Philip Treveil
Honorary Appointment
About me:
Philip studied archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London in the mid-1980s, followed by a period as a field archaeologist with the Museum of London’s Departments of Urban Archaeology and Greater London Archaeology (DUA & DGLA), until the economic recession of 1990 put paid to stable, archaeological employment. Between then and 1994 Philip worked for a number of archaeology units in the UK (Hertfordshire, Canterbury, Essex, Suffolk and Carlisle), on several archaeological expeditions in the Near East, and undertook an MA at the Institute of Archaeology (1991-92), specialising in the petrographic analysis of pottery, specifically of the Arabian Peninsula in the early Islamic period.
Following participation on the 1994 excavation season of the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (School of Oriental and African Studies), Philip returned to the Museum of London field archaeology unit (renamed MoLAS) in the summer of that year, where he remained for the next nine years, mainly as a Senior Archaeologist but also as Acting Project Manager. During that time, he was on the supervisory teams of two particularly prominent, deeply stratified, excavations in the City of London, at Number One Poultry (1994-1996) and Plantation Place (1999-2001), being involved in the post-excavation analysis and publications programmes for both. Philip was also a Post Excavation Project Officer for work undertaken by MoLAS on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL).
Leaving full-time archaeology in 2003 to train as a Chartered Surveyor, Philip continued to work on the publications programme for Number One Poultry, being joint Principal Author of the monograph on the Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sequences of this and a number of nearby smaller excavations in the City of London, which was published in 2011. The monograph included a number of thematic studies, such as the development of the Cheapside area of the City, the construction of Saxon and medieval vernacular buildings, economic production and consumption in the City and a further study on the small parish church of St Benet Sherehog, destroyed in the Great Fire of London.
Philip also has a long standing interest in the archaeology of South West Britain, particularly of the early medieval period, and in 2012 registered for a part-time MPhil/PhD degree with the University of Exeter to pursue this interest further. Philip will be looking at medieval rural settlement and agricultural land use patterns in the South West Peninsula, with a particular emphasis on exploring whether differences emerged between Cornwall and Devon in terms of the historic landscape and to seek to understand the processes which underlay the evolution of the rural landscape across the two counties. The study area will span east Cornwall and west Devon, centred on the Tamar Valley, and it is envisaged that patterns of settlement and agricultural land use through the medieval period may be better understood as a result.
Research Project:
Philip will be looking at medieval rural settlement and agricultural land use patterns in the South West Peninsula, with a particular emphasis on exploring whether differences emerged between Cornwall and Devon in terms of the historic landscape.
Research Supervisory team:
- Principal Supervisor: Professor Stephen Rippon
- Second Supervisor: Professor Oliver Creighton
Research Wider Research Interests:
- Early medieval Britain
- Archaeology of the South West Peninsula
- Development of rural landscapes
- Late Saxon and medieval City of London
- Application of GIS
Professional/research experience:
October 2003
Caxtons Chartered Surveyors
Chartered Surveyor undertaking professional work, including valuation and leasehold.
July 1994 September 2003
Museum of London Archaeology Service
Senior Archaeologist supervising excavations in London and the South East. Supervisor on both Number One Poultry and Plantation Place, large multi-period excavations in the City of London; post-excavation analysis and publication work; Acting Project Manager.
May 1994 July 1994
Passmore Edwards Museum, Newham
Field Archaeologist on the site of Stratford Langthorn Abbey, Stratford, East London.
March 1994 May 1994
Abu Dhabi Islands Survey, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Archaeological Supervisor & pottery specialist on the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey project (ADIAS), organised jointly by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Excavations undertaken on the island of Dalma, uncovering a settlement dating to the al-'Ubaid.
June 1993 February 1994
Archaeological Service, Suffolk County Council
Archaeological Supervisor undertaking evaluations and small excavations throughout the county, including Ipswich, Felixstowe and Carlton Coleville.
March 1993 May 1993
UCL archaeological expedition to Umm al-Qaiwain, United Arab Emirates
Site Director undertaking excavation of Neolithic burial ground on the coast of Umm al-Qaiwain, UAE; assisting in excavation of Bronze Age settlement at Khor Fakkan, Sharjah, UAE.
November 1992 February 1993
Essex County Council Archaeological Field Unit
Site Assistant on various excavations within Essex, including Great Holts Farm Roman settlement.
September 1992 October 1992
Carlisle Archaeological Unit
Site Assistant, excavation of Roman site in Carlisle
March 1992 May 1992
UCL Archaeological expedition to Sharjah and Umm al-Qaiwain, United Arab Emirates
Undertaking surveying of coastal dunes and Sabkha in the Emirate of Umm al-Qaiwain, United Arab Emirates, including environmental sampling and uncovering Neolithic burial ground.
May 1991 September 1991
Canterbury Archaeological Trust
Site Assistant, St George's excavation in Canterbury.
October 1990 March 1991
Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust
Site Assistant on various sites in Hertfordshire, including Saxo-Norman site in centre of Hertford and South Mimms Motte and Bailey Castle.
July 1989 September 1990
Museum of London Department of Urban Archaeology (DUA)
Archaeologist working on sites in the City of London and other central London sites, including the Fleet Valley, Limehouse Link and St John's Priory, Clerkenwell.
August 1988 October 1988
Canterbury Archaeological Trust
Site Assistant, excavation of Romano-British cemetery, East Hill Dartford.
June 1988 August 1988
Institut de Paleontologie Humaine, Paris
Volunteer on Lower Palaeolithic site of Vallonet, Menton, France
August 1987 September 1987
Kent Archaeological Society
Volunteer on excavations at Plaxtol Roman villa.
June 1987 August 1987
British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem
Volunteer on excavation of Belmont Crusader Castle, Israel.
March 1987 March 1987
Institute of Archaeology Field Archaeology Unit
Lewes Castle training excavation, Sussex.
July 1986 September 1986
National Museum of Wales
Volunteer on excavations at Roman town of Caerwent.
September 1985 September 1985
Institute of Archaeology Field Archaeology Unit
Volunteer on excavation of Neolithic flint mines, Long Down, Sussex.
June 1985 August 1985
Nottingham University
Volunteer on Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure, Crickley Hill, Gloucstershire
May 1978 July 1985
Dartford District Archaeological Group
Amateur archaeology with local group, on wide variety of excavations from 1978 onwards, including Darenth Park Saxon burial ground and Dartford Roman villa.
Education:
January 1991 January 1992
Institute of Archaeology, University College London
MA Ceramic and Lithic Techniques in Archaeological Research
January 1986 January 1989
Institute of Archaeology, University College London
BA (Hons) Archaeology
