Dr Neil Faulkner - Founder of SHARP
1958 - 2022
Neil was an archaeologist, a historian, and a political activist.
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Neil set up SHARP in 1996 with plans to explore ideas regarding democracy and accessibility in archaeology. SHARP was to be a democratically run, open to all project that would give the same opportunities to an inexperienced novice as to a professional archaeologist. From the beginning, the excavator who discovered a find or feature of great importance was always the one to excavate and record it. Neil believed that archaeology is for the many, not the few.
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SHARP continues to operate this way today and is now one of the largest and longest-running archaeological research and training projects in Britain.
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Neil is missed deeply by all who knew him, but his legacy lives on through SHARP.
Meet The Team
Sam Atkins
Education Team,
Festival of Archaeology,
Committee Member,
Treasurer,
Safeguarding Officer
Ray Baldry
Human Remains Team
Terry Baxter
Site Information, Merchandise,
Committee Member
Dr Sophie Beckett
Human Remains Team,
Tom Cross
Environmental Archaeology Team
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Gareth Davies
Post-Ex Team,
Landscape Archaeology Team,
Committee Member
Mandy Everitt
Site Facilities Team
Trevor Everitt
Site Facilities Team
Sophie Cabot
Excavation Team
David Crease
Landscape Archaeology Team,
Excavation Team
Daniel Cockling
Excavation Team,
Post-Ex Team,
Media Team,
Committee Member
Nick Coneybear
Excavation Team
Kali Graham
Catering Team,
Committee Member
Hannah Gibbs
Zooarchaeology Team
Tiggy Harris
Media Team,
Committee Member
Hannah Hassal
Post-Ex Team
Anj Beckham
Post-Ex Team
Dr Ellie Blakelock
Excavation Team,
Post-Ex Team,
Media Team,
Committee Member,
Secretary
Emily Blackmore
Excavation Team
Yvonne Bolton-Smith
Excavation Team,
Committee Member,
Chair
Steve Horn
Excavation Team,
Site Team,
Committee Member
Lorraine Horsley
Human Remains Team,
Bill Howard
Post-Ex Team,
Committee Member
Lucy Koster
Human Remains Team,
Committee Member
Mike Lapworth
BERT Tutor,
Excavation Team
Eleanor Lees
Excavation Team,
Committee Member
Katharine Maeer
Excavation Team,
BERT Tutor
Dr Katie McKinnon
Human Remains Team
Owen Morgan
Excavation Team,
Post-Ex Team,
Committee Member
Simon Payne
Post-Ex Team
Ann Smith
Finds Team,
Friends of SHARP,
Education Team,
Committee Member
Joe Ogden
Excavation Team
Gary Rossin
Post-Ex Team,
Modern Conflict Archaeology
Pete Taylor
Post-Ex Team,
Committee Member
Julia Paul
Human Remains Team
Keith Robinson
Landscape Archaeology Team
Aster Wood
Excavation Team,
Human Remains Team
Dr Naomi Payne
Finds Team
Brenda Stibbons
Finds Team
Cathy Wright
Excavation Team,
BERT Tutor
Ray Wright
Excavation Team,
Site Team