Chantal Conneller
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Chantal Conneller {{post-nominals|country=GB|FSA}} (b.1973) is an archaeologist and Professor of Early Prehistory at the University of Newcastle.
Biography
Conneller has a BA and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Her 2002 PhD thesis was titled "Space, time and technology: the Early Mesolithic of the Vale of Pickering, North Yorkshire".{{cite web |url=https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/93050590-5059-4424-93d0-dd0e975cbbce |title=Space, time and technology : the Early Mesolithic of the Vale of Pickering, North Yorkshire |author=Conneller, C. |date=2002 |publisher=University of Cambridge |accessdate=26 February 2024}} Conneller was lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology at Bangor University in 2005 before taking up a position as senior lecturer later that year at the University of Manchester. Conneller became Professor of Early Prehistory at the University of Newcastle in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.ncl.ac.uk/hca/people/profile/chantalconneller.html |title=Professor Chantal Conneller |publisher=University of Newcastle |accessdate=26 February 2024}} Conneller was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 10 October 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.sal.org.uk/our-fellows/directory/dr-chantal-conneller/ |title=Dr Chantal Conneller |publisher=Society of Antiquaries of London |accessdate=2 February 2024}}
Conneller's research focusses on the Mesolithic period. She has excavated at various Mesolithic settlements in Britain, including in the Vale of Pickering and at Star Carr.
Select publications
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- Conneller, C. 2022. The Mesolithic in Britain: Landscape and Society in Times of Change. London: Routledge.
- Conneller, C. 2022. "The view at the end of the Palaeolithic world". Nature: Ecology and Evolution 6, 1591–1592.
- Elliott, B. and Conneller, C. "Masks in context: representation, emergence, motility and self". World Archaeology 52(5), 655–666.
- Burns, A., Woodward, J., Conneller, C., Reimer, P. 2022. "Footprint beds record Holocene decline in large mammal diversity on the Irish Sea coast of Britain". Nature: Ecology and Evolution 6, 1553–1563.
- Bates, J., Needham, A., Conneller, C., Milner, N., Pomstra, D., Little, A. 2022. "Flint awls at the Mesolithic site of Star Carr: Understanding tool use through integrated methods". Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 43, 103478.
- Milner N., Conneller, C., and Taylor, B. (eds) 2018. Star Carr. Volume 1: A Persistent Place in a Changing World; Star Carr: Volume 2: Studies in Technology, Subsistence and Environment. York: White Rose Press.
- Conneller, C., and Warren, G. (eds). Mesolithic Britain and Ireland: New Approaches. Stroud: Tempus.
References
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External links
- [https://www.everand.com/podcast/580478726/The-Coolest-Archaeological-Site-in-the-World-Interview-with-Professor-Chantal-Conneller-on-Star-Carr-and-the-Mesolithic "The Coolest Archaeological Site in the World: Interview with Professor Chantal Conneller on Star Carr and the Mesolithic"]
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Category:British archaeologists
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Category:British women archaeologists
Category:Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London