Pippa Pearce Explained

Philippa Mary Pearce is a senior conservator at the British Museum.^[1] She is particularly known for her work on coin hoards found in England and was awarded an MBE for services to metal conservation in 2018.^[2] She has worked on most of the coin hoards found in recent years as part of the Treasure process.

Pippa Pearce
Honorific Suffix:	MBE
Nationality:	British
Discipline:	Conservation
Workplaces:	British Museum

Career

Pearce has led conservation work on many of the most famous coin hoards of recent years, including the Watlington Hoard,^[3] Tetbury Hoard,^[4] Yeovil Roman Hoard,^[5] Lenborough Hoard,^{[6] [7]} and Seaton Down Hoard.^[8] Most famously, she has worked on the Frome Hoard.^{[9] [10]}

Due to the large number of coin hoards discovered needing preliminary conservation at the British Museum, Pearce has changed metal conservation processes in order to manage the large volume of coins, particularly Roman coins.^{[11] [12]}

Pearce is the conservator for excavations at Sidon conducted by the British Museum and the Lebanese Department of Antiquities.^[13] She works as a small finds and site conservator on a number of excavations including the sites of Kamenica, Butrint,^{[14] [15]} and Apollonia in Albania, and the sites of Kawa and the Northern Dongala Reach in Sudan.

Publications

• "We do it indoors and sitting down, but still call it archaeology – unravelling and recording blocklifted hoards" in Encounters, Excavations and Argosies: Essays for Richard Hodges eds John Mitchell, John Moreland and Bea Leal (Archaeopress 2017) 236-9^[16]
• "Practicable Solutions' in Festschrift for Prof Korkuti: New Directions in Albanian Archaeology eds L. Bejko and R. Hodges, International Centre for Albanian archaeology (Monograph Series No.1, Tirana, 2006) 356-367

External links

• British Museum staff page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pippa Pearce. British Museum. en-GB. 2018-06-11.
2. Web site: Philippa PEARCE. www.thegazette.co.uk. 2018-06-11.
3. Web site: Watlington Hoard Unveiled at British Museum - Gainesville Coins News. blog.gainesvillecoins.com. en-US. 2018-06-11.
4. Web site: Record ID: GLO-BE8848 - ROMAN coin hoard. The Portable Antiquities Scheme. en. 2018-06-11.
5. News: 2016 - pg191-192 - Yeovil Roman Coin Hoard - Yeovil Archaeological and Local History Society. Yeovil Archaeological and Local History Society. 2018-06-11. en-GB.
6. News: Man with metal detector finds one of Britain's largest hoard of buried treasure... hopes to buy new house. AFP. TheJournal.ie. 2018-06-11. en.
7. News: Largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins found in recent years displayed. The Independent. 2018-06-11. en-GB.
8. News: New Details on the Seaton Down Hoard. 2015-02-19. The Archaeology Hour Podcast Blog. 2018-06-11. en-US.
9. News: Frome Hoard - Current Archaeology. 2010-10-08. Current Archaeology. 2018-06-11. en-US.
10. Web site: Coins from Frome. 11 June 2018.
11. 2011. ANCIENT HOARDS. 42667242. The Numismatic Chronicle. 171. 407–424.
12. Web site: The work of the Ceramics, Glass and Metals conservators at the British Museum. Day of Archaeology. en-GB. 2018-06-11.
13. Web site: Team members. www.sidonexcavation.com. en-gb. 2018-06-11.
14. Richard Hodges & Anna Paterlini. 1 July 2014. A Short History of the Butrint Foundation's Conservation Programme at Butrint, Albania: 1994–2012. Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites. 15:3-4. 3–4. 254–280. 10.1179/1350503314Z.00000000060. 111334326.
15. Web site: Coins from Butrint: Numismatic research on archaeological excavation. British Museum. en-GB. 2018-06-11.
16. Web site: Contents. 11 June 2018.