The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom, the UK and Britain) is a country Countries within a country, Number 10. Accessed May 29 2006 Member States: United Kingdom, UK Presidency of the EU 2005. Accessed May 29 2006. "United Kingdom", Encyclopædia Britannica Accessed May 29 2006 and sovereign stateUK or GB?, Directgov (UK government website); accessed May 29 2006 occupying Great Britain and the northeast of Ireland off the northwest coast of mainland Europe. Its territory and population are primarily situated on the island of Great Britain, but it also shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland on the island of Ireland. The United Kingdom is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and its ancillary bodies of water- the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a political union made up of four constituent countries: England, Scotland, and Wales on the island of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom also has several overseas territories, including Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands. The Crown has a relationship with the dependencies of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands; they are part of the British Islands but not part of the United Kingdom. A constitutional monarchy, the United Kingdom has close relationships with fifteen other Commonwealth Realms that share the same monarch — Queen Elizabeth II — as head of state.
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Aubrey, John (1626-1697) - Portrait and biography of the antiquary who recognised Avebury as a prehistoric site and surveyed Stonehenge. Part of Chris Witcombe's Earth Mysteries.
Baillie, Mike - Photograph, research interests and publication list of the Professor of Palaeoecology at Queen's University Belfast, author of Exodus to Arthur: catastrophic encounters with comets.
Bradley, Richard (1946- ) - Interview in British Archaeology December 1996 with the Professor of Archaeology at Reading and noted British prehistorian.
Branigan, Keith - Sheffield University provides a photograph, brief biography and research interests of its Professor of Archaeology, specialist in the prehistory of the Aegean and Roman Britain.
Brück, Joanna - Profile of this University College Dublin Lecturer. Research interests include the British Bronze Age and settlement and landscape archaeology.
Breeze, David - The University of Edinburgh Bulletin May 1996 announces the appointment as Honorary Professor of David Breeze, Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments, Historic Scotland. Photograph and profile.
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Brophy, Kenneth - Brief profile of this Glasgow University Lecturer. Research interests include aerial archaeology and the ursus monuments and causewayed enclosures of Scotland.
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Campbell, Ewan - Profile of this Glasgow University professor. Research interests include the archaeology of the Celtic-speaking areas of the Atlantic seaboard of north-west Europe in the early medieval period.
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Dixon, Philip - Photograph and brief CV, research interests and publication list of the Reader in Medieval Archaeology at the University of Nottingham and former President of the CBA (1995-8).
Driscoll, Stephen - Detailed research information for this Glasgow University Senior Lecturer. Research interests include Early Medieval Scotland landscape and sculpture.
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Finlay, Nyree - Profile of this Glasgow University Lecturer. Research interests include prehistoric archaeology with an emphasis on gatherer-hunter archaeology of Northern Europe.
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Fleming, Andrew - Profile of this University of Wales, Lampeter, professor. Illustrated outlines of his projects at Swaledale and St Kilda.
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Forster, Robert Henry (1867-1923) - The life and work of an Edwardian archaeologist. Forster worked with Leonard Woolley and Henry Knowles on the Corstopitum excavations at Corbridge in Northumberland.
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Fox, Cyril - Archaeologist Extraordinary - News Wales reports that a biography, written by Cyril Fox's son, will be launched next week at the National Museum of Wales, where Fox was once keeper of archeology.
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Gardiner, Paula - Profile of this University of Bristol Lecturer. Research interests include the Mesolithic in Britain and Europe.
Grinsell, Leslie (1907-95) - Obituary from British Archaeology May 1995 of the man who examined and recorded some 10,000 barrows. Keeper of Archaeology Bristol City Museum 1952-72.
Hasselgrove, Colin - Offers resume of Professor of Archaeology at the University of Leicester. Includes current research interests and projects.
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Heyd, Volker - Profile of this University of Bristol Visiting Lecturer. Research interests include Later Prehistory in Continental Europe.
Hinton, David - Brief profile of this University of Southampton Professor. Research interests include urbanism, particularly of the Saxon period, and metalwork.
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Housley, Rupert - Photograph, publications and research interests of the Lecturer in Archaeological Science at Glasgow University.
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Huggett, Jeremy - Brief profile of this Glasgow University Lecturer. Research interests include computer applications in archaeology and Anglo-Saxon archaeology.
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Hurst, John (1928-2003) - Obituary from The Guardian for one of the founding fathers of British medieval archaeology.
James, Simon - Photograph, profile, research interests and publications of the Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Leicester best known for his book The Atlantic Celts: Ancient people or modern invention?
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Jones, Barri (1936-99) - Photograph and obituary from The Guardian of the charismatic Professor of Archaeology at Manchester University, who transformed understanding of the landscape of Roman Britain.
Jones, Richard - Profile of this Glasgow University Senior Lecturer. Research interests include relations between the Aegean and Italy in the Late Bronze Age and the ceramic evidence and Neolithic pottery on Orkney.
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Jope, Martyn (1915-1996) - Obituary in British Archaeology February 1997 of the founder and head of the archaeology department, Queen's University, Belfast.
Lamb, Dr Winifred (1894-1963) - Biography and bibliography by David Gill of the pioneering classical archaeologist and Honorary Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Langlands, Alex - The official web page of Alex Langlands, archaeologist and participant in BBC TWO's 'Tales from the Green Valley'. Image gallery, showreels and details of Alex's background.
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Ling, Roger - Research profile of the Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Manchester, noted for his publications on Roman painting, architecture and mosaics.
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Mallory, James - Photograph, academic profile, research interests and publication list of the Professor in Prehistoric Archaeology at Queen's University Belfast, author of In Search of the Indo-Europeans.
Mattingly, David - Photograph and brief biography of the Professor of Roman Archaeology at Leicester University who led recent projects in the Libyan Sahara and the Jordanian Desert.
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Peacock, David - Photograph, research interests and publication list of Professor Peacock, Head of the University of Southampton Department of Archaeology, best-known for his work on pottery and stone analysis.
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Pettitt, Paul - Profile of this University of Bristol Lecturer. Research interests include Palaeolithic European archaeology and chronometric dating techniques.
Radford, Ralegh (1900-99) - Photograph and obituary from The Times 27 January 1999 of the archaeologist noted for excavations at Tintagel, Whithorn, Glastonbury, Castle Dore and Birsay.
Richards, Julian: Archaemedia - The official web site of the archaeologist, broadcaster and writer best known as the presenter of BBC programmes Meet the Ancestors and Blood of the Vikings. Includes biography and media credits.
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Rodwell, Warwick (1947- ) - Interview in British Archaeology July 1997 with the ground-breaking fabric analyst and author of the standard textbook on church archaeology.
Thackray, David (1948- ) - Interview in British Archaeology June 1995 with the chief archaeologist for the National Trust.
UK Archaeologists' Email Directory - Individuals and organizations conducting archaeology in the UK, sponsored by the Council for British Archaeology.
Wilkes, John - The Institute of Archaeology, London, provides a photograph, research interests, and recent publications of the Yates Professor of Greek and Roman Archaeology.
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