People - Staff at Archaeology South-East

Kathryn GRANT B.A., M.Sc., AIFA

• Archaeologist
• Forensic archaeology

Research Interests
• Forensic archaeology and human osteology
• Churchyard and burial archaeology
• Classical history, archaeology and literature
• Medieval archaeology
• History and archaeology of Georgia and the Black Sea littoral

Professional Skills
• Archaeological project supervision in UK, Georgia and Slovakia
• Forensic consultancy to police criminal investigation teams
• Analysis and interpretation of human bone assemblages
• Report Production
• Teaching field archaeology
• Geophysical surveying (magnetometry and resistivity)


Career Summary
2007 - Present - Archaeologist, Archaeology South-East
2006 - Present - Archaeological Supervisor, The Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi
2006 - 2007 - Senior Site Assistant, Cambridge Archaeological Unit
2005 - 2006 - Archaeological Site Assistant, Cambridgeshire County Council Archaeological Field Unit
2005 - Archaeological Supervisor, Grampus Heritage Ltd. - "Modré Polé" (Bluefield castle), at Mrazovce, Eastern Slovakia
2004 - 2005 - Archaeological Site Assistant, Cambridge Archaeological Unit

Qualifications
• 2004 - M.Sc. Forensic Archaeology: Crime Scene and International Investigation, Bournemouth University
• 2003 - B.A. Honours Classical and Archaeological Studies, University of Kent at Canterbury

Membership of Learned Societies and Professional Recognition
• Associate of the Institute of field Archaeologists
• Construction Skills Certification Scheme Health & Safety



Key Projects
St. Nicholas CEP School, New Romney, Kent: Excavation on behalf of Neilcott Special Works Ltd of a 13th-14th century site with artefactual evidence of possible low level industrial activities (smithing), fishing and ship repair.

St. John the Baptist Church, Southover, Lewes, E. Sussex: Enhanced watching brief revealing three phases of activity including early Medieval rammed chalk foundations and a 14th-15th century structure incorporating re-used architectural materials thought to be from the nearby Priory of St. Pancras - commissioned by Mackellar Schwerdt Architects.

St. Mary the Virgin Church, Stone, Kent: Test-pit excavations undertaken on behalf of Molyneux Architects.

St. Simon and St. Jude Church, East Dean, E. Sussex: Test-pit excavations undertaken on behalf ofJohn D. Clarke and Partners.

St. Mary’s Church, Ticehurst, E. Sussex: Monitoring works on behalf of John D. Clarke and Partners.

East London Mosque, 45, Fieldgate Street, London Borough of Tower Hamlets: Monitoring of test-pit excavations on behalf on Bamford Trust Plc.

Windmill Hill to Hazards Green, E. Sussex: Evaluation and watching brief monitoring on behalf of South East Water in which 7th-9th century tapered timber posts were uncovered along the route of a possible marine inlet.

Poverty Bottom to Firle Reservoir, E. Sussex: Evaluation and watching brief monitoring uncovered Early Neolithic and late Iron Age/Roman evidence.  Excavations on a possible Neolithic lynchet were also carried out on behalf of South East Water.

Nokalakevi/Archaeopolis Expedition, Georgia:Research and Training Excavation for UK and Georgian students at the multi- period site of Archaeopolis in western Georgia.



Recent Publications
Grant, K.  forthcoming. ‘Archaeological Investigations on Land at St. Nicholas CEP School, New Romney, Fairfield Road, Kent’ in Archaeologia Cantiana

Grant, K. and Worrall, S.  forthcoming. ‘Archaeological Investigations at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate, 2005’ in Archaeologia Cantiana

Grant, K. and Russel, C.  ‘Nokalakevi, Georgia: Archaeology in Ruins’ in Archaeology International 11 (2007/2008)pp.49-53.