Philip Gould

p.gould.1@research.gla.ac.uk

Research title: A Palaeoenvironmental investigation of the southern Scottish Highlands to understand past landscapes and future management programmes.

Research Summary

My Mres is on land-use and agricultural practice in upland landscapes in the late-Medieval and early-modern period, with a primary focus on environmental records and these records interact with the archaeological and historic records from the same geographies and periods. I am particularly interested in peatland and the narratives and histories that can be told about and from peatlands. I am wanting to explore tension between disciplines within archaeology and how to integrate palaeoenvironmental work, archaeological study, as well as the  conservation and rewetting of peatland.

Additional Information

Education:

2020-2024- MA degree with First Class honours: Archaeology, University of Glasglow

Professional experience:

AOC Archaeology Group, Environmental department May-July, 2023 and July 2024

Field work Experience:

Tarmachan Peat Restoration Project, Ben Lawers, Killin, October 2023

After the Garden Festival Project, Glasgow, June 2024

Govan Old Church: Dig Where You Stand, August 29th-September 22nd 2024