Dr Sam Griffiths
CITiZAN Discovery Programme Officer and Lead Archaeologist for the Solent Region
As CITiZAN Discovery Programme Officer Sam is Lead Archaeologist for CITiZAN in the Solent region; responsible for planning and organizing a series of multi-period research and fieldwork projects across the area and for recruiting and managing volunteers.
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Sam also has experience of working in the commercial sector, in planning archaeology and fieldwork, prior to joining CITiZAN and MOLA. While working as a Heritage Consultant he managed projects across the UK, both as an archaeological consultant and as a geoarchaeological science specialist. He is also a qualified lithic analyst with a series of journal and grey literature publications.
Sam has conducted fieldwork and research on multi-period archaeological sites across the UK and Europe and has a particular focus on Palaeolithic Archaeology and Pleistocene Geoarchaeology; with skills in lithic analysis, geochronology, deposit modelling and landscape reconstruction. Sam also holds a position as Visiting Tutor in prehistory at Bishop Grosseteste University.