Gary Lock Explained

Gary Lock should not be confused with Gary Locke.

Gary R. Lock is a British archaeologist and emeritus professor at the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford.^[1] He is noted for his contributions to computational archaeology.

Work in the UK

In the 1980s Lock became involved in computational archaeology, working on a database for Danebury, an iron age hillfort in Hampshire which was excavated under the direction of Barry Cunliffe.^[2] In 1987 he was co-author of Computer Archaeology in the Shire Archaeology series. Interest in computational archaeology and prehistoric hillforts are also evidenced in more recent work, for example Using computers in archaeology: towards virtual pasts (2003) and his contribution to a project to create a comprehensive database of prehistoric hillforts in the British Isles, the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (launched online in 2017).^[3]

Lock has been a fellow of Kellogg College since 1993, serving as the secretary to its governing body from 1997 to 1998 and Dean of Degrees in 2010.^[4]

Work abroad

He was formerly the chair of Computer Applications and Quantitative Applications in Archaeology (CAA) International.^[5]

He has been involved with archaeological projects on the continent:

• Najarilla valley, Spain^[6]
• Sangro Valley Project, Italy. Together with John Lloyd, he initiated this longue durée project in 1994.^{[7] [8]}

Selected publications

• Book: Lock. Gary R.. Archaeology and Geographical Information Systems: A European Perspective. Stančič. Zoran. 1995. Taylor & Francis. 0-7484-0208-X. London. 33664879.
• Book: Lock, Gary R.. Beyond the Map: Archaeology and Spatial Technologies. 2000. IOS Press. 1-58603-021-3. Amsterdam. 45238404.
• Book: On the Theory and Practice of Archaeological Computing. Oxford University Committee for Archaeology. 2000. 0-947816-51-8. Lock. Gary R.. Oxford. 44835799. Brown. Kayt.
• Book: Lock, Gary R.. Using computers in archaeology: towards virtual pasts. Routledge. 2003. 0-203-45107-4. London. 53886853.
• Book: The Uffington White Horse and its Landscape: Investigations at White Horse Hill, Uffington, 1989-95, and Tower Hill, Ashbury, 1993-4. Oxford Archaeology. 2003. 0-947816-77-1. Miles. David. Oxford. 53411610. Palmer. Simon. Lock. Gary. Gosden. Chris. Chris Gosden. Cromarty. A. M..
• Book: Lock. Gary R.. Segsbury Camp: Excavations in 1996 and 1997 at an Iron Age hillfort on the Oxfordshire Ridgeway. Gosden. Chris. Chris Gosden. Daly. Patrick. Oxford University School of Archaeology. 2005. 0-947816-68-2. Oxford. 62674064.
• Book: Fletcher. Mike. Digging Numbers: Elementary Statistics for Archaeologists. Lock. Gary. Oxford University Committee for Archaeology. 1991. 0-947816-33-X. 2nd. Oxford. 30436044.
• Book: Confronting Scale in Archaeology: Issues of Theory and Practice. Springer. 2006. 10.1007/0-387-32773-8. 978-0-387-32772-3. Lock. Gary. en. Molyneaux. Brian.
• Book: Archaeology and landscape in central Italy: papers in memory of John A. Lloyd. Oxford University School of Archaeology. 2008. 978-1-905905-06-5. Lloyd. John Alfred. Oxford. 212430814. Lock. Gary R..
• Book: Cunliffe. Barry W.. A valley in La Rioja: the Najerilla project. Lock. Gary R.. Oxford University School of Archaeology. 2010. 978-1-905905-15-7. Oxford. 609701372. Barry Cunliffe.
• Book: Lock. Gary. Excavations at King's Low and Queen's Low: two Early Bronze Age barrows in Tixall, north Staffordshire. Spicer. R. D.. Hollins. W.. Archaeopress. 2014. 978-1-905739-66-0. Oxford. 1118193587.
• Book: Gosden. Chris. Chris Gosden. Histories in the making: excavations at Alfred's Castle 1998-2000. Lock. Gary. Oxford University School of Archaeology. 2013. 978-1-905905-32-4. Oxford. 871193039.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Gary Lock. School of Archaeology. University of Oxford. en. 2020-03-16.
2. The Danebury Trust (2003) The Danebury Excavations Digital Archive [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1000352
3. Web site: Online hillforts atlas maps all 4,147 in Britain and Ireland for the first time. 23 June 2017. University of Oxford. en. 2017-07-13.
4. Web site: Gary Lock. Kellogg College. University of Oxford. en-GB. 2020-03-16.
5. Web site: CAA History. CAA International. en-US. 2020-03-16.
6. A valley in La Rioja: The Najerilla Project with Cunliffe, B. (Oxford: Oxford University School of Archaeology Monograph 73, 2010)
7. Web site: The Sangro Valley Project. School of Archaeology – Research Projects. University of Oxford. 2020-03-16.
8. Bell. Tyler. Wilson. Andrew. Wickham. Andrew. 2002. Tracking the Samnites: Landscape and Communications Routes in the Sangro Valley, Italy. American Journal of Archaeology. 106. 2. 169–186. 10.2307/4126242. 4126242. 193073621 . 0002-9114.