Neil Faulkner (archaeologist) explained

Neil Faulkner
Honorific Suffix:FSA
Birth Date:1958 1, df=y
Nationality:British[1]
Children:3[2]
Education:Skinners' School
Alma Mater:
Notable Works:
  • A Marxist History of the World
  • A People's History of the Russian Revolution
  • A Radical History of the World

Neil Faulkner (22 January 1958 – 4 February 2022) was a British archaeologist, historian, writer, lecturer, broadcaster, and political activist.

Biography

Faulkner was born on 22 January 1958.[3] He was educated at the Skinners' School in Tunbridge Wells, King's College, Cambridge and the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, Faulkner was a school teacher before becoming an archaeologist.

He was a Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, co-founder and contributing editor of Archaeology Worldwide magazine,[4] editor of Military History Matters,[5] a contributing editor of Current Archaeology,[6] and co-director of the Great Arab Revolt Project (in Jordan) and the Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project (in Norfolk, England). On 22 May 2008, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).[7]

Faulkner was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of blood lymphoma in mid-2021. He died from the cancer in February 2022, at the age of 64.[8] [9]

Research

Originally trained as a Romanist, Faulkner excavated an Anglo-Saxon site at Sedgeford in Norfolk from 1996 with the Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project (SHARP).[10] In 2016, he completed a ten-year field project looking at the military campaigns of Lawrence of Arabia in southern Jordan (the Great Arab Revolt Project).[11]

The author of many articles and numerous academic papers, his ten books include The Decline and Fall of Roman Britain, Apocalypse: The Great Jewish Revolt Against Rome, Rome: Empire of the Eagles, A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient Olympics, A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals, and Digging Sedgeford: A People's Archaeology. His latest book is Lawrence of Arabia's War (Yale University Press).

Media appearances

Faulkner appeared frequently on television, both at home and abroad. His TV work includes Channel Four's Time Team, BBC2's Timewatch, and Sky Atlantic's The British. He appeared as both academic specialist and political commentator. He made several short history documentaries for Tariq Ali's regular Telesur series The World Today.

In 2019, Faulkner appeared on BBC Radio 4's programme In Our Time to discuss Lawrence of Arabia.[12]

Politics

Faulkner was a Marxist and a revolutionary socialist activist. Having previously been a long-standing member of the Socialist Workers Party, from 1980 to 2010,[13] and then a member of Counterfire, he left in order to set up Brick Lane Debates[14] and the Left Book Club.[15] In 2020 he was on the co-ordinating committee of Anti-Capitalist Resistance.[16]

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GARP team biographies – Dr. Neil Faulkner . jordan1914–18archaeology.org . Great Arab Revolt Project .
  2. Web site: GARP team biographies – Dr. Neil Faulkner . jordan1914–18archaeology.org . Great Arab Revolt Project .
  3. News: Neil Faulkner, archaeologist, historian and 'revolutionary socialist' activist – obituary . 7 February 2022 . The Telegraph . 7 February 2022.
  4. url=https://www.archaeologyworldwide.com
  5. Web site: Home . military-history.org.
  6. Web site: Current Archaeology Current Publishing. 5 February 2022. www.currentpublishing.com.
  7. Web site: Dr Neil M Faulkner FSA. Fellows Directory. Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London. 14 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160427023418/https://www.sal.org.uk/about-us/fellows-directory/?fs=Faulkner+&page=1. 27 April 2016. dead.
  8. Web site: Neil Faulkner . Anti-Capitalist Resistance . 4 February 2022.
  9. News: Neil Faulkner obituary . 7 February 2022 . Archaeology Worldwide . 4 February 2022.
  10. Web site: SHARP - Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project. www.sharp.org.uk. 28 February 2016.
  11. Web site: GARP home page. www.jordan1914-18archaeology.org. 28 February 2016.
  12. Web site: Lawrence of Arabia . BBC.co.uk . 5 December 2019 . 16 January 2020.
  13. Book: Faulkner, Neil . 2017 . A People's History of the Russian Revolution . . Acknowledgements – IX . 978-0745399034.
  14. Web site: Brick Lane Debates. www.bricklanedebates.com. 28 February 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160105130116/http://bricklanedebates.com/. 5 January 2016. dmy-all.
  15. Web site: The Left Book Club. www.leftbookclub.com. 28 February 2016.
  16. Web site: Anti*Capitalist Resistance . Mutiny . en . 31 July 2020 . 4 September 2020 . 30 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210730180456/https://www.timetomutiny.org/post/anti-capitalist-resistance . dead .

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