A. Mark Pollard

Mark Pollard
FSA
Born (1954-07-05) 5 July 1954 (age 70)
Takapuna, New Zealand
Alma materUniversity of York
Known for
  • Materials analysis in archaeology
  • Biogeochemical analysis
  • Statistical applications in archaeology
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeological science
Institutions
Thesis X-ray fluorescence and surface studies of glass, with application to the durability of mediaeval window glass  (1979)
Doctoral advisorG. A. Cox

Alan Mark Pollard FSA (born 5 July 1954) is a British archaeological scientist, who has been the Edward Hall Professor of Archaeological Science at the University of Oxford since 2005.[1] He is director of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Member of the Oriental Ceramic Society.[2] He has significantly contributed to many areas of archaeological science, most notably materials analysis,[3] with hundreds of well-cited papers.[4]

In 2018 he was awarded the Pomerance Medal for scientific contributions to archaeology by the Archaeological Institute of America.[5][6]

He has co-authored several key textbooks on archaeological science: Archaeological Chemistry (now in 3rd edition),[7] Handbook of Archaeological Science,[8] and Analytical Chemistry in Archaeology.[9]

Pollard is a Fellow of Linacre College and has been the vice-principal since October 2020.

  1. ^ "Mike Tite Has Retired After 15 Years as Edward Hall Professor of Archaeological Science and Director of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art". Archaeometry. 47 (1): i–ii. 2005. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4754.2005.00183.x.
  2. ^ "Professor Mark Pollard". www.arch.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ^ "The dead grateful Professor Mark Pollard and why archaeology is not all treasure, trowels and Indiana Jones | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  4. ^ "A M Pollard". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology". Archaeological Institute of America. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  6. ^ "News - 2018 AIA Award Winners". Archaeological Institute of America. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  7. ^ Pollard, A. M. (2017). Archaeological chemistry. Carl Heron, Ruth Ann Armitage (3rd ed.). Cambridge. ISBN 978-1-83916-299-2. OCLC 1289836956.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Handbook of archaeological sciences. Don R. Brothwell, A. M. Pollard. Chichester: J. Wiley. 2001. ISBN 0-471-98484-1. OCLC 44905034.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ^ Analytical chemistry in archaeology. A. M. Pollard. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-511-34994-2. OCLC 182763607.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)