Roger Mercer

Professor Roger J Mercer is a British archaeologist whose work has concentrated on the Neolithic and Bronze Age of the British Isles.[1]

Between 1970 and 1973 he led the excavations at Carn Brea in Cornwall.[2] and then went on to direct the excavations at Hambledon Hill and Grimes Graves, a Neolithic flint mine.

An alumnus of the University of Edinburgh, graduating with MA Honours in Archaeology (1967), he became a lecturer there in 1974, was promoted to Reader in 1982 and was appointed Acting Head of Archaeology (1982–87).

From 1990–2004 he was Secretary of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS).[3] He retired in 2004 but retains ties with the University of Edinburgh's School of History, Classics and Archaeology where he is an Honorary Professorial Fellow.

Professor Mercer was appointed an OBE in January 2004 for services to Archaeology.

Selected works

He has published widely on prehistoric Britain including:

  • Hambledon Hill: A Neolithic Landscape, Edinburgh University Press, 1980
  • Farming Practice in British Prehistory, Edinburgh University Press, 1981

References

  1. ↑ Staff page at the University of Edinburgh
  2. ↑ "Carn Brea, Early Neolithic tor enclosure, c 3700 BC". Royal Archaeology Society. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  3. ↑ The Glasgow Herald, 18 August 1989, page 7
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