Mike Parker-Pearson is professor at the University of Sheffield with a Ph.D degree from Cambridge University and has previously worked for English Heritage.

Parker-Pearson received the award of `Archaeologist of the Year´ for 2010.

He is director of the collaborative Stonehenge Riverside Project gathering a number of renowned specialists in archaeology and science.

In 2010, this project won the title of Archaeological Research Project of the Year´ after the unexpected discovery in 2009 of the remains of a second stone circle, the so-called Bluestonehenge linked to Stonehenge itself.

He is an internationally renowned expert in the archaeology of death particularly in the periods of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, but also specialises in the later prehistory and protohistory of Britain and Northern Europe.

He has published a large number of books and articles covering topics from architecture, funerary rituals, social identification, food and warfare to ethnoarchaeology, public archaeology, archaeological theory and heritage management.

He has made archaeological fieldwork in Britain, Denmark, Easter Island, Germany, Greece, Madagascar, Syria and the United States, and currently directs field projects in the Outer Hebrides, Madagascar and of course the Stonehenge World Heritage Site.

Parker-Pearsons portfolio of recent projects includes a number of front-line commitments in current archaeology. During his visit, Parker-Pearson will have the opportunity to communicate some of the preliminary results in ongoing projects as well as discuss areas of research cooperation in future projects.

• Stonehenge Riverside Project
• Feeding Stonehenge
• Stones of Stonehenge Project
• The Beaker People Project: migration, mobility and diet in Britain 2500-1700 BC
• The Outer Hebrides: settlement and society from prehistory to the post-medieval period
• Developing a 'mummy identification kit': mummification and bodily preservation in prehistoric Britain and Europe
• Southern Madagascar: society and landscape from human arrival to the post-colonial period