Anna-Elyse Young Young

Research

Research Interests:
- British Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition
- Lithic tool technology
- Prehistory
- Public/Community archaeology and engagement

Papers Given: 
'Looking through a lithic lens: Utilising the presence and morphology of lithic tools as a proxy for an understanding of the nature of the Neolithisation of southern England and southern Wales.' 
(August 2021, The Lithic Studies Society's Festival of Lithics)

'Tool Tales: a flint-focused narrative of the terminal Mesolithic and pre-monumental Neolithic in southern Britain'
(February 2023, SHARE Seminar Series) 

Posters Given: 
'Looking Through a Lithic Lens: British Neolithisation and Flint Tools'
(May 2022, Breaking Boundaries: An Interdisciplinary Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Conference for Postgraduate
Researchers)

Thesis

Looking Through a Lithic Lens: technological continuity and change during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition of southern Britain

My PhD research focuses on utilising the lithic record during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition as a proxy for understanding the nature of the Neolithisation of coastal areas of southern England and southern Wales, encompassing both secondary lithic data and primary analysis of lithic assemblages. The data produced will help provide conclusions about how lithic technologies changed during the British Mesolithic-Neolithic transition. These conclusions will then be compared and contrasted to the identified existing models of Neolithisation. My thesis is being supervised by Professor Niall Sharples and Dr Steve Mills with support from Ian Dennis.

Teaching

Seminar Tutor
- The Archaeology of Britain: Prehistory to Present 
- Projecting the Past: Film, Media and Heritage

Demonstrator:
- Discovering Archaeology (Harris Matrix)
- Analysing Archaeology (Flint tools)

Undergraduate Fieldwork Trench Supervisor:
- Caermead (2021)
- Trelai Park (2022)
- Trelai Park (2023) 
- Llantwit Major (2023) 

Supervisors