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Mx Sheridan Clements
(they/them)
BA, MA
Graduate Demonstrator
Research
- British prehistory
- Monumentality and material culture
- Social Memory and identity
Duration in the archaeological record and prehistoric concepts of - and interactions with - the 'past' and identity during later prehistory.
Biography
Originally from small-town Maine, USA, Sheridan holds a BA in Anthropology from Drexel University in Philadelphia and MA in Celtic Archaeology from Bangor University, Wales. As an undergrad, they spent 5 months working in the archives of the Historical Museum of Crete and studied abroad at the University of Aberdeen, sparking their interest in British prehistory.
Sheridan completed their MA in Celtic Archaeology with distinction at Bangor University as the 2019 recipient of the Fulbright - Bangor University Award. Their MA dissertation (Prehistoric Pasts and the Iron Age Hillforts of Northwestern Wales: The Choice of Location and the Incorporation of Ancient Monuments) focused on the relationships between the hillforts of NW Wales and earlier monuments and received the 2023 Gwobr Archaeoleg Cambrian Archaeological Award.
Their PhD research focuses on duration in the archaeological record and prehistoric concepts of - and interactions with - the 'past' and identity during later prehistory.
Research themes
Specialisms
- archaeological theory
- Anthropology
- Memory
- European Iron Age