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Martin Carver

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British archaeologist

United KingdomAcademicsBorn 1941 · age 85
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Martin Oswald Hugh Carver, is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of York, England, director of the Sutton Hoo Research Project and a leading exponent of new methods in excavation and survey. He specialises in the archaeology of early Medieval Europe.

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2015European Archaeological Heritage Prize
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries

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Martin Oswald Hugh Carver, is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of York, England, director of the Sutton Hoo Research Project and a leading exponent of new methods in excavation and survey. He specialises in the archaeology of early Medieval Europe. He has an international reputation for his excavations at Sutton Hoo, on behalf of the British Museum and the Society of Antiquaries and at the Pictish monastery at Portmahomack Tarbat, Easter Ross, Scotland. He has undertaken archaeological research in England, Scotland, France, Italy and Algeria.

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United Kingdom
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Born 1941 · age 85
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