Mark Patton (archaeologist)

Mark Patton (born 7 January 1965 in Jersey) is a British archaeologist and novelist known for his work on the prehistory of the Channel Islands and North-Western France, particularly the archaeology of megaliths, as well as the prehistory of the Mediterranean islands, the theory of island biogeography and the history of European archaeology. He is also the author of three historical novels, Undreamed Shores (2012), An Accidental King(2013)[1] and Omphalos (2014).

Biography

Patton was educated at Hautlieu School, Jersey, and went up to Clare College, Cambridge in 1983 to read Archaeology & Anthropology. He completed his PhD thesis at University College London in 1990 on Neolithic Communities of the Channel Islands. He has lectured at Trinity College Carmarthen, the University of Greenwich and the University of Westminster (at which he was formerly the Dean of their Harrow Business School.[2]). Between 1991 and 1995 he led the excavations at La Hougue Bie, Jersey. In 1997, Patton unsuccessfully contested the Lewes Parliamentary Constituency for the Labour Party.[3] In 2001 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and was the following year appointed as a member of the governing body of the Museum of London.[4]

Books

References

  1. http://historicalnovelsociety.org/review/an-accidental-king
  2. http://www.londonhigher.ac.uk/fileadmin/documents/EuropeGroup_Membership_08.pdf London Higher: London Europe Group – Membership 2008-9 (Accessed Sep. 2011)
  3. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/person/4095/mark-patton The Guardian - Politics - Mark Patton: Electoral history and profile (Accessed Sep. 2011)
  4. http://www.molas.org.uk/projects/annualReviews.asp?aryear=2004&category=2&section=2 Museum of London: Board of Governors (Accessed Sep 2011)
  5. Milisauskas, S., & Patton, M. (1995). Review of Statements in Stone: Monuments and Society in Neolithic Brittany. American Journal of Archaeology, 99, 1, 152.
  6. Bradley, R., & Patton, M. (1994). Review of Statements in Stone: Monuments and Society in Neolithic Brittany. American Antiquity, 59, 4, 792-793
  7. Chapman, B., & Patton, M. (1998). Review of Islands in Time: Island Sociogeography and Mediterranean Prehistory. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 4, 1, 135-136.
  8. Strasser, T. F., & Patton, M. (1997). Review of Islands in Time: Island Sociogeography and Mediterranean Prehistory. American Journal of Archaeology, 101, 4, 778
  9. Bradley, R., & Patton, M. (1994). Review of Statements in Stone: Monuments and Society in Neolithic Brittany. American Antiquity, 59, 4, 792-793.
  10. Cherry, J. F., & Patton, M. (1997). Review of Islands in Time: Island Sociogeography and Mediterranean Prehistory. Journal of Anthropological Research, 53, 4, 501-503

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