Dr Philip John Edward Mills MIfA
Email: [email protected]
Date of Birth: 16 November 1967
Education
2001 - 2006: PhD on The Ancient Mediterranean Trade in Ceramic Building Material: A Case Study in Carthage and Beirut. University of Leicester Supervised by Professor David Mattingly and Dr Ian Whitbread.
2003-2004: Participant of the English Heritage Roman Pottery Specialist trainee program at the Macdonald Institute, University of Cambridge.
1986-90 University of Bradford: BSc (Hons) in Archaeological Sciences
1984-86 Chatham House Grammar School, Ramsgate, Kent:
GCE ‘A’ Levels 1986: Mathematics, General Studies, Physics
1982-84 St Augustine's College, Westgate on Sea, Kent:
GCE ‘O’Levels 1984: English Language, English Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Religious Studies
Work Experience
Jan 2012-Mar 2012 20 hours of lectures as part of a module on Roman Archaeology for University of Warwick.
March 2006 – Present Working as Roman pottery specialist for J Evans Roman Pottery Consultant.
Responsible for the cataloguing, analysis and report preparation on Roman pottery.
August 2000 – Present Freelance archaeological ceramic building material specialist,
Jan-March 2010 Gave a course of 10 lectures
part of a module on ‘The Roman Economy’ for 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates, University of Warwick.
Febuary September 1997 – August 2000: IT Officer, Archaeological Project Services, Lincolnshire.
I was also requires to supervise excavations from time to time as required.
May 1997- September 1997: Site Assistant, Archaeological Project Services, Lincolnshire.
March 1995 – March 1997: Finds Supervisor ACRE/American University of Beirut Souks excavation, downtown Beirut
August 1994 – February 1995: Development worker for the Bradford LETS system.
January - June 1994: Project Assistant for NW Wetlands Survey, Lancaster Archaeology unit.
November - December 1993: Site Assistant on Catterick A1 evaluation for Central Archaeology Services.
February - October 1992: Site Assistant for West Yorkshire Archaeological Services.
August 1990: Site Assistant for Archeologicky Ustav Csaz, Most, Czechoslovakia.
Duties included excavation and recording of Neolithic longhouse and La Tene cemetery.
June - September 1989: Assistant computer officer at Central Excavation Unit, Portsmouth.
November 1988-May 1989: Computer assistantatthe Instituut voor pre- und protohistorie, Amsterdam.
Research Interests
I am currently interested in the material aspects of the Roman economy, characterising urban and rural landscapes as well as the Roman pottery of Northern Britain, Cambridgeshire and Northern coastal Syria., the use, manufacture and supply of Ceramic Building materials throughout the Roman world, and Medieval Britain. I also have a longstanding interest in integrating site and finds methodologies, sampling strategies and statistical analysis .
Other Information
I am an honorary visiting fellow to the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, from 2006, renewed 2011 to 2016.
I was chair of the IfA finds group from 2009-2011.
I was honorary secretary of the Study Group for Roman Pottery 2006-2009.
I am virtual secretary of the Archaeological Ceramic Building materials group.
I was on the IfA council from 2000 – 2006. I was vice chair of the validation committee 2007-2010, and a member of the Committee for working practise in Archaeology.
I am a member of Rescue, the Council for British Archaeology, the Medieval Pottery Research Group, the British Brick Society, the Finds Research Group AD 700-1700, The Roman Finds Group, The Study Group for Roman Pottery, and the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.
I was elected associate of the Institute for Archaeologists 2000; Member from 2006.
I hold a full driving license, obtained in 1986.
I have successfully organised a number of 1-day conferences and day schools. In Ceramic Building Materials, Roman pottery and database work.
Research grants
2007-2011 N. Beaudry, P. J. E. Mills, M. Savard, "La fin de l’Antiquité sur la côte nord-syrienne", Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard Research Grant, 99 000 CAD, project ranked first of 88.
2007-2008 N. Beaudry, P. J. E. Mills, "Ras el Bassit: an early Byzantine church in coastal North Syria", Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D. C.), Senior Project Grant, 5000 USD.
I routinely produce successful MAP2/ Morphe assessments and updated project designs for developer funded projects.
Date of Birth: 16 November 1967
Education
2001 - 2006: PhD on The Ancient Mediterranean Trade in Ceramic Building Material: A Case Study in Carthage and Beirut. University of Leicester Supervised by Professor David Mattingly and Dr Ian Whitbread.
2003-2004: Participant of the English Heritage Roman Pottery Specialist trainee program at the Macdonald Institute, University of Cambridge.
1986-90 University of Bradford: BSc (Hons) in Archaeological Sciences
1984-86 Chatham House Grammar School, Ramsgate, Kent:
GCE ‘A’ Levels 1986: Mathematics, General Studies, Physics
1982-84 St Augustine's College, Westgate on Sea, Kent:
GCE ‘O’Levels 1984: English Language, English Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Religious Studies
Work Experience
Jan 2012-Mar 2012 20 hours of lectures as part of a module on Roman Archaeology for University of Warwick.
March 2006 – Present Working as Roman pottery specialist for J Evans Roman Pottery Consultant.
Responsible for the cataloguing, analysis and report preparation on Roman pottery.
August 2000 – Present Freelance archaeological ceramic building material specialist,
Jan-March 2010 Gave a course of 10 lectures
part of a module on ‘The Roman Economy’ for 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates, University of Warwick.
Febuary September 1997 – August 2000: IT Officer, Archaeological Project Services, Lincolnshire.
I was also requires to supervise excavations from time to time as required.
May 1997- September 1997: Site Assistant, Archaeological Project Services, Lincolnshire.
March 1995 – March 1997: Finds Supervisor ACRE/American University of Beirut Souks excavation, downtown Beirut
August 1994 – February 1995: Development worker for the Bradford LETS system.
January - June 1994: Project Assistant for NW Wetlands Survey, Lancaster Archaeology unit.
November - December 1993: Site Assistant on Catterick A1 evaluation for Central Archaeology Services.
February - October 1992: Site Assistant for West Yorkshire Archaeological Services.
August 1990: Site Assistant for Archeologicky Ustav Csaz, Most, Czechoslovakia.
Duties included excavation and recording of Neolithic longhouse and La Tene cemetery.
June - September 1989: Assistant computer officer at Central Excavation Unit, Portsmouth.
November 1988-May 1989: Computer assistantatthe Instituut voor pre- und protohistorie, Amsterdam.
Research Interests
I am currently interested in the material aspects of the Roman economy, characterising urban and rural landscapes as well as the Roman pottery of Northern Britain, Cambridgeshire and Northern coastal Syria., the use, manufacture and supply of Ceramic Building materials throughout the Roman world, and Medieval Britain. I also have a longstanding interest in integrating site and finds methodologies, sampling strategies and statistical analysis .
Other Information
I am an honorary visiting fellow to the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, from 2006, renewed 2011 to 2016.
I was chair of the IfA finds group from 2009-2011.
I was honorary secretary of the Study Group for Roman Pottery 2006-2009.
I am virtual secretary of the Archaeological Ceramic Building materials group.
I was on the IfA council from 2000 – 2006. I was vice chair of the validation committee 2007-2010, and a member of the Committee for working practise in Archaeology.
I am a member of Rescue, the Council for British Archaeology, the Medieval Pottery Research Group, the British Brick Society, the Finds Research Group AD 700-1700, The Roman Finds Group, The Study Group for Roman Pottery, and the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.
I was elected associate of the Institute for Archaeologists 2000; Member from 2006.
I hold a full driving license, obtained in 1986.
I have successfully organised a number of 1-day conferences and day schools. In Ceramic Building Materials, Roman pottery and database work.
Research grants
2007-2011 N. Beaudry, P. J. E. Mills, M. Savard, "La fin de l’Antiquité sur la côte nord-syrienne", Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard Research Grant, 99 000 CAD, project ranked first of 88.
2007-2008 N. Beaudry, P. J. E. Mills, "Ras el Bassit: an early Byzantine church in coastal North Syria", Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D. C.), Senior Project Grant, 5000 USD.
I routinely produce successful MAP2/ Morphe assessments and updated project designs for developer funded projects.
