Vincent Gaffney

Vincent Gaffney
MBE FSA
Professor Gaffney in 2006
Born (1958-02-25) 25 February 1958 (age 66)
RelativesChristopher Gaffney (brother)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Reading
ThesisAspects of the archaeology of Hvar (1992)
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Sub-discipline
Institutions

Vincent Gaffney MBE FSA (born 25 February 1958) is a British archaeologist and the Anniversary Chair in Landscape Archaeology at the University of Bradford.

Gaffney has directed research projects around the world. Most recently, he has become known for his work on Doggerland, a submerged landmass that existed in the North Sea in the early Holocene.[1] Other recent work includes the Anglo-Austrian “Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project", The Curious Travellers Project, the Adriatic islands Project, and the pit alignment at Warren Fields [2][3][4][5] He was Co-PI on the EPSRC GG-TOP Gravity Gradient Project.[6] Other fieldwork has included analysis of Roman villas on the Berkshire Downs (UK),[7] survey at Roman Wroxeter, Diocletian's Palace, the Cetina Valley in Croatia, Forum Novum and Cyrene, Libya.[8][9][10]

  1. ^ Fitch, Simon; Gaffney, Vincent (2007). Mapping Doggerland: the Mesolithic Landscapes of the Southern North Sea. Archaeopress Publishing. ISBN 9781784913250.
  2. ^ Doneus, Michael; Gaffney, Vincent; Verhoeven, Geert J J. "The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Visualising Heritage: Curious Travellers". www.visualisingheritage.org. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  4. ^ Gaffney, Vince (1996). The Adriatic Islands Project. Contact, Commerce and Colonisation. 6,000BC - AD 600. Volume 1. The Archaeological Heritage of Hvar; Croatia. ISBN 0-86054-851-1.
  5. ^ Gaffney, Vincent (2013). "Time and a Place: A luni-solar 'time-reckoner' from 8th millennium BC Scotland". Internet Archaeology.
  6. ^ Gaffney, Vincent (22 January 2018). "GG-TOP: Gravity Gradient - Technologies and Opportunities Programme". RCUK. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  7. ^ Gaffney, Vincent L. (1989). The Maddle Farm project : an integrated survey of prehistoric and Roman landscapes on the Berkshire Downs. Tingle, Martin. Oxford, England: B.A.R. ISBN 0860546047. OCLC 26097486.
  8. ^ Visual heritage in the digital age. Ch'ng, Eugene; Gaffney, Vincent L.; Chapman, Henry. London. 4 December 2013. ISBN 9781447155355. OCLC 868923471.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ^ Gaffney, Vincent (2003). "Forum Novum-Vescovio: from Roman town to Bishop's seat". Lazio e Sabina.
  10. ^ Heritage management at Fort Hood, Texas : experiments in historic landscape characterisation. Barrett, Glynn; Dingwall, Lucie; Gaffney, Vincent L. Oxford, England: Archaeopress. 2007. ISBN 9781905739110. OCLC 181336459.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)