated ranged in date from the Palaeolithic to the Second World War.
Chalcis (; Ancient Greek & Katharevousa: Χαλκίς, romanized:Chalkís), also called Chalkida or Halkida (Modern Greek: Χαλκίδα, pronounced[xalˈciða]), is the chief town of the island of Euboea or Evia in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point. The name is preserved from antiquity and is derived from the Greek χαλκός (copper, bronze), though there is no trace of any mines in the area. In the Late Middle Ages, it was known as Negropont(e), an Italian name that has also been applied to the entire island of Euboea.
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Brett Douglas Pitman is a Jerseyman footballer who plays as a forward for Shaftesbury. He has spent most of his career at AFC Bournemouth in two separate spells, totalling 102 goals in 301 games.
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