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Mike Seager Thomas

Mike Seager Thomas is a British archaeologist and Honorary Research Fellow of the UCL Institute of Archaeology specialising in the study of stone in prehistoric archaeology, conflict heritage and landscape archaeology.[1][2][3]

Career

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Mike Seager Thomas studying a Rapa Nui "house god" outside the Museo Antropológico P. Sebastián Englert in Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui

Mike Seager Thomas studied archaeology at Brighton Technical College and the UCL Institute of Archaeology.[2] He has been a full time professional archaeologist since 1996, working in the commercial sector as an excavator/excavation supervisor and as a freelance prehistoric pottery and stone specialist.[4] Mike Seager Thomas is also a long-term participant in UCL Institute of Archaeology research projects, including the well-known Leskernick Project,[5] the Tavoliere-Gargano Prehistory Project,[6] and—most recently—the Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Landscapes of Construction Project,[2][7][8] and he has reported on prehistoric pottery from several IOA Institute of Archaeology training excavations.[9][10] Out of his involvement in the Leskernick Project, he became the principal subject of project sociologist Mike Willmore's very funny "The Book and the Trowel,"[11] published in the Leskernick project book Stone Worlds,[12] and the perceived victim of a "top-down interpersonal project hierarchy," which challenged the egalitarian pretensions of what is otherwise considered a theoretically seminal archaeological project.[13][14][15] He has ongoing academic interests in stone in prehistoric archaeology, conflict heritage and landscape archaeology, recording strategies for Rapa Nui archaeology, Polynesian architecture, and the use of period photographs in archaeological and historical research.[3] Books by Mike Seager Thomas include Excavating Stone Worlds (2007), co-written with Sue Hamilton and Phillip Thomas,[16] the Afrikamütze Database, Volumes 1–3 (2019),[17][18][19] Neolithic Spaces, Volume 2: The Bradford Archive and The WW2 Foggia Airfield Complex in the Bradford Archive of Aerial Photographs (both 2020),[6][20] and Wally's War: The WW2 North African Campaign Diaries of Walter von Schramm of the NZ Graves Registration & Enquiries Unit (2024).[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Mike Seager Thomas". Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c UCL (2019-01-22). "Michael Seager Thomas - Honorary Research Associate". Institute of Archaeology. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  3. ^ a b ORCID. "Mike Seager Thomas (0000-0002-4767-346X)". orcid.org. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  4. ^ "Artefact Services: archaeological stone and British prehistoric pottery analysis". Artefact Services: archaeological stone and British prehistoric pottery analysis. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  5. ^ "Leskernick Homepage". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  6. ^ a b "Research". Mysite. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  7. ^ Hamilton, Sue (2013). "Rapa Nui (Easter Island)'s Stone Worlds" (PDF). Archaeology International. 16: 108. doi:10.5334/ai.1613.
  8. ^ UCL (2019-01-22). "Rapa Nui Landscapes of Construction". Institute of Archaeology. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  9. ^ Seager Thomas, Mike (2023). "Prehistoric pottery from UCL Institute of Archaeology excavations at Downley Park, West Sussex. A Middle Iron Age settlement assemblage in context". Artefact Services Technical Reports. 30: 1–44 – via ResearchGate.
  10. ^ Seager Thomas, Mike (2016). "Bronze and Iron Age Pottery from Bow Hill and Goosehill Camp, Sussex; excavations by UCL Institute of Archaeology". Artefact Services Technical Reports. 25: 1–17 – via ResearchGate.
  11. ^ Willmore, Mike (2007). The Book and the Trowel. In Stone Worlds: Narrative and Reflexivity in Landscape Archaeology. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press. pp. 244–76.
  12. ^ Bender, Barbara; Hamilton, Sue; Tilley, Christopher (2007). Stone Worlds. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press. pp. 244–76.
  13. ^ Krsmanovic, Damjan; Anderson, William (January 2008). "Critiquing the archaeological diary". P.i.t.: Archeologische ervaringen 6, 29-40.
  14. ^ "How Can Phenomenological Methodologies help us understand past Landscapes? | The Post Hole". www.theposthole.org. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  15. ^ "Review of Stone Worlds: narrative and reflexivity in landscape archaeology | Studio Michael Shanks ~ Stanford". 13 December 2008. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  16. ^ Excavating Stone Worlds. London: UCL Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1844721375.
  17. ^ Seager Thomas, Mike (2019). The Afrikamütze Database. A guide to the identification, context and interpretation of the German army tropical field cap, 1940–43. Part 1: The Authentic Cap. Artefact Services Research Papers 8/1 (1st ed.). Lewes: Artefact Services.
  18. ^ Seager Thomas, Mike (2019). The Afrikamütze Database; A Guide to the Identification, Context and Interpretation of the German Army Tropical Peaked Cap, 1940–43, Part 2: The Fake. Artefact Services Research Papers 8/2 (1st ed.). Lewes: Artefact Services.
  19. ^ Seager Thomas, Mike (2019). The Afrikamütze Database. A guide to the identification, context and interpretation of the German army tropical peaked cap, 1940–43. Part 3: References & Appendices. Artefact Services Research Papers 8/3 (1st ed.). Lewes: Artefact Services.
  20. ^ OpenLibrary.org. "The WW2 Foggia Airfield Complex in the Bradford Archive of Aerial Photographs by Mike SEAGER THOMAS | Open Library". Open Library. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  21. ^ Seager Thomas, Mike; von Schramm, Walter (2024). Wally's War: The WW2 North African Campaign Diaries of Walter von Schramm of the NZ Graves Registration & Enquiries Unit (1st ed.). Lewes: Artefact Services. ISBN 978-1-0685961-1-7.
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