Dr Alison Sheridan FBA

Prehistorian, focusing on the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age of Britain and Ireland and specialising in ceramics, stone axeheads and jewellery of jet and jet-like materials, gold, amber and faience

Elected 2019

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2019
Sections: Archaeology
Website: https://nms.academia.edu/AlisonSheridan

Current post

Research Associate, National Museums Scotland

Past appointments

National Museums Scotland Principal Archaeological Research Curator

2017 - 2020

National Museums Scotland Principal Curator of Early Prehistory

2006 - 2017

National Museums Scotland Assistant Keeper

1991 - 2006

National Museums Scotland Curator

1987 - 1991

Publications

The Beaker People: isotopes, mobility and diet in prehistoric Britain

Edited by Mike Parker Pearson, Alison Sheridan, Mandy Jay, Andrew Chamberlain, Mike Richards and Jane Evans - Published in 2018 by Oxbow

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