Gary R. Lock is a British archaeologist and emeritus professor at the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford. [1] He is noted for his contributions to computational archaeology.
Gary R. Lock is a British archaeologist and emeritus professor at the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford. [1] He is noted for his contributions to computational archaeology.
In the 1980s Lock became involved in computational archaeology, working on a database for Danebury, an iron age hillfort in Hampshire which was excavated under the direction of Barry Cunliffe. [2] In 1987 he was co-author of Computer Archaeology in the Shire Archaeology series. Interest in computational archaeology and prehistoric hillforts are also evidenced in more recent work, for example Using computers in archaeology: towards virtual pasts (2003) and his contribution to a project to create a comprehensive database of prehistoric hillforts in the British Isles, the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (launched online in 2017). [3]
Lock has been a fellow of Kellogg College since 1993, serving as the secretary to its governing body from 1997 to 1998 and Dean of Degrees in 2010. [4]
He was formerly the chair of Computer Applications and Quantitative Applications in Archaeology (CAA) International. [5]
He has been involved with archaeological projects on the continent:
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