Kate Welham

Professor Kate Welham

  • Professor Of Archaeological Sciences
  • Christchurch House C118, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography

My primary research focus is the application of remote sensing techniques in an archaeological context. I am an experienced archaeological surveyor with expertise in topographical survey, geophysical prospection, GIS, and 3D scanning technology. I have directed a number of recent archaeological surveys on both prehistoric and historic landscapes in the UK and abroad including, Stonehenge, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Tanzania.

Recent research projects have included the Rapa Nui: Landscapes of Construction Project (with Sue Hamilton, UCL and Colin Richards, Manchester University), and the Songo Mnara: Urban Space, Social memory and Materiality (with Stephanie Wynne-Jones, University of York and Jeff Fleisher, Rice University). I am a co-director of the AHRC funded Stonehenge Riverside Project (with the Universities of Sheffield, Manchester, Bristol and UCL).

I also specialise in materials and production technology with particular reference to glass production in Northern Europe from the late 1st to early 2nd millennium AD...

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Research

My primary research focus is the application of remote sensing techniques in an archaeological context. I am an experienced archaeological surveyor with expertise in topographical survey, geophysical prospection, GIS, and 3D scanning technology. I have directed a number of recent archaeological surveys on both prehistoric and historic landscapes in the UK and abroad including, Stonehenge, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Tanzania.

Recent research projects have included the Rapa Nui: Landscapes of Construction Project (with Sue Hamilton, UCL and Colin Richards, Manchester University), and the Songo Mnara: Urban Space, Social memory and Materiality (with Stephanie Wynne-Jones, University of York and Jeff Fleisher, Rice University). I am a co-director of the AHRC funded Stonehenge Riverside Project (with the Universities of Sheffield, Manchester, Bristol and UCL).

I also specialise in materials and production technology with particular reference to glass production in Northern Europe from the late 1st to early 2nd millennium AD. Recent projects include the archaeological investigation of glass making at Glastonbury Abbey, (with Hugh Willmott, University of Sheffield).

Favourites

  • Welham, K., Shaw, L., Dover, M., Manley, H., Pearson, M.P., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Thomas, J. and Tilley, C., 2015. Google under-the-earth: Seeing Beneath Stonehenge using Google Earth - A tool for public engagement and the dissemination of archaeological data. Internet Archaeology.
  • Willmott, H. and Welham, K., 2015. Saxon Glass Furnaces. In: Green, C. and Gilchrist, R., eds. Glastonbury Abbey: archaeological investigations 1904–79. Society of Antiquaries, 218-238.
  • Welham, K., Fleisher, J., Cheetham, P., Manley, H., Steele, C. and Wynne-Jones, S., 2014. Geophysical Survey in Sub-Saharan Africa: magnetic and Electromagnetic Investigation of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Songo Mnara, Tanzania. Archaeological Prospection.
  • Willmott, H. and Welham, K., 2013. Late Seventh-Century Glassmaking at Glastonbury Abbey. Journal of Glass Studies, 55, 71-83.
  • Fleisher, J., Wynne-Jones, S., Steele, C. and Welham, K., 2012. Geophysical Survey at Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania. Journal of African Archaeology, 10 (2), 207-220.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Responsible consumption and production

"Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns"

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Climate action

"Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts"

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Life on land

"Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss"

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