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Professor Michael Aston (born July 1 1946) has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. He is a passionate educator and populariser of archaeology, known to the viewing public for his colourful sweaters.
Prof. Aston, who prefers to be known as Mick, was born in the English Black Country and studied geography at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. At the same time he pursued his interest in archaeology both academically and through fieldwork, finding his vocation as a landscape archaeologist.
While researching for a higher degree he taught at the Extra-Mural Department of the University of Birmingham. This proved to be the start of a long career in further education. When he moved to Oxfordshire to take up a post at the Oxford City and County Museum, he taught many extra-mural classes for Oxford University. From there he moved to Taunton to become the first County Archaeologist for Somerset. Again he taught extra-mural classes, this time for the University of Bristol. So it was a natural progression for him to become in 1978 a full-time tutor in local studies at the Oxford University External Studies Department. Then in 1979 he returned to the West Country as tutor in archaeology at the University of Bristol Extra-Mural Department. He was awarded a personal chair at Bristol University in 1996. When he retired in 2004, he became an emeritus professor at Bristol University.
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Digging through some old negatives, I just found these shots I took of Mick Aston from Time Team in 1998 http://bit.ly/4ooAgd
timeflight (Darren Hendley) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:10:43 -0000
Digging through some old negatives, I just found these shots I took of Mick Aston from Time Team in 1998 http://bit.ly/4ooAgd
@xjamieleex haha so funny lol its not as if Aston cant take the mick outta the green giant aswell :L
danniconnor (Danielle Connor) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:48:04 -0000
@xjamieleex haha so funny lol its not as if Aston cant take the mick outta the green giant aswell :L
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Chat with Mick Aston - The leader of Channel 4 TVs award-winning archaeology series 'Time Team' answered questions from fans online: transcript of the session.
I Blame the Champagne - Mick Aston recalls the day he stumbled on a deserted medieval village. An article in the 'Favourite Finds' series, British Archaeology, no 51.
Mick Aston - The Professor in Landscape Archaeology best known as the leader of the TV archaeology series 'Time Team'. Interviews, photographs, publication list, review of 'Mick's Archaeology', news and related links.
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Mick Aston - Photograph and brief profile of retired Professor of Landscape Archaeology from Bristol University.
Wikipedia: Mick Aston - A biography drawing on his own professional autobiography, Mick's Archaeology.
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