arke.umu.sePhilip Buckland: Översikt
A short introduction to the working life of Philip Buckland.
Current responsibilities
Associate Head of Department
Director of the SEAD Project
(Member of the Humanities Faculty Board - resting)
Research, teaching and method development
Research summary
My research interests include palaeoentomology (insects in archaeology and Quaternary science), climate change, environmental change, statistics, GIS and computer applications in archaeology/environmental science, international research infrastructure and database development. Please see the research page for more details, and the publications page for some of the results.
I am currently running the Strategic Environmental Archaeology Database (SEAD) project, funded by the Swedish Research Council and Umeå University. The project is based at the Environmental Archaeology Lab in close collaboration with HUMlab in Umeå, the Laboratory for Ceramic Research and National laboratory for wood anatomy and dendrochronology in Lund. Please see the project website for more information.
Teaching
Current courses
| Course | ECTS | Level | Programme |
|---|---|---|---|
Presenting environmental archaeology: speech, illustration and text | 7.5 | Advanced Campus | Env Arch Masters |
| GIS for environmental archaeology and archaeology | 7.5 | Advanced Campus | Env Arch Master |
Brottsplatsens Arkeologi - The archaeology of the crime scene with Johan Linderholm | 7.5 | Basic Online | |
Environmental Archaeology Masters Degree Program (advanced level, English or Swedish), with other MAL staff | |||
| Various bits of undergraduate courses and supervision | |||
Previous courses
- Archaeology D, advanced level
- Course designer and manager for the 'Basic statistics for Archaeology' and jointly (with Johan Olofsson) for the 'Surveying and prospection for Archaeology' international courses.
- Introduction to Environmental Archaeology
- Various modules and bits on undergraduate courses
Courses under development/planned
- Advanced method studies in environmental archaeology
