Helen Loney Explained

Thesis Year:1995
Discipline:Archaeology
Helen Loney
Birth Date:1960

Helen Loney is an archaeologist specialising in the study of prehistory. She is a course tutor in archaeology at Oxford University Department of Continuing Education.[1] She has previously worked as Principal Lecturer in Archaeology and Heritage Studies at the University of Worcester (2007-2022) and as Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow (1996-2007).[2]

Loney has a number of roles with archaeology societies. In 2022 she was appointed Chair of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society[3] [4] and council member of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology.[5] [6] She has also served as a member of the editorial board for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society.

Education

Loney studied a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, graduating magna cum laude in 1983. She went on to complete a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, finishing in 1995.

Career

Loney worked as a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Glasgow between 1996 and 2007, before moving to the University of Worcester for the start of the 2007/08 academic year.[7] In 2008/09, Loney and Andrew Hoaen received funding to radiocarbon-date material recovered during fieldwork at Matterdale.[8]

In 2013 wrote the book Social Change and Technology in Prehistoric Italy, based on her PhD thesis. It was published by the Accordia Research Institute, and a review by Bob Chapman for the Prehistoric Society described it as a "welcome [addition] to the literature on later Italian prehistory".[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oxford . University of . Archaeology: An Introduction . 2023-04-13 . Oxford University Department for Continuing Education . en . 2023-04-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230413161706/https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/archaeology-an-introduction . live .
  2. Web site: Dr Helen Loney. https://web.archive.org/web/20210818195924/https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/profiles/dr-helen-loney. 18 August 2021. University of Worcester. 21 August 2021. live.
  3. Web site: Contact Us – Worcestershire Archaeological Society. 2021-08-20. en-GB. 2021-08-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20210820222644/http://worcestershirearchaeologicalsociety.org.uk/?page_id=16. live.
  4. Loney . Helen . 2022 . Chair's Letter . Worcestershire Recorder . 106 . 3 . 2023-04-13 . 2023-04-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230413160203/http://worcestershirearchaeologicalsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Autumn-2022-Recorder-compressed.pdf . live .
  5. Web site: Council Members The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology. 2021-08-20. www.spma.org.uk. 10 December 2019. 2021-08-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20210820233224/http://www.spma.org.uk/about-the-society/council-members/. live.
  6. Web site: SOCIETY FOR POST-MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY LIMITED(THE) people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK . 2023-04-13 . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . en . 2023-04-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230413160200/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01477528/officers . live .
  7. Web site: Helen Loney. ORCID. 20 August 2021. 20 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210820233222/https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1936-5619. live.
  8. Web site: 2009. University of Worcester Institute of Science and the Environment Annual Report on Research-Related Activities, 2008-2009. 20 August 2021. University of Worcester. 20 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210820210203/https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/866/1/ISE_annual_research_report_08_09.pdf. live.
  9. Web site: Chapman. Bob. 2014. Book reviews: Social Change and Technology in Prehistoric Italy; Rethinking the North Italian Early Neolithic. 21 August 2021. 1 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160801114332/http://www.prehistoricsociety.org/files/reviews/Italian_Neolithic_final_reviews.pdf. live.

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