People - Staff at Archaeology South-East

Dan SWIFT B.A.Hons MIFA

• Senior Archaeologist

Research Interests
• Roman and medieval London
• Waterfront archaeology
• The archaeology and history of England

Professional Skills
• Direction of archaeological excavations
• Arcview GIS, AutoCAD
• Single and multi-context recording
• Archaeological Impact Assessment
• Timber Recording
• Post-excavation analysis and publication

Career Summary
2006 - present - Senior Archaeologist, Archaeology South-East
1998 - 2006 - Senior Archaeologist, Museum of London Archaeology Service
1995 – 1998 - Archaeologist for various field units including:
AOC London
RPS Cloustons
APS (Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire)
Compton Bassett Area Research Project
Fenland Archaeological Trust
1995 - 1996 - Curator, English Heritage

Foreign Excavations
2001 Area supervisor, Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan
1996 Area supervisor, Kaman Kale Huyuk, Turkey
1995 Area supervisor, Tell Nebi Mend, Syria
1994 Archaeologist, La Hidigalda, Tenerife

Qualifications
• 1995, BA Hons. Archaeology of Western Asia

Membership of Learned Societies and Professional Recognition
• Member, Institute of Field Archaeologists



Key Projects
Understanding the East London Gravels:
Assessment and publication of prehistoric, Roman, medieval and post-medieval archive material from sites: Hunts Hill Farm, Whitehall Wood, Moor Hall Farm, Great Arnold’s Field, Great Sunnings and Manor Farm

Tonbridge High Street, Kent:
Urban medieval and post-medieval archaeology

12 Arthur Street, City of London:
Urban Roman, medieval and post-medieval waterfront archaeology

8-10 Throgmorton Avenue, City of London:
Urban Roman, medieval and post-medieval along the banks of the River Walbrook

40-43 Bow Lane, City of London:
Urban Roman, medieval and post-medieval archaeology

Atlantic House, City of London:
Roman cemetery

201 Bishopsgate, City of London:
Urban Roman, medieval and post-medieval archaeology, Roman cemetery

St Catherine’s House, Aldwych, London:
Urban medieval and post-medieval archaeology

King Edward’s buildings, City of London:
Urban Roman, medieval and post-medieval archaeology

8-10 Moorgate, City of London:
Urban Roman, medieval and post-medieval archaeology



Recent Publications
Swift, D, Howell, I, Watson, Cotton, J, forthcoming ‘Understanding the East London Gravels’ A Landscape publication of the prehistoric, Roman, medieval and post-medieval sites at: Hunts Hill Farm, Whitehall Wood, Moor Hall Farm, Great Arnold’s Field, Great Sunnings and Manor Farm, MoLAS Monograph Series

Swift, D, forthcoming ‘The Roman riverfront at 12 Arthur Street, City of London’, MoLAS Archaeology Study Series

Blair, Ian; Spain, Robert; Swift, Dan; Taylor, Tony; Goodburn, Damian, 2006 ‘Wells and Bucket-Chains: Unforeseen Elements of Water Supply in Early Roman London’ Britannia, Volume 37, Number 1

Swift, D, 2003 ‘Roman burials, medieval tenements and suburban growth’, excavations at 201 Bishopsgate, City of London, MoLAS 2003 study series 10

Blair, I and Swift, D, 2003 ‘Roman London's water supply’, Bulletin for the Association for Roman Archaeology, 15, 16-18