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 I studied for my first degree (BA in History with a special paper in archaeology) at the University of Leeds, after which I moved onto the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield for an M.Sc. in Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy (1991-1992). Not content with moving across the disciplines sufficiently, I then studied for my Ph.D. (entitled 'Human-Environment Relations on Bodmin Moor During the Holocene) in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Plymouth (1992-1996). Following that, I was fortunate to work in another geography department, in the University of Exeter, on a post-doctoral position on the now rather legendary Lisheen Mine Archaeology Project (1996-1998).

After that, I travelled back up north to the University of Hull and a job as palaeoenvironmentalist with the Humber Wetlands Project based in the Centre for Wetland Archaeology. The CWA subsequently morphed into the Wetland Archaeology and Environments Research Centre, where I worked on a range of commercial and research projects. I then headed to the Midlands and the University of Birmingham where I took up a post as a Project Manager and Research Fellow with Birmingham Archaeology, based in the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity. This resulted in the establishment of Birmingham Archaeo-Environmental, a research and consultancy unit specialising in environmental and wetland archaeology. Finally, and following the effective demise of archaeology in the IAA (shortly after I took up a position as Lecturer...), I moved to my current post as Lecturer in Environmental Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology at UCC. 

I have a broad range of research interests in the areas of palaeoecology, wetland archaeology and alluvial geoarchaeology. Please see research section for further details.   

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Research Interests

A)  Wetland archaeology and palaeoenvironments

: with particular reference to the archaeo-environmental record of peatlands, especially raised mires.  I am co-author of the recent book ‘The Hidden Landscape Archaeology of Hatfield and Thorne Moors: Modelling Archaeo-Environments in Raised Mires’ (Chapman and Gearey 2013) based on the results of an English Heritage funded project (2003-2006 and 2007-2008). I also have an interest in other 'hidden landscapes' and was a member of the North Sea Palaeolandscapes Project and was involved in the DEFRA funded ‘Regional Environmental Characterisation Project’ which has involved a major programme of sampling and palaeoenvironmental analyses of sediments associated with the submerged landscapes of the southern North Sea (‘Doggerland’). I am PI for the 'Pallasboy Project' funded by the World Wood Day fund, beginning June 2015, which will be investigating Iron Age woodworking in Ireland using an experimental approach. 

B)     Environmental archaeology: especially palynological approaches to sites and landscapes. I am particularly interested in the practical and theoretical issues of dating and correlating records of cultural and environmental change with especial reference to Bayesian approaches (see, for example, Gearey et al., 2009; Chapman and Gearey 2013; Mansell et al 2014; Griffiths et al. 2015). I am also interested in the interface of environmental archaeology with other areas of study and the broader theoretical implications of this; I was a member of the AHRC funded 'Iconoclasms Network' which included scholars from the UK, France and the US and resulted in the publication of an edited volume to which I was a contributor (see Chapman and Gearey 2013) as well as an exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London (http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/art-under-attack-histories-british-iconoclas...). I am Co-Investigator on the INSTAR (Heritage Council) Project 'Landscapes and Settlement in Later Prehistoric Ireland', which began in May 2015.

C)    The geoarchaeology of alluvial landscapes

: Current projects include The Domuztepe Environments Project, a geoarchaeological investigation of a Halaf period tell site of in south-eastern Turkey (in collaboration with the British Museum, The Department of Archaeology, University of Manchester and the University of California, Los Angeles; see Gearey et al. 2011) funded by the University of Oxford Wainwright Trust. 

D)     Heritage policy: with particular respect to the interface between peatland conservation, the management of archaeological sites and landscapes and the implications of agendas such as 'ecosystem services' framework for the future heritage management of wetland environments (Gearey and Fyfe, in press, 2015, Gearey et al. forthcoming). I was PI for a recent review funded by the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Irish government) assessing the effectiveness of archaeological mitigation policy for commercially extracted Irish peatlands since 2001. I was also PI for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature funded review 'Peatlands and the Historic Environment' (http://www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/publications/commission-inquiry/work-commission/peatlands-a...) 

Research Grants

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Books

Book Chapters

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	'Chronology and Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction in the sub tidal zone: a case study from Hinkley Point' S.Griffiths, F. Sturt, J. Dix, B. Gearey, M.Grant (2015) 'Chronology and Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction in the sub tidal zone: a case study from Hinkley Point'. Journal of Archaeological Science, 54 :237-253 [Details]
	(2014)	'Assessing the changing condition of industrial archaeological remains on Alston Moor, UK, using multi sensor remote sensing' M. Kincey, L. Batty, H. Chapman, B. Gearey, S.Ainsworth (2014) 'Assessing the changing condition of industrial archaeological remains on Alston Moor, UK, using multi sensor remote sensing'. Journal of Archaeological Science, 45 :36-51 [Details]
	(2014)	'Holocene Floodplain Palaeoecology of the Humberhead Levels: Implications for Regional Wetland Development' Mansell, L., Whitehouse, N, Gearey, B.R. Roe, H. and Barrett, P. (2014) 'Holocene Floodplain Palaeoecology of the Humberhead Levels: Implications for Regional Wetland Development'. Quaternary International, [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Centennial-scale climate change in Ireland during the Holocene' Swindles, G. T., Lawson, I. T., Matthews, I. P., Blaauw, M., Daley, T. J., Charman, D. J., Roland, T. P., Plunkett, G., Schettler, G., Gearey, B. R., Turner, T. E., Rea, H. A., Roe, H. M., Amesbury, M. J., Chambers, F. M., Holmes, J., Mitchell, F. J.G., Blackford, J., Blundell, A., Branch, N., Holmes, J., Langdon, P., McCarroll, J., McDermott, F., Oksanen, P. O., Pritchard, O., Stastney, P., Stefanini, B., Young, D., Wheeler, J., Becker, K., Armit, I. (2013) 'Centennial-scale climate change in Ireland during the Holocene'. Earth-Science Reviews, 126 :300-320 [DOI] [Details]
	(2012)	'Mesolithic-Neolithic anthropogenic impacts on the upland environment of Bodmin Moor, south-west England: a re-investigation of the pollen record from Rough Tor south' E. Hopla and B.R. Gearey (2012) 'Mesolithic-Neolithic anthropogenic impacts on the upland environment of Bodmin Moor, south-west England: a re-investigation of the pollen record from Rough Tor south'. Cornish Archaeology, 49 :253-264 [Details]
	(2011)	'From site to landscape: assessing the value of geoarchaeological data for understanding the archaeological record of Domuztepe, south-east Turkey' B. R. Gearey, S. Fletcher, W. Fletcher, & S.C. Campbell (2011) 'From site to landscape: assessing the value of geoarchaeological data for understanding the archaeological record of Domuztepe, south-east Turkey'. The American Journal of Archaeology, 115 (3):465-482 [Details]
	(2011)	'Triple post alignments in the Waveney Valley, Suffolk: Excavations at Barsham Marshes' K. Krawiec, B. R. Gearey, H. P. Chapman, M. Bamforth, E. Hopla & C. Griffiths (2011) 'Triple post alignments in the Waveney Valley, Suffolk: Excavations at Barsham Marshes'. Journal of Wetland Archaeology, 10 :46-71 [Details]
	(2008)	'Late-glacial vegetation change in East Yorkshire: A radiocarbon dated pollen diagram from Routh Quarry, Beverley' Benjamin Gearey (2008) 'Late-glacial vegetation change in East Yorkshire: A radiocarbon dated pollen diagram from Routh Quarry, Beverley'. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 57 (2):45-54 [Details]
	(2011)	'The Beccles Triple Post Alignment, Beccles Marshes, Suffolk: Excavation and Palaeoenvironmental Analyses of an Iron Age Wetland Site' B. R. Gearey, M. Bamforth, H. Chapman, W. Fletcher, T. Hill, A. Howard, K. Krawiec, P. Marshall, I. Tyers & E. Tetlow (2011) 'The Beccles Triple Post Alignment, Beccles Marshes, Suffolk: Excavation and Palaeoenvironmental Analyses of an Iron Age Wetland Site'. Proceedings of The Prehistoric Society, 115 :465-482 [Details]
	(2011)	'From site to landscape: assessing the value of geoarchaeological data for understanding the archaeological record of Domuztepe, south-east Turkey' B. R. Gearey, S. Fletcher, W. Fletcher, & S.C. Campbell, with I. Boomer, D. Keen, J. Reed and E. Tetlow (2011) 'From site to landscape: assessing the value of geoarchaeological data for understanding the archaeological record of Domuztepe, south-east Turkey'. American Journal of Archaeology, 115 :465-482 [Details]
	(2010)	'Finding Bosworth Battlefield: A multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental investigation of lowland sediments from Dadlington, Leicestershire, England' J. G. T. Wheeler, G. T. Swindles & B. R. Gearey (2010) 'Finding Bosworth Battlefield: A multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental investigation of lowland sediments from Dadlington, Leicestershire, England'. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37 :1579-1589 [Details]
	(2010)	'A new approach to recording and monitoring wet-preserved archaeological wood using three dimensional laser scanning' M. Lobb, K. Krawiec, A. Howard, B. R. Gearey & H. Chapman (2010) 'A new approach to recording and monitoring wet-preserved archaeological wood using three dimensional laser scanning'. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37 :2995-2999 [Details]
	(2010)	'The occurrence of a new species of Gomphocythere (Ostracoda, Limnoctheridae) in the Holocene of south-east Turkey: the northernmost record for the genus' I. Boomer & B. R. Gearey (2010) 'The occurrence of a new species of Gomphocythere (Ostracoda, Limnoctheridae) in the Holocene of south-east Turkey: the northernmost record for the genus'. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 29 :115-118 [Details]
	(2009)	'Correlating Archaeological and Palaeoenvironmental Records using a Bayesian Approach: A Case Study from Sutton Common, South Yorkshire, England' B. R. Gearey, P. Marshall & D. Hamilton (2009) 'Correlating Archaeological and Palaeoenvironmental Records using a Bayesian Approach: A Case Study from Sutton Common, South Yorkshire, England'. Journal of Archaeological Science, 36 :1477-1487 [Details]
	(2009)	'Fluvial sediments, correlations and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction: the development of robust radiocarbon chronologies' A. Howard, B. R. Gearey, W. Fletcher, T. Hill & P. Marshall (2009) 'Fluvial sediments, correlations and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction: the development of robust radiocarbon chronologies'. Journal of Archaeological Science, 36 :2680-2688 [Details]
	(2006)	'Evaluation of a multi-proxy approach to reconstructing surface wetness changes in a complex raised mire system at Derryville Bog, Co.Tipperary, Ireland: identification of responses to a series of prehistoric big bursts' Caseldine, C.J. and Gearey, B.R. (2006) 'Evaluation of a multi-proxy approach to reconstructing surface wetness changes in a complex raised mire system at Derryville Bog, Co.Tipperary, Ireland: identification of responses to a series of prehistoric big bursts'. The Holocene, 15 (4):585-601 [Details]
	(2004)	'The social context of seafaring in the Bronze Age revisited' Chapman, H.C. and Gearey, B.R. (2004) 'The social context of seafaring in the Bronze Age revisited'. World Archaeology, 36 (4):452-458 [Details]
	(2000)	'Palaeoecological Evidence for the Prehistoric Settlement of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, South-West England: Part II - Land-Use Changes from the Neolithic to the Present' B. R. Gearey, D. J. Charman & M. Kent (2000) 'Palaeoecological Evidence for the Prehistoric Settlement of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, South-West England: Part II - Land-Use Changes from the Neolithic to the Present'. Journal of Archaeological Science, [Details]
	(2000)	'Palaeoecology and the perception of prehistoric landscapes: some comments on visual approaches to phenomenology' H. Chapman and B. Gearey (2000) 'Palaeoecology and the perception of prehistoric landscapes: some comments on visual approaches to phenomenology'. Antiquity, 74 :316-319 [Details]
	(2000)	'Palaeoecological Evidence for the Prehistoric Settlement of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, South-West England: Part I - The Status of Woodland and Early Human Impacts' B. R. Gearey, D. J. Charman & M. Kent (2000) 'Palaeoecological Evidence for the Prehistoric Settlement of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, South-West England: Part I - The Status of Woodland and Early Human Impacts'. Journal of Archaeological Science, 27 :493-508 [Details]

Conference Publications

Published Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2010)	Peatlands and the Historic Environment. Gearey, B., Bermingham, N., Chapman, H. Charman, D., Fletcher, W., Fyfe, R., Quartermaine, J. and Van de Noort, R. (2010) Peatlands and the Historic Environment. International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN: Edinburgh. [Details]

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Honours and Awards

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Teaching Interests

My current undergraduate teaching is: Introduction to Environmental Archaeology (AR2037), Wetland Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments (AR3051), and Archaeo-Palynology/Landscape Palaeoecology and Palynology (Ar3050/GG3051)

I am Programme Co-ordinator for the new Geography-Archaeology BA Course (CK 107)

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