Rowan is an archaeologist of the first millennium CE and a specialist on the funerary archaeology of the North Sea Region and objects of elephant ivory.

He also has an interest in global processes in the past (such as past globalisation) and circular economic practices in the past. He holds a PhD from Aarhus University (2025) in the Late Antique and early medieval elephant ivory trade, and holds degrees from the University of Cambridge (MPhil) and Newcastle (BA).

Rowan is employed as a postdoctoral on the Milestone project (PI Associate Prof. Sarah Croix) to study the objects and graves at the early medieval cemetery at Lindholm Høje, paying particular attention to the sites chronology and outward connections.  

Contact:
Rowan English
School of Culture and Society - Department of Archeology and Heritage Studies
Moesgård Allé 20, 4230
8270 Højbjerg
rse@cas.au.dk