Helen Loney

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Helen Loney
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Helen Loney is an archaeologist specialising in the study of prehistory. She is principal lecturer in archaeology and heritage studies at the University of Worcester, where she has worked since 2007. Between 1996 and 2007 Loney lectured at the University of Glasgow. She is chair of the Worcester branch of the University and College Union.[1]

Loney has a number of roles with archaeology societies, including Deputy Chair of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, council member of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology,[2][3] and member of the editorial board for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society.[1]

Education[]

Loney studied a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, graduating magna cum laude in 1983. She went on to complete a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, finishing in 1995.[1]

Career[]

Loney worked as a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Glasgow between 1996 and 2007, before moving to the University of Worcester for the start of the 2007/08 academic year.[4] In 2008/09, Loney and Andrew Hoaen received funding to radiocarbon-date material recovered during fieldwork at Matterdale.[5]

In 2013 wrote the book Social Change and Technology in Prehistoric Italy, based on her PhD thesis. It was published by the Accordia Research Institute, and a review by Bob Chapman for the Prehistoric Society described it as a "welcome [addition] to the literature on later Italian prehistory".[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Dr Helen Loney". University of Worcester. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Contact Us – Worcestershire Archaeological Society". Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  3. ^ "Council Members | The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology". www.spma.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  4. ^ "Helen Loney". ORCID. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  5. ^ "University of Worcester Institute of Science and the Environment Annual Report on Research-Related Activities, 2008-2009" (PDF). University of Worcester. 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Chapman, Bob (2014). "Book reviews: Social Change and Technology in Prehistoric Italy; Rethinking the North Italian Early Neolithic" (PDF). Retrieved 21 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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