Ross Lyall-Jennings Email and Phone Number

As a freelance Archaeologist worked on a wide range of specific excavations/digs from several months to 12-month contractsCommercial Archaeologist: Main Contractor: Archaeological Contracts Office• Working within a small team of 4 archaeologists with a specific remit relating to the exhumation of Dutch sailor skeletons, circa 1700• Team Managemento Managed a team of 8 labourers on a complicated site o Health & safety supporto Site area spanned 25m x 30m o Worked under additional support of the Dutch government• Excavationo Supported with the initial site survey, field walking etco Determined digging areas & deptho Responsible for managing all machinery & equipment on site - Equipment usage - total stations, surveying levels, theodolites, handheld GPS devices, communication equipment, dumpy level - Excavators/Diggers o Handheld power tools o Managed demolition & review of debris• Operationso Recorded site finding o Analysis of findings o Generated & collated all excavation & site reportso Ensured the correct washing, bagging & labelling of remainso Set up & monitored all onsite security processes o Logistics management of taking remains to main museum for reburialo Completion & closure of site post completion of exhumations • Achievemento Recovered 164 skeletons within a 3-month period to a governmentally stipulated finishing dateCommercial Archaeologist: Main Contractor: Professional Grave Solutions – 12-month contract• Excavationo 18 mile site along a river with a 15m high dam wall o Completed full surveyo Completed sampling of the site, recording of stone tools & identified specific areas of rock art & a total of 106 burial siteso Collected & collated all data, evidence & drawings to professional standards• Archaeological Teamo Working with a team of 7 archaeologists & up to 15 labourerso Managed all day to day tasks & requirements, meeting deadlines etc

• Supporting 1st year geology students & 2nd year archaeology students within cohorts of up to 60 learners• Engaged with students further who needed additional support, reporting to the Head Lecturer• Provided additional group of 1:1 support with tasks and demonstrations• Group reviews & additional learning using plastic casts of bones, lithics and ceramics

• Part time whilst studying• Space planning for storage purposes• Field work shadowing & supporting on a range of digs and surveys• Comparative identification – ceramics & skeletons

• Excavationo 18mile site along a river with a 15m high dam wall where the dam wall required raising with 50 sites (assorted dates and complexity) potentially being destroyedo Completed full survey – recording, photography, drawings & mappingo Completed sampling of the site, recording of stone tools & identified specific areas of rock art & a total of 106 burial sites, dates ranging from early stone age to historical archaeology siteso Collected & collated all data, evidence & drawings to professional standards• Archaeological Teamo Working with a team of 7 archaeologists & up to 15 labourerso Managed all day to day tasks & requirements, meeting deadlines & ensuring project plans were on trackAdditional Excavations and Surveys & Experience gained:• Regular day excavations & short-term contracts working with several well-known archaeological specialists & academic researcherso Dr Emily Hallinan – Cambridge University | Dr Shadreck Chirikure – Oxford Universityo Dr John Parkington – South Africa & UK | Dr David Braun – Brown University• General preservation, conservation & interpretation of artefacts excavated• Operation a range of machinery/equipment• Gained extensive experience – excavations, lab work, surveys• Workshops | Presentationso Presented to groups of up 90 students on archaeology as a careero Concept to delivery of projects completed – outcomes, challenges, successes

• Part time whilst studying• Assisted Dr Aaron Armstrong, a microfauna specialist, with his Doctorate research project• Laboratory Operationso Working with the remains of Cape dune mole-ratso Identified, classified microfauna remains to determine species• Logging of data within set protocols & formats

• Part time whilst studying• Training of staff on health & safety, harness support• Customer management