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Dr '''Helen Geake''' is one of the key members of [[Channel 4]]'s popular and long-running [[archaeology]] series [[Time Team]], presented by [[Tony Robinson]], along with [[Mick Aston]] and [[Phil Harding (archaeologist)|Phil Harding]].<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/biog_helen.html Channel 4 Time Team biography of Helen Geake]</ref> |
Dr '''Helen Geake''' is one of the key members of [[Channel 4]]'s popular and long-running [[archaeology]] series [[Time Team]], presented by [[Tony Robinson]], along with [[Mick Aston]] and [[Phil Harding (archaeologist)|Phil Harding]].<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/biog_helen.html Channel 4 Time Team biography of Helen Geake]</ref> |
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Geake was born in [[Wolverhampton]] in 1967 but grew up in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] |
Geake was born in [[Wolverhampton]] in 1967 but grew up in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]. She originally trained as a secretary. However, reading [[archaeology]] books and attending lectures by [[Mick Aston]] led her to study medieval archaeology at [[University College London]]. Subsequently she took a [[PhD]] at the [[University of York]] in [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] cemeteries contemporary with the spectacular ship burial at [[Sutton Hoo]].<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/biog_helen.html Channel 4 Time Team biography of Helen Geake]</ref> |
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After university she worked as assistant keeper of archaeology at [[Norwich Castle Museum]]. Currently she is Finds Advisor for Early Medieval to Post-Medieval Objects for the [[Portable Antiquities Scheme]], based at [[Cambridge University]] Department of Archaeology.<ref>[http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/~hg260/ Helen Geake's profile at Cambridge University]; [http://www.finds.org.uk/people/profile.php?personID=88 Helen Geake's page at the Portable Antiquities Scheme site]</ref> She first worked for [[Time Team]] in 1998 as a digger, and took part occasionally thereafter as an Anglo-Saxon specialist. She joined the frontline team of presenters for the 2006 series.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/biog_helen.html Channel 4 Time Team biography of Helen Geake]</ref> |
After university she worked as assistant keeper of archaeology at [[Norwich Castle Museum]]. Currently she is Finds Advisor for Early Medieval to Post-Medieval Objects for the [[Portable Antiquities Scheme]], based at [[Cambridge University]] Department of Archaeology.<ref>[http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/~hg260/ Helen Geake's profile at Cambridge University]; [http://www.finds.org.uk/people/profile.php?personID=88 Helen Geake's page at the Portable Antiquities Scheme site]</ref> She first worked for [[Time Team]] in 1998 as a digger, and took part occasionally thereafter as an Anglo-Saxon specialist. She joined the frontline team of presenters for the 2006 series.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/biog_helen.html Channel 4 Time Team biography of Helen Geake]</ref> |
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She has contributed a number of articles on her specialist field, editing and writing other works. In 2003 she was elected a Fellow of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London]].<ref>[http://www.sal.org.uk/history/listoffellows/ Society of Antiquaries of London List of Fellows]</ref> |
She has contributed a number of articles on her specialist field, editing and writing other works. In 2003 she was elected a Fellow of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London]].<ref>[http://www.sal.org.uk/history/listoffellows/ Society of Antiquaries of London List of Fellows]</ref> She is also a regional member of the Council of Rescue: The British Archaeological Trust.<ref>[http://www.rescue-archaeology.org.uk/council/contacts.html List of Council members of Rescue] </ref> |
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Geake is married. She has two sons and a daughter. She lives in Suffolk. |
Geake is married. She has two sons and a daughter. She lives in Suffolk. |
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Revision as of 14:26, 23 February 2009
Dr Helen Geake is one of the key members of Channel 4's popular and long-running archaeology series Time Team, presented by Tony Robinson, along with Mick Aston and Phil Harding.[1]
Geake was born in Wolverhampton in 1967 but grew up in Bath. She originally trained as a secretary. However, reading archaeology books and attending lectures by Mick Aston led her to study medieval archaeology at University College London. Subsequently she took a PhD at the University of York in Anglo-Saxon cemeteries contemporary with the spectacular ship burial at Sutton Hoo.[2]
After university she worked as assistant keeper of archaeology at Norwich Castle Museum. Currently she is Finds Advisor for Early Medieval to Post-Medieval Objects for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, based at Cambridge University Department of Archaeology.[3] She first worked for Time Team in 1998 as a digger, and took part occasionally thereafter as an Anglo-Saxon specialist. She joined the frontline team of presenters for the 2006 series.[4]
She has contributed a number of articles on her specialist field, editing and writing other works. In 2003 she was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[5] She is also a regional member of the Council of Rescue: The British Archaeological Trust.[6]
Geake is married. She has two sons and a daughter. She lives in Suffolk.
Selected works:
- The Use of Grave Goods in conversion-Period England c.600-c.850, British Archaeological Reports, Oxford, 1997. ISBN 0860549178
- 'Why were hanging bowls deposited in Anglo-Saxon graves?' in Medieval Archaeology vol. 43, 1999.
- Early Deira: Archaeological Studies of the East Riding in the Fourth to Ninth Centuries AD (editor, with Jonathan Kenny), Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2000. ISBN 1900188902
References
- ^ Channel 4 Time Team biography of Helen Geake
- ^ Channel 4 Time Team biography of Helen Geake
- ^ Helen Geake's profile at Cambridge University; Helen Geake's page at the Portable Antiquities Scheme site
- ^ Channel 4 Time Team biography of Helen Geake
- ^ Society of Antiquaries of London List of Fellows
- ^ List of Council members of Rescue