Chalcolithic

I have recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture at University College Dublin. My background is quite varied and goes from I.T. through to Graphics Arts and onto Archaeology.

My name is Ben Grief, and I am based in Norfolk, England. I am a recent graduate of the Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture PgCert at University College Dublin. For my final project I attempted to create a replica of the Enderby Shield which has become a bit of an obsession.

I am a PhD Candidate at the University of Iowa and I study ceramic loom weights from the Late Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Early Bronze Age in southwestern Iberia.

I have been interested in Archaeology and British Prehistory for over 45 years and nearly pursued a full-time career in this field. I have a background in design and worked as Product Development manager at The British Museum between 1997 - 2003.

Coming from an art and history involved family I not only started painting/drawing early age but also have been around historical site, museum an even excavations as youngsters.
In 2017 I combined that all with my passion for body-art and started tattooing the ancient way without machine.

I am a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019) at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, 09/2021-08/2023.

I am an archaeologist and a flintknapper.

I am a professor of anthropology at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas. My interests in experimental archaeology are largely related to ceramic use and function. My dissertation explored ceramic use-alteration of Ubaid materials at Kenan Tepe, in southeastern Turkey.