ABOUT ME

Alys Vaughan-Williams BA MSc

Archaeobotanist

I work as an archaeobotanist, studying charred, waterlogged and mineralised seeds and grains from archaeological and palaeobotanical sites.
My work encompasses commercial sites across the whole of Britain and Eire; and research projects in France, the Middle East, and North
Africa

Below is a brief resume of my professional career:

Consultant Archaeobotanist

• Position held: Archaeobotanist, 2005-present
• Principal roles: identification of processed material; assessment and analysis reports;
  advisor on sampling and processing of environmental samples to commercial archaeology units

ArchaeoScape, Royal Holloway University London

• Position held: Archaeobotanist, 2003-2005
• Principal roles: identification of processed material; assessment and analysis reports; set-up of flotation system;
  teaching and supervision of flotation, wet-sieving and residue sorting; assistant lab technician for undergraduates and masters students

AOC Archaeology (London)

• Principal roles: Environmental Supervisor
• Responsibilities: identification of processed material; assessment and analysis reports; set-up of flotation system;
  flotation, wet-sieving and residue sorting; teaching and supervision of flotation, wet-sieving and residue sorting; on-site sampling;
  site assistant; consultancy (desk-based assesments); administration

Qualifications

• MSc Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy, Sheffield University, 1999-2000
• BA Geography and Archaeology, Liverpool University, 1996-1999

Research Projects

• Euesperides, Benghazi, Libya: co-ordinator of on-site environmental sampling and processing;
  analysis and report writing of archaeobotanical evidence for publication in Libyan Studies.
  For information about the 1950's excavations by John Lloyd go to the Ashmolean Museaum
• Project Briquetage de la Seille, France: training excavations focusing on the Iron Age industry of salt production; their impact on the landscape; and the impact on the environment

Recent publications

• Vaughan-Williams, A. forthcoming ‘Charred plant macrofossils’ in C. Ellis, 'Total excavation of a later prehistoric enclosure at Braehead, Glasgow', Proc Soc Antiq Scot.



• Keith-Lucas, F. with Vaughan-Williams, A. and Moore, P., 2007 'Saxon and medieval Newham', London Archaeologist 11: 9, 244-246



• Branch, N. and Vaughan-Williams, A. 2006 ‘Geochemical and Plant Macrofossil Analyses of a medieval pit’ in J. Butler, Reclaiming the Marsh: Archaeological Excavations at Moor House, City of London, PCA Monograph 6, 143-145



• Branch, N.P., Green, C.P., Swindle, G.E., Vaughan-Williams, A., Williams, A. and Wyatt, C. 2006 ‘A Bronze Age Field System: The Environmental Context’, in T. Carew, B. Bishop, F. Meddens and V. Ridgeway (eds), 'Unlocking The Landscape, Archaeological Excavations at Ashford Prison, Middlesex', PCA Monograph 5, 36



• Branch, N.P., Green, C.P., Swindle, G.E., Vaughan-Williams, A., Williams, A. and Wyatt, C. 2006 ‘A Neolithic Monumental Landscape: The Environmental Context’, in T. Carew, B. Bishop, F. Meddens and V. Ridgeway (eds), 'Unlocking The Landscape, Archaeological Excavations at Ashford Prison, Middlesex', PCA Monograph 5, 25-26



• Branch, N.P., Green, C.P., Swindle, G.E., Vaughan-Williams, A., Williams, A. and Wyatt, C. 2006 ‘The Iron Age Settlement: The Environmental Context’, in T. Carew, B. Bishop, F. Meddens and V. Ridgeway (eds), 'Unlocking The Landscape, Archaeological Excavations at Ashford Prison, Middlesex', PCA Monograph 5, 74-75



• Branch, N., Vaughan-Williams, A., Silva, B., Green, C. and Williams, A. 2006 ‘Environmental Analysis (medieval and post-medieval)’ in J. Butler, Reclaiming the Marsh: Archaeological Excavations at Moor House, City of London, PCA Monograph 6, 183-143



• Branch, N., Vaughan-Williams, A., Silva, B., Green, C. and Williams, A. 2006 ‘Environmental Analysis (Roman)’ in J. Butler, Reclaiming the Marsh: Archaeological Excavations at Moor House, City of London, PCA Monograph 6, 31-4



• Wilson, A. I., Bennett, P., Buzaian, A. M., Cherstich, L., Found, B., Göransson, K., Holman, J., Lane, R., Morley, G., Russell, B., Swift, K., Vaughan-Williams, A. and Zimi, E. 2006 'Euesperides 2006: Preliminary report on the Spring 2006 Season', Libyan Studies 37 : 117-157



• Wilson, A. I., Bennett, P., Buzaian, A. M., Found, B., Göransson, K., Guinness, A., Hardy, J., Holman, J., Kattenberg, A., Morley, G., al-Mugasbi, M., Swift, K., Vaughan-Williams, A., Wootton, W. and Zimi, E. (2005) 'Euesperides (Benghazi): Preliminary report on the Spring 2005 Season', Libyan Studies 36: 135-182