David Griffiths is Reader in Archaeology at Oxford University, and Director of Studies in Archaeology for the Department for Continuing Education. A PhD graduate of Durham University, he first excavated in Orkney as a student in 1985. A landscape archaeologist with a specialism in the Viking period, he has a particular interest in the archaeology of coastal environments.
Jane Harrison is Research Associate and Tutor at the Department for Continuing Education, Oxford University. A graduate of Cambridge and Oxford universities, she completed her D.Phil at Kellogg College, Oxford in 2016, on Norse settlement mounds in the North Atlantic zone. A specialist in public engagement in Archaeology, she is a member of a number of interdisciplinary research networks covering northern world topics.
Michael Athanson is Deputy Map Librarian at the Bodleian Library Map Room, Oxford University. A geospatial data specialist in the applications of geographic information systems to landscape archaeology, he combines mapping and data analysis with extensive field survey skills. He completed his D.Phil at St Cross College, Oxford, in 2010.