Niall Sharples 

Research interests

My principal research interest is the prehistory of Britain and I have excavated widely from Shetland to Dorset. I am currently undertaking a long term field project in the Hebrides in partnership with the Universities of Sheffield and Bournmouth (for interim reports on the work see our Reports page). My current theoretical interests include the history of archaeological thought, particularly in the middle of the 20th century, and the significance of monumentality in prehistory. Publications include detailed reports on my excavations at Maiden Castle, Dorset, Scalloway, Shetland, and Dun Vulan, South Uist, a popular account on the hillfort of Maiden Castle and an edited collection of essays on the Neolithic; Vessels for the Ancestors. I am currently writing a book on the Iron Age of Wessex.

Teaching

• HS2305 - Later Bronze Age Britain
• HS2306 - Iron Age Britain
• HS2365 - Complex Societies in Barbarian Europe
• HS2364 - Archaeology Today
• HS2103 - Introduction to British Prehistory

Administrative responsibilities

Enrolment, student records, departmental board and publications.

How to contact me

Phone: +44 (0)29 2087 4246
Fax: +44 (0)29 2087 4929
E-mail: Sharples@cardiff.ac.uk