Theo Reeves

Theo completed his Bachelor’s (with Honours) and Master’s degrees in 2017 and 2018, respectively. From 2018 to 2020, he worked as a field archaeologist for Headland Archaeology, excavating a range of sites including a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, Iron Age hilltop enclosure, and a large Victorian cemetery and train station as part of HS2.

Theo completed his PhD, titled “Re-classifying Iron Age Marsh-forts”, between 2020 and 2025, supervised by Prof. Henry Chapman and Dr David Smith. As part of this research, he examined 34 sites across the UK, carrying out additional geoarchaeological fieldwork at 13 of them. Alongside this research, Theo also co-directed the University’s undergraduate archaeology field school.

He has since worked for York Archaeology as a Geoarchaeology Project Officer and more recently for WSP as a Senior Geoarchaeology Consultant, which he continues part-time. As part of this, he oversees the geoarchaeological investigations for multiple significant infrastructure projects.

Theo's research interests focus on relationships between archaeological sites and landscapes in the British Iron Age, and prehistory more broadly.

Theo specialises in the following fields:

• Later prehistory
• Geoarchaeology
• Wetland Archaeology
• Digital heritage

Present research projects include:

• Heritage classifications of Iron Age marsh-forts
• Iron Age wetland enclosures in Shropshire