Gary R. Lock is a British
archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...
and emeritus professor at the
School of Archaeology, University of Oxford. He is noted for his contributions to
computational archaeology.
Work in the UK
In the 1980s Lock became involved in computational archaeology, working on a database for
Danebury
Danebury is an Iron Age hillfort in Hampshire, England, about north-west of Winchester (). Retrieved on 23 July 2008. The site, covering , was excavated by Barry Cunliffe in the 1970s. Danebury is considered a type site for hillforts, a ...
, an iron age
hillfort
A hillfort is a type of fortification, fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typical of the late Bronze Age Europe, European Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe, Iron Age. So ...
in Hampshire which was excavated under the direction of
Barry Cunliffe
Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe (born 10 December 1939), usually known as Sir Barry Cunliffe, is a British archaeologist and academic. He was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2007. Since 2007, he has been ...
. In 1987 he was co-author of ''Computer Archaeology'' in the
Shire Archaeology series. Interest in computational archaeology and prehistoric hillforts are also evidenced in more recent work, for example ''Using computers in archaeology: towards virtual pasts'' (2003) and his contribution to a project to create a comprehensive database of prehistoric hillforts in the British Isles, the ''
Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland
The ''Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland'' was an online database of hillforts―fortified settlements built in the Bronze Age and Iron Age―in the British Isles. It was compiled by researchers from the University of Edinburgh, the Univ ...
'' (launched online in 2017).
Lock has been a fellow of
Kellogg College
Kellogg College is a graduate-only constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1990 as Rewley House, Kellogg is the university's 36th college and the largest by number of students both full and part-time. Named after ...
since 1993, serving as the secretary to its governing body from 1997 to 1998 and Dean of Degrees in 2010.
Work abroad
He was formerly the chair of Computer Applications and Quantitative Applications in Archaeology (CAA) International.
He has been involved with archaeological projects on the continent:
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Najarilla valley, Spain
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Sangro Valley Project
The Sangro Valley Project was an Anglo-American archaeological excavation in Abruzzo, Italy. It was notable for its revolutionary interpretation of Samnium as a dynamic participant in the history of the Adriatic as well as its early adoption of mo ...
, Italy. Together with
John Lloyd, he initiated this ''
longue durée
The (; ) is the French Annales School approach to the study of history. It gives priority to long-term historical structures over what François Simiand called ("evental history", the short-term time-scale that is the domain of the chronicler a ...
'' project in 1994.
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References
1948 births
British archaeologists
British prehistorians
Fellows of Kellogg College, Oxford
Living people
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