Richard Timothy Schadla-Hall, (24 September 1947 – 9 January 2023) was a British archaeologist who specialised in the study of how the archaeological discipline interacts with the public. He was affiliated with the Institute of Archaeology at

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, central London, where he worked as a Reader in Public Archaeology.

Life and career

Schadla-Hall was born on 24 September 1947. He was educated at Bridlington Grammar School, and was also a choirboy at

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. Schadla-Hall went to

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to study geography. He graduated with a BA in archaeology in 1971, and then completed a post-graduate certificate in education. His first book, ''Tom Sheppard: Hull's Great Collector'', was published in 1989. From 1985 to 1997, Schadla-Hall and Paul Mellars co-directed an excavation of the Mesolithic settlement site of

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; it had previously been excavated by

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in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Schadla-Hall was editor of the journal ''

Public Archaeology Community archaeology is archaeology by the people for the people. The field is also known as public archaeology. There is debate about whether the terms are interchangeable; some believe that community archaeology is but one form of public arch ...

'' and a trustee of the veteran support charity Waterloo Uncovered, which conducts an annual excavation on the site of the

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with veterans and serving personnel. On 1 January 1990, Schadla-Hall was elected a

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London The Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) is a learned society of historians and archaeologists in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1707, received its royal charter in 1751 and is a Charitable organization, registered charity. It is based ...

(FSA). Schadla-Hall died on 9 January 2023, at the age of 75. In June 2025, a special issue of the journal ''

'' was published in honour of Schadla-Hall, who had been the editor-in-chief of the journal for many years.

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Waterloo Uncovered
1947 births 2023 deaths Academics of University College London Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge English archaeologists People associated with the UCL Institute of Archaeology Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London {{UK-archaeologist-stub