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Born | 1960 |
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Thesis | (1995) |
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Discipline | Archaeology |
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Helen Loney is an archaeologist specialising in the study of prehistory. She is a course tutor in archaeology at Oxford University Department of Continuing Education. [1] She has previously worked as Principal Lecturer in Archaeology and Heritage Studies at the University of Worcester (2007-2022) and as Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow (1996-2007). [2]
Loney has a number of roles with archaeology societies. In 2022 she was appointed Chair of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society [3] [4] and council member of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology. [5] [6] She has also served as a member of the editorial board for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. [2]
Loney studied a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology at the University of California,Santa Barbara,graduating magna cum laude in 1983. She went on to complete a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania,finishing in 1995. [2]
Loney worked as a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Glasgow between 1996 and 2007,before moving to the University of Worcester for the start of the 2007/08 academic year. [7] In 2008/09,Loney and Andrew Hoaen received funding to radiocarbon-date material recovered during fieldwork at Matterdale. [8]
In 2013 wrote the book Social Change and Technology in Prehistoric Italy,based on her PhD thesis. It was published by the Accordia Research Institute,and a review by Bob Chapman for the Prehistoric Society described it as a "welcome [addition] to the literature on later Italian prehistory". [9]
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