Paul Garwood

Paul Garwood is a Senior Lecturer in Prehistory at the University of Birmingham, specializing in the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Britain and north-west Europe. His primary research areas include funerary practices, ritual, monumental architecture, material culture, and landscape archaeology.

He holds a BA in Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology, London, and an MSc in Social Anthropology from University College London. His career spans professional archaeology and academic roles at Oxford University before joining Birmingham in 1999.

• Funerary Practices
• Ritual and Religion
• Landscape Archaeology
• Material Culture
• Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe

His recent publications focus on regional syntheses (West Midlands, Thames Valley, Wessex), Beaker graves, and Stonehenge landscape projects. Key collaborations include the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project (2010-2016) and Medway Valley Prehistoric Landscapes Project (2008-2012).

Paul leads fieldwork initiatives like the Wolvey prehistoric landscapes project and Stonehenge Riverside Project. He teaches courses in British/European prehistory, field archaeology, material culture, and ritual studies.