People - Staff at Archaeology South-East

Lucy ALLOTT – BSc, MSc, PhD

• Senior Archaeologist:
• Archaeobotanist & Charcoal Specialist

Research Interests
• People-environment interactions, resource use and woodland management in South East Britain.
• Palaeovegetation and environmental reconstructions using archaeobotanical remains.
• Charcoal analysis, documenting and disseminating reference material.
• The impact of global climate changes upon vegetation environments during the Quaternary in southern Africa.

Professional Skills
• Charcoal identification, assessment and analysis publication.
• Waterlogged wood identification and assessment.
• Flot and macrobotanical assessment and analysis publication.
• Environmental sampling management and advising.
• Post-excavation environmental processing management.
• Column sampling and specialist on-site sampling.
• Lecturing and tutoring in charcoal analysis, environmental archaeology, sampling and processing.

Career Summary
2005 - present - Palaeobotanist & Environmental Archaeologist, Archaeology South-East,
2005 - Contract Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
2000 - 2002 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (lecture courses in Analytical Methods (Archaeobotany, Stable Isotope Analysis), Human Evolution (South African Stone Age) and Introduction to Archaeology).

Qualifications
• 2005 - Ph.D.; School of Geography, Archaeology, and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
• 2000 - M.Sc. (distinction); School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
• 1998 - B.Sc. (hons); School of Archaeology, Classics & Oriental Studies, University of Liverpool, Liverpool.

Membership of Learned Societies and Professional Recognition
• Member, Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists
• Member, Southern African Society for Quaternary Research



Recent Publications
Allott, L. (in prep) Charred, waterlogged and mineralised plant remains from Ropetackle, Shoreham-by-sea.

Allott, L. (in prep) The charred wood assemblage from Highstead Farm Quarry, Kent

Allott, L. 2008 The charred macroplant remains from Comines, Pas-de-Calais , France . Unpublished Analysis Report prepared for ArchaeoScape, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London.

Allott, L. (2006) The macroplant remains. In S. Stevens The Elms, (south and east of Sainsbury's), Dymchurch Road, New Romney, Kent: Archaeological Excavations 2005

Allott, L. (2006) The charcoal. In S. Steven The Elms, (south and east of Sainsbury's), Dymchurch Road, New Romney, Kent: Archaeological Excavations 2005

Allott, L. 2006. Archaeological charcoal as a window on palaeovegetation and wood-use during the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu Cave . Southern African Humanities 18 (1): 173-201

Allott, L. 2004. ‘Vegetation Environments During Oxygen Isotope Stage 3: reconstructions using archaeological charcoal from Sibudu Cave ' South African Journal of Science 100 : 179-184.