Derek Pitman

Dr Derek Pitman

  • 01202 962474
  • dpitman at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
  • Associate Professor & Deputy Head of Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • Christchurch House C123, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography

I am an Associate Professor and Deputy Head in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology. I teach practical archaeology, geomatics, archaeological materials, and landscape archaeology. I have research projects in Greece and the UK.

Journal Articles

Chapters

  • Welham, K., Pitman, D., Scott-Pratt, H., Hagan, J., Casswell, C., Green, A., Duckworth, C. and Montanari, E., 2021. Geophysical and geochemical exploration of the industrial areas in the Alhambra. In: García Porras, A., Duckworth, C.N. and Govantes-Edwards, D., eds. The Royal Workshops of the Alhambra: Industrial Activity in Early Modern Granada. Boydell & Brewer.
  • García Porras, A., Duckworth, C., Welham, K., Govantes-Edwards, D., Pitman, D., Alonso, M., Ríos, J., Jímenez, M., Montanari, E. and Moore, B., 2021. La producción cerámica en Granada entre la época medieval y moderna. Los talleres del Secano de la Alhambra. (The pottery production in Granada between the middle ages and the modern period. The Alhambra workshops of el secano.). In: Coll Conesa, J. and Salinas Pleguezuelo, E., eds. Technologia de los Vidriados en el Oeste Mediterráneo: Tradiciones islámicas y cristianas. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte, Gobierno de España, 221-253.
  • Pitman, D. and Doonan, R., 2018. Beyond the Grave: Crafting Identities in the Middle Bronze Age Southern Trans Urals. Warfare in Bronze Age Society. 119-135.
  • Doonan, R.C.P., Hanks, B., Pitman, D., Kupriyanova, E. and Zdanovich, D., 2015. Eventful deaths – eventful lives? Bronze age mortuary practices in the late prehistoric Eurasian steppes of central Russia (2100–1500 BC). In: Renfrew, C., Boyd, M. and Morley, I., eds. Death Rituals, Social Order and the Archaeology of Immortality in the Ancient World: 'Death Shall Have No Dominion'. Cambridge University Press.
  • Doonan, R., Hanks, B., Zdanovich, D., Kupriyanova, E., Pitman, D., Batanina, N. and Johnson, J., 2014. Metals, society, and economy in the Late Prehistoric Eurasian Steppe. Archaeometallurgy in Global Perspective: Methods and Syntheses. 755-784.
  • Hanks, B.K., Chechuchkov, I., Doonan, R.C.P., Pitman, D., Mušic, B., Medarich, I. and Mori, M., 2014. Noveyshiye rezul'taty i perspektivy issledovaniy mikrorayona drevnego rasseleniya Ust'ye i doliny reki Nizhniy Toguzakmore. Drevneye Ust'ye: Ukreplennoye poseleniye bronzovogo veka v Yuzhnom Zaural'ye. Chelyabinsk Pedagogical University.
  • Doonan, R.C.P., Pitman, D., Hanks, B.K., Zdanovich, D. and Kupriyanova, E., 2013. Organisation Der Metallurgie Der Sintašta-Kultur. In: Gorelik, A. and Linden, M., eds. Aus dem Herzen Eurasiens – Schätze des alten Kasachstans. Bochum.
  • Pitman, D., Doonan, R.C.P., Hanks, B.K., Montgomery, D., Van Brempt, L., Kupriyanova, E. and Zdanovich, D., 2013. Exploring Metallurgy at Stepnoye: the role of ceramics in the matte conversion process. In: Dungworth, D., ed. Accidental and Experimental Archaeometallurgy.. HSM.
  • Pitman, D., 2012. Review of “Experimentation and Interpretation: the use of experimental archaeology in the study of the past”. Archaeological Review from Cambridge. Cambridge.

Conferences

  • Manley, H., Elliott, S. and Pitman, D., 2022. SALT OF THE EARTH: DISENTANGLING NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC LANDSCAPES IN THE POOLE HARBOUR CATCHMENT USING DEPOSIT MODELLING. In: Association of Environmental Archaeology 2 December 2022-5 March 2023 Glasgow University.
  • Garcia, A., Duckworth, C., Welham, K., Govantes-Edwards, D., Pitman, D., Alonso, M., Ríos, J.M., Jiménez, M.C., Montanari, E. and Moore, B., 2018. La producción cerámica en Granada entre la época medieval y moderna. Los talleres del secano de la Alhambra. In: International Workshop. Glaze Technology in the Western Mediterranean: Islamic and Christian traditions 25 January 2018 Museo Nacional de Cerámica y Artes Suntuarias “González Martí” de Valencia. Museo Nacional de Cerámica y Artes Suntuarias de Valencia.

Posters

PhD Students

  • Owen Kearn, 2022. Investigating & interpreting the sources of stone & ceramic building materials used in Roman Bath, (In progress)
  • Megan Russell. Crafting a better wellbeing: Using experimental Archaeology to improve mental health, (In progress)
  • Daniel Carter. The Origins of, and specialisation within, the Verwood-type Pottery Industry

Profile of Teaching PG

  • Recording and Understanding Archaeological Landscapes
  • Management of Archaeological Materials
  • Professional Practice in Post-Excavation

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Ancient Peoples and Places
  • Applications of Archaeological Science
  • Approaches to Archaeology
  • Archaeological Practice
  • Post-Excavation studies
  • Studying Ancient Materials
  • AAFS Study Skills
  • Themes in Archaeology and Anthropology
  • Gathering Time
  • Field and Research Skills
  • Later Prehistoric Britain

Grants

  • Identifying the potential for establishing long-term environmental models in western Thessaly, Greece, across a period of up to 10,000 years (BU SIA ECR Networking Fund, 21 Jun 2022). In Progress
  • Performing the Past (HLF, 01 Sep 2019). Awarded
  • Understanding the relationships between high-temperature industries and early Islamic urbanisation. (British Academy, 31 Aug 2016). Awarded

Conference Presentations

  • Västsvensk arkeologidag, Vlochos Archaeological Project: Investigating urban development using non-invasive techniques in Thessaly Greece, 22 Feb 2019, Göteborg
  • Near Surface Geophysics Group: annual meeting, The Vlochos Archaeological Project: Investigating urban development using non-invasive techniques in Thessaly, Greece, 04 Dec 2018, London
  • Archaeological work of Thessaly and Central Greece, Volos, The Vlochos Archaeological Project 2016-2017: The first two years of Greek-Swedish collaboration at the site of Vlochos, Karditsa prefecture, 01 Mar 2018, Volos
  • 41st International Symposium on Archaeometry, New prospects: geophysical and geochemical survey at the 10th century city of Madinat al-Zahra, Spain, 15 May 2016, Kalamata, Greece
  • Computer Applications in Archaeology - International, Seeing things differently.  The use of combined geochemical and geophysical prospection techniques to investigate early Islamic town planning., 29 Mar 2016, Oslo, Norway
  • Computer Applications in Archaeology - UK, Seeing things differently.  The use of combined geochemical and geophysical prospection techniques to investigate early Islamic town planning., 05 Mar 2016, Leicester, UK

Qualifications

  • PhD in Archaeology (The University of Sheffield, 2015)
  • MSc in Archaeomaterials (The University of Sheffield, 2008)
  • BSc (Hons) in Archaeology (Bournemouth University, 2006)

External Media and Press

Broadcast Interview

  • BBC South Today, Archaeological dig reveals medieval industry at Wytch Farm in Dorset, Graveling, M, 04 Jul 2019
  • National Afternoon Live, Archaeological dig reveals medieval industry at Wytch Farm in Dorset, Gravelling, M, 04 Jul 2019