Brief Notes on Contributors

441 BRIEF NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS Neil Aldridge: an active field archaeologist in the Weald since joining the KAS in 1979. Interests include Prehistoric and Roman Kent with particular emphasis and knowledge of the local iron industry of those periods together with tracing Roman roads. Recent fieldwork investigations have included excavations in the parish of Smarden during 2008 where a number of newly identified early ironworking sites were investigated. He is also engaged in compiling material for a new parish history of Headcorn. David Bacchus: has been active in local archaeology since the mid 1970s. He has taken part in surveys of vernacular architecture with the Maidstone Area Archaeological Group and the Lower Medway Archaeological Research Group. He was Secretary of the KAS Fieldwork committee from 1995-2005. Andrew Breeze, ph.d., f.s.a., f.r.hist.s.: was educated at Sir Roger Manwood’s Grammar School, Sandwich and at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Married with six children, he has taught since 1987 at the University of Navarre, Pamplona, and is the author of the controversial Medieval Welsh Literature (Dublin, 1977) and The Origins of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi (Leominster, 2009). Elly Dekker: is an independent scholar interested in astronomical models and instruments such as astrolabes and globes. She is currently preparing a publication on celestial cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. She lives at Linschoten (near Utrecht) in the Netherlands. Stephen Hammond, b.a., a.i.f.a.: directed excavations across southern England while with Thames Valley Archaeological Services, and has published articles on sites in West Sussex and Hampshire as well as the cremation cemetery at Wises Lane, Sittingbourne. Brian M. Hogben, m.a. dip.loc.hist, m.c.l.i.p.: was for 25 years on the staff of the Templeman Library, University of Kent, latterly as Humanities Librarian. He has also worked at Canterbury Cathedral Library for which he compiled (jointly) a bibliography of its extensive collection of Oxford Movement material. Recently he catalogued the papers of Dean Farrar in the Cathedral archives. Sian Killick, b.a.: has a degree in Archaeology from the University of Southampton and is currently completing a Masters in Archaeology and Heritage with the University of Leicester. Her main interests include Neolithic mortuary monuments and prehistoric activity in Kent. David Killingray, b.sc(econ), ph.d., f.r.hist.s: is Professor Emeritus, Goldsmiths College, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, and Honorary Professor of History at Stellenbosch CONTRIBUTORS 442 University. He has written books and articles on aspects of African, Caribbean, British Imperial, and English local history, and co-edited An Historical Atlas of Kent (2004). His most recent book, Fighting For Britain: African soldiers in the Second World War, was published earlier this year. Gerald Moody: started his career as a field archaeologist for the Newcastle upon Tyne Archaeological Unit, moving to York to work for a busy archaeological consultancy working on projects all over the north of England. He became an active member of the Yorkshire CBA and edits its annual newsletter. He joined the Trust for Thanet Archaeology in 2003 as a project manager and was appointed Deputy Director in 2004. His The Isle of Thanet: from Prehistory to the Norman Conquest was published in 2008. In 2009 he was appointed as an associate Research Fellow attached to the centre for Late Antique Archaeology within the school of European Culture and Languages at the University of Kent. Keith Parfitt, b.a., f.s.a., m.i.f.a.: has been excavating in Kent for more than 35 years. Hons degree in British Archaeology at University College, Cardiff, 1978. Employed with Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit between 1978 and 1990, working on a variety of excavations across Kent and south-east London. Moved to the Canterbury Archaeological Trust in 1990 and worked on the Dover A20 project which culminated in discovery of the Bronze Age Boat in 1992. Running parallel with full-time career, Director of Excavations for amateur Dover Archaeological Group, also since 1978. Has served on KAS Fieldwork Committee since 1992 and acted as Director for KAS excavations at Minster, 2002-2004. Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2000. Co-directed a joint project with the British Museum excavating the complex Bronze Age barrow site at Ringlemere, 2002-2006. Presently engaged in writing up Ringlemere and fieldwork on other Kent sites. Simon Pratt, b.a. (hons): is a project manager at the Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Jörn Schuster, m.a., dr phil, m.i.f.a.: studied at Frankfurt, Nottingham and Göttingen before working as deputy district archaeologist and museum director in Cuxhaven District (Germany), and as finds specialist for English Heritage in Portsmouth. In 2005 he joined Wessex Archaeology as post-excavation manager and has since been involved in the analysis and publication of numerous excavations in Kent. Peter Seary, m.a.: is a Building Recording Officer at the Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Victor T.C. Smith, b.a., f.s.a.: is an independent historian and investigator of British historic defences. He is coordinating Kent County Council’s 20th-century Defence of Kent Project and is Director of Thames Defence Heritage. H e has 40 years experience researching, restoring and interpreting defence sites, having worked in Southern England, Scotland, Gibraltar, Bermuda and the Caribbean. In 1989 he was General Manager of the Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park in St Kitts. In partnership with Gravesham Borough Council he is currently restoring and rearming New Tavern Fort and interpreting a Cold War bunker, both at Gravesend.