David Knight BA DPhil
Head of Research, Trent & Peak Archaeology
University Park
Nottingham
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0115 951 4826
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david.knight@nottingham.ac.uk
Background
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BA Geography, University of Durham
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DPhil Archaeology, Wadham College, University of Oxford (subject: Late Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement in the Nene and Great Ouse basins, UK)
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1984-present: employed in field archaeology, initially as Project Supervisor at Creswell Crags Visitor Centre, Derbyshire and since 1989 with Trent & Peak Archaeology, currently as Director
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1988-present: Member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists
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2006-present: Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
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2007: elected Convenor of Trent Valley GeoArchaeology, a regional strategy group promoting multidisciplinary geoarchaeological research in the Trent Valley
Current research
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Prehistoric and Romano-British landscapes of the Trent Valley: major excavations include multiperiod sites at Gonalston and Rampton, Nottinghamshire, and Barrow-upon-Trent, Derbyshire
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Production and distribution of later prehistoric pottery in the East Midlands
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Formulation of archaeological research strategy for the East Midlands on behalf of English Heritage and the Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers
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Analysis of the effectiveness of geophysical survey as an archaeological prospection technique in the Trent and Nene Valleys
Expertise summary
Selected publications
HOWARD, A.J., BRIDGLAND, D., KNIGHT, D., McNABB, J., ROSE, J., SCHREVE, D., WESTAWAY, R., WHITE, M.J. and WHITE, T.S., 2007. The British Pleistocene fluvial archive: East Midlands drainage evolution and human occupation in the context of the British and NW European Record. Quaternary Science Reviews, 1-14.
KNIGHT, D. 2007. From open to enclosed: Iron Age landscapes of the Trent Valley. In: HASELGROVE, C. AND MOORE, T., eds. The Later Iron Age in Britain and Beyond. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 190-218.
KNIGHT, D. and VYNER, B., 2007. Making archaeology matter. British Archaeology 94, 16-19.
DIXON, P., KNIGHT, D. and FIRMAN, R., 2006. The origins of Nottingham. In: Beckett, J.V., ed. Centenary History of Nottingham. Chichester: Phillimore, 9-23.
HOWARD, A.J. and KNIGHT, D., 2006. The Late Pleistocene and Holocene evolution of the Trent Valley, UK. Open University Geological Society Journal, Symposium Edition, 25-30.
KNIGHT, D. and LEWIS, B.,2006. A medieval fishweir near Barrow-upon-Trent. Archaeology and Conservation in Derbyshire, 4, 11-12.
KNIGHT, D. and VYNER, B., 2006. Making Archaeology Matter: Quarrying and Archaeology in the Trent Valley. York: York Archaeological Trust.
KNIGHT, D. and HOWARD, A.J., 2004. Trent Valley Landscapes. Kings Lynn: Heritage Marketing and Publications Ltd.
ELSDON, S. and KNIGHT, D., 2003. The Iron Age pottery. In: Field, N. and Parker-Pearson, M. Fiskerton: an Iron Age Timber Causeway with Iron Age and Roman Votive Offerings. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 87-92.
KNIGHT, D, MARSDEN, P. and CARNEY, J., 2003. Local or non-local? Prehistoric granodiorite-tempered pottery in the East Midlands. In: Gibson, A., ed. Prehistoric Pottery: People, Pattern and Purpose. Oxford: BAR International Series 1156, 111-125.
JONES, H. and KNIGHT, D., 2002. An Anglo-Saxon seax from Rampton, Notts. Transactions Thoroton Society Nottinghamshire, 106, 47-51.
KNIGHT, D., 2002. A regional ceramic sequence: pottery of the first millennium BC between the Humber and the Nene. In: Hill, J.D. and Woodward, A., eds. Prehistoric Britain: the Ceramic Basis, 119-42. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
KNIGHT, D., 2001. Iron Age pottery from Cowbit. In: Lane, T.W. and Morris, E., eds A Millennium of Salt Making: Prehistoric and Romano-British Salt Production in the Fenland. Lincolnshire Archaeology Heritage Reports Series 4, 64-74.
KNIGHT, D., 2001. Iron Age pottery from Outgang Road, Langtoft. In: Lane, T.W. and Morris, E., eds. A Millennium of Salt Making: Prehistoric and Romano-British Salt Production in the Fenland. Lincolnshire Archaeology Heritage Reports Series 4, 261-262.
KNIGHT, D. and BESWICK, P., 2000. A possible beaker burial at Rampton, Nottinghamshire. Transactions Thoroton Society Nottinghamshire, 104, 14-20.
ELLIOTT, L. and KNIGHT, D., 1999. An Early Mesolithic site and first millennium BC settlement and pit alignments at Swarkestone Lowes, Derbyshire. Derbyshire Archaeological Journal, 118, 79-153.
KNIGHT, D. and PRIEST, V., 1999. Prehistoric and Romano-British finds between Barlborough and Hodthorpe, Derbyshire. Derbyshire Archaeological Journal, 119, 189-193.
ELLIOTT, L. and KNIGHT, D., 1998. A burnt mound at Holme Dyke, Gonalston, Nottinghamshire. Transactions Thoroton Society Nottinghamshire, 102, 15-22.
HOWARD, A.J. and KNIGHT, D., 1998. The archaeological resource of the Trent Valley: a geoarchaeological approach. In: ROTHERHAM, I.D. and JONES, M., eds. Landscapes - Perception, Recognition and Management: Reconciling the Impossible. Proceedings Landscape Conservation Forum Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, 87-93.
KNIGHT, D., 1998. The Derby Southern Bypass. Current Archaeology, 157, 32-33.
KNIGHT, D., GARTON, D. and LEARY, R.S., 1998. The Elmton fieldwalking survey: prehistoric and Romano-British artefact scatters. Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 118, 69-85.
KNIGHT, D. and PRIEST, V., 1998. Excavations of a Romano-British field system at Lamb's Close, Kelham, Nottinghamshire. Transactions Thoroton Society Nottinghamshire, 102, 27-36.
ELLIOTT, L. and KNIGHT, D., 1997. Further excavations of an Iron Age and Romano-British settlement near Gonalston, Nottinghamshire. Transactions Thoroton Society Nottinghamshire, 101, 67-72.
KNIGHT, D., 1997. Revised guidelines for the analysis of later prehistoric pottery fabrics. Old Potter's Almanack, vol. 5 no. 2, 1-2.
KNIGHT, D., 1997. A Middle Bronze Age rapier from Langford, Nottinghamshire. Transactions Thoroton Society Nottinghamshire 101, 59-61.
KNIGHT, D. and GODDARD, J., 1997. The illustration of prehistoric pottery: requirements of the pottery researcher. In: HURMAN, B. and STEINER, S. eds. Aspects of Illustration: Prehistoric Pottery, Association of Archaeological Illustrators & Surveyors Technical Paper, 13, 5-11.
ELLIOTT, L. and KNIGHT, D., 1996. Excavations of an Iron Age and Romano-British settlement near Gonalston, Nottinghamshire. Transactions Thoroton Society Nottinghamshire, 100, 161-164.
ALLEN, C.S.M and KNIGHT, D., 1995. Breaking the code: a scheme for prehistoric fabric types. Old Potters Almanack, 3, 1-4.
HOWARD, A.J. and KNIGHT, D., 1995. The Trent Valley Survey. Quaternary Newsletter, 75, 85-91.
HOWARD, A.J. and KNIGHT, D., 1995. Geomorphological and palaeoenvironmental investigations in the lower Trent Valley: Bronze Age flood events or long-term fluvial reworking? East Midland Geographer, 18, 89-91.
KNIGHT, D. and HOWARD, A.J., 1995. Archaeology and Alluvium in the Trent Valley. Nottingham: Trent & Peak Archaeological Trust.
KNIGHT, D. and HOWARD, A.J., 1995. The Trent Valley Survey. Transactions Thoroton Society Nottinghamshire, 98, 126-129.
KNIGHT, D., 1994. Late Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery. In: WILLIAMS, R.J. and ZEEPVAT, R.J. Bancroft: the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Settlement and Roman Temple-Mausoleum. Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society Monograph, 7, 381-98.
KNIGHT, D., 1993. Late Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery. In: WILLIAMS, R.J. Pennyland and Hartigans: Two Iron Age and Saxon sites in Milton Keynes. Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society Monograph, 4, 219-38.
KNIGHT, D., 1992. Excavations of an Iron Age settlement at Gamston, Nottinghamshire. Transactions Thoroton Society Nottinghamshire, 96, 16-90.
KNIGHT, D., 1991. Gamston. An Iron Age settlement and field system in the Trent Valley. Current Archaeology, 123, 129-132.
KNIGHT, D., 1986-7. An Early Iron Age hillfort at Castle Yard, Farthingstone, Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Archaeology, 21, 16-30.
FARLEY, M.E. and KNIGHT, D., 1986. Two Iron Age sites on the Newport Pagnell bypass. Records of Buckinghamshire, 28, 148-162.
KNIGHT, D., 1986. Native Iron Age pottery. In: ALLEN, D. Excavations at Bierton, 1979. Records of Buckinghamshire, 28, 16-30.
JACKSON, D.A. and KNIGHT, D., 1985. An Early Iron Age and Beaker site near Gretton, Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Archaeology, 20, 67-86.
KNIGHT, D., 1984. Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Settlement in the Nene and Great Ouse Basins. Oxford: BAR British Series 184.