Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
Past PhD students supervised by David have worked on analogue studies of the plants and insects from hay meadows (with Dr Pam Grinter) and the Palaeoentomology of estuarine deposits at Goldcliff, Gwent (with Dr Emma Tetlow).
At present, David is co-supervising the PhDs of:
Shelagh Norton - who is working on the archaeology and the past environments of the Berth Hillfort, Shropshire and other ‘marshforts’ in the British Isles.
Zena Zein-Alabdin – who is investigating the archaeology, depositional history and past environments associated with a number of European prehistoric bog bodies.
David is available to supervise students with an interest in environmental archaeology (especially archaeological insect faunas) and/or the development of past landscapes and past economies.
Research activity per year
David Smith read Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge University and went on to train in Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy at the University of Sheffield, where he specialised in the study of insect remains for both his M.A. and his PhD. David joined the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham in 1992.
As a discipline, archaeoentomology originated in Britain under Professor Russell Coope and Mr. Peter Osborne here at the University of Birmingham and David was mentored by both Professor Coope and, especially, Peter Osborne in his first years at Birmingham. David was trained by their student, Professor Paul Buckland at Sheffield and frequently collaborates with Mr. Harry Kenward (retired, formerly English Heritage/ University of York), who was also their student. He curates the Goring Collection (a historic collection on permanent loan from Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery) and the Girling Collection (Maureen Girling was also part of the 2nd generation archaeoentomologist trained at Birmingham, which was loaned to the University of Birmingham by her family and Historic England after her untimely death). These collections are used to support David’s research and that of his students and colleagues.
Present research includes:
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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Smith, D. (Principal Investigator)
12/05/23 → 12/04/24
Project: Research
Smith, D. (Principal Investigator)
1/07/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
Smith, D. (Principal Investigator)
1/07/22 → 31/12/23
Project: Research Councils
Smith, D. (Principal Investigator)
MUSEUM OF LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICE
1/06/22 → 1/10/22
Project: Research
Smith, D. (Principal Investigator)
Trent and Peak Archaeological Trust
4/05/22 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
Smith, D. (Invited speaker), Kenward, H. (Contributor), HIll, G. (Chair) & Allison, E. (Contributor)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
Smith, D. (Chair), Chapman, H. (Chair), Van Beek, R. (Contributor) & Helt Nielson, N. (Contributor)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
Smith, D. (Chair)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
Smith, D. (Chair)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
Smith, D. (Chair)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium