Martin Jones
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External Appointments Held
- NERC:
- Chairman, Ancient Biomolecule Initiative (to 1998);
- Chairman, Science-based Archaeology Strategy Committee (to 1999);
- Earth Sciences Technology Board (to 1999);
- Terrestrial Sciences Research Grants Committee (to 1998);
- HEFC: Archaeology RAE Panel (complete);
- Wellcome Trust: Bioarchaeology Panel (Chairman);
- HBMC:
- Science and Conservation Panel (Chairman);
- AMAC (complete);
- HSLAC;
- BAAS: President of the Archaeology and Anthropology section (1988).
- Trustee, Vale of Pickering Research Trust
- Trustee, Butser Ancient Farm Trust
- Experimental Earthworks Committee
- External examiner
- currently, University of Durham
- UMIST (to 2000)
- previous years, Universities of Bradford, Sheffield, London and Leicester
Previous Appointments Held
- 1990--present George Pitt-Rivers Professor of Archaeological Science, University of Cambridge (Department of Archaeology)
- 1989-90 Senior Lecturer in Archaeological Science, and Chairman of the Centre for the Evolution of Human Environments, University of Durham
- 1981-9 Lecturer in Archaeological Science, University of Durham
- 1979-81 Archaeobotanical research assistant, University of Oxford (Institute of Archaeology and Botany School)
- 1974-76 & 77-79 Environmental Specialist, Oxford Archaeological Unit
Awards
- 1999 Hon D.Univ (Stirling), for services to Archaeological Science
- 1991 PhD (Cantab), by incorporation
- 1985 DPhil (Oxon) The ecological and cultural implications of selected carbonised seed assemblages from southern Britain
- 1973 BA (Cantab) 1st class honours in Natural Science
- 1972 Cambridge University Prize for Botany (Frank Smart Prize)